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Illustrative photo of US currency. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)
June 4, 2018, 4:49 pm
US court throws out bid to ban ‘In God We Trust’ from bills
Chicago appeals panel rules that phrase on currency does not amount to religious endorsement, does not violate Constitution
By AP
A close up shot shows Iran's various Rial banknotes, bearing a portrait of Iran's late founder of Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, next to United States one-Dollar bills bearing a portrait of first US President, George Washington at a currency exchange office in a shopping center in the capital Tehran on April 10, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE)
April 10, 2018, 6:57 pm
Iran seeks to pin rial to the dollar as currency hits record low
Tehran enforces single exchange rate, with government saying it is in ‘an economic war’
By Nasser Karimi
Illustrative photo of Iranian banknotes and foreign coins displayed by a vendor on a side walk of the Ferdowsi Street in Tehran, Iran, January 23, 2013. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
April 9, 2018, 4:54 pm
Iran’s rial at all-time low against the dollar
Currency plunges 18% in two days amid persistent fears Trump administration could pull out of nuclear deal and impose new sanctions
By AP
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, (r), and his wife Louise Linton, hold up a sheet of new $1 bills, the first currency notes bearing his and US Treasurer Jovita Carranza's signatures, November 15, 2017, at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
November 16, 2017, 6:19 pm
US Treasury head, wife mocked for posing with cash
Steven Mnuchin and Louise Linton likened to Bond villains after photo holding first sheet of bills with his signature
By AP
East Jerusalem Palestinian bus driver Ramadan Jamjoum poses on August 24, 2017 after he returned $10,000 to a Jewish man who left it in his vehicle. The passenger had forgotten the cash in Bnei Brak, a city near Tel Aviv dominated by ultra-Orthodox Jews. (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)
August 23, 2017, 11:47 am
Palestinian bus driver returns $10,000 in cash left behind by Bnei Brak man
Ramadan Jamjoum says he was not tempted by cash, but turned it in to police out of moral and religious duty
By TOI staff and AFP
Money traders watch computer screens with the day's exchange rate between yen and the US dollar at a foreign exchange brokerage in Tokyo, November 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
November 9, 2016, 2:30 pm
Trump’s conciliatory speech helps soothe market concerns
Investors wary of president-elect’s economic policies, platform promises; shares down, gold up; Mexican peso hit hard
By Pan Pylas and Kelvin Chan
Money traders walk past a flag of the United Kingdom at a foreign exchange brokerage at a securities firm in Tokyo, Friday, June 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
June 25, 2016, 2:56 am
Global markets lose $2.1 trillion in Brexit rout
Central banks step in to bolster confidence, promising to inject liquidity where needed
By AFP
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., right, speaks with Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2016, during the committee's hearing on recent Iranian actions and implementation of the nuclear deal. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
April 6, 2016, 10:21 pm
GOP senators seek to block proposal on Iran dollar rules
Marco Rubio and Mark Kirk introduce legislation to ban offshore US dollar trade transactions involving Tehran
By Matthew Lee
US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew speaks with journalists in Hong Kong, March 1, 2016. (AP/Kin Cheung, File)
March 31, 2016, 1:26 pm
US official hints at letting Iran trade in dollars
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says overuse of sanctions could ‘undermine our leadership position in the global economy’
By Virginie MONTET
The front of the newly designed NIS 50 banknote (Photo credit: Courtesy)
March 5, 2014, 4:34 pm
High-tech Israeli banknotes follow US $100 bill’s lead
With a slew of new security features, the first of Israel’s new generation of money comes out this week
By David Shamah
Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, stands next to Syrian Defense Minister Gen. Dawoud Rajha, right, and Chief of Staff Gen. Fahed al-Jasem el-Freij, left, during a ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war, in Damascus, Syria, in 2011. (AP Photo/SANA)
February 9, 2013, 11:36 am
Syrian president reshuffles economic cabinet posts
Amid power shortages and other ravages, Assad names new oil, finance, social affairs ministers; security posts unchanged
By Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue
Jacob Lew (photo credit: Courtesy of United States Department of State)
From the WebJanuary 10, 2013, 12:18 am
Lew’s new scribble on your dollar bill
NYT: Barack Obama’s expected pick for Treasury secretary has a ridiculous signature
Benjamin Netanyahu, center, speaking to the press in mid-July. (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)
July 25, 2012, 1:18 pm
Numbers indicate Israel’s economy slowing down, heading for possible recession
Analysts say factors include the rising price of homes, budget deficits, and drop in retail sales and exports
By Michal Shmulovich
Illustrative photo of a US dollar (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
July 12, 2012, 6:21 pm
Dollar reaches three-year high versus shekel
American currency gains 0.30% to settle at an exchange rate of NIS 3.978 per dollar
By TOI staff
June 27, 2012, 6:03 pm
Finance minister at odds with PM over tax hikes as dollar hits 3.5-year high
Israel ‘in the midst of an economic world war,’ says Yuval Steinitz
By Ilan Ben Zion
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