After a summer of Barbenheimer and Beyoncé, can US consumers still afford the holiday season?
Minneapolis CNN — Ballpark attendance boomed this summer, Barbenheimer revived the box office and a Renaissance of live performances brought...
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Britain’s second-largest city effectively declares itself bankrupt
London CNN — Britain’s second-biggest city effectively declared itself bankrupt on Tuesday, shutting down all nonessential spending after being issued...
Opinion: ‘Work’ means something different in France than in the US
Editor’s Note: Catherine Poisson is an associate professor of Romance Languages at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Her research has...
US spends most on health care but has worst health outcomes among high-income countries, new report finds
CNN — The United States spends more on health care than any other high-income country but still has the lowest...
France faces widespread protests and ‘hellishThursday’ as anger at pension reform mounts
Paris CNN — French workers are set to take to the streets Thursday to protest radical reforms to the country’s...
UK pensions: There’s no quick fix for the market mess
London CNN Business — The Bank of England is struggling to contain a crisis triggered by the UK government’s brash...
