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  2. Texas wants to buy surplus border wall parts but U.S ... - AOL

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    After fulfilling requests from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and eligible border states, transferring nearly 60% of the materials, the Department of Defense sold the remaining 40% through a ...

  3. Psychological pricing - Wikipedia

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    An example of this practice is in Australia, where 5 cents has been the smallest denomination coin since 1992, but pricing at .98 or .99 on items under several hundred dollars is still almost universally applied (e.g.: $1.99–299.99), while goods on sale often price at .94 and its variations. Finland and the Netherlands were the first two ...

  4. Percentage - Wikipedia

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    A decrease of 60% means the final amount is 40% of the original (100% – 60% = 40%). A decrease of 100% means the final amount is zero (100% – 100% = 0%). In general, a change of x percent in a quantity results in a final amount that is 100 + x percent of the original amount (equivalently, (1 + 0.01 x ) times the original amount).

  5. Chocolate bar strike - Wikipedia

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    Montreal children protesting the 1947 candy bar price increase outside a Laura Secord candy store. The candy bar protest, also known as the 5 cent chocolate war, the 5 cent war and the chocolate candy bar strike, [1] was a short-lived 1947 protest by Canadian children over the increase in price of chocolate bars from five to eight cents.

  6. Variety store - Wikipedia

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    5 y 10 in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1937. Dollar store, $1.25 store, 99-cent store, etc. in the United States and Canada plus other names. Dollar store is used predominantly, even when the maximum price is higher than one dollar. Some chains emphasize that the price is an even amount: $2, $5, etc., instead of having odd, "uneven" prices.

  7. Oregon Bottle Bill - Wikipedia

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    Any beverages other than the above in sizes 4 oz to 1.5 liters in metal, glass or plastic containers are subject to a 10 cent refund value. Some milk based products such as kefir, drinkable yogurt, milk-based smoothies and milk or plant-based milk with other ingredients that have been previously excluded were enrolled into the Oregon Bottle Bill in January 2020, but the OLCC reversed the ...

  8. Hong Kong plastic shopping bag environmental levy scheme

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    Registered retailers are bound to charge consumers 50 cents as an environmental levy for each plastic bag taken. The levy scheme aims to generate direct economic disincentives and encourage consumers to refrain from using PSBs indiscriminately. The ultimate goal is to cultivate a habit of "Bring your Own Bag" (BYOB) within society.

  9. International use of the U.S. dollar - Wikipedia

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    A series of Zimbabwean Bond Coins was put into circulation on 18 December 2014 in 1, 5, 10, and 25 cent denominations, and afterwards 50 cent and 1 dollar bonds coins, which are pegged at the same rate as American coins.