Isolated and exposed: can New Zealand’s fragile economic recovery withstand the global oil shock?
New Zealand economic growth tipped to overtake Australia’s this year but Middle East conflict casts a shadow over outlook
Just as New Zealand’s fragile economic recovery shows flickers of improvement – with economists predicting its annual growth could surpass that of its larger neighbour Australia – it is facing a new threat: the war in the Middle East.
New Zealand is particularly exposed to the energy shocks produced by the conflict – and to economic crises generally – with the small, isolated nation highly dependent on global trade and tourism. It is susceptible to disruptions in supply chains and shipping.
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South Korea’s Kospi leads gains in Asia as investors assess Japan trade data, await Fed rate verdict
The Middle East war continues to escalate, keeping investors on edge.
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Pakistan hopes steep cost of airstrikes on Taliban targets will protect against terror attacks
Experts say attacks on Afghanistan are ‘defensive, not offensive’ but carry a risk of spiralling cycle of violence
An escalating Pakistani campaign of airstrikes against targets in Afghanistan is aimed at forcing the Taliban authorities to abandon their support for Pakistani militants, according to officials and experts.
The strategy is to impose such a steep cost on the Taliban administration that they act to prevent attacks emanating from Afghanistan. Yet it carries the risk of spiralling violence.
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Iran strikes blow open divisions in Maga base
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Arizona AG files criminal charges against Kalshi over ‘illegal gambling’
Arizona is the first state to allege the prediction market company has committed criminal violations, accusing it of running an unlicensed gambling operation.
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‘Basics’ of life in Britain have been sold for profit, says Polanski
Exclusive: England and Wales Greens leader outlines economic policy including help to meet rising energy costs and water re-nationalisation
Successive governments have turned the UK from a manufacturing economy to one where the basics of life have been privatised and are rented back to people at a crushing cost, Zack Polanski will say.
In a speech billed as the Green leader’s biggest policy intervention since he took over as leader six months ago, Polanski will argue that decades of gradual economic rebalancing in favour of a minority who own assets has left much of the country vulnerable to economic shocks such as the current rise in fuel prices.
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Reeves plans to give England’s regional leaders a share of national tax revenues
Chancellor seeks ‘genuine break with the past’ in tackling centralised and ‘geographically unequal’ country
Rachel Reeves has announced that the Treasury will draw up proposals to hand England’s mayors a share of national tax revenues as part of a radical plan to rebalance the economy.
The chancellor promised “a genuine break with the past” that would shift spending power away from Westminster, as she promised to create investment-led growth across the UK.
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Andy Burnham tees off bid to bring Ryder Cup golf tournament to Bolton
Greater Manchester mayor hopes yet-to-be-built £250m course could provide ‘lasting legacy’ for north of England
From the fairways of Rome to the greens of Versailles, could the world’s most prestigious golf tournament be heading to Bolton?
Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, has announced a bid to bring the Ryder Cup to the north of England for the first time in nearly 60 years.
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Graves in England and Wales could be reused after 100 years
Law Commission proposal forms part of plan to modernise and simplify burial and cremation law
Graves more than 100 years old could be reused across England and Wales under Law Commission proposals that also include the reopening of some burial grounds closed under Victorian-era legislation.
The changes would create a national framework for the first time, aiming to reduce pressure on burial space and modernise a system largely unchanged for more than 170 years.
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How you walk reveals to others how you are feeling, researchers say
Study highlights the movements in people’s gait that give away most about their emotional state
A long face is not the only sign that someone is down in the dumps. How people walk is revealing too, particularly the swing of the arms and legs, researchers say.
Scientists asked volunteers to guess people’s emotions from video clips of them walking and found that bigger swings portrayed more aggression while smaller swings implied fear and sadness.
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CCTV shows three men near Sydney ‘stronghold’ where kidnapped Chris Baghsarian held, police allege
Baghsarian, 85, was taken in a case of mistaken identity before being murdered, NSW police allege. Two men have been charged so far
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New South Wales police have released CCTV footage of three further men they want to question over the alleged kidnapping and murder of Sydney grandfather Chris Baghsarian last month.
Daniel Stevens, 24, and Gerard Andrews, 29 have previously been charged with murder and detaining in company with intent to ransom, occasioning actual bodily harm.
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How Trump’s Second Term Could Shape the U.S. Economy
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Judge orders 1,000 Voice of America staffers back to work in rebuke to Kari Lake
A federal judge has ordered more than a thousand Voice of America staffers back to work by Monday. It’s a major defeat for the Trump administration’s effort to cut the news outlet to the bones.
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Drone company backed by Erik Prince surges 500% in Wall Street debut
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says OpenClaw is ‘definitely the next ChatGPT’
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang pointed to a fast-rising project called OpenClaw as a major step forward in how people interact with AI.
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Rayner: government ‘cannot just go through the motions in the face of decline’
Former deputy prime minister says Labour’s immigration changes are ‘un-British’ and Starmer must respond to fall in party’s popularity
Angela Rayner has said the very survival of the Labour party is at stake and warned Keir Starmer that he “cannot go through the motions” in the face of declining support.
In a speech at campaign group Mainstream’s spring reception, the former deputy prime minister said she believed the government was “running out of time” to show it can deliver the change that the public needs.
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How Long Does It Take To Close a Mortgage?
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Iran expert says Trump’s ‘war of choice’ has morphed into a ‘war of necessity’
With the Strait of Hormuz blocked, policy expert Karim Sadjadpour says the war in Iran is becoming increasingly complicated: “I don’t think President Trump … understood what he was getting into.”
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US rapper Mystikal pleads guilty to third-degree rape in 2022 arrest
Musician, AKA Michael Tyler, faces up to 20 years after entering plea in state court outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The US rapper Mystikal on Tuesday pleaded guilty to third-degree rape in connection with a case that led to his arrest in 2022.
Mystikal – whose given name is Michael Tyler – faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in a state courthouse outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana, according to reports from local news outlets WBRZ and WAFB.
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Iran confirms death of top security official Ali Larijani
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Scottish parliament votes against legalising assisted dying
MSPs reject bill after concerted campaign to block it and despite amendments intended to placate critics
The Scottish parliament has voted against legalising assisted dying after critics and religious groups led a concerted campaign to block the measures.
MSPs voted 69 to 57 to reject the proposals in a late night vote on Tuesday, despite a series of last-minute amendments designed to placate critics of the private member’s bill.
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5 Companies Owned by Tesla
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Opinion | The Allies Take a Pass on Iran
How Much Mortgage Rates Have Climbed Since the Iran Conflict Began
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Senator Cory Booker Proposes Hiking the Standard Deduction to $75,000. Here’s Who Benefits Most
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Elon Musk’s lawyers sidestepped SEC team in Twitter case settlement talks
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Iran’s national security council confirms death of its chief, Ali Larijani
Larijani was killed by an Israeli airstrike and is the most senior Iranian fatality since Ali Khamenei on first day of war
Iran’s supreme national security council has confirmed the death of its chief, Ali Larijani, after Israel said it had killed him in an airstrike.
“The pure souls of the martyrs embraced the purified soul of God’s righteous servant, Martyr Dr Ali Larijani,” the council said on Tuesday evening, adding that his son and his bodyguards had died with him.
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Jensen Huang says Nvidia has received orders from China and is ‘restarting our manufacturing’
Nvidia is gearing up to sell its H200 processors to customers in China after a lengthy delay due to restrictions from both the U.S. and Chinese government.
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USS Ford has seen war, fire and plumbing woes as it nears a record long deployment
The Ford’s crew left Norfolk, Va., on June 24, initially bound for the Mediterranean. More than nine months later, the crew is now in the Red Sea for the war with Iran with no clear return date.
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Chief justice John Roberts calls for end to ‘dangerous’ hostility toward judges
Roberts did not name Donald Trump, but US president has decried ‘corrupt judges’ who ruled against him
The chief justice of the United States, John Roberts, said on Tuesday that hostility directed in personal terms at judges is “dangerous, and it’s got to stop”.
The comment came just days after Donald Trump’s latest social media broadside against judges who have ruled against him and his administration.
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Nvidia’s big GTC showcase barely budged the stock. Is that a problem?
Nobody seems to care that Nvidia’s PE multiple has been shrinking since the summer.
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Pauline Hanson exploiting the frustrations of Australians who have been ‘left behind’, Labor says
One Nation and Coalition adopting reactionary tactics to win over frustrated and fearful voters, frontbencher Andrew Giles says
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Pauline Hanson and rightwing populists are cynically exploiting the frustrations of Australians who feel forgotten by government or left behind by poor education and job opportunities, Labor frontbencher Andrew Giles says.
Accusing One Nation and the Coalition of adopting cynical and reactionary tactics to win over frustrated and fearful voters, Giles says better education is critical to stopping disenfranchisement with government and a weakening of democracy in Australia.
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Kyle Sandilands sacked and top-rating radio show cancelled as host vows to fight to return to air
Kiis FM radio host was suspended from work after an on-air argument with co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson
Kyle Sandilands has been sacked by ARN Media and his top-rating Kyle and Jackie O Show cancelled, but he says will fight to save his $100m contract.
ARN Media said in a statement on Wednesday it had issued a notice of termination of contract to Sandilands and his company Quasar Media, over a dispute that began with an on-air argument between Sandilands and his co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson.
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Kyle Sandilands sacked and top-rating radio show cancelled as host vows to fight to return to air
Kiis FM radio host was suspended from work after an on-air argument with co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson
Kyle Sandilands has been sacked by ARN Media and his top-rating Kyle and Jackie O Show cancelled, but he says will fight to save his $100m contract.
ARN Media said in a statement on Wednesday it had issued a notice of termination of contract to Sandilands and his company Quasar Media, over a dispute that began with an on-air argument between Sandilands and his co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson.
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Pam Bondi subpoenaed over Epstein files release by House committee
Lawmakers on both sides of aisle have criticized justice department’s improper redaction of information
Pam Bondi, the attorney general, has been formally subpoenaed to appear before a House panel to answer questions about the justice department’s handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and it’s release of the Epstein files.
The move came amid growing criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle over the justice department’s compliance with a law passed last year requiring the full release of Epstein-related files.
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Pam Bondi subpoenaed over Epstein files release by House committee
Lawmakers on both sides of aisle have criticized justice department’s improper redaction of information
Pam Bondi, the attorney general, has been formally subpoenaed to appear before a House panel to answer questions about the justice department’s handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and it’s release of the Epstein files.
The move came amid growing criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle over the justice department’s compliance with a law passed last year requiring the full release of Epstein-related files.
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US Senate heeds Trump’s call to debate restrictive Save America Act voting bill
Senate voted 51-48 to begin discussion on bill that would require proof of citizenship for new voters
The Senate voted on Tuesday to debate a sweeping restrictive voting bill that would require proof of US citizenship for new voters, among other measures.
The Senate voted 51-48 to begin debate on the Save America Act, a rebranded version of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility act, or the Save Act, which has been circulating through Congress in some iteration for more than two years.
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Nvidia restarts manufacturing of AI chips for China
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High Tide Gets Lit After Q1 Earnings: Details
High Tide Inc. (NASDAQ:HITI) shares rallied in Tuesday’s extended trading after the company released its first-quarter earnings report, beating the consensus revenue estimate.
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The Details: High Tide reported quarterly earnings of one cent per share, in line with the analyst consensus estimate.
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Senator Cramer Pushes For Swift Clarity Act Regulation, Says ‘Digital Industry Cannot Go Overseas’
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) is urging U.S. lawmakers to pass the Clarity Act quickly, emphasizing that regulatory uncertainty risks driving the digital asset industry the country.
We Cannot Allow Innovation To Leave
In a Mar. 17 interview, Cramer stressed the need for clear regulatory “guardrails” to define:
- Securities vs. commodities
- Traditional banking vs. digital asset platforms
He acknowledged concerns from banks about crypto firms offering yield products, sometimes through intermediaries like PayPal, but argued that regulation must strike a balance between oversight and innovation.
Cramer warned that without clarity, the U.S. …
OpenAI preps for IPO by end of year, tells employees ChatGPT must be ‘productivity tool’
OpenAI has hired the former DocuSign CFO Cynthia Gaylor to run investor relations as the company gears up for a potential IPO.
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Docusign Stock Rises On Q4 Earnings Beat, Strong Guidance, Bigger Buyback
Docusign Inc (NASDAQ:DOCU) delivered its fourth-quarter financial results on Tuesday after the market close. Here’s everything you need to know from the report.
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Key Highlights From Q4
Docusign posted fourth-quarter revenue of $836.86 million, beating the consensus estimate of $827.84 million. The agreement management company reported adjusted earnings of $1.01 per share for the quarter, beating analyst estimates of 95 cents per share, according to Benzinga Pro.
Total revenue was up 8% year-over-year, driven by subscription revenue growth, which was up 8% year-over-year to $819 million. Professional services and other revenue decreased 3% year-over-year to $17.9 million.
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Lululemon Stock Slides After Q4 Report: Here’s Why
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) shares slipped in Tuesday’s extended trading after the company released its fourth-quarter earnings report and issued fiscal year guidance below estimates.
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The Details: Lululemon Athletica reported quarterly GAAP earnings of $5.01 per share, which beat the consensus estimate of $4.79, according to Benzinga Pro data.
Quarterly revenue came in at $3.64 billion, which beat the analyst estimate of $3.59 billion and was up from $3.61 billion in the same period last year.
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Democrats urge windfall tax as big oil set to make billions from Iran war
Progressive and green groups join call for tax on major fossil-fuel companies to help offset rising living costs
With big oil companies poised to reap billions of dollars in profits from the war in Iran, Democratic lawmakers and progressive groups are calling for a windfall tax on major fossil fuel companies.
The US-Israeli strikes on Iran have triggered the largest ever disruption to fuel supply, according to the International Energy Agency, sending crude costs surging over $100 per barrel in recent days. Those high prices have hit US pocketbooks, with average domestic gas prices topping $3.70 a gallon, and Americans spending more than an additional $2bn to fill their tanks in the past fortnight according to one estimate.
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Amazon launches 1-hour and 3-hour delivery options with new tiered pricing structure for customers
Amazon announced Tuesday that customers in select locations can now receive even faster deliveries in as little as one or three hours for an additional fee.
The e-commerce giant noted that Prime members benefit from significantly lower service costs than non-members for the ultra-fast delivery option.
Members will pay $9.99 for the one-hour delivery and $4.99 for the three-hour option. Meanwhile, customers without a membership will pay $19.99 for the one-hour shipping and $14.99 for the three-hour alternative.
“These new delivery options save customers time by bringing the selection typically available in local supercenters straight to their doorsteps,” the company said.
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According to the Seattle-based company, the one-hour delivery option is already available in hundreds of U.S. cities and towns, while the three-hour window has expanded to more than 2,000 locations.
The one-hour option is available in several major and smaller cities, including Los Angeles; Chicago; Houston; Washington, D.C.; Nashville; Oklahoma City; Des Moines in Iowa; Boise in Idaho; and American Fork in Utah.
The broader three-hour delivery network covers large, mid-size and smaller cities, as well as surrounding suburbs, including Cornwall, Pennsylvania; Harrah, Oklahoma; and Arabi, Louisiana.
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Customers can find eligible items using the app’s new “In 1 Hour” and “In 3 Hours” search filters. The company’s user interface and dedicated storefront page also highlight items that qualify for one- and three-hour delivery. Shoppers can also confirm exactly which options are available in their area by visiting www.amazon.com/getitfast.
Both accelerated shipping tiers will be available for more than 90,000 products, including everyday essentials and retail items such as pantry goods, beauty products, over-the-counter medications, electronics, toys, clothing, and home and garden supplies.
The faster delivery options reportedly leverage predictive AI inventory placement algorithms — which help forecast customer demand and strategically position products — alongside Amazon’s existing Same-Day Delivery sites, locations that already act as highly efficient all-in-one fulfillment hubs.
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Amazon is also testing a service called “Amazon Now” in select locations to offer everyday essentials and fresh grocery items in 30 minutes or less.
The service, which was launched in December 2025, is available in parts of Seattle and Philadelphia.
Prime members can expect discounted delivery fees starting at $3.99 per order, while non-Prime customers pay $13.99.
FOX Business reached out to Amazon for more information.
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Can Beyond Meat Survive Beyond The Fake Meat?
Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) is catching no break in 2026. After receiving a Nasdaq deficiency warning (share price below $1 for 30 consecutive days), the firm is now delaying its 2025 annual report.
The news states it needs more time to review inventory balances and the accounting treatment of excess and obsolete stock. The issue is serious enough that the company expects to report a “material weakness” in its internal financial controls.
Plainly put, its inventory bookkeeping wasn’t reliable, and it will take time to determine the full impact.
The Hype And The Flop
Six years ago, Beyond made its debut as one of the decade’s most talked-about IPOs. The company went public, closing the first day with a valuation of around $3.8 billion, promising to reinvent the global protein industry with burgers made from peas, beans, and other plant proteins. Investors loved the story; a climate-friendly alternative to livestock that could disrupt a trillion-dollar meat market.
The hype was enormous. Within months of listing, the market cap surged to roughly $14 billion. Restaurants rushed to add the Beyond Burger to menus, and supermarkets dedicated entire freezer sections to plant-based meats. At one point, it seemed like the future of protein might really come from yellow …
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Lululemon reports weak guidance as proxy battle, tariffs weigh on bottom line
Lululemon topped fourth-quarter estimates but gave weaker-than-expected sales and earnings forecasts for 2026.
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Markets News, March 17, 2026: Major Indexes End Higher for 2nd Straight Session as Investors Digest War Developments
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Stock Market Today: Major Indexes End Higher for 2nd Straight Session as Investors Digest Middle East Developments
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The US housing markets that are seeing the largest drops in rent prices
American renters got some price relief in February as the national median asking rent dipped to the lowest level in four years, with some metro areas seeing notable declines.
An analysis by Realtor.com found that the median asking rent for 0 to 2-bedroom properties in the 50 largest metro areas declined for the 30th consecutive month, with the metric falling $29, or 1.7%, compared to a year ago in February.
The median asking rent in those markets was $1,667 – down 5.1% from its peak in summer 2022 but still14.2% higher than its pre-pandemic level. All 50 metro areas analyzed in the report had median asking rents below their peak level.
Realtor.com found that there were 15 markets that had median asking rents down at least 10% from their peaks as of February 2026, as renters in those metro areas have seen the most significant relief since the pandemic era.
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The steepest decline in the median asking rent from the pandemic peak was in Austin, Texas, which had seen the rental price decline 18.2% from its peak and 7.1% year over year.
Birmingham, Alabama, ranked second with a 17.1% decline from the peak, while the median asking rent was down 3.4% from a year ago.
The Memphis, Tennessee, metro area has seen a 16.1% decline, which ranked as the third deepest, while the rent declined 3.8% from last year.
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Other cities in the Sun Belt were among those that saw the largest decline in median asking rent, with Phoenix, Arizona, down 15.6% from its peak including a 4.4% decrease from a year ago.
Atlanta was down 15.2% in February from the market’s peak, with prices down 2% from last year.
Las Vegas had similar figures, with a 14.8% decline in the median asking price from its peak and 1.8% from a year ago.
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San Diego has also seen a notable decline in the median asking rent from the pandemic peak, with it down 14.3% from its high and 3.7% from a year ago.
Five metro areas have seen much more modest declines in the median asking rent when compared with the pandemic-era peak.
The metro area with the smallest decrease as of February was Virginia Beach, Virginia, which was down just 1.7% from the peak – in part because the median rent rose 4.5% in the last year.
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Kansas City was down 1.8% from the peak and had the median asking rent rise by 1% from a year ago, while Baltimore’s rental figure was down 2.4% from its peak and up 0.8% in the last year.
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The ‘big lows’ in the stock market are not in yet, says Bank of America
While stocks have rebounded to start the week, the bank’s metrics aren’t at the same levels that typically mark stock market bottoms.
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Bitcoin Hit $76,000 With A Pattern That Only Happened 15 Times Before
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) on Tuesday morning hit $76,000 after eight straight green days, a pattern that has only occurred 15 times in Bitcoin’s history and not seen in three years.
The Rare Eight-Day Streak
The eight consecutive green days pushed Bitcoin up 15%-16% from crisis lows, breaking through key resistance despite testing back to $74,000.
The last time this pattern occurred, it led to a massive correction, but historically it has been a positive signal, especially approaching key resistance levels.
CoinShares head of research James Butterfill says the rally appears to be driven by a short squeeze that may be ending.
“There’s been a bit of a short flush out and we’re at the end of that, so the rally doesn’t have legs to it,” Butterfill said.
The Whale Selling Pressure
Bitcoin …
UK prepares to sue Abramovich over £2.4bn proceeds of Chelsea FC sale
Russian billionaire accused of missing ‘last chance’ to release money to help victims of Ukraine war
UK officials are preparing for a possible court case against Roman Abramovich after he missed a deadline to release £2.4bn he raised from selling Chelsea FC.
The Russian billionaire failed to hand over the money by the deadline of 17 March, amid a dispute over how it will eventually be used.
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United Farm Workers union cancels Cesar Chavez events over abuse allegations
Union says claims involving young women and minors are serious enough to halt annual tributes and open an inquiry
The United Farm Workers union has cancelled celebrations honoring Cesar Chavez, the organization’s co-founder, following “troubling allegations” that Chavez was involved in the abuse of young women or minors.
“We have not received any direct reports, and we do not have any firsthand knowledge of these allegations,” the UWF said in a statement on Tuesday. “However, the allegations are serious enough that we feel compelled to take urgent steps to learn more and provide space for people who may have been victimized to find support and to share their stories if that is what they choose.”
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Here are the ways 3 of our industrial stocks can weather Iran-fueled volatility
Honeywell, Dover, and Linde each have ways to mitigate the conflict overseas.
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Kalshi Slapped With First-Ever Criminal Charges After Suing Arizona To Block Enforcement
Kalshi sued the state of Arizona recently in U.S. District Court, naming Attorney General Kris Mayes and Arizona Department of Gaming officials as defendants.
The prediction market exchange argues that the Commodity Exchange Act gives the CFTC exclusive jurisdiction over its event contracts, and that state enforcement would violate federal preemption.
Mayes wasn’t deterred. Just days later, she filed 20 criminal counts.
What Happened
Mayes’ office appears to have placed a series of small bets on Kalshi from Arizona, then used them as the basis for a 20-count criminal information filed March 16 in Maricopa County Superior Court.
The wagers were tiny, including a $30 bet on the Commanders-Giants NFL game, a $1 Super Bowl prop on whether Elon Musk would attend, a $5 OKC Thunder spread and a $1 ASU women’s basketball game. The largest was $30, most were $1 or $2.
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Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Trade Sideways Ahead Of FOMC Meeting
Bitcoin moved swiftly above $74,000 on Tuesday, buoyed by strong institutional demand and improving sentiment.
| Cryptocurrency | Ticker | Price |
| Bitcoin | (CRYPTO: BTC) | $74,633.94 |
| Ethereum | (CRYPTO: ETH) | $2,334.78 |
| Solana | (CRYPTO: SOL) | $95.09 |
| XRP | (CRYPTO: XRP) | $1.53 |
| Dogecoin | (CRYPTO: DOGE) | $0.1008 |
| Shiba Inu | (CRYPTO: SHIB) | $0.056067 |
Notable Statistics:
- Coinglass data shows 110,029 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $385.31 million.
- SoSoValue data shows net inflows of $201.6 million from spot Bitcoin ETFs on Monday. Spot Ethereum ETFs saw net inflows of $35.9 million.
- In the past 24 hours, top gainers include Kaspa, DeXe and MemeCore.
Notable Developments:
EU moves to delay increase in bank capital requirements
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EU moves to delay increase in bank capital requirements
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Desperate parents calling pharmacies for meningitis jab as stocks run low
Supplies becoming sparse amid rise in demand since Kent outbreak, which has killed two and left 13 seriously ill
Worried parents are contacting pharmacies in an “increasingly desperate” effort to get their children vaccinated against meningitis after the outbreak in Kent that has killed two young people and left 13 seriously ill.
The surge in demand has led to stocks of the vaccine running so low that many pharmacies cannot get hold of supplies from wholesalers.
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Ray Dalio Says Strait Of Hormuz Is America’s ‘Final Battle’—Here’s When Prediction Markets Say It Ends
Ray Dalio has published a lengthy warning on X, arguing that the Iran war comes down to a single variable: who controls the Strait of Hormuz.
If Iran retains any ability to control or negotiate passage, the U.S. will be seen as having lost, regardless of how the conflict ends.
The Bridgewater Associates founder specifically warns that if President Trump fails to muster an international coalition to keep the strait open, it will signal a fatal weakness in American global leadership.
For Dalio, this is a classic symptom of the declining stage in his macroeconomic “Big Cycle” framework.
He says the pattern has repeated across centuries, from the Spanish empire to the Dutch.
A dominant power loses a critical trade route, and capital, allies, and credibility shift fast toward whoever wins.
He compared that scenario to the 1956 Suez Canal Crisis, the moment widely regarded as ending British global power.
Prediction Markets Are Pricing A …
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Stock Market Today: Major Indexes Gain for Second Straight Session as Investors Digest Middle East Developments
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Kent students to be offered targeted meningitis B jabs after two more cases
Vaccination programme to be launched on Canterbury campus as strain B of disease identified in fatal outbreak
Students in Kent are to be offered a targeted vaccination against meningitis B after two more cases in the deadly outbreak were confirmed and pharmacies ran out of vaccine doses.
Government scientists have said two people who died in the outbreak had bacterial strain B of the disease, for which most people have not been vaccinated.
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Europe must prepare for drone strikes by terrorists and criminals, warns Zelenskyy
Ukraine’s president says mass attacks on civilians are no longer the preserve of a ‘madman like Putin’
European nations should prepare for attacks by non-state actors including criminal networks, terror groups and lone attackers as drone technology advances, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned.
The Ukrainian president said it was no longer just “a wealthy madman like Putin” who could afford mass attacks as he demonstrated the latest technology to British MPs and peers.
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Orlando Bravo says some software names hit by AI deserve a valuation cut
The Thoma Bravo co-founder said that some of the software stocks getting hit by the AI wave deserve a lower valuation.
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SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI Reshape Private Market Capital Formation
The private market landscape witnessed a historic shift in capital formation last month, driven by notable activity from companies like SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI.
These three companies have redefined the upper echelons of private market valuations, with their combined worth comprising a significant portion of the top 50 private companies’ total valuation, Forge Global reports.
Last month, SpaceX merged with xAI, forming the highest-valued private entity to date with a staggering $1.25 trillion valuation. This move marks the creation of the first “Teracorn,” a phrase used to reference a trillion-dollar-plus private company.
Following that announcement, SpaceX revealed that it was reportedly preparing to confidentially file for an initial public offering as soon as March. Elon Musk’s rocket startup is targeting a June listing that could raise up to $50 billion, and would surpass Saudi Aramco‘s $29 billion debut in 2019 to become the largest IPO …
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Crypto Billionaires Play Dress-Up For Vanity Fair As Industry Fights For Relevance After Trillion-Dollar Wipeout
A new Vanity Fair feature published on Tuesday gathered a group of crypto billionaires alongside Polychain Capital’s Olaf Carlson-Wee at a luxury Manhattan hotel.
Michael Novogratz showed up hungover from a 4 a.m. trip to a Burning Man-themed nightclub wearing a full-length silver puffer jacket.
Danny Ryan, who runs a company trying to bring Wall Street onto the blockchain, wore pants with a hole in the crotch and went barefoot.
Meltem Demirors arrived layered a diamond cross, a leopard print coat, and a black sweatsuit with “Believe in Something” bedazzled across her rear.
Cathie Wood, the ARK Invest CEO, sat for her portrait in a dark cardigan, black trousers, and a single gold brooch, in sharp contrast to the others.
They are collectively billions poorer on paper.
The total crypto market cap has shed roughly $1.4 trillion since its December 2024 peak, and Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is trading near $73,700, about half its all-time high.
Demirors had her own take on the investors who sold: “They’re all p****es.”
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Reform UK may breach data laws with free energy bills competition
Experts say Nigel Farage’s party is not being transparent about how it will use data it collects on people’s voting habits
Reform UK risks breaching data protection laws with its competition to win free energy bills for a year, lawyers and data experts have warned.
Nigel Farage announced the lottery on Tuesday as a way to advertise his latest policy to cut energy bills. The Reform leader encouraged British people to sign up via a website for a chance to have their energy bills paid for a year, as well as those of their entire street.
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Postal Service says cash could run out in under a year without changes
The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday will tell Congress that it’s facing a serious financial crisis and is on pace to run out of cash in less than a year without significant reforms.
Postmaster General David Steiner testified before a House Oversight subcommittee and told lawmakers that the USPS needs higher stamp prices and the ability to borrow more money along with other reforms – including changes to pension funding and liabilities calculations, workers’ compensation and retirement fund investment strategies.
Steiner has put forward possible options for cutting costs, including ending six-day-a-week deliveries, closing post offices or raising first-class mail stamp prices from the current 78 cents to $1 or more.
“In order to survive beyond the next year, we need to increase our borrowing capacity so that we don’t run out of cash,” Steiner said in prepared testimony. “The failure to do this could lead to the end of the Postal Service as we know it now.”
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Stamp prices have risen 46% since early 19, when they were 50 cents. Steiner argues that those prices are still far lower than postage costs in other countries.
USPS has also reached its current borrowing cap of $15 billion, precluding the agency from taking out additional loans.
Reuters previously reported in December that Steiner thought the USPS was on track to run out of money as soon as early 2027 amid mounting losses.
USPS has reported net losses of $118 billion since 2007 as volumes of its most profitable product, first-class mail, fell to the lowest level since the late 1960s.
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Steiner said that if USPS were to reduce deliveries to five days a week, it would save the agency about $3 billion per year, while closing small post offices in remote areas would save about $840 million.
However, Steiner cautioned that both of those options “may not be palatable to Congress or the American public.”
USPS currently delivers to more than 170 million U.S. addresses on a six-day-a-week schedule.
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is set to tell lawmakers on Tuesday that it’s critical to “address USPS’s unsustainable business model before it will be responsible for billions in new annual expenses for retiree healthcare, likely in 2031.”
USPS’ peak postage volume was 213 billion pieces of mail in 2006, while that figure has fallen by more than half to 104 billion pieces of mail in 2025.
Steiner noted that at current stamp prices, that translates to a loss of $81 billion. He added that in the years since 2006, USPS “was thrown overboard and instead of tossing us a life jacket, we were thrown an anchor.”
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Congress in 2022 provided USPS with $57 billion in financial relief over a decade and required the agency’s future retirees to enroll in a government health insurance plan.
Reuters contributed to this report.
Elon Musk and SEC in talks to settle lawsuit over Twitter deal
The SEC accused Elon Musk of failing to promptly disclose that he amassed an active stake in Twitter in 2022.
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Kemi Badenoch calls Trump’s repeated criticisms of Starmer ‘childish’
Tory leader says US president’s words ‘completely wrong’ as she tries to distance herself from his war on Iran
Kemi Badenoch has called Donald Trump’s repeated criticisms of Keir Starmer “childish”, as the Conservative leader continued her recent moves to distance herself from the US president and his military action against Iran.
Speaking shortly before Trump yet again singled out Starmer for condemnation to say the prime minister had not been sufficiently supportive of the US war, Badenoch used a social media video to describe Trump’s actions as counterproductive.
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Oil flows again through controversial California pipeline after Trump order
Pipeline, closed since 2015 after huge oil spill, reopens after president cites need to boost US supply amid war on Iran
Oil has begun to flow from a controversial California pipeline system for the first time in an more than decade following a Trump administration order, despite state officials decrying the move.
Sable Offshore Corporation, the Houston-based owner of the coastal pipelines, announced on Monday that offshore oil was now flowing through its Santa Ynez unit and Santa Ynez pipeline system, which runs through several California counties.
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McDonald’s newest $3 value menu is sounding an alarm about America’s K-shaped economy
McDonald’s is rolling out its cheapest value menu in years, a move that could speak more to the state of the American economy than it does fast food.
Even as sales rose for the quarter, executives at the world’s largest burger chain acknowledged in its February earnings call the fast food environment, which has pulled back in recent quarters, would “remain challenging” in 2026. Despite the company’s own progress attracting lower-income customer in the company’s fourth quarter, this tier of consumers, who have been dealing with stubborn inflation for years, are broadly pulling back on spending.
To address this issue, CEO Chris Kempczinski said during the company’s latest earnings call the restaurant chain would double down on its commitment to value and deeper discounts.
“McDonald’s is not going to get beat on value and affordability,” Kempczinski said during the call last month.
As part of the company’s latest effort to reach these consumers, McDonald’s is reportedly launching a new value menu in April with items like a 4-piece Chicken McNuggets or Sausage Biscuit priced at $3 or less. It is also revealing a $4 breakfast bundle that includes a McMuffin, hash brown, and a coffee, among other options, The Wall Street Journal reported. The new $3 menu will replace the McValue platform it launched in January 2025 that offered customers the choice of adding a second item to their full-priced order for just $1 more.
McDonald’s did not immediately respond to Fortune’s request for comment.
McDonald’s move to value meals matches the K-shaped economy
McDonald’s newest value menu fits squarely into the trend of the K-shaped economy. While high-income people have fared well during the multi-year-stock bull run of the past few years, lower-income people have been hit by higher prices and stagnating wages. The same is happening at McDonald’s, according to Kempczinski. While high-income customer traffic is stable, the CEO warned, “lower-income consumers are particularly sensitive to value and affordability.”
McDonald’s is not the only restaurant chain looking to target these lower-income customers: Wendy’s, Burger King, and Taco Bell have all rolled out aggressive value promotions over the past year, to reach a shrinking pool of budget-conscious diners who have grown increasingly selective.
To win over these picky consumers, Mark Wasilefsky, head of restaurant and franchise finance at TD Bank, told Fortune chains are increasingly looking for a way to provide value to consumers.
“Lower-priced options, when chosen carefully, priced at an acceptable level, and marketed aggressively, create perceived value and can generate a long-term customer,” he said.
McDonald’s value meals signal a bigger economic problem
While Kempczinski last month touted the company’s affordability moves as part of the company getting back to its roots, some worry the new $3 menu could be indicative of broader economic problems to come.
A post by prediction market Kalshi mentioning the $3 menu racked up more than 4 million views on X, with many users jumping on the news to declare an economic downturn is near. One user who quoted the Kalshi post on X got 2.6 million views for the declaration: “Oh it’s a RECESSION recession.”
McDonald’s is betting a $3 meal will bring lower-income customers back, and yet, that may be difficult when Americans are increasingly betting that the future could hold more economic pain.
A Pew Research survey last month found 72% of people rate economic conditions as fair or poor, and nearly 40% believe conditions will be worse a year from now, compared to 31% who think they will improve.
This pressure, Wasilefsky argues, has made value perception that much more important for chains seeking lower-income consumers, or at least those with the financial flexibility to slash prices without gutting margins.
“For those brands who can afford to do so, this is an excellent time to convince existing customers and new customers of your brand’s value and its right to have a share of your shrinking wallet,” he said.
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A gaming CEO asked ChatGPT how to avoid paying a $250 million bonus. It didn’t work
When Changhan Kim, CEO of the South Korean gaming company Krafton, decided he needed a way out of a costly acquisition deal, he didn’t call his lawyers—he opened ChatGPT. The result is one of the most striking cautionary tales about AI-assisted decision-making in corporate America, and it ended with a Delaware judge ordering the company reverse everything it had done.
A Delaware judge found Kim used ChatGPT to engineer the removal of Unknown Worlds Entertainment—the indie studio responsible for the underwater survival game Subnautica—CEO Ted Gill from the company to dodge a $250 million bonus payout.
“Fearing he had agreed to a ‘pushover’ contract, Krafton’s CEO consulted an artificial intelligence chatbot to contrive a corporate ‘takeover’ strategy,” Delaware’s Court of Chancery Vice Chancellor Lori Will wrote in a ruling on Tuesday.
In 2021, Krafton, the publisher behind the global phenomenon PUBG: Battlegrounds, acquired Unknown Worlds Entertainment for $500 million. As part of the deal, Krafton agreed to pay an additional $250 million earn-out bonus if the studio’s hotly anticipated sequel, Subnautica 2, hit certain sales targets. The contract also guaranteed that Unknown Worlds would remain independent, with cofounders Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, along with Gill, retaining operational control—and only being removed for cause.
Usually, it’s a good thing to hit and even exceed sales targets, but for Krafton, trouble started when their own internal sales projections showed Subnautica 2 was well on track to trigger that payout. When Maria Park, Krafton’s head of corporate development, told Kim a “dismissal with cause” would not rid the company of its $250 million bonus obligation without exposing the company to “lawsuit and reputation risk,” Kim looked toward an AI chatbot for guidance.
Kim, spooked by what he privately called a “pushover” deal, bypassed his own legal team and turned to ChatGPT for help. When the AI chatbot responded that the earnout would be “difficult to cancel,” the ruling read, Kim didn’t accept the answer. He pushed further—and the chatbot obliged with a detailed, multi-stage corporate takeover strategy dubbed “Project X.”
Project X
ChatGPT advised Kim to form an internal task force to renegotiate the earnout or force a studio takeover; if negotiations failed, to “lock down” Steam and console publishing rights and control over the game’s code; to frame the entire conflict as being about “fan trust” and “quality” rather than money; and to prepare systematic legal defense materials while logging all communications. The chatbot even suggested drafting a public-facing message to win over Subnautica fans—a message Kim then asked ChatGPT to write. It backfired spectacularly, alarming the gaming community and heightening suspicions that something was deeply wrong at the studio.
Throughout this process, Kim’s own team warned him the strategy was dangerous, but Kim pressed ahead anyway. Cleveland, McGuire, and Gill were all removed from their roles without what the court determined was legitimate cause.
Will found Krafton had improperly ousted the Unknown Worlds leadership, and noted company executives are expected to exercise independent human judgment—not outsource good-faith decisions to an AI. Gill has now been ordered reinstated as CEO, with the authority to bring back the cofounders. The earnout period has been extended to account for the disruption.
Neither Krafton nor Unknown Worlds responded to Fortune’s requests for comments. As of Tuesday morning, Krafton’s contact page was “temporarily offline.”
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Khamenei’s killing renews questions about US assassinating foreign leaders
Technology allowed the U.S. and Israel to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader, but raised longstanding questions about whether the U.S. as a democracy should be assassinating foreign leaders.
(Image credit: Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
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Trump’s threats to ‘take’ Cuba signal rising US pressure as island grapples with power crisis
National power outage is making life extremely difficult and may force Havana into biggest economic changes in 67 years
Just a few hours after a nationwide electricity blackout struck Cuba, Donald Trump hinted at an even darker future for the island’s rulers.
The country’s entire electricity system had collapsed on Monday afternoon, leaving about 10 million people without power. Emergency teams were still struggling to restore it when the US leader made his latest threat.
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Economic Shocks Loom As Iran War Escalates
These high-yielding energy plays could be a ‘win/win,’ regardless of what happens with oil, Bank of America says
Master limited partnerships can offer solid income and hold up even as oil prices swing.
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Will South Korea’s epic bull market survive the energy shock?
Probably, but investors should brace for more volatility
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Arizona charges Kalshi with criminal misdemeanors, alleging it’s an illegal gambling operation
The Arizona charges are the first criminal charges to have been filed against Kalshi, though the company is embroiled in multiple lawsuits over its predictions platform.
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Meteor over Ohio causes large boom heard as far away as Pennsylvania
An NWS office posted video of the meteor shooting across the sky, but says no report of debris found as it likely burned
A meteor over Ohio caused a large boom that jolted people as far away as Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) and reports.
The meteor entered the atmosphere at about 9am local time on Tuesday, producing a sonic boom felt across a wide swath of northern Ohio and beyond. Reports poured in from Cleveland and other sectors as far east as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and into New York state.
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‘Missed opportunities’ to prevent woman’s death in prison cell fire, inquest finds
Clare Dupree, 48, who had severe mental illness, died after using a vape to start blaze at prison in Gloucestershire
There were “missed opportunities” that could have prevented the death of a woman with severe mental illness from “sustained inhalation of smoke” after a fire in her prison cell, an inquest has found.
Clare Dupree, 48, from Cardiff, died after she used a vape to start a fire at HMP Eastwood Park in Gloucestershire just after Christmas 2022.
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Sun Life Global Investments Announces March 2026 Cash Distributions for ETF Series
TORONTO, March 17, 2026 /CNW/ – SLGI Asset Management Inc. (“Sun Life Global Investments”) announces the following regular cash distributions for the month ending March 31, 2026 in respect of the exchange-traded series of units of funds managed by Sun Life Global Investments (“ETF Series”), as set out in the table below. Unitholders of record on March 24, 2026 will receive cash distributions for the respective ETF Series payable on March 31, 2026.
The details of the cash distribution amounts per unit are as follows:
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Sun Life Core Advantage Credit Private Pool – ETF Series |
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Ukraine pivots on Russian oil pipeline after EU pressure
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The Fed issues its latest interest rate decision Wednesday. Here’s what to expect
The Federal Reserve has little choice but to stay on the sidelines this week.
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China cannot escape the energy shock
Despite renewables and reserves, it will suffer
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Ross opens more than a dozen new stores amid broader US expansion plan
Ross Stores is ramping up store growth in 2026 as demand for discount apparel and home goods remains resilient, with the retailer opening 17 new locations and planning more than 100 additional sites this year.
The company said the latest openings – 13 Ross Dress for Less stores and four dd’s Discounts locations – mark the start of its 2026 rollout, which targets approximately 110 new stores in total, including about 85 Ross locations and 25 dd’s Discounts stores.
The expansion follows solid performance from stores opened in 2025, reinforcing management’s expectations that value-focused retail will remain a key draw for consumers.
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Off-price retailers have continued to benefit as shoppers seek lower-cost alternatives for apparel and home goods, particularly as price sensitivity persists across discretionary categories.
Geographically, Ross expanded its namesake brand across the Mountain, Midwest and Northeast regions, while also strengthening its presence in key Sunbelt markets.
For dd’s Discounts, the company added locations in its core markets of California and Texas, along with its first store in Utah, signaling expansion into new territory.
The new stores are also expected to support local job creation and broader economic activity tied to store development.
Looking ahead, Ross said it sees a long-term opportunity to grow to approximately 2,900 Ross Dress for Less stores and 700 dd’s Discounts locations nationwide – or about 3,600 stores in total – underscoring confidence in sustained demand for discount retail.
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In conjunction with each opening, the company said it is supporting community initiatives through donations to local Boys & Girls Clubs or First Book literacy partners focused on underprivileged youth.
Orlando Bravo pushes back on private markets criticism: ‘Everybody’s extremely comfortable’
Bravo said deep sector expertise is separating winners from losers as artificial intelligence creates disruption across the software industry.
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Gas Prices Climb for a 16th Day—See What Drivers Are Paying in Your State
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Tesla to buy $4.3 billion of LG Energy battery cells from disbanded GM plant
Tesla is expanding ties with LG Energy Solution to include a $4.3 billion deal for U.S.-produced cells for energy storage systems from Michigan.
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Colombian president accuses Ecuador after ‘27 charred bodies’ found near border
Relations deteriorate as Gustavo Petro claims government of Trump ally Daniel Noboa bombing targets in Colombia
President Gustavo Petro has accused Ecuador of bombing targets inside Colombian territory, saying later that the burned remains of nearly 30 people had been found near the border, in a sharp deterioration in relations between the two neighbouring countries.
The Colombian leader said on Tuesday that an attack which had left “27 charred bodies” did not appear to have been carried out by Colombia’s own forces or any illegal armed groups which he said do not have armed planes.
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Prince Reza Pahlavi has ‘majority support’ among Iranians as pressure builds on regime, chief of staff says
As pressure builds on Iran’s ruling regime, exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi remains in contact with figures inside the country who could help ensure a “stable transition,” according to his chief of staff.
“He’s in touch with forces within the country, including within the state bureaucracy, who, at the right moment, are ready to pull away from this regime and to ensure a stable transition,” Cameron Khansarinia said.
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Khansarinia, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi’s chief of staff, joined FOX Business’ Maria Bartiromo on “Mornings with Maria” to discuss the latest developments inside Iran and the growing movement among Iranians who oppose the current leadership.
Khansarinia said the recent elimination of a key Iranian security figure, Ali Larijani, marked a significant moment for the country, arguing that the official had played a major role in maintaining the regime’s grip on power and overseeing violent crackdowns against protesters.
“Larijani played a critical role in holding up this criminal regime,” Khansarinia said.
He added that the official had been closely tied to the suppression of demonstrations following calls by Pahlavi for Iranians to take to the streets.
“According to President Trump, more than 32,000 innocent and peaceful protesters were slaughtered,” he said.
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Khansarinia said many Iranians are preparing for the right moment to mobilize again, noting that supporters are waiting for a signal from Pahlavi before launching another nationwide wave of protests.
“The prince has told them that he will issue the final call to take to the street, to take down this regime when the time is right,” he said.
Khansarinia also pointed to what he described as widespread public support for the exiled crown prince as the country looks toward a potential post-regime future.
“The crown prince absolutely has the majority support of the Iranian people,” Khansarinia said. “That’s been proven time and time again on the streets, when at his call millions of Iranians took to the streets… chanting his name… calling for his leadership of the transition to the ballot box, to his true secular democratic system, which has always been his mission in life.”
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He added that Pahlavi has been working to prepare for a stable transition should the regime collapse.
“The prince is really the one person who can unite Iranian society from the armed forces… and ensure stability going forward,” Khansarinia said.
