European Countries May Dump Small Coins
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BRUSSELS, Belgium &#151; A penny saved may no longer be a penny earned in parts of Europe. Following the lead of Finland, Belgium and the Netherlands have moved to ditch their one- and two-cent coins, whose purchasing power and size been deemed untenably tiny.
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OSLO, Norway - Arild Tofte and Kaare Heggdal know that recycling pays, but they weren't quite prepared for the jackpot that a scrapped cash machine contained. It was still full of cash. Enough to buy a house and take a luxury vacation.
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By CHASE SQUIRES DENVER - Mary and Ray Smith can't make heads or tails of a new presidential dollar coin they found last week. It doesn't have either. A week after the revelation that some of the coins slipped out of the U.S.
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ECONOMISTS may be fretting about the implications for the global economy of the near historically weak US dollar.
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Proper waste disposal in the EU has become prohibitively expensive, leading to black market dumping.
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Asian and European nations should cut dollar dependence and use more euros in trade, according to an advisory group representing more than three dozen countries, which comprise half of the global economy.
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Local currencies have been launched in Magdeburg and other parts of Germany - but they are no match for the euro.
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Europeans accustomed to sneering at China as a producer of cheap shoddy goods must realize the world's most populous country is taking a great leap forward in the technology stakes, according to a new report that urges the EU to innovate or stagnate.
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Business & money: Warning that small economic shock could be enough to cause serious problems.
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The US Mint plans to reintroduce dollar coins in an attempt to get Americans to give up the dollar bill.
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By CHASE SQUIRES  DENVER - Mary and Ray Smith can't make heads or tails of a new presidential dollar coin they found last week. It doesn't have either. A week after the revelation that some of the coins slipped out of the U.S.
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The European Union is in danger of extending beyond its proper geographical and cultural limits. Frankly, this title is misleading.
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The European Union&#39;s economy commissioner said in a newspaper interview Friday the bloc is worried about the low level of the dollar against the euro.
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The euro traded a touch below its recent  lifetime records against the dollar and the yen in the last  session of the year on Friday as investors bet Europe's single  currency will continue to benefit from a weak dollar in 2005.
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If you equate Europe with stodginess, it's time to take another look.
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Europe is in the midst of another bout of angst about its currency, amid signs the Bush administration will tolerate a prolonged weakness in the dollar.
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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.