Lately, a chorus of analysts, dismayed by the weakness of the euro and (in Britain) by the strength of sterling, has been calling for exchange-market intervention to put matters straight.
The accords call for exchange "on request".
Folha de Sao Paulo, a newspaper that sometimes speaks for the city's industrialists, this week called for exchange controls which President Fernando Henrique Cardoso has firmly ruled out (as he once did devaluation).
But the banks' shares have risen from a very low base and the problem of bad loans is far from fixed.The Bank of Japan apparently intervened in currency markets to weaken the yen for the first time since a G7 meeting in September which called for exchange rates set by the market.
To foster that effort, he also called for "exchange programs in multiple fields so that Iraqis who have been isolated for years can see the rest of the world," learning about economics, education, health care and other elements of democratic societies.
He did not call for exchange rate targets but there will be international concern that, as countries jostle for export markets, a battle over currencies will follow.
The deal called for Exchange Applications to make an initial payment of $30 million to MicroStrategy ($10 million cash and $20 million stock) and up to $35 million more over two to three years.
Terms call for exchanging 0.78 of a Comcast class A share for each Disney share.
Although one bill calling for needle exchange did make it out of the Senate Health, Human Services and Seniors Committee in 1998, no proposal has reached the floor for a vote.
The mothers believed that the government should have pursued a rebel proposal made last year calling for an exchange of the servicemen for about 350 rebels in government hands.
They are calling for better exchange of medical information among international health and air industry officials and more efficient ways to respond to crises, like requiring airlines to maintain better seating lists so potentially exposed passengers can be notified months later when cases arise.
