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A sharp drop in gold prices—down more than 5% to under $4,600 per ounce—sparked a coordinated sell‑off across the mining sector. Shares of B2Gold, Newmont, Barrick, Hecla, Gold Royalty and others fell between 6% and 12%, pulling the Canadian TSX index lower. The move reflects heightened inflation fears, rising oil prices and a Federal Reserve hold on rates.
Microsoft announced a sweeping AI leadership reorganization, promoting Mohit Garg to Vice President of Engineering for AI Network Infrastructure and naming Jacob Andreou as EVP of the unified Copilot experience. The changes free Mustafa Suleyman to focus on "superintelligence" and...
VibeIQ announced the appointment of Mark Rudolph as its first Chief Revenue Officer, a newly created role aimed at scaling the company's global sales, marketing and customer‑success functions. Rudolph, who previously led the go‑to‑market organization at Wiser Solutions, will drive...
VerbaFlo has closed a $7 million seed round headed by Pi Labs, bringing its total funding to about $9 million. The capital will accelerate product development and push the AI‑driven leasing platform into the United States and deeper into Europe. Investors cite...
Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin's merged entity, HSF Kramer, has launched a firm‑wide AI platform modeled on Palantir’s forward‑deployed engineer approach, rolling out the Legora contract‑analysis tool for its 2,700 lawyers. The initiative, led by newly appointed global chief...
Eledon Pharmaceuticals disclosed a widened FY25 net loss of $45.6 million while confirming that its lead candidate, Tegoprubart, remains on schedule in Phase 3 kidney‑transplant trials. The financial strain underscores the tension between cash burn and pipeline momentum.
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) released a strategic briefing that details a multi‑billion‑dollar AI roadmap, emphasizing Agentic AI and next‑gen cloud architecture to help clients navigate a cooling global labor market. The plan builds on ADP’s existing base of over 40 million...
Scholastic announced third‑quarter 2026 results with consolidated revenue of $329.1 million, a $56.1 million education segment, and $407 million free cash flow driven by a $400 million sale‑leaseback. While overall revenue slipped, the company narrowed its education‑segment loss, signaling steady demand for digital learning...
Reliance Industries has named a 17‑member consortium of global and domestic banks to underwrite Jio Platforms' upcoming $4 bn Offer For Sale. The deal, expected to float 2.5%‑2.7% of Jio equity, will be filed by early April and could become India’s...
Ampivo Smart Technologies has hired Anupam Shah as chief operating officer to steer its rapid expansion across applied AI, digital infrastructure and sustainability platforms. Shah brings a decade of techno‑commercial leadership, most recently from Chainrisk Labs, where he helped support...
Ecovacs debuted the Bajie robot, a home‑butler equipped with the OpenClaw AI hand, at the Shanghai consumer electronics expo. The launch underscores China's rapid integration of OpenClaw across consumer devices and highlights emerging challenges in reliability and safety.
FedEx Corp. posted $24.0 bn in third‑quarter revenue, $1.35 bn operating income and $1.06 bn net income, surpassing expectations and prompting an upgrade to its fiscal‑2026 earnings outlook. The company also reaffirmed its plan to spin off FedEx Freight as a standalone public...
1607 Capital Partners, LLC added 921,396 shares of the iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF (EUFN) in Q4 2025, raising the position's value by $42.1 million. The move lifts the fund to 9.62% of the firm’s 13F‑reportable assets, underscoring confidence in the...
Chicago’s City Council approved a hike in the combined city, county and state hotel tax from 17.5% to 19% for properties with 100 or more rooms. The extra revenue will seed a Tourism Improvement District that finances Choose Chicago’s marketing...
Bob Costello, who led the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s IT modernization, has been hired as Chief Digital & Information Officer at Merlin Group. The hire gives the affiliate network a two‑decade federal cyber‑security pedigree as it expands its digital...
SoundHound AI's shares fell almost 7% on Thursday after the company announced CFO Nitesh Sharan's departure and an interim replacement by co‑founder James Horn. The leadership change has investors questioning the firm’s financial roadmap as it navigates a competitive AI...
San Diego’s Rady Children’s Hospital halted gender‑affirming care for patients under 19, prompting four family lawsuits and a California Attorney General suit alleging breach of a 2034 merger agreement. The move adds to a wave of federal and state actions,...
Pearl Abyss saw its stock tumble roughly 30% on March 19 after the launch of Crimson Desert, even as the game became the most‑watched title on Twitch with nearly 500,000 concurrent viewers and logged over 131,000 concurrent players on Steam....
Oracle reported fiscal Q3 2026 revenue of $17.2 billion and a record $553 billion remaining performance obligations, sending the stock up more than 9% on the day after release. The results beat Wall Street forecasts and highlighted a rapid expansion of its...
Greg Abel has officially become chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, succeeding Warren Buffett after six decades at the helm. Abel immediately bought $15 million of Berkshire stock and the conglomerate resumed share repurchases with a $225 million buyback, underscoring his confidence in...
Tampa Bay general manager Jason Licht told reporters the Buccaneers dangled a contract that exceeded the San Francisco 49ers' three‑year, $60 million offer to keep wideout Mike Evans. Evans ultimately signed with the 49ers, leaving the Bucs after 11 seasons.
Live Nation chief Michael Rapino faced a five‑hour cross‑examination in New York federal court, where states’ lawyer Jeffrey Kessler forced him to repeat his own comment that the company’s ticket fees are “too high.” The grilling came amid a multi‑state...
At the WTO ministerial in Yaounde, trade ministers could not agree on a reform roadmap, prompting the European Union to consider a parallel track with CPTPP members. Swedish Trade Minister Benjamin Dousa warned that failure would drive the EU toward...
Drones hit Kuwait's largest oil refinery for a second consecutive day, igniting a fire and forcing the shutdown of multiple processing units. The disruption prompted crude prices to edge higher on Friday, reversing earlier declines and highlighting the expanding Iranian...
The Platform on Sustainable Finance and EFRAG have recommended a sweeping overhaul of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards to align them with the EU Taxonomy, SFDR and Benchmark Regulation. The changes aim to eliminate duplicated data collection, reduce compliance costs...
Researchers at Osaka University have fabricated atom‑scale gates that behave like cellular ion channels, using a miniature electrochemical reactor to carve sub‑nanometer pores. The breakthrough could accelerate DNA sequencing, enable artificial synapses for brain‑inspired computers, and advance single‑molecule sensing, though...
Valve kicked off its 2026 Steam Spring Sale on March 19, running through March 26 and slashing prices on thousands of titles. Discounts reach as high as 95% off, with marquee games such as Fallout: New Vegas priced at $1,...
Tim Palmer, a physicist at the University of Oxford, published a PNAS paper proposing “Rational Quantum Mechanics,” which caps quantum computing capacity at roughly 1,000 qubits. The limit, he says, prevents quantum algorithms like Shor’s from outperforming classical machines, keeping...
When AI‑generated avatar Sienna Rose duplicated fashion influencer Gracie Nielson’s TikTok, the clip went viral with 2.4 million views, igniting a firestorm among creators who fear synthetic rivals could erode the multibillion‑dollar creator economy. The incident spotlights a rapid rise in...
Amazon has bought Swiss robotics startup Rivr, known for its four‑legged, stair‑climbing delivery robot, in a deal whose financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition builds on Amazon’s prior $22.2 million seed investment and positions the e‑commerce giant to expand autonomous...
The National Stock Exchange of India will slash system latency to the nanosecond range on April 11, enabling roughly 100 million transactions per second. CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan said the upgrade will deliver near‑real‑time finance while warning that the speed jump amplifies cyber‑risk,...
OpenSea announced on March 16 that its native SEA token, slated for a March 30 debut, will be delayed indefinitely due to challenging market conditions and a readiness gap. CEO Devin Finzer said the platform will only launch the token...
Guggenheim Securities reaffirmed a Buy rating on Larimar Therapeutics and held its $26 price target after the company disclosed a $115 million public offering and FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for its Friedreich's ataxia drug. The analyst’s confidence comes amid a cash...
WTW's 2026 Advanced Analytics and AI Survey shows that property‑and‑casualty insurers in the United States and Canada that intensified AI and advanced‑analytics investments lowered combined ratios by six percentage points and outpaced peers on premium growth by three points between...
Deputy Senate Leader Lola Ashiru of Kwara South trained 60 young people in ICT and handed out 200 personal computers during a Ramadan‑timed empowerment program. The initiative, the fifth of its kind since he took office, targets students, artisans and...
The State Bank of Pakistan’s Q2 FY26 payment systems review shows digital channels processed 92% of retail transactions, up from 88% a year earlier. The surge represents 3.1 bn digital payments worth Rs 64 trillion, driven largely by mobile‑app platforms and the Raast...
Galaxy Digital’s research chief Alex Thorn warned that roughly 7 million Bitcoin – about $470 billion at current prices – could be exposed to a future quantum computer, but he said the threat is long‑term and not imminent. The report outlines a...
Figma’s shares fell 11% over two days when Google introduced the AI‑driven “vibe design” feature in its Stitch platform. The drop coincided with insider selling by General Counsel Brendan Mulligan and heightened concerns among designers about Google’s deep integration and...
Oasis Security announced a $120 million Series B round led by Craft Ventures, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Accel and Cyberstarts, bringing total capital raised to roughly $195 million. The funding will accelerate its Agentic Access Management platform, which secures non‑human identities such...
Animoca Brands announced a strategic investment in Ava Labs and a partnership to grow the Avalanche blockchain in Asia and the Middle East. The deal, which includes capital deployment, product integration and advisory support, focuses on tokenizing real‑world assets, digital...
Cosmos Health Inc. announced it will release revised operational, strategic and financial guidance following its FY2025 results, highlighting a projected $12 million-plus annual revenue stream from its NOOR Collagen line in the United States and gross margins near 75%. The update...
XTransfer’s chief strategy officer Neil Ni addressed the Inclusive FinTech Forum 2026 in Kigali, unveiling a self‑developed AI model, TradePilot, and announcing more than 300% growth in Africa during 2025. The remarks underscored the firm’s push to modernise cross‑border B2B payments,...
Mental‑health clinicians across the United States are reporting heightened anxiety and burnout, a trend amplified by the National Academy of Medicine’s Health Workforce Well‑Being Day on March 18, 2026. Interviews with Minnesota providers and commentary from industry observers point to...
The Westin Maldives Miriandhoo Resort has launched three immersive experience tracks as part of Marriott International’s Good Travel with Marriott Bonvoy™ program, offering guests cultural workshops, local island excursions and sustainability tours. The initiative aims to deepen visitor connection to...
Pope Leo XIV announced that presidents of all episcopal conferences will meet in Rome in October 2026 to reassess family ministry in light of Amoris Laetitia’s ten‑year legacy. The summit aims at synodal discernment amid rapid cultural shifts affecting Catholic...
Teachers at St Cuthbert's RC High School in Rochdale have announced a second nine‑day strike over escalating pupil violence, extending industrial action into March. Parents of Year‑11 pupils are hiring private tutors to mitigate lost classroom time ahead of critical...
The British government has released official advice on which foods, drinks and cooking supplies to stockpile in the event of a nuclear strike. The guidance emphasizes canned and dried goods, bottled water and low‑tech heating options, while warning that fruit,...
FurryScan, founded by Archana Jain, rolled out a smart AI assistant that offers health monitoring, vaccination reminders and personalized coaching for pet owners. The service aims to make pet care more proactive amid a booming pet‑care market.
YouTube educator Ms. Rachel posted a video of her 1‑year‑old daughter Susie reciting a string of words, sparking a viral reaction. The clip has ignited a heated discussion among parents about language development expectations and the pressure of social‑media comparisons.
More than 4,000 luxury vehicles, among them dozens of Porsches, have been off‑loaded at Kenya’s Lamu port after ships bound for Dubai were forced to reroute because of the US‑Israel‑Iran war. The diversion highlights Lamu’s emerging role as a deep‑water...
