Stocks of luxury brands are falling, a sign that consumers’ high-end spending spree is over.

Stocks of luxury brands are falling, a sign that consumers' high-end spending spree is over.

The luxury goods boom is over as consumers abandon their years-long high-end spending spree. This is evidenced by the rout of LVMH shares, which have fallen by around 20% over the last six months. The consumer spending spree on high-end goods that began during the pandemic has petered out. Luxury retailers that have enjoyed healthy …

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Ban on COVID Vaccination Mandates by Private Businesses, Including Healthcare Facilities, Passes Texas Senate

Ban on COVID Vaccination Mandates by Private Businesses, Including Healthcare Facilities, Passes Texas Senate

Sign up for The Brief, the Texas Tribunes’ daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date on the most essential Texas news. A sweeping ban on COVID-19 vaccination mandates for employees of private businesses in Texas passed the Texas Senate on Friday, although medical facilities would be allowed to adopt other policies to help reduce …

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Best and Worst Annuity and Life Insurance Providers: JD Power, 2023 | ThinkAdvisor

Best and Worst Annuity and Life Insurance Providers: JD Power, 2023 |  ThinkAdvisor

Customer apathy toward annuities and life insurance poses an ongoing challenge for providers. Satisfaction increases as more customers use digital tools and begin using life insurance and annuities for financial planning, in addition to final planning services such as death benefits and insurance funeral, according to a published study Thursday by JD Power. Life insurance …

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Nonprofit hospitals facing scrutiny from Sen. Sanders: Where is the charity care? | BenefitsPRO

Nonprofit hospitals facing scrutiny from Sen. Sanders: Where is the charity care?  |  BenefitsPRO

By Alan GoforthOctober 13, 2023 at 9:35 a.m. This week, Senator Bernie Sanders released a report calling on Congress and the IRS to strengthen oversight of the tax-exempt status of these hospitals. However, the American Hospital Association said the report was irrelevant. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM) Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has become the latest policymaker …

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Two Northwell executives elected to National Academy of Medicine | Long Island Business News

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Listen to this article Two Northwell Health leaders have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of three organizations that make up the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in the United States. The election of Karina Davidson, Northwells senior vice president of research, and Dr. Said Ibrahim, vice president of …

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WHO and OHCHR launch new guidance to improve laws addressing human rights violations in mental health care

WHO and OHCHR launch new guidance to improve laws addressing human rights violations in mental health care

Ahead of World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) are jointly launching new guidance titled “Mental Health, Human Rights “man and legislation: guidelines and practices”, to support countries in reforming their legislation in order to end human rights violations and improve access …

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Arizona agrees to fund gender-affirming surgery for state employees

Arizona agrees to fund gender-affirming surgery for state employees

Arizona lawmakers said they were disappointed the state agreed to fund gender-affirming surgeries for state employees in a consent decree that ends years of class-action lawsuits filed by a professor at the University of Arizona. The consent decree, approved last week by a federal district court judge in Tucson, comes months after Gov. Katie Hobbs …

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Data Strategy, Security and Privacy – O’Melveny

Data Strategy, Security and Privacy - O'Melveny

As our customers collect and generate more data, we help ensure that data is an asset, not a liability, by developing policies and practices that keep customers compliant with evolving cybersecurity obligations and confidentiality. Our lawyers advise our clients throughout the lifecycle of data privacy and security issues, from advising on global data privacy compliance, …

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Dear Abby: My husband’s son hurt him emotionally by paying a health insurance premium

Dear Abby: My husband's son hurt him emotionally by paying a health insurance premium

DEAR ABBY: When my husband and I got married a year ago, I dropped my health insurance and signed up for his family insurance, since it also covers his children, including an adult. There was no additional cost to add me. However, a few months later, the insurance company increased the monthly premium for all …

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