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Saks Global announced on March 6, 2026 that it will close 15 additional retail locations—12 Saks Fifth Avenue stores and three Neiman Marcus stores—across 12 states as part of its Chapter 11 restructuring. Closing sales begin March 13, 2026, and the list includes the flagship Saks on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. The move follows a prior nine‑store shutdown announced last month, leaving 13 Saks and 32 Neiman Marcus locations operational. CEO Geoffroy van Raemdonck described the cuts as a strategic optimization to concentrate on high‑performing luxury markets.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that commercial crude oil inventories, excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, increased by 3.5 million barrels to 439.3 million barrels in the week ending Feb 27, still about 3% below the five‑year average. Total petroleum stocks rose 2.9 million...
Edison International, the parent of Southern California Edison, secured a dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit alleging fraud over the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. U.S. District Judge Otis Wright found the utility’s statements about its Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) program too...
The Fullerton Fire Department launched a city‑run ambulance service on Feb 2, hiring 32 operators after receiving over 500 applications. The program began with refurbished ambulances while awaiting seven new units, and it operates three 24‑hour shifts plus an additional 12‑hour...
JetBlue hosted its 12th annual “Fly Like a Girl” event in Fort Lauderdale, introducing over 100 students aged 10‑14 to aviation and STEM careers. Female crew members—including pilots, engineers, and technicians—provided hands‑on demonstrations, tours, and mentorship. The event featured the...
Most software companies tell you migration is easy. Then they hand you a help doc and disappear. Omnisend did something different. Their leadership team migrated brands themselves. Felt the friction. Found the answer. Now they handle the entire process for you. 5 days. Start...
It's more common than you think. A woman gets a faint positive on a pregnancy test, starts telling family, and then bleeds four days later. This is called a chemical pregnancy. And most OBs will say "it was just a...
Primark appointed Eoin Tonge as permanent CEO after a year as interim, signaling a stable leadership transition. The retailer is accelerating U.S. expansion, celebrating a decade of presence and planning a flagship Herald Square store in Manhattan. Internationally, Primark opened...
At the Winter Clinical Dermatology meeting, UCLA dermatologist April W. Armstrong outlined how clinicians are personalizing atopic dermatitis treatment amid a surge of targeted options. She highlighted that oral JAK inhibitors are chosen for rapid itch control, while IL‑13 biologics...
Tesla’s Model Y emerged as the best‑selling vehicle in California, Washington and Nevada in 2025, marking the electric crossover’s first outright state‑wide victories. Meanwhile, Ford’s F‑Series pickups retained dominance across 29 states, underscoring the continued appeal of traditional trucks in...
The traditional fully in‑person outpatient physical‑therapy model is under strain from tighter reimbursement, staffing shortages, and patients demanding more flexible scheduling. Clinics are turning to hybrid care, combining essential hands‑on visits with short virtual check‑ins to maintain outcomes while improving...
British Airways remains the largest European carrier to the United States, moving 7.6 million passengers between December 2024 and November 2025. Its overall US load factor of 83 % placed it 13th among European airlines, trailing carriers such as TAP and Air France. The...
The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security fined Teledyne FLIR $1 million for 19 Export Administration Regulations violations, chiefly misapplying the de minimis rule to thermal camera exports bound for China and Hong Kong. The company undervalued U.S.-origin components, excluded lenses from product valuations,...
Re: Prasad, from this morning's @statnews Readout newsletter: FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is in Miami this week speaking to health care investors attending a slew of broker conferences, noted Mizuho health care strategist Jared Holz. That should make for some...
Aston Martin’s 2027 Vantage retains its 2026 formula, offering a 656‑hp twin‑turbo V‑8 in the standard coupe and a 670‑hp Vantage S variant. Pricing starts around $195,000 and can rise to $215,000 depending on trim and options. Performance figures include 0‑60 mph...
Sixteen years after the Tier 4 visa launch, UKVI compliance in UK higher education remains largely reactive, with specialist teams often handling both operational checks and assurance tasks. The article argues that this blended model blurs responsibility lines and hampers clear...
Max Hodak (@maxhodak_) is the co-founder of Neuralink and founder of @ScienceCorp_, a company building brain-computer interfaces that can restore sight. Science has developed a tiny retinal implant that stimulates cells in the eye to help blind patients see again. More...
Developmental‑behavioral pediatrician Ronald L. Lindsay reflects on a 1998 grant that outlined nine concrete goals to address health disparities for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities, women with disabilities, and underserved families. He argues that his early warnings—now framed as a Cassandra‑type...
GlobalData Healthcare attended the World Evidence, Pricing and Access (EPA) congress in Amsterdam, where industry leaders debated mounting market instability. Sessions focused on the impact of the Most Favored Nation (MFN) policy, shifting US tariffs, rapid AI integration, and the...
In September, President Trump urged pregnant women to avoid Tylenol, echoing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claim of a link between prenatal acetaminophen and autism or ADHD. The FDA responded that no causal relationship has been established, citing mixed...
Wisconsin’s Assembly Bill 1034, passed 95‑1, and companion Senate Bill 1075 would allow the University of Wisconsin system to pay athletes for name, image and likeness (NIL) while granting a sweeping exemption from the state’s open records law for all...
The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) warns that independent pharmacies are facing a cash‑flow crisis as 67% report Medicare drug‑price negotiation refunds delayed 22 days or more, forcing 60% to dip into personal savings. NCPA is urging the Centers for...
ProbablyMonsters announced a major expansion of its executive team, adding Jonathan Lander as Chief Publishing Officer and David Reid as Chief Marketing Officer while promoting Mark Subotnick to Chief Product Officer. The new C‑suite structure aligns publishing, marketing, and product...
Researchers used computational fluid dynamics to model bubbly flow beneath a moving container ship, exploring how inertial, buoyancy, and surface‑tension forces interact. Their simulations showed that when bubbles coalesce into a continuous air layer on the hull, drag can drop...
Reinforce3D has teamed up with Impac Systems Engineering to fast‑track the rollout of its continuous‑fiber injection process (CFIP) across the United States, Canada and Mexico, promising internal reinforcement without part redesign or extra material. The partnership targets high‑performance sectors such...
The ACA’s state‑run health‑insurance marketplaces, which require essential benefits and sort plans into Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze tiers, covered about 10 million people before COVID‑19. A 2021 expansion of premium tax credits more than doubled enrollment to 23 million and pushed...
The Los Angeles Metro Board approved a 4.5‑mile extension of the K Line, pushing light‑rail service from Redondo Beach to the Torrance Transit Center. The route will run on existing right‑of‑way, then shift to an elevated guideway above the 405...
Stable GLP‑1 receptor agonists such as Exendin‑4 and Ozempic improve beta‑cell viability by modulating gene expression. Researchers at the Salk Institute discovered that these drugs induce phosphorylation of Med14, a core subunit of the Mediator transcription complex. Phosphorylated Med14 enables...
Security Risk Advisors (SRA) unveiled its inaugural “Purple Perspective 2026” report, drawing on more than 160 purple‑team exercises that tested over 8,300 MITRE ATT&CK techniques. The study reveals that organizations conducting two to four exercises annually achieve markedly better detection and...
American Airlines has launched a summer service from Edinburgh to New York JFK, expanding its transatlantic footprint in Scotland. The new route joins the Philadelphia‑Edinburgh flight that resumed last year, giving the airport two direct US connections. The airline will operate...
Ontario Superior Court Justice J. Glick ordered Richardson International and former employee Peter Robinson to each bear their own pre‑trial costs, leaving the core dispute unresolved. Robinson alleges he was dismissed not for alleged theft of a case of toilet...
G7 finance ministers said they will keep monitoring oil markets and stand ready to release strategic petroleum reserves if needed. Crude oil peaked at $119.48, fell to $96.24, and now trades near $100. The price is 16% lower than its...
Regeneron’s Chinese partner Hansoh announced that its dual GLP‑1/GIPR agonist olatorepatide achieved a 19% mean weight loss in a Phase 3 trial of 604 obese or overweight adults, meeting both co‑primary endpoints. The study reported lower gastrointestinal adverse events compared with...
Belk announced a partnership with Michael Strahan’s clothing line, debuting the “Collection by Michael Strahan” across its website and 100 brick‑and‑mortar locations. The launch offers more than 60 suit separates, blazers, shirts, polos, T‑shirts and accessories, with an additional rollout planned for...
Turkey has begun trials of its first domestically developed 225 km/h high‑speed train built by Türas. The eight‑car, 577‑seat unit features locally sourced control and traction systems from Aselsan and a suite of passenger amenities. Turkish State Railways plans to acquire...
The Elekta Gamma Knife Esprit, featuring 192 simultaneous beams and millimeter‑level precision, is cementing radiosurgery as a first‑line therapy for brain tumors, vascular lesions, and emerging functional disorders. Advances in high‑resolution MRI, functional imaging, and AI‑driven contouring have streamlined planning and...
A new Enterprise Community Partners report finds that 39,880 affordable housing units across 461 California developments are shovel‑ready but stalled due to insufficient state funding. The projects, which could house over 432,000 low‑income households, require $2.3 billion in subsidies, $1.8 billion in...
The Arizona Corporation Commission voted unanimously on March 4 to repeal the state’s renewable energy standard and associated tariff rules, arguing that the mandates no longer justify the costs to ratepayers. Since 2006, utilities have collected more than $2.3 billion in REST...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced it will create a refund process for Trump‑era tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court, aiming to launch within 45 days. The agency has not yet detailed how importers will file refunds in the Automated...
The Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show, one of the nation’s largest consumer travel expos, convened thousands of travelers, tour operators, cruise lines, and destination marketers in early March 2026. The multi‑stage format featured expert panels on emerging travel trends, destination...
Bulgaria and North Macedonia have agreed to complete their first rail border crossing by 2030, featuring a 2.4‑kilometre tunnel under the Deve Bair mountain. The tunnel, costing roughly €69 million, is slated for Bulgarian completion by the end of 2028, after...
Are electric vehicles denting oil demand? Yes. By how much? 1.5 million barrels of oil a day, according to EV Curve Futurist. Caveat: These estimates are hard, but the numbers are certainly adding up.
Origin Energy’s 650MWh grid-forming BESS begins commissioning in Australia #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/61QbfMJxsW
Serious question. Has anyone told this retired Royal Navy captain that @Keir_Starmer can’t (or won’t) deploy a single warship to defend his citizens overseas? https://t.co/ZcOiyRqtsn
If the war ended today with Iran's complete and total surrender, Strait of Hormuz shipping traffic would take two weeks to return to normal and Gulf oil production two months to get back to pre-war levels. And that's optimistic. https://t.co/o3CKt61EZn
Silfab solar cell manufacturing site temporarily closed after chemical incident #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/wPNqIx1Taf
Some weekly inputs are coming into our nowcast-model today, and it looks pretty painful to be honest. Especially in growth terms. The shipping/trucking/export/import volumes look bad. Really bad. So this is starting to impact the economy (already)..
Today is the second day in a row (after Friday) that markets are trading winners and losers from the spike in oil prices. That's a big shift from the blanket risk-off that clobbered all EM currencies this time last week....
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These are the men running the Iranian military. Calm, knowledgeable, and realistic. No much of sabre rattling come from these old military honchos, they know the game & they play it well to the best of their ability. Compare that...
