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Top five EPI blog posts of 2022: Inflation and minimum wage increases among the most-read posts

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The majority of EPI’s top blog posts this year dealt with inflation, including how corporate profits, not workers’ wages, were contributing to bigger price tags. . To figure out what was really going on, many readers turned to the Economic Policy Institute for research-based answers. . Here is a rundown of the top five posts: .

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Shoppers Are Caught Off Guard as Prices on Everyday Items Change More Often

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said his supermarkets have been changing grocery prices more frequently to protect profit margins as manufacturers raise prices. We are printing thousands of new price tags every week,” Mr. Griffin said. Mark Griffin, president of B&R Stores Inc., To save time, B&R is trying electronic shelf labels at a store. Best Buy Co.

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10 Tuesday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz

This is before we get to the issue of capital gains tax’ hurdle of 20% on those pesky profits. ( The Big Picture ) • Secret History of Alan Alda’s M*A*S*H Dog Tags : At auction, it was revealed they were from WWII vets: a Black man from the South and a Jew from Brooklyn. I found their families. (

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Wearables Like Apple Watch Outsell Entire Watch Industry

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Sales numbers don’t equal profit margins, however. “We We believe Apple Watch is profitable, but not as profitable as some of the super-premium Swiss watchmakers,” Neil Mawston of Strategy Analytics told CNBC. Tag Heuer, for example, has released several smartwatch models, including one that costs $180,000.

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Vintage Toys Aid In Happiness Recovery

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CEO Lyndon Davies recently told the BBC that “we have observed hitherto successful and profitable companies worldwide crumbling under the pressure [of the pandemic], with losses, closures and tumbling share values. Take that , lockdown boredom. The other bonus: No masks are required on toy train rides.

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Today In Payments: Biden Expected To Name Michael Barr To Head OCC; Biden’s Treasury Pick Yellen Leary Of Crypto

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COVID-19’s Price Tag Leaves Large Hospitals At Financial Risk. The pandemic has upended almost every dynamic of the healthcare system from funding to operations to profits. Dominick Colabella, CEO of Rectangle Health, told Karen Webster a drop in elective procedures has even put large hospitals at a financial risk.

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953: Lessons From the Mobile Era | Rodrigo Brumana, CFO, Poshmark

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Prioritizing profitability alongside growth. You can sell used products or you can sell new with tags, but the main thing is that it’s really fun. Emphasizes technological capabilities, especially in AI and search ads, post-acquisition. Continual improvement of systems, architecture, and infrastructure for future scalability.

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