dollar
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Giuffra praised the changes but said they were long overdue and inadequate: "There's an expression: that's a day late and a dollar short."
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
That has fluctuated between 30 cents and 78 cents for every other dollar of net demand for stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
On the campaign trail, Raman has promised to let Mejia audit every dollar of city spending on homelessness, setting the stage for a potential overhaul of L.A.’s approach to the crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
“This makes Prop. 40, in real dollar terms, the most expensive ballot measure ever, in the most expensive midterms ever,” McCuan told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
At a price of 7, Greg Lippmann allowed Morgan Stanley to exit a trade it had entered into at roughly 100 cents on the dollar.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Converting that to today’s dollars is difficult, but most estimates would place it under half a billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Metro is currently in need of millions of dollars to fund a massive bus network for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
"Cyberscam syndicates continue to steal billions of dollars from American victims," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in Thursday's statement.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
Typically, to commit to a school, a student pays a nonrefundable deposit of a few hundred dollars, later credited toward tuition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
But it was the seventeen dollars that seemed to win Charlie.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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