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  • July 2008

    • Loving Low Dollar, Europeans Come to Shop

      MSNBC  |  Jul 26, 08 9:04 PM CDT

      Loving Low Dollar, Europeans Come to Shop

      (Newser) - The weak dollar is forcing Americans to shelve travel plans, but Europeans are flying over to score on stellar exchange rates. With the British pound worth $1.99 and the euro $1.58, tourists are coming to the US to shop: More than 15 million visited in the first 4 months of 2008, spending $11.6 billion in April alone—21% more than the same month last year. More »

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      tourism  • currency  • currency exchange  • tourists  • retail shopping  • foreign currency  • international currency

  • January 2008

    • Cyprus, Malta Adopt Euro

      Bloomberg  |  Jan 1, 08 12:35 PM CST

      Cyprus, Malta Adopt Euro

      (Newser) - The new year brought a new currency to Malta and Cyprus, which today became the 14th and 15th countries to adopt the euro. The changeover went smoothly, the EC said in a statement. "Both Cyprus and Malta are small, open and thriving economies for whom having a stable and widely used currency will provide a major advantage," an economist told Bloomberg. More »

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      euro  • Cyprus  • international currency  • eurozone  • Malta

  • October 2007

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