
Higher wages are fantastic for workers. But small businesses are struggling to keep up
CNN
Wages are going up. That's great news for workers. But some smaller companies may struggle to absorb higher labor costs.
The Russell 2000 (RUT), an index of small cap American firms, has fallen about 2.5% in the past month while the Dow and S&P 500, home to giants such as Apple (AAPL), Nike (NKE) and Walmart (WMT), are each up more than 2%.
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications devices, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers on Thursday, according to two sources with direct knowledge of his congressional briefings.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information that could have endangered US troops through his use of Signal to discuss attack plans, a Pentagon watchdog said in an unclassified report released Thursday. It also details how Hegseth declined to cooperate with the probe.











