Get a 35% Bonus when Buying Choice Points (Buy Points for 0.76 Cpp)
Choice Privileges has opened a new points sale offering a 35% bonus on purchases of 18,000 points or more, bringing the cost down to roughly 0.76 cents per point. The promotion runs from March 30 to April 28, 2026, with a minimum purchase of 8,000 points and requires membership in the rewards program. Points bought in this sale do not contribute to elite status qualifications and are non‑refundable. The deal is slightly pricier than some recent sales but still under the estimated redemption value of 0.67 cents per point.
Merlin Labs Sees Incremental Path to Pilot-Free Passenger Flights
Merlin Labs, fresh from a SPAC merger that raised over $200 million, is adapting its defense‑grade Merlin Pilot AI flight control system for civil aviation. The company is testing the system on a Cessna Grand Caravan 208B and aims first at...
Avutometinib and Defactinib
The FDA granted accelerated approval to the oral co‑pack Avutometinib and Defactinib for adults with KRAS‑mutated, recurrent low‑grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC) after prior therapy. The regimen pairs a RAF/MEK inhibitor with a FAK inhibitor, marking a rare “novel‑novel” combination...
New 360-Degree Live Tech Could Soon Be Widely Accessible After Very Successful Debut
A 360‑degree, user‑controlled live streaming platform debuted at the 15th National Games, delivering real‑time 3D video captured and stitched by a deep‑learning engine. The system lets viewers swipe to change angles and zoom, creating an immersive experience that 75% of...
Fourth Circuit Overturns Class Certification of 401(k) Plan Investment Loss Case
The Fourth Circuit reversed a district court ruling that had certified a class action against Genworth Financial over alleged underperformance of BlackRock target‑date funds in 401(k) plans. The appellate court held that Rule 23(b)(1) cannot be used for defined‑contribution plans because...
The Country That Just Became the World’s Most Important Supply Chain
MSC halted all shipments to the Arabian Gulf, prompting carriers to reroute cargo through Oman’s deep‑water ports. In March, Sohar saw a 1,766% jump in diversion requests, while Salalah’s traffic rose 800%, pushing the Omani stock index to an eight‑year...
LTC4 Launches Milestone ‘Working with AI’ Core Competency
LTC4, the nonprofit legal‑technology training organization, has introduced a new core competency called “Working with AI.” Developed with input from lawyers, IT professionals and adoption specialists, the program outlines standards for AI literacy, workflow integration, oversight, and ethics. Firms can...
Leonardo DiCaprio-Produced Docudrama ‘Sitting Bull’ Sets Netflix US Release Date
Netflix will launch the Leonardo DiCaprio‑produced docuseries “Sitting Bull” on April 13, 2026, as part of a new licensing agreement with A+E Networks that brings several History Channel titles to the platform. The four‑hour series, originally aired in May 2025,...
Do State Abortion Bans Affect Housing Markets?
New NBER research finds that states enacting total abortion bans after the June 2022 Dobbs decision experienced a measurable slowdown in rental price growth and a rise in vacancy rates compared with states protecting abortion access. Using Zillow rental indices...
InvestorTalk Alert: Brent Willis From Voyageur Pharmaceuticals Ltd. To Host on Tuesday, March 31, 2026
InvestorNews announced an InvestorTalk on March 31, 2026 at 9 AM EST featuring Brent Willis, President and CEO of Voyageur Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (TSXV:VM). Voyageur is advancing a vertically integrated strategy to produce barium and iodine contrast agents, highlighted by a 132,000‑tonne, 98.8% pure barium...
A Second Assault Regiment Equipped with Australian Abrams Tanks
Ukraine’s 1st Assault Regiment has been equipped with an undisclosed number of Australian‑supplied M1 Abrams tanks, marking the second formation to receive the Western main battle tank. The first recipient, the 425th Assault Regiment, was publicly identified in December 2025 after...
Creality IPO Filing Reveals Financial Growth, Manufacturing Scale, and Other Secrets
Creality, the China‑based 3D printer maker, filed a 492‑page draft IPO application with Hong Kong’s exchange, revealing rapid revenue growth and expansive manufacturing capacity. Revenue rose from $272 million in 2023 to an estimated $453 million in 2025, while profit margins slipped...
Vermont Passes House Bill 649 Impacting RRG Investments and Cell Funding
Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed House Bill 649, a statewide captive insurance update that bars risk retention groups (RRGs) from extending loans or making investments in their member‑owners or affiliates. The law also mandates quarterly financial statement filings for RRGs,...
Fannie and Freddie: Single Family Delinquency Rate Increased in February
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reported that single‑family serious delinquency rates ticked higher in February, with Freddie Mac at 0.61% and Fannie Mae at 0.60%, each up 0.01 percentage point from January. Both metrics are essentially flat year‑over‑year and sit close to pre‑pandemic...
U.S. Marine Accused of Stealing Javelin Missile System and Large Quantities of Ammo From California Base
A 23‑year‑old U.S. Marine, Corporal Andrew Paul Amarillas, has been indicted for stealing a Javelin shoulder‑fired missile system and more than two million rounds of M855 ammunition from Camp Pendleton between February 2022 and November 2025. He allegedly transported the weapons to Arizona,...
Containment without Commitment: China and the Limits of the CRINK Alignment
The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs released a 35,000‑word report titled “Containment without Commitment: China and the Limits of the CRINK Alignment,” part of its Fault Lines series that dissects trust and mistrust among China, Russia, Iran and North...
Sommelier Program Returns to New York for 10th Edition
The Olive Oil Times Education Lab’s Sommelier Certificate Program is back in New York’s Flatiron District for its 10th annual edition, a milestone for the five‑day intensive course. The flagship program delivers rigorous training in sensory analysis, production methods, health benefits,...
The War and the Energy Transition
The Iran‑War has sent oil and gasoline prices soaring, with Brent crude climbing from roughly $70 to $115 a barrel and U.S. gasoline up about 30%. Natural‑gas costs have surged 50% in Europe and Asia, while U.S. prices remain flat...
Drillers See Triple-Digit Crude and Hit the Brakes
U.S. oil drillers are seeing Brent above $100 a barrel and WTI over $90, yet most remain reluctant to expand output. The Dallas Fed Energy Survey shows only 21% intend to add significant wells, as firms focus on repairing balance...
Batteries: Still Boomin' (Pt II)
Utility‑scale battery energy storage systems have surpassed 267 GW worldwide since 2012, outpacing earlier forecasts. The deployment curve remains steep, with analysts noting that past projections were consistently conservative. Concurrently, geopolitical tensions and soaring oil prices are prompting a temporary coal...
Oil Rises, Asian Markets Sink as Middle East War Broadens
Oil prices surged on Monday as Brent crude briefly topped $117 a barrel and U.S. crude hovered around $102, driven by escalating conflict in the Middle East. Iran’s attacks on aluminium smelters in Bahrain and the UAE pushed metal prices...
The Financial Trap of Autonomous Networks: Scaling Agentic AI in the Telecom Core
Telecom operators are racing to deploy autonomous, self‑healing networks powered by agentic AI, but the hidden expense of continuously running GPU‑intensive models threatens to overwhelm IT budgets and ESG goals. Traditional Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaling reacts too slowly for sub‑millisecond...
Daily Memo: Mediation Efforts, Oil Supplies for Cuba
Foreign ministers from Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia met in Islamabad to explore diplomatic pathways for ending the Iran‑Saudi conflict. The quartet discussed forming a multilateral consortium to oversee commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, proposing a fee...
WTW Splits EMEA Consulting and Tech Business to Boost AI Strategy
WTW reorganized its EMEA insurance consulting and technology business into two dedicated units—EMEA Property & Casualty (P&C) and EMEA Life—to meet rising client demand and the accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence. Tim Rourke, with eight years at the firm, will...
Canopy Growth’s Apollo Cannabis Clinics Named Best Medical Cannabis Clinic
Canopy Growth’s Apollo Cannabis Clinics was voted Best Medical Cannabis Clinic in the 2025 Toronto Star Readers’ Choice Awards, reflecting strong patient trust. The accolade spotlights Apollo’s free, fully virtual consultations that serve Canadians with personalized, evidence‑based treatment for chronic...
Sol-Millennium Medical Inc. Launches U.S. B2B eShop, Providing Direct Access to Safety Engineered Medical Devices Nationwide
Sol‑Millennium Medical Inc. has launched a dedicated U.S. B2B e‑commerce platform, b2b.solm.com, allowing healthcare providers nationwide to purchase its safety‑engineered medical devices directly. The site streamlines registration, pricing visibility, and order placement for settings ranging from physician offices to veterinary...
High Stakes on the Small Screen: The Resurgence of the Gaming Narrative in Modern TV
Television networks and streaming platforms are reviving casino‑themed thrillers, turning high‑stakes gambling into the centerpiece of premium series. The trend reflects audiences’ appetite for complex, risk‑driven storytelling that mimics the psychological tension of real‑world betting. Simultaneously, the surge in online...
Cathay Pacific Restarts Seattle Service
Cathay Pacific announced it will restart nonstop service between Hong Kong and Seattle on March 30, 2026, after suspending the route during the pandemic. The airline will operate five weekly flights using Airbus A350 aircraft, offering business‑class reverse‑herringbone seats, premium‑economy, and free Wi‑Fi. The...
ESA Seeks Commercial Provider to Transport Payload to the Moon
The European Space Agency (ESA) has issued a call for a commercial provider to deliver its follow‑on NILS2 instrument to the Moon, building on the original NILS payload that gathered 346 minutes of data aboard China’s Chang’e 6 lander. NILS2 is...
Fluke Reliability Tackles Industry’s Silent Crises
Fluke Reliability highlighted the scale of unplanned downtime at its Xcelerate 26 conference, citing a Censuswide survey where 55% of U.S. manufacturers experienced outages costing up to $207 million weekly. The study revealed an average loss of $400 k per hour and as...
Paradise PD and Farzar Getting “Final Season” Away From Netflix Following Cancellations
Creators Roger Black and Waco O’Guin launched a Kickstarter to finish their cancelled Netflix animated series Paradise PD and Farzar with a graphic novel titled Paradise PD & Farzar: The Final Season. The campaign quickly surpassed its £15,069 (~$19,150) goal, raising over...
How Do You Make a Good Prediction?
Prof. Scott Galloway’s prediction framework proved prescient when Meta shut down Horizon Worlds and OpenAI discontinued Sora. The model emphasizes constant data consumption, pattern recognition, and a skeptical view of hype. Sora’s downloads fell 30% month‑over‑month, then another 45%, while...
Eli Lilly Seeks Agreement with U.K. Government to Raise Prices for Medicines: Report
Eli Lilly is negotiating with the U.K. government to raise NHS drug prices and overhaul the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing, Access and Growth (VPAG). The company argues that current rebate rates of 25‑33% of revenues are unsustainable and threaten...
The Morning Show: Season Five; Sean Hayes Joins Cast of Apple TV Series
Apple TV+ announced that Sean Hayes will join the cast of “The Morning Show” for its fifth season. Hayes is set to portray Wyatt, the quick‑witted older brother and manager of Boyd Holbrook’s character. The series was renewed early for...
Alberta Captive Market Continues to Flourish with Foreign Interest Set to Rise
Since Alberta introduced its captive statute in July 2022, the province has attracted 29 captive insurers, outpacing British Columbia and drawing increasing foreign interest. Legal and insurance experts say Alberta’s G7 status, diversified trade strategy, and flexible partnership‑based framework position...
KISSing CVX and COP (FREE POST)
Rob Connors highlights a long‑standing pattern linking Chevron (CVX) and ConocoPhillips (COP) to the broader market. Over a century, CVX’s price relative to the S&P 500 has oscillated between roughly 2 % at lows and 9 % at highs, while COP’s ratio has...
Departure of Justice
Harry Litman hosts a panel with former DOJ officials Paul Fishman and Stacey Young, plus reporter Evan Perez, to dissect the Department of Justice’s recent controversies. The discussion spotlights the agency’s aggressive tactics in the Minnesota investigations and a series...
ICYMI: March’s Biggest Headlines + Bonus Insights
March’s ICYMI edition highlights eight platform updates reshaping social media, with Instagram and YouTube accelerating creator‑commerce tools while TikTok pivots toward micro‑drama formats. The newsletter also spotlights a new AI‑antidote creative style and the growing importance of recap content for...
Transportist: April 2026
Transportist’s April 2026 roundup flags a deepening energy crunch in Australia, where diesel shortages are already curbing grocery deliveries and waste collection, and fuel rationing debates resurface. In the United States, aviation faces staffing gaps at TSA and a LaGuardia...
Transportist: April 2026
The Transportist April 2026 briefing highlights a resurgence of fuel rationing talks in Australia as diesel shortages threaten grocery deliveries and waste collection. It also notes a spate of delivery‑robot mishaps in the United States and tightening e‑bike enforcement, with Seattle...
Press Release: Tigerair Taiwan Taps Bluebox Wireless IFE for A320 Fleet
Tigerair Taiwan has partnered with Bluebox Aviation Systems to equip its 17 Airbus A320 fleet with a wireless inflight entertainment (IFE) solution. The Bluebox Wow portable system will deliver the Blueview digital platform directly to passengers’ personal devices, offering a...
Louisiana International Terminal Holdings Incorporated as Gulf Coast Container Project Advances
Port of New Orleans incorporated Louisiana International Terminal Holdings LLC as the operating entity for a new container terminal in St. Bernard Parish. The next‑generation facility is slated to generate roughly $33.3 million in annual tax revenue and add 4,339 jobs,...
Prilenia and Ferrer Announce First Participant Enrolled in the “PREVAiLS” Phase 3 Study of Pridopidine in ALS
Prilenia Therapeutics and Ferrer have enrolled the first participant in PREVAiLS, a pivotal Phase 3, 500‑patient, randomized, placebo‑controlled trial of the sigma‑1 receptor agonist pridopidine for rapidly progressive ALS. The study, launched at Mass General Brigham, will span 48 weeks with...
DOE Second Guesses Coal Plant Owners
The U.S. Department of Energy is invoking Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act to keep retiring coal plants online, extending roughly 4,500 MW of coal and 1,400 MW of gas capacity. Orders, first issued in May 2025 for the 1,400‑MW J.H. Campbell plant...
Meiji Seika Pharma Invests in Centivax to Develop Next Generation Universal Vaccine Platform
Meiji Seika Pharma announced a strategic investment in U.S. biotech Centivax to accelerate its universal influenza vaccine, Centi‑Flu 01, currently in Phase 1 trials. The partnership leverages Meiji’s pharmaceutical expertise and Centivax’s computational immune‑engineering platform to target conserved viral regions, aiming for...
Biocytogen Grants Taisho Pharmaceutical a License to Its RenNano® Fully Human Heavy Chain-Only Antibody Discovery Platform
Biocytogen has licensed its RenNano® fully human heavy‑chain‑only antibody discovery platform to Japan’s Taisho Pharmaceutical, granting access to RenNano mice for in‑vivo generation and screening of VHH candidates. The agreement, whose financial terms remain undisclosed, adds to Biocytogen’s expanding portfolio...
The Dissent that Questioned Certain Jury Trials
Supreme Court’s 6‑3 decision in SEC v. Jarkesy held that the Seventh Amendment guarantees a jury trial for civil fraud actions, overturning the SEC’s practice of adjudicating such cases before in‑house administrative law judges. The ruling curtails the agency’s ability,...
Tesla Will Soon Unleash Scaled Robotaxi
Tesla announced that it will begin production of its Cybercab robotaxi within weeks, expanding supervised robotaxi deployments and hiring additional drivers and testers. The company aims to scale the service to serve the 100 million U.S. commuters who drive alone and...
SoftBank’s Physical AI Push Gives AI-RAN a Sharper Purpose
SoftBank is rebranding from a traditional carrier to an AI‑native infrastructure provider, centering its strategy on Physical AI that couples vision‑language models with robot actions. It proposes an AI‑RAN architecture where edge MEC handles perception and task planning, while the...
Going Beyond Decarbonization: Key Insights Into Delivering a Just Transition for Steel and Mining Sectors
In March, IRMA and ResponsibleSteel released a landmark report on just transitions for the mining and steel sectors, highlighting the need to place people at the heart of decarbonisation efforts. Stakeholder interviews underscored that inclusive planning and continuous social dialogue...