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Companies Report Raging Inflation, Except In Wages & Rents
Companies Report Raging Inflation, Except In Wages & Rents
Authored by Wolf Richter via Wolf Street,
Manufacturers reported that the costs of health insurance for employees shot up by 14.2% on average; service firms reported an average increase of 12.9%, according to a report by the New York Fed based on a survey of companies in the New York-Northern New Jersey region.
These are averages, but “some firms reported increases of between 25% and 50% when they renewed their coverage,” the report said.
Manufacturers and service firms both reported that the costs...
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Authored by Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times,
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Bloomberg reported earlier this week that Unilever Plc was in early talks to sell its food business - a move that would end its competition with major packaged-food rivals, including Nestlé, PepsiCo, and Kraft Heinz.
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"Unilever confirms...
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