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By Celina Tebor, CNN Lora Ribas hasn’t left her son’s bedside in four days. Her one-year-old baby, Logan, has been in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) since he was born. For the past three and a half months, he’s been under the care of Mount Sinai Hospital where thousands of nurses are currently striking.

By Hanna Ziady and Joseph Ataman, CNN The French government is planning to raise the official retirement age by two years as part of a long-delayed reform to the country’s pension system that prompted labor unions to call for nationwide strikes next week. New legislation will require French citizens to work until 64, from 62

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Despite broad concerns about the economy and fears of an impending recession, the ultra-wealthy seem to be doing just fine. Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Lamborghini, car brands that cater to billionaires, had record sales again last year. In fact, it was the third record year in a row for Bentley and

By Julia Horowitz, CNN The global economy is just one more knock away from a second recession in the same decade, something that hasn’t happened in more than 80 years. That’s the latest warning from the World Bank, which on Tuesday sharply lowered its forecast for global economic growth. The group now projects that the

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Bed Bath & Beyond lost a third of its sales during the holiday run-up and is running out of options to avoid bankruptcy. The retailer said Tuesday that net sales fell 33%, to $1.3 billion, during its latest quarter ending November 26 compared with the same stretch a year ago.

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Molson Coors is typically known for its lineup of beers and booze, but its newest drink isn’t either. Enter “Roxie,” the company’s first-ever zero-proof canned cocktail sold exclusively online beginning Tuesday. Its arrival comes as Molson Coors broadens its portfolio beyond beer and expands into new growth categories that are

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The crypto winter is apparently not over yet. Coinbase announced Tuesday that it was laying off 950 people, about 20% of its staff. The job cuts come only a few months after another major round of layoffs. The crypto brokerage firm let 1,100 people go in June, about

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN There are two certainties in today’s market: The tech sector has been beaten down and interest rates are higher. And while analysts widely anticipate an easing in the Fed’s rate hikes this year, institutional investors are increasingly using a dangerous tactic to take advantage of market falls. That shift could be

By Matt Egan In a positive sign for inflation-weary consumers, online prices dropped in December as retailers resorted to deep discounts to lure shoppers, according to a Tuesday report from Adobe Analytics. Adobe said e-commerce prices were 1.6% lower than the year before, marking the fourth consecutive month of annual price declines. For many years,