Is inflation gobbling up your Thanksgiving plans?

By Lauren Young This was originally published in the Reuters On the Money newsletter, where we share U.S. personal-finance tips and insights every other week. Sign up here to receive it for free. Inflation-weary Americans should see the cost of a classic Thanksgiving dinner gobble less of their paychecks this year. That is because we are buying…

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Goldman funds to take $900 million hit on Northvolt, FT reports

(Reuters) – Funds managed by Goldman Sachs will write off nearly $900 million after Swedish lithium-ion battery producer Northvolt filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this week, Britain’s Financial Times reported on Saturday. The Goldman private equity funds, which together ranked as the second-largest shareholders in Northvolt, plan to write down their $896 million investment…

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Trump expected to pick Brooke Rollins to be agriculture secretary, WSJ reports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick Brooke Rollins (NYSE:ROL), president of the America First Policy Institute, to be agriculture secretary, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. If confirmed, Rollins would lead a 100,000-person agency with offices in every county in the country, whose remit includes farm and nutrition programs, forestry,…

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Bosch to cut hours for 10,000 workers in Germany

BERLIN (Reuters) – Robert Bosch (NS:BOSH), the world’s largest car parts supplier, will reduce the working hours and pay of around 10,000 employees in Germany, going beyond previously announced reductions and in addition to thousands of job cuts announced on Friday. In the latest sign of the challenges facing Germany’s auto sector due to weak…

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