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She said refiners were better off using reserves than buying expensive crude on the spot market, which often costs more than what they can charge for refined products.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Some city leaders had also dinged the county for misusing homelessness money generated from a previous sales tax and argued this new pot of dollars would be handled no better.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Weekly earnings don’t look much better: Pay rose 3.7% year over year, still not enough to keep up with inflation.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Investor demand is building, but with hours left to place orders, things could still be going better.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
I know better than to argue, so I give him the response I know he expects and he pays a hundred bucks for sixty tickets and hands us each thirty.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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