The US Dollar continues to decline, hitting a new low of 1.2 against the Euro ; the dollar is suffering from deteriorating support against the background of a large Current Account deficit and fears of growing Protectionism . {Link without Title}
GIMPS has confirmed that 220996011-1 is Prime . At 6320430 DecimalDigits , it is easily the largest known prime number. 220996011-1 is the 40th known Mersenne Prime and the 6th Mersenne prime discovered by GIMPS. {Link without Title}