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Texas Judge Blocks EPIC City Development with Temporary Restraining Order
Collin County’s 493rd Judicial District issued a temporary restraining order against the Double R Municipal Utility District, halting Community Capital Partners’ EPIC City (now called The Meadow) project. Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges the district’s board illegally expanded its boundaries to sidestep state oversight.
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index Jumps to Six‑Month High in March
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reported that its March manufacturing diffusion index climbed to 18.1, a six‑month high and well above economists' 10.0 forecast. The surge suggests a surprising rebound in regional manufacturing activity amid broader economic slowdown concerns.
Amazon Unveils Early‑Season Classic Deals on Devices Ahead of Big Spring Sale
Amazon has launched a slate of early‑season classic deals on its own hardware and popular accessories, offering savings of $20‑$50 before the Big Spring Sale begins March 25. The promotion highlights the retailer’s aggressive pricing play to drive early traffic...
LS Power to Acquire Constellation Energy's PJM Gas Assets in $5 B Deal
LS Power announced a $5 billion acquisition of PJM gas assets from Constellation Energy, underscoring a significant private‑equity‑driven push into energy infrastructure. The deal, highlighted by PE Hub, adds to LS Power’s growing portfolio of power‑sector holdings.
Bank of America Cautions Investors Against Over‑reading Post‑dip Rally Amid Iran War and Oil Surge
Bank of America’s chief investment strategist Michael Hartnett warned that the recent rebound in equities after the Iran‑related sell‑off does not reflect a true market bottom. The March Global Fund Manager Survey shows sentiment at a six‑month low, cash holdings...
FedEx Refunds Tariffs as Small Businesses Grapple with Rising Costs
FedEx announced it will refund duties to all customers after the Supreme Court struck down key Trump-era tariffs, joining more than 2,200 U.S. companies in lawsuits for refunds. At the same time, small wholesalers and service providers in Minneapolis, Atlanta...
Kohl’s CEO Rules Out More Store Closures, Shifts to Optimizing Existing Footprint
Kohl’s chief executive Michael Bender announced that the department‑store chain will not close additional locations after shuttering 27 stores in 2025. The company will instead concentrate on extracting more productivity from its roughly 1,150 existing stores as it battles flat...
Land & Buildings Boosts Midwest REIT Stake with $20 M Share Purchase
Land & Buildings Investment Management, LLC bought an additional 229,146 Centerspace shares, increasing its exposure by $19.97 million and lifting the fund’s stake to 9.19% of its 13F assets. The move underscores a strategic tilt toward stable, Midwest‑focused multifamily assets amid...
TransAstra Unveils $2.5M NASA‑Backed Bag‑Style Asteroid Mining Mission
Los Angeles‑based TransAstra announced its New Moon mission, a NASA‑funded effort to capture small near‑Earth asteroids with an inflatable bag and move them to a stable Earth‑adjacent orbit. The plan, demonstrated on the ISS, could see its first retrieval launch...
New Mexico Trial Accuses Meta of Hiding Child Mental‑Health Risks, Could Cost Billions
State prosecutors in New Mexico have brought a trial against Meta, alleging the company concealed the mental‑health dangers its platforms pose to children. If jurors find Meta liable under the state’s Unfair Trade Practices Act, sanctions could total billions of...
Jeff Bezos Targets $100 Billion Fund to Acquire and AI‑Upgrade Manufacturing Firms
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is in early talks to raise as much as $100 billion for a manufacturing‑transformation vehicle that would acquire and modernize legacy industrial firms with artificial intelligence. The fund is tied to his AI startup Project Prometheus, which already...
Uber CTO Says 95% of Engineers Now Rely on AI, Internal Agents Push 1,800 Weekly Code Changes
Uber's chief technology officer, Praveen Neppalli Naga, announced that 95% of the company's engineers now use AI tools monthly and that an internal coding agent is generating 1,800 code changes per week. The shift moves engineers from hand‑coding to system...
Accenture Posts 8.3% Revenue Rise, AI‑Driven Bookings Surge, Announces Major Restructuring
Accenture reported fiscal Q2 revenue of $18.04 bn, up 8.3% year‑on‑year, and $22.1 bn in AI‑related bookings, beating analyst forecasts. The firm also raised the low end of its 2026 revenue outlook to 3% and launched a multi‑layer restructuring of its Reinvention...
Arctic Wolf Names Will May Chief Revenue Officer to Accelerate Growth
Arctic Wolf has appointed Will May as its Chief Revenue Officer, giving him oversight of the company’s worldwide go‑to‑market organization. The move signals the cybersecurity firm’s intent to scale sales and improve operational efficiency as it pursues further growth.
QuintoAndar Launches ChatGPT App, First Latin American PropTech Unicorn to Embed AI Search
QuintoAndar, the leading residential rental platform in Latin America, rolled out an official app inside OpenAI's ChatGPT, making it the region's first proptech unicorn to embed conversational AI for property discovery. The move taps Brazil’s status as a top‑three market...
RethinkCare Rolls Out Integrated Support Platform for Neurodivergent and Disabled Workers
RethinkCare unveiled a suite of platform enhancements that combine human navigation, AI‑driven guided journeys and expanded coaching after its acquisition of Joshin. The upgrades target the one‑in‑five neurodivergent and 15% disabled workforce, aiming to close long‑standing gaps in workplace benefits.
Meta Launches 1700 W MTIA Superchip with 30 PFLOPs and 512 GB HBM for AI Inference
Meta announced a 1700‑watt MTIA superchip that can deliver 30 PFLOPs of inference performance backed by 512 GB of HBM memory. The move underscores Meta's strategy to build a full‑stack, inference‑first silicon ecosystem without relying on Nvidia, AMD, Intel or ARM.
OCC Unveils Rulemaking to Enforce GENIUS Act, Tightening Stablecoin Oversight
On Feb. 25, 2026 the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to implement the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. The draft regulation, open for comment until May 1, 2026, would...
MediKeeper Integrates AIPM Health‑Education Content Into Wellness Platform
MediKeeper announced today that it has incorporated health‑education material from the American Institute for Preventive Medicine into its wellness platform. The new library replaces static articles with videos, courses and interactive tools covering topics from nutrition to financial wellness, aiming...
Indra and Synaptic Aviation Deploy AI System at Spain’s Three Busiest Airports
Indra and Synaptic Aviation have rolled out an AI‑powered video‑analytics platform at Adolfo Suárez Madrid‑Barajas, Josep Tarradellas Barcelona‑El Prat and Palma de Mallorca airports, covering more than 150 million passengers annually. The system promises tighter turnaround predictability, lower emissions and faster...
U.S. Regulators Trim Wall Street Banks' Capital Ratios by About 5%
Federal regulators announced softened Basel capital proposals that will shave roughly 5% off the capital ratios of the biggest U.S. investment banks. The change could unlock $175 billion of excess capital for loans, dividends and buybacks, but critics warn it may...
Vision On Line Appoints Christian Schaarschmidt as COO to Accelerate Go‑to‑market Strategy
Vision On Line announced Christian Schaarschmidt as its new chief operating officer and shareholder. The veteran image‑processing expert will steer go‑to‑market execution and product roll‑outs, complementing the existing leadership of Oliver Herrmann and Andreas Schaarschmidt.
Google Unveils Recycled Materials Guide, Aims for 60% Circular Content by 2025
Google released a Recycled Materials Guide to accelerate recycled‑content use across consumer electronics, aiming for 60% circular content in its devices by 2025. The playbook details how the company will reach 48% recycled plastic and sets a benchmark for the...
Study Shows 2 Million Americans Lose ACA Coverage After Subsidy Expiration
A new Kaiser Family Foundation study reports that roughly 2 million people—about one in ten former ACA enrollees—are now uninsured after the expiration of enhanced federal subsidies. The loss follows a partisan showdown that halted a six‑week government shutdown and left...
24 States and 10 Cities Sue EPA Over Repeal of Climate Endangerment Finding
A coalition of 24 Democratic‑led states, 10 major cities and five counties has filed a lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit to overturn the EPA's repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding. The filing seeks to restore the scientific basis for vehicle...
JPMorgan, Goldman Roll Out Short‑Credit Tools as Private‑Credit Market Faces Unwind Risk
JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs have unveiled bespoke short‑selling baskets that let hedge funds bet against the $1.8 trillion private‑credit market. At the same time, JPMorgan is marking down the value of private‑credit collateral, tightening leverage for fund managers and prompting...
SBS Appoints Adam Shpiro as CMO to Accelerate Global Brand Expansion
SBS announced the appointment of Adam Shpiro as chief marketing officer, tasking him with scaling the company's brand and AI‑driven banking solutions across Europe, Africa and North America. The move follows Shpiro’s record of ten‑fold revenue growth at digital‑banking startup...
KraneShares AI ETF Gives Retail Access to Private AI Giant Anthropic Valued at $380 Billion
KraneShares' Artificial Intelligence and Technology ETF (AGIX) now includes a direct equity position in private AI startup Anthropic, which recently closed a $30 billion Series G round that valued it at $380 billion. The move lets non‑accredited investors gain exposure to the company...
US F-35 Stealth Fighter Damaged Over Iran, Pilot Lands Safely
A US F-35 Lightning II was struck during a combat sortie over central Iran and forced to land at a regional base, with the pilot unharmed. US Central Command confirmed the emergency landing while Iran’s IRGC claimed a successful strike,...
LA Hotel Minimum Wage Hike Triggers 650 Job Losses and Rate Increases
Los Angeles raised the minimum wage for hotel workers to $22.50 an hour in July 2025, a step toward a $30 target in 2028. Early data show more than 650 workers have been laid off and many hotels are raising...
Pentagon CIO Kirsten Davies to Keynote 2026 Digital Transformation Summit
Pentagon Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies will deliver the keynote at the 2026 Digital Transformation Summit on April 22 in Virginia. The event, run by the Potomac Officers Club, gathers federal leaders and GovCon executives to discuss the government’s digital...
Knorr‑Bremse Proposes €1.90 Dividend, a 9% Rise, Ahead of AGM
Knorr‑Bremse AG announced a proposal to pay €1.90 per share for the 2025 fiscal year, roughly a 9% increase over the prior dividend. The move coincides with the end of term for its supervisory board members and the nomination of...
FDA Issues Class II Recall of 89,592 Bottles of Children's Ibuprofen Over Contamination
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered a Class II recall of 89,592 bottles of 100‑mg/5‑ml Children’s Ibuprofen Oral Suspension after consumers reported gel‑like masses and black particles. The product, manufactured by India‑based Strides Pharma for Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, was...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Fires Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Garien Gatewood
Mayor Brandon Johnson removed Garien Gatewood as Deputy Mayor for Public Safety on Thursday, appointing first deputy Jason Sanford as interim. The sudden termination has ignited criticism from community leaders and raised concerns about the city’s safety strategy as summer...
Valve Rolls Out SteamOS 3.8, Adding Steam Machine Support and New Handheld Features
Valve released SteamOS 3.8.0, the first version to support the upcoming Steam Machine living‑room PC and to add hibernation, Bluetooth microphone, and expanded compatibility for a range of third‑party handhelds. The update reshapes Valve’s Linux ecosystem and signals a push...
UOB Slashes CEO Wee Ee Cheong's Pay by 20% After Profit Drop
United Overseas Bank announced a roughly 20% reduction in CEO Wee Ee Cheong's 2025 remuneration, cutting the package by S$3 million to S$12 million. The adjustment follows a pronounced slump in the bank's profit and a lower dividend payout, signaling heightened accountability...
Six Flags Enforces New Chaperone Rules for Guests Under 17 During Spring Break
Six Flags announced that visitors 17 and younger must be escorted by an adult over 21 at its Texas and New Jersey parks during spring break. The policy, aimed at curbing disruptive behavior, limits each adult to five minors and...
IMF Warns Sustained Oil Price Surge Could Reignite Inflation and Curb Growth
The International Monetary Fund warned that oil and gas prices staying above $100 a barrel for a year could add 40 basis points to global inflation and trim output by up to 0.2%. The alert follows Brent and WTI breaching...
Iran Launches Missile Barrage on Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG Plant After Israeli Strike on South Pars
Iran fired missiles at Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG complex hours after Israel hit the South Pars gas field, the world’s largest gas reservoir. The tit‑for‑tat attacks have disrupted LNG supplies, pushed Brent crude above $112 a barrel and raised fears of a...
Pentagon Moves to Extend D.C. National Guard Mission to 2029
The Pentagon is set to prolong the federal National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until Jan. 20, 2029, covering 2,865 troops drawn mainly from Republican‑led states. The extension, awaiting Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s signature, underscores a shift in domestic security policy...
Treasury Department to Assume Portion of Federal Student Loans
The U.S. Treasury announced it will take over a segment of federal student loans, signaling a major policy shift in the banking sector. Details of the transfer, including loan volume and timeline, were not disclosed in the provided sources.
Wall Street Turmoil Casts Doubt on Trump's 401(k) Private‑Market Push
Senate Banking Committee Democrat Elizabeth Warren called the current market turmoil "the worst possible moment" to let 401(k) participants invest in private‑credit and equity. Critics say the Trump administration’s push could force retail retirees into opaque, illiquid assets just as...
UBS Upgrade Sends Palantir Shares Soaring on AI‑Data Growth Outlook
UBS analyst Karl Keirstea upgraded Palantir to a buy and raised his price target to $200, implying a 29% upside. The upgrade triggered a strong intraday rally in Palantir shares. Investors are eyeing the company’s 70% YoY revenue growth and...
UCLA Team Cuts Perovskite Contact Barrier Tenfold, Paving Way for Faster Chips
Researchers at UCLA have unveiled a contact‑induced charge‑transfer doping technique that reduces the metal‑perovskite interface barrier by an order of magnitude. The method, detailed in Nature Materials, could unlock faster, lower‑power perovskite‑based chips and sensors.
ESA Grants OHB €248 Million to Build Next‑Gen Weather Satellite Constellation
The European Space Agency awarded OHB a €248 million contract to develop 20 small satellites for EUMETSAT’s EPS‑Sterna weather‑monitoring constellation. The deal expands on the Arctic Weather Satellite prototype and aims to keep Europe’s weather‑forecasting infrastructure independent through 2042.
Custify Named G2 Leader and Cited in AI Churn Reduction Research
Custify was announced as a Leader in G2's Spring 2026 Customer Success Software report and was highlighted in G2's AI‑in‑Churn‑Reduction research. The Bucharest‑based platform earned a 4.7‑out‑of‑5 rating and topped categories such as Easiest to Use and Top Trending, signaling...
Kalshi Launches $10 March Madness Promo for All 50 States
Kalshi, the regulated prediction‑market exchange, rolled out a $10 sign‑up bonus for new users who place $10 in March Madness trades. The offer, valid in all 50 states, positions Kalshi as a legal alternative to sportsbooks in jurisdictions where sports...
FBI Launches Leak Investigation Into Ex‑NCTC Director Joe Kent Amid Iran War Resignation
The FBI has opened a classified‑leak investigation into former National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent, a probe that started before his March 18 resignation over the Iran war. Kent, a retired Green Beret and Trump ally, is accused of sharing...
Robinhood Shares Slide 51% From $150 Peak, Threatening Crypto Trading Hub
Robinhood Markets' stock has tumbled more than 51% from its October peak of over $150, eroding the valuation of one of the largest retail crypto trading venues. The decline follows a 38% drop in crypto transaction revenue to $221 million in...
Uber Commits Up to $1.25 B to Rivian for 10,000 Robotaxis, Targeting 25 U.S. Cities by 2031
Uber announced a multi‑year commitment of up to $1.25 billion to purchase 10,000 Rivian R2 electric robotaxis, with an option for 40,000 more. The first vehicles will roll out in Miami and San Francisco in 2028, and the fleet could reach 25...