On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, alexy wrote:
> Video61@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080206/us_nm/newyork_euros_dc
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>> "Euros Accepted" signs pop up in New York City
>> Wed Feb 6, 12:11 PM ET
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>> NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the latest example that the U.S. dollar just
>> ain't what it used to be, some shops in New York City have begun
>> accepting euros and other foreign currency as payment for merchandise.
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>> "We had decided that money is money and we'll take it and just do the
>> exchange whenever we can with our bank," Robert Chu, owner of East
>> Village Wines, told Reuters television.
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> I think your mail client is acting up. From your subject line, it
> appears that you had some article talking about merchants' preferring
> Euros, but that subject line got attached to this article about
> merchants' accepting Euros as a convenience for their customers
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Oh, I don't know, it seems pretty consistent to me. After all, stores in
NY (?), which might be a key destination for Europeans, might make more
money leaving their Euros in the cash register for a year or more than
depositing in the bank (considering that the Euro is appreciating and
expected to appreciate more in at least the near future).
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