Business icon Ken Langone blasts the Fed for letting inflation run riot - and warns a financial crisis seems inevitable

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Ken Langone.

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Retail worker quits are on the rise again even as workers in other industries increasingly try to hold onto their jobs

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Major retailers have been spending a lot of money to try get workers to stay, but it might not be enough.

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Here's how much the typical worker makes at 19 retail companies, from Amazon to Walmart

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America's biggest public companies have to disclose their workers' median annual salary.

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Walmart, Target, Kroger, and more major retailers go head-to-head in an escalating 'labor hoarding' war over hourly employees

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Walmart increasing its minimum wage to $14 per hour was followed by an avalanche of similar moves from other retailers.

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Target says cuts to workers are off-limits as it hunts for up to $3 billion in savings

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Target says it won't cut its investments in its team.

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Brace for a home improvement slump as consumers battle inflation, debt, and pressure on house prices, Home Depot warns

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Shoppers at The Home Depot.

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Walmart and Home Depot are spending heaps of cash on pay raises because they can't afford to lose workers

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Walmart employees will see a minimum starting wage of $14 per hour starting in March.

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Walmart and Home Depot fire off warnings about the American consumer

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Walmart's business tends to do well in a downturn.

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The typical Home Depot customer is a 45-year-old white man with a college degree earning over $80,000

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US stocks fall as worries persist over the Fed keeping rates higher for longer

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