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economy slowed a lot at the end of last year.

The U.S.

GDP for the fourth quarter showed growth of 1.4 percent compared to a year earlier.

Economists were expecting a far stronger report.

Amazon has officially dethroned Walmart as the world's biggest company by sales.

And Pierzolina Selyuk reports the online retailer got a big boost from its cloud computing business.

On Wall Street and pre-market trading, stock futures are lower.

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Thousands of striking nurses in New York City have reached a tentative contract with New York Presbyterian Hospital.

The nurses have been on picket lines for six weeks.

Ten thousand fellow unionized nurses at two other New York hospitals ratified new contracts last week.

They started going back to work last weekend.

Volkswagen workers in Tennessee have secured a rare victory in the South.

Roughly 3,200 United Auto Workers members voted yesterday to approve a union contract.

And Pierre-Steven Bissaha reports those negotiations lasted nearly two years.

The U.S.

women's ice hockey team won the Olympic gold medal yesterday.

The team beat Canada 2-1.

The U.S.

was behind until the third period of the game.