penny
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On Monday, diesel futures in New York were little changed from Friday’s close and had erased all but a penny of the after-hours decline sparked by Trump’s social-media post announcing the deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Oil futures rose a penny, or 0.01% to $89.44 a barrel in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
First up, though: If you’ve got some diesel sitting around the house, you could make a pretty penny on Facebook Marketplace.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026
Killing the penny saves about $56 million a year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
If she gave me a penny on January first and kept doubling it, on January twenty-sixth she would give me $335,544.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
Shares sank 27% to 936.78 pence in early European trading, the lowest level since April 2025, before paring losses slightly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The stock is trading at a lowly multiple, Berenberg says, as it increases its target price to 390 pence from 360 pence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Vesuvius shares are up 27% at 475 pence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Citi reiterates its sell recommendation with a target price of 248 pence, up slightly from 245 pence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Mr. Butterbur paid for it himself, and offered Merry another eighteen pence as some compensation for the lost animals.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Card boxes fell by the wayside because they cost about $5 each in the U.S. versus pennies per box in China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Prices were rising "not just by pennies", but by "25 or 30 pence" each time she visited the shops, she added.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Seeing into the future that she’d soon be asked to work for pennies while someone else got obscenely rich, she passed.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
I’ve also heard from various people telling me their whole financial picture, down to the pennies in their accounts, and the ins and outs of their divorces, estate fights and bad relationships with financial professionals.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
“We would hardly have our tea off a fender and pennies there! We have our own fine doll china in our quarters within the palace walls.”
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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