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Euros and/or US dollars
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Edward Potter
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Dollars and Euros Jan 5, 2006

RobinB, thank you for your comments. They are very interesting. Time will tell where the dollar goes. With so many factors in play I don't think anyone can know for sure. If somebody does, then they would be some rich guy somewhere.

Getting back to Phillipe's concern, I would concur with Ralph. Basically, you know your rates and if you do not agree, you tell the potential customer no thank you.

I will make one cultural comment. U.S. companies will be much more lik... See more
RobinB, thank you for your comments. They are very interesting. Time will tell where the dollar goes. With so many factors in play I don't think anyone can know for sure. If somebody does, then they would be some rich guy somewhere.

Getting back to Phillipe's concern, I would concur with Ralph. Basically, you know your rates and if you do not agree, you tell the potential customer no thank you.

I will make one cultural comment. U.S. companies will be much more likely to only think in terms of dollars and may indeed forget that they were talking about euros or whatever. Europeans are much better conditioned to consider the currency which is being dealt with. I do expect this to change more and more now that Europeans do not change money as much as they used to. ▲ Collapse
 
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