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Euro or Dollar

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Remco said on March 13, 2004 11:32:

It’s logical that most amounts concerning Roxette, Per, GT and Marie mentioned at TDR are in Swedish Crowns (SEK).
But why are these always converted into U.S. Dollars? Since the Euro now is another major “worlwide” currency, and a lot of people at TDR are from Europe (Spain, Finland, Holland, Germany) I think the Swedish amounts should be converted into Euros instead of Dollars. Of course the Dollar is a reference point for Asia, Africa and South America, but people from these countries are converting them into there own currency anyway (I think...).

Any comments on this?

harriej said on March 13, 2004 19:51:

Maybe an idea to convert it to Euro’s AND Dollars??

Remco said on March 13, 2004 23:07:

Would be to much of “extra” text don’t you think. However it would be an advantage for both of us... ;-)

Jud (moderator) said on March 14, 2004 10:05:

you can always go to xe.com and use the currency converter :)

roxeteer (moderator) said on March 14, 2004 15:29:

Remco, thank you for your comment. I think our articles should always include a conversion to a more global currency. I apologize that sometimes we have left it out. I will remind our news editors about the issue.

Even though we have very many readers - and even editors - outside Europe, I think the currency to use is Euro. Mostly for the reason that Per and Marie are from Europe.

ally77 said on March 14, 2004 20:04:

Hey don’t forget a long loyal BRITISH ££££££££’s!! ;)

Remco said on March 17, 2004 03:45:

Ally, don’t worry, I don’t want to exclude anyone from information, but I was just thinking that concerting into Euros would maybe make more sense (see arguments above) ;-)

@roxeteer: I don’t mind if you sometimes forget to include conversions, that was not the point of my post... You guys are doing a great job. It was just an idea!