Universal Currency Converter
The Universal Currency Converter, an online service of Xenon Labs since 1995, helps you calculate how much any amount of one currency is worth in another currency. The service is available in English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and Swedish, and supports every known world currency -- 180 currencies in over 250 geographical locations!
You may have seen other currency converters on the Net, but Xenon's Universal Currency Converter (UCC) is the Internet's most popular. That's because their sources are live, real-time rate feeds containing data from foreign exchange markets around the world. And since the feed is global, a currency's exchange rate can be updated even when the markets of its home country are closed. Oh, and of course the UCC is a free service.
The Interactive Currency Table
If you're travelling for business or pleasure, the UCC can tell you what to expect when you're cashing in Deutsche Marks for Dollars. But suppose you, like most AskBobRankin readers, having above-average intelligence and stunning good looks decide to embark on a whirlwind tour of 37 countries. You don't want to look up all 37 currencies one by one, right? That's where the Interactive Currency Table comes in handy.
The Interactive Currency Table lets you to view cross-rate tables of several dozen major currencies in the base currency of your choice. This means you can quickly find out how much your currency is worth all over the world with just a few clicks. It even has historical data so you can see how the rates have changed over time.
The Currency Update Service
Could life get any better for the jet setter? But of course! Xenon's Currency Update Service lets you sign up for free daily doses of international exchange rate info by email. Sign up and each business day, you'll get a currency rate update deposited in your inbox.
The Personal Currency Assistant
Do you make purchases from online stores where the prices are listed in a currency other than your own? The Personal Currency Assistant is a pop-up browser window that accompanies you while you surf the Web, allowing you to perform quick currency conversions no matter where you go.
The Travel Expenses Calculator
This free tool helps you process your travel expenses. The Travel Expenses Calculator allows you to process your expenses as soon as you get back from your trip, and helps ensure you don't underclaim.
The Credit Card Charges Calculator
This free tool helps you determine your financial institution's charges for foreign exchange transactions processed using your credit card. The Credit Card Charges Calculator invaluable companion to the Travel Expenses Calculator.
WORLD MARKETS
Do you follow stock exchanges around the world? CNN's World Business Today website offers convenient access to the DOW, NASDAQ, FTSE, XETRA-DAX, CAC, NIKKEI, and HANG SENG markets. You'll also find current news bulletins on European, US, Asia/Pacific and Latin American economies.
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