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Walmart also swapped 12 dinner rolls for last year’s sweet Hawaiian rolls and included only one Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup. The turkey is smaller, too.

Target’s Thanksgiving meal for four for $20 includes French bread and frozen corn instead of last year's green beans and mushroom soup.

The White House has pointed to Walmart... Walmart says its Thanksgiving meal can feed 10 people for less than $4 a person, vs $7/person last year.

This year's 15-item basket is missing the pecan pie, mini marshmallows, muffin mix, sweet potatoes, onions, and celery from last year’s 29-item basket…

Sixty percent said inflation is affecting their Thanksgiving plans, with 28% using more coupons, 18% scaling back their guest lists, and 10% saying they won’t invite back guests who show up empty-handed.

Citing rising costs, 19% of hosts said they might reconsider hosting next Thanksgiving. …

White House Says It's Winning War on High Prices. These Surveys Say Thanksgiving Costs Are Up. The White House has declared it's winning the war on high prices, but some surveys have found higher costs this Thanksgiving. LendingTree [found](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-says-thanksgiv...

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The White House says it's winning the war on high prices, but some surveys have found higher costs this #Thanksgiving.

LendingTree found that Thanksgiving hosts expect to spend an average of $487 on food, drinks, and decor this year — up 13% from last year’s survey.

Former Rothman CEO Mike West didn’t want to burden his family with his Alzheimer’s. He quietly planned his suicide. Only 200,000, or 3%, are diagnosed with Alzheimer's before age 65. Such an early onset means the disease is more likely to progress rapidly and shorten their lives.

Health reporter Wendy Ruderman spent months with the West family for this close look at the devastating impacts of an unforgiving disease. (5/6)

Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.

WSJ reports Fannie Mae staff were fired or pushed out after investigating chair Bill Pulte’s role in alleged attempts to access Trish James’s mortgage documents. One of the people investigating referred material to the US Attorney’s office because it could be material in James’s defense, source said

How Much a 50-Year Mortgage Saves You Now, Costs You Later President Donald Trump’s suggestion of a 50-year mortgage and its drawbacks highlight the challenge of solving for high home purchase costs.

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A 50-year mortgage would save home buyers cash in the short-term, but could ultimately cost more in the long-run.

President Trump posted an image… suggesting his administration could introduce a 50-year mortgage.

Details are sparse on how such a loan would work. …

‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison

NYT interviewed 40.
Torture and abuse at El Salvador prison.
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“As everyone wants to travel to see their families, I think we’re going to see air traffic controllers, very few of them coming to work, which means yes, you’ll have a few flights taking off and landing at our different airports,” Sean Duffy said. “You’re going to have massive disruption.” …

Southwest Airlines canceled 164 flights, or 3% of its flights, and delayed 1,766 flights, or 41%, per FlightAware.com

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said it’s only going to get worse. “What’s going to happen is you’re going to have air travel slow to a trickle,” just in time for Thanksgiving…

including hundreds of flights at Newark Liberty and LaGuardia International Airports in the NYC area, Chicago O’Hare, and Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta, according to FlightAware.com

Delta Air Lines canceled 555, or 16% of its daily flights on Sunday, and delayed 1,073 flights, or 30%. …

Flight Disruptions Mount As Shutdown Drags On Thousands of flights in the U.S. have been canceled or delayed Sunday, including hundreds of flights at Newark Liberty and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, according to FlightAware...

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The number of flight cancellations and delays jumped into the thousands this weekend, as the longest-ever federal government shutdown stretched into its 40th day.

More than 2,500 flights into and out of U.S. airports had been canceled by 6 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, …

Predator: Badlands’ take was more than the $25 million expected.

“This was a much-welcomed over-indexing… that delivered bigger-than-expected results amidst great reviews and positive fan sentiment in favor of the Predator franchise,” said Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore’s head of marketplace trends.

Disney’s ‘Predator: Badlands’ Kicks Off November With $40 Million Box Office Haul Domestic ticket sales well surpassed the $25 million expected and soundly thrashed the weekend competition.

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Walt Disney’s Predator: Badlands dominated the weekend box office, hauling in a higher-than-expected $40 million in the U.S. and Canada, and another $40 million in international ticket sales.

The showing is a positive sign going into the crucial holiday movie season

Elon Musk wins $1 trillion pay package tying him to Tesla for a decade In an era of skyrocketing CEO pay, the award is unprecedented. The deal sets up Elon Musk to become the world’s first trillionaire.

Elon Musk wins $1 trillion pay package, tying him to Tesla for a decade and setting him up to be world's first trillionaire www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

…including cash bonuses and equity awards, from 2024, Johnson Associates projects.

“The financial services industry has rebounded from a dismal first quarter and is on track to finish 2025 strongly despite continued geopolitical uncertainties and tariffs,” said Alan Johnson, managing director. …

…according to compensation consultancy Johnson Associates.

A soaring stock market has fired up the revenue-generating engines in some of Wall Street’s biggest businesses: sales and trading, underwriting, and advisory.

Some equity sales and trading workers could see incentive bumps of 15% to 25%…

Wall Street Heads Into Another Robust Bonus Season Financial sector professionals could see double-digit percentage increases thanks to stronger revenue growth, a soaring stock market, and improved business performances.

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Wall Street’s bankers can expect a little something extra in their stockings this year, but there’s a murkier outlook for 2026.

Year-end bonuses are projected to be robust for the second-straight year, with double-digit increases in incentive pay in some businesses…

🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.

The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.

"I could smell the onions and mustard."

Amazon.com, United Parcel Service, Target and Meta Platforms have announced tens of thousands of layoffs in recent weeks.

Over the past two years, America’s businesses have become increasingly reluctant to bring new employees on, especially as uncertainty over tariffs made it harder to plan ahead..

Why Companies Are No Longer Hanging On to Employees The practice of ‘labor hoarding’—holding on to employees for fear of not being able to get them back later—has reached its end.

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Companies scrambled for years after the pandemic to build back their workforces, learning a simple lesson …: Keep the workers you’ve got, because if you lose them you will have a hard time getting them back.

The job market has softened in recent months, however, …

Federal Reserve to Reduce Bank Supervision Staff by 30% The reductions would leave the Fed’s supervision and regulation division with about 350 people.

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Federal Reserve officials are planning to reduce its banking supervision arm by 30% by the end of next year, according to a memo seen by @wsj.com

The reductions would leave the supervision and regulation division with ~350 people, down from a previously authorized 500…

This was definitely my wife this morning.

It’s impossible not to retrace your steps, wonder if things would have turned out differently if only you had…, but the ones making these heartless decisions clearly don’t appreciate you or your work ethic. I truly hope that your next employer will …

… the U.S. Agriculture Department's refusal to issue Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits starting on Saturday violates federal law. Some 42 million Americans receive the funds.

They said the administration has access to at least $6 billion appropriated by Congress for this purpose, …

2 Dozen States Sue Trump Administration Over Suspended Food Assistance More than two dozen states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration for suspending federal food assistance payments during the shutdown. New York Attorney General Letitia James ...

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More than two dozen states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration for suspending November federal food assistance payments during the shutdown.

New York Attorney General Letitia James and 24 other state attorneys general and governors said …

First ladies made history in the East Wing. It was razed for Trump’s ballroom. The East Wing is home to the Office of the First Lady and has played a key role in women’s visibility in the White House.

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57% of Americans say they’ll spend less on #Halloween candy because of higher chocolate prices, according to a “Trick-or-Treat-onomics” survey by Empower.

Of those who do buy candy, … 31% buy extra, “knowing they’ll eat it themselves.”

Still, 35% plan to splurge on full-size candy bars this year.

… reformulated recipes, repackaged products, and yes, raised prices.

“One by one, most of the large manufacturers are introducing new products that are chocolate-y, but have less chocolate,” offering variety packs that contain less chocolate and more other candies as a way to hold down costs, …