Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

The price of wheat rose for the first time in several years.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

With crops failing across Russia's Black soil belt, and vegetable gardens wilting outside suburban dachas, first deputy prime minister Victor Zubkov warned against price gouging,saying "There are absolutely no grounds for price hikes of food."

VOA: standard.2010.07.23