1.   As it happens, none of this is considered especially pressing in Britain, which has chosen to sit out the first round of the euro conversion.

2.   For this and other reasons, the euro conversion has been complicated and expensive.

3.   If there is one area where euro conversion is incomplete, it is vending machines.

4.   Much of Europe has been distracted by the euro monetary conversion, which required extensive computer reprogramming.

5.   No one is quite sure what impact the euro conversion will have on profits in the short term.

6.   One measure of the confidence about euro conversion is that financial institutions have not sought to delay or stretch out the process over a longer period of time.

7.   These Web sites offer information about the euro conversion.

8.   Other problems that computers may have with dates and data, such as the euro conversion, could cost even more to fix.

9.   When the euro conversion is completed, the AP will remove the old currencies from all Foreign Exchange tables.

10.   The move also follows claims by consumer groups that Irish firms have used the euro conversion to disguise a range of price increases.