What looked like a bad deal from one, permission to stay with 50 knights, suddenly seemed attractive when her sister's alternative was a mere 25. Trading floors may not echo with Lear's desperate words – "when others are more wicked, not being the worst stands in some rank of praise" – but foreign-exchange dealers know the feeling.   Related Articles Father's Day special: 20 famous fathers Corin Redgrave: brilliant, bolshie ? and back A Woman in Mind at the Vaudeville Theatre, review Christmas Day's television and radio highlights Bob Geldof discovered gravity, say children Only a few weeks ago, they were mostly worrying that the mix of huge US fiscal deficits, political gridlock and tepid economic recovery would undermine the dollar. The euro, by comparison, looked less awful. The region's sluggish recovery and expensive currency in terms of relative prices were offset by a positive trade balance and signs of fiscal discipline. But then the woes in Greece and other weak euro zone members came to the fore.[Read more...]