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from this article, about a rumour Microsoft could buy RIM (the maker of the BlackBerry, for the uninitiated):

The takeover rumours helped spark a rise in the Canadian dollar, currency traders said. The loonie was quoted at 93.90 cents at 9:30 a.m. ET, but jumped three-quarters of a cent to 94.65 cents US by 2 p.m. ET.

Isn't that crazy? Is our economy so weak that a purchase rumour (a silly one at that*) on a large company can impact our currency?

*: and please don't make it true. MS would wreck RIM.