Euro may challenge dollar, economists say

Friday, June 14, 2002

FRANKFURT, Germany -- The euro, second fiddle to the dollar since its birth in 1999, may finally be ready to take off, making Italian leather and Parisian cafe cremes more expensive for American tourists but offering relief to U.S. exporters.

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