Argentina burns reserves, asks for early IMF help as peso crashes

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's peso collapsed almost 6 percent to a record low of 33.5 per U.S. dollar on Wednesday, prompting the central bank to sell dollar reserves for the second straight day while the president asked the International Monetary Fund for early release of funds under a standby deal.The currency is down more than 43.5 percent in 2018, prompting massive central bank interventions including the sale of $500 million (384.56 million pounds)in reserves between Tuesday and..