(This is an excerpt from Neil MacGregor's new book, "A History of the World in 100 Objects," just published by Penguin.) Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- We've all grown so accustomed to using little round ...

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Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Frederick Kaufman discussed the history of currency, including the decision to move the United States from the gold exchange standard to a ...

The United Kingdom is a country in northwestern Europe. It is made up of four parts—England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The UK is surrounded by water. It lies between the North Atlantic ...

June 10 (Reuters) - Japan escalated its warnings on Friday against sharp falls in the yen, expressing "concern" over the moves in a rare joint statement by the government and the central bank, leaving ...

In his letter (Aug. 15) responding to my op-ed “Floating Currencies Compound Uncertainty” (Aug. 9), Prof. William Miles states that “currency boards would lead to more of the banking crises, debt ...