Canada stopped making pennies in 2012, and with good reason. Coining pennies is a money-losing proposition, and people don't really need them anymore.

加拿大自2012年开始停止制造1分硬币，是有充足理由的。制造这种硬币是一门赔钱的生意，而且人们已经不再需要它了。

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Money fled that money-losing proposition to unofficial lenders paying higher rates for deposits because they were charging, not the official 6.5% rate for a loan, but 30% to 70%.

资金之所以逃离亏本行业，逃向存款利率更高的非官方放贷处，是因为它们给付的利息不是官方贷款的6.5%，而是30 - 70%。

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The firm has no intention of litigating these claims, the lawsuit says, because lawyers know that would be a money-losing proposition.

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This can turn into a money-losing proposition, though.

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Take that out of the equation and app-based publishing, like print publishing, is a cost-heavy, money-losing proposition.

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