Vivvo CMS 4.1 PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/ ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ As Canada says goodbye to its penny, Americans ponder their own one cent piece http://www.pri.org/stories/politics-society/government/as-canada-says-goodbye-to-its-penny-americans-ponder-their-own-one-cent-piece-9354.html Government Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:35:00 -0500 Starting this fall, Canada will stop making and distributing its pennies. Electronic transactions can still include prices in one-cent intervals, but cash transactions will be rounded up and down to the nearest five cents. It's an effort to cut costs because the penny costs more to make than its worth. Nick http://www.tradeshowrockstar.com Government Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:05:24 -0500 Good move by Canada. I think it's time for the US to drop the penny also. It's just not worth anything anymore, and it's too expensive to make. As long as business round up AND down, it will be a wash. I'd be sad to see the penny go, but it's more and more like the telegraph and the Pony Express... just a piece of history. Nick David Villa Government Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:35:18 -0500 Congress wants to produce pennies more cheaply? Make them biodegradable. No one wants them anyway. PRI: Public Radio International