"Euros Accepted" signs pop up in New York City

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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.

"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.

The increasingly weak U.S. dollar, once considered the king among currencies, has brought waves of European tourists to New York with money to burn and looking to take advantage of hugely favorable exchange rates.

"We didn't realize we would take so much in and there were that many people traveling or having euros to bring in. But some days, you'd be surprised at how many euros you get," Chu said.

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Not far from Chu's downtown wine emporium, Billy Leroy of Billy's Antiques & Props said the vast numbers of Europeans shopping in the neighborhood got him thinking, "My God, I should take euros in at the store."

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0655798320080206

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Rargh Rargh Rargh!

How dare they... Pretty soon English will be bumped to number '9' on the telephone keypad.

[Ban Hammer 13,355]

at a 1-1 rate

[almaty 19]

terrible.nyc suxs

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terrible.nyc suxs

Why is this terrible?

[almaty 19]

oh it is not terrible at all..a great idea..i just like to bash nyc...