Elon Musk misled investors during his Twitter takeover, jury finds

• Elon Musk misled investors during his Twitter takeover, jury finds  Engadget
• Elon Musk misled Twitter investors, jury finds  BBC
• Elon Musk misled Twitter investors ahead of $44 billion acquisition, jury says  CNBC
• Elon Musk misled Twitter investors ahead of acquisition, jury says  Fox Business

Oil Prices Today: After Spiking to $119, How Much Higher Can They Go?

• Oil Prices Today: After Spiking to $119, How Much Higher Can They Go?  barrons.com
• Oil prices top $112 after Iraq declares force majeure, Kuwait refineries attacked  CNBC
• Exclusive | Saudi Arabia Sees a Spike to $180 Oil if Energy Shock Persists Past April  WSJ
• How High Will Oil Prices Go? Global Markets Brace for More Bad News.  The New York Times

8 states file emergency motion to block Nexstar-Tegna merger after FCC approval

• 8 states file emergency motion to block Nexstar-Tegna merger after FCC approval  NBC News
• U.S. approves $6.2 billion merger set to reshape local TV  The Washington Post
• Merger of two top Knoxville TV stations consolidates broadcast power  Knoxville News Sentinel
• Attorney General Jeff Jackson Sues to Block New TV Merger That Would Raise TV Prices for Millions of NC Families  NCDOJ (.gov)
• Nexstar's Perry Sook Now Owns the Local News  Texas Monthly

United Airlines to cut more flights as it eyes oil above $100 through 2027

• United Airlines to cut 5% of scheduled flights as fuel prices soar  Yahoo Finance
• United Cuts Capacity 5% To Address Surging Fuel Costs  Aviation Week
• United Airlines will be 'tactically pruning' 5% of scheduled flights amid high fuel prices  Business Insider

Work from home and drive more slowly to save energy, global body urges

• Work from home and drive more slowly to save energy, global body urges  BBC
• Work from home, drive slower and don't use gas cookers: IEA advice on weathering the global energy crisis  CNBC
• New IEA report highlights options to ease oil price pressures on consumers in response to Middle East supply disruptions  IEA – International Energy Agency
• Closure of Strait of Hormuz is 'greatest global energy security threat in history,' warns IEA chief  Le Monde.fr

Dow Jones Jumps Late After Sell-Off As Trump Mulls 'Winding Down' Iran War

• Dow Jones Jumps Late After Sell-Off As Trump Mulls 'Winding Down' Iran War  Investor's Business Daily
• Stocks, bonds and gold slump while Iran war rages  CNN
• Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq sell off to end another brutal week as Iran war rages  Yahoo Finance UK

Small businesses reeling from tariffs brace for spiking oil prices

• Small businesses reeling from tariffs brace for spiking oil prices  The Washington Post
• Tariffs squeezed small businesses but the Iran war is now pushing them to the brink  Fortune
• U.S. shoppers should brace for impact of higher oil prices, experts say  CBS News
• Soaring crude oil prices impacting gas, airfare, farmers, and businesses and consumers in Greenpoint, Brooklyn  ABC7 New York
• Gas prices are just the start: Consumers will feel more pain from Iran war  Yahoo Finance

Trump officials announce 10-gigawatt data center, gas plants for former Ohio uranium site

• Trump officials announce 10-gigawatt data center, gas plants for former Ohio uranium site  AP News
• SoftBank eyes 10GW data center at former DOE nuclear enrichment site in Ohio  Data Center Dynamics
• Feds announce huge natural gas plant, data center project in southern Ohio  The Statehouse News Bureau

Super Micro Stock Plunges After Co-Founder Arrest in China Chip Case. What to Know.

• Super Micro Stock Plunges After Co-Founder Arrest in China Chip Case. What to Know.  barrons.com
• Supermicro stock plunges 33% after US charges co-founder with conspiracy to smuggle Nvidia chips to China  Yahoo Finance
• AI-chip-smuggling charges crash Super Micro stock  Morning Brew
• Co-founder of tech company charged with diverting $2.5 billion in Nvidia AI chips to China in violation of export laws  CNN
• Three Charged With Conspiring To Unlawfully Divert U.S. Artificial Intelligence Technology To China  Department of Justice (.gov)

Bond Market’s Big 2026 Fed Bet Flipped on Its Head by Oil Surge

• Even Jerome Powell doesn’t know what’s going on with the economy  CNN
• Here are the five key takeaways from this week's Fed meeting  CNBC
• 3 reasons the Federal Reserve's interest rate pause is worrying investors  CBS News
• In This Crisis, the Best Investors Can Expect From the Fed Is Nothing  The New York Times

FDA Approves Fourth Product Under National Priority Voucher Program, Higher Dose Semaglutide

• FDA Approves Fourth Product Under National Priority Voucher Program, Higher Dose Semaglutide  fda.gov
• Weight-loss treatment is on the verge of a dramatic shift – again  CNN
• FDA approves higher dose version of weight loss drug Wegovy as Novo Nordisk tries to win back market share  CNBC
• FDA approves Novo Nordisk's new Wegovy® HD injection, delivering the highest weight loss to date for a Wegovy® injection, adding to its already expansive clinical profile  PR Newswire
• Novo uses FDA voucher to win speedy approval of higher-dose Wegovy  BioPharma Dive

Gasoline price gouging in California draws a warning

• Gasoline price gouging in California draws a warning  Los Angeles Times
• Map shows wide gap in gas prices between California, other states  KTLA
• California bill to suspend gas tax fails despite rising prices  The Center Square
• CA gas prices rise more than $1 per gallon in a month. What drivers will pay  Sacramento Bee
• Why Gas in California Is Almost $6 a Gallon — and Could Go Higher  Heatmap News

Stock Market Review: SPY, QQQ Tumble on Rate Hike Scenario as U.S.-Iran War Reaches 3-Week Mark

• Stock Market Review: SPY, QQQ Tumble on Rate Hike Scenario as U.S.-Iran War Reaches 3-Week Mark  TipRanks
• Government bonds face ‘perfect storm’ as Iran war rattles Europe's central banks  CNBC
• Central Banks Brace for Faster Inflation as Energy Prices Surge  The New York Times

Billionaire Trump’s War Is Hammering Americans as Gas Prices Skyrocket

• Billionaire Trump’s War Is Hammering Americans as Gas Prices Skyrocket  The Daily Beast
• How to trim down on budget-busting fuel costs as Jacksonville edges toward $4 a gallon  News4JAX
• Track the average price of gas, crude oil in the US  WESH

Big Banks Score Win Under New Plan to Loosen Capital Rules

• Big Banks Score Win Under New Plan to Loosen Capital Rules  WSJ
• Banking Regulators Prepare to Loosen Post-Crisis Capital Rules  The New York Times

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin enters the space data center game

• Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin enters the space data center game  TechCrunch
• Are data centres in space less crazy than we think?  The Economist
• Blue Origin Joins the Race for Orbital Data Centers With 51K Satellite Plan  PCMag
• This is Jeff Bezos’s plan to rival Elon Musk in the race for space-based data centers  MarketWatch
• Blue Origin Formally Enters Race to Develop Data Centers in Space  WSJ

Gold Set for Worst Week in Six Years as War Curbs Rate-Cut Bets

• Gold just had its worst week since 1983  CNN
• Gold price today, Friday, March 20: Gold remains below $4,700 as rate-cut hopes fade  Yahoo Finance
• What’s Behind the Selloff in Gold and Silver  WSJ
• Gold and Silver Prices Today: Metals Slide as Central Banks Hold Firm  GoldSilver

Kalshi Has Been Temporarily Banned in Nevada

• Kalshi Has Been Temporarily Banned in Nevada  WIRED
• ‘Illegal in Nevada’: Judge blocks Kalshi from dealing in sports betting in the state  KLAS 8 News Now
• Amid legal turmoil, Kalshi is temporarily banned in Nevada  TechCrunch
• Nevada Bans Kalshi for at Least the Next Two Weeks  Gizmodo

“Cheaper Repairs”: Ford Stock (NYSE:F) Slips as Ford Takes on Unicasting

• “Cheaper Repairs”: Ford Stock (NYSE:F) Slips as Ford Takes on Unicasting  TipRanks
• Ford’s ‘radical’ new assembly process could make crash repairs faster and cheaper  Automotive News
• Oh, You Thought ‘Unicasting’ Would Make Rates Go Down? That’s Funny: COTD  The Autopian
• Giant 9-ton presses are gaining ground in the global automotive industry, replacing up to 60 welded parts with single aluminum modules, cutting factory steps and accelerating production turnaround  CPG Click Petróleo e Gás
• Ford bets on giant castings; service manager Micah Morton  Automotive News

Trump, Takaichi Announce $40 Billion US Reactor Project

• Japan and U.S. announce second round of projects from Tokyo’s $550 billion pledge  The Japan Times
• Japan's $109bn in US investment pledges stand out among partners  Nikkei Asia
• Japan Seeks Moderating Role as Trump Aims at Replenishing the World’s Oil Supply  Hudson Institute

Nvidia’s stock chart just displayed a bearish signal. Is the AI star losing its shine?

• Nvidia’s stock chart just displayed a bearish signal. Is the AI star losing its shine?  MarketWatch
• Nvidia’s Next Act Will Be Its Biggest—and Toughest  WSJ
• Nvidia is expanding its empire  The Economist
• NVIDIA Vera Rubin Opens Agentic AI Frontier  NVIDIA Newsroom
• The Tech Download: Agentic tools and chips take center stage at Nvidia's 'Super Bowl of AI'  CNBC

Ozempic Copies to Cost $14 in India as Generic GLP-1 Era Starts

• Ozempic Is About to Go Generic in India, China and Canada  The New York Times
• Ozempic, Wegovy: India's cheap weight-loss drugs could reshape global obesity fight  BBC
• With Novo's semaglutide going off patent, Indian drugmakers set to launch their cheaper generics  Fierce Pharma

All the Ways the Iran War Is Draining Your Wallet

• All the Ways the Iran War Is Draining Your Wallet  Investopedia
• How the Iran war has sent shocks rippling across the globe  The Guardian
• America started a war. The economic pain will be borne by countries that never asked for it  CNN

Justice Department probe of Powell could backfire on Trump and keep Fed chair in office

• Justice Department probe of Powell could backfire on Trump and keep Fed chair in office  PBS
• Trump Wants Powell Out. Powell Is Digging In.  WSJ
• Powell says he has ‘no intention’ of leaving the Fed until DOJ probe concludes  Politico

Average U.S. long-term mortgage rate rises to 6.22%, highest in more than 3 months

• Average U.S. long-term mortgage rate rises to 6.22%, highest in more than 3 months  PBS
• The spring housing market is on, but mortgage rates just shot higher. Here's what to know.  CNBC
• Mortgage Rates Highest in Three Months as War Weighs on Housing Market  The New York Times
• How the Fed meeting will impact mortgage rates, housing market  thestreet.com

'A Critical Breaking Point': TSA Issues Emergency Warning To O'Hare And Midway Amid Unprecedented Staffing Crisis

• 'A Critical Breaking Point': TSA Issues Emergency Warning To O'Hare And Midway Amid Unprecedented Staffing Crisis  Secret Chicago
• What to know if you're flying this weekend during government shutdown  USA Today
• Getting ready to fly? Here are 3 ways to track TSA wait times at airports.  CBS News
• Fuel spikes, flight delays and storms threaten US spring break travel  The Guardian
• Enabling this TSA feature could save you hours in airport security lines  The Hill

Union Pacific Celebrates America’s 250th with New Locomotives No. 4547 and No. 1776

• Union Pacific Celebrates America’s 250th with New Locomotives No. 4547 and No. 1776  Union Pacific
• Union Pacific announces first details of Big Boy's eastern trip, two new commemorative diesels  trains.com
• Big Boy Locomotive to Stop in Sweetwater County During Semiquincentennial Trek  SweetwaterNOW
• UP ‘Big Boy’ to Visit East Coast  Railfan & Railroad Magazine
• Big Boy 4014 Joins Flying Scotsman, CN’s Screaming Eagle and More in Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary Across the US and UK in 2026  Travel And Tour World

Crypto Clarity Act may be cleared to move after senators agree on stablecoin yield

• Crypto Clarity Act may be cleared to move after senators agree on stablecoin yield  CoinDesk
• Senators, White House strike ‘agreement in principle’ to resolve bank-crypto clash - Live Updates  Politico
• ‘Time Is Running Out’—Bitcoin Is Suddenly Braced For A Surprise Price Shock  Forbes
• Crypto Clarity Act inches toward Senate hearing as lawmakers weigh legislative trades  CoinDesk
• Brad Garlinghouse sees Clarity Act odds at 90%: XRP, BTC, ETH make-or-break?  Seeking Alpha

Stryker cyber attack: Employees still unable to work more than a week after hack

• Stryker cyber attack: Employees still unable to work more than a week after hack  MLive.com
• Hack on U.S. Medical Company Shows Reach of Iran’s Cyber Capabilities  WSJ
• FBI seizes website tied to Iranian cyberattack on U.S. company  NBC News
• Stryker attack raises concerns about role of device management tool  Cybersecurity Dive

Higher Oil Prices From Trump’s Iran War Risk Killing the AI Boom, WTO Says

• Higher Oil Prices From Trump’s Iran War Risk Killing the AI Boom, WTO Says  Gizmodo
• WTO Sees Trade and Growth Slowing More Sharply if Middle East Conflict Persists  WSJ
• Prolonged high oil prices could ‘crimp’ AI boom, WTO warns  The Guardian
• Extended Mideast Conflict Would Slow Trade and Growth, W.T.O. Warns  The New York Times

Alibaba, Tencent Shed $66 Billion After AI Vision Falls Flat

• Alibaba Earnings Disappoint, but AI Outlook Bright  WSJ
• Alibaba Stock (BABA) Just Released Earnings. Why Shares Are Slumping.  barrons.com
• Alibaba workforce shrinks 34% in 2025 as Chinese tech giant doubles down on AI  CNBC
• Something Big Is Brewing at Alibaba -- and Investors Should Pay Attention  Yahoo Finance

The Worst-Case Economic Outcome of Trump’s Iran War

• The Worst-Case Economic Outcome of Trump’s Iran War  The Bulwark
• Brooks and Capehart on Trump struggling to contain economic fallout of Iran war  PBS
• ‘What is he doing?’: New threats emerge for Trump’s economy as war drags on  Politico
• The most important economic question about Iran is one Trump can’t answer  CNN
• How the Iran war is hurting Donald Trump  The Economist

Iran war halts Qatar helium output, threatening global tech supply chains

• Iran war halts Qatar helium output, threatening global tech supply chains  AP News
• European automakers face supply chain risk as Iran conflict threatens chips, batteries  Automotive News
• Helium and Iran war: Why chipmakers are concerned  NewsNation
• Chip Industry Week In Review  Semiconductor Engineering
• TSMC Stock (TSM) Wilts as Iranian Attacks Batter Helium Supply and Threaten Chip Production  Yahoo Finance

Abbott acquisition of Exact Sciences set to close on March 23, 2026

• Abbott acquisition of Exact Sciences set to close on March 23, 2026  Abbott MediaRoom
• Abbott closing Exact Sciences acquisition next week  Channel 3000
• Abbott to close $21B Exact Sciences acquisition Monday  MedTech Dive
• Abbott Acquisition Of Exact Sciences Refocuses Growth On Cancer Diagnostics  simplywall.st
• Exact Sciences and Abbott receive all approvals for planned merger By Investing.com  Investing.com India

What Happens to Bitcoin if Bank of America's 'Three Conditions' for Fed Rate Hikes Hit?

• What Happens to Bitcoin if Bank of America's 'Three Conditions' for Fed Rate Hikes Hit?  Decrypt
• Stocks, bonds struggle as traders now see chances of Fed rate hike at over 50% — up sharply from earlier this week  MarketWatch
• 'A month ago, no one would have believed this': June Fed rate hike odds just surpassed rate cut odds as stagflation fears grow  Fortune

AI biotech Earendil announces huge $787M raise, is reportedly considering Hong Kong IPO

• AI biotech Earendil announces huge $787M raise, is reportedly considering Hong Kong IPO  Endpoints News
• Earendil Labs Secures $787M Funding, Eyes Potential IPO  El-Balad.com
• Earendil Labs Announces $787 Million in Financing to Scale AI-Driven Biologics Discovery and Development  The Manila Times

Ecolab makes big push into AI data center market with $4.75B acquisition

• Ecolab makes big push into AI data center market with $4.75B acquisition  Star Tribune
• Exclusive | Ecolab Nears Deal for KKR’s Data-Center Cooling Company  WSJ
• CoolIT sold to Ecolab for $4.75-billion in one of biggest-ever Canadian tech takeovers  The Globe and Mail
• Ecolab to Acquire CoolIT Systems, a Global Leader in Advanced Liquid Cooling for Next-Gen AI Data Centers  Business Wire

Novartis agrees to acquire a pan-mutant-selective PI3Kα inhibitor, strengthening its breast cancer pipeline

• Novartis agrees to acquire a pan-mutant-selective PI3Kα inhibitor, strengthening its breast cancer pipeline  Novartis
• Novartis to Buy Breast-Cancer Drug From Synnovation for Up to $3 Billion  WSJ
• Novartis to Acquire Synnovation Therapeutics’ Pan-Mutant Selective PI3Kα Inhibitor Program  Business Wire
• Novartis to pay $2B upfront for Pikavation and its portfolio targeting PI3Kα  FirstWord Pharma
• Like Lilly, Novartis bets against mutation specificity | ApexOnco - Clinical Trials news and analysis  Oncology Pipeline

Authorities investigating close call between Alaska Airlines and FedEx planes landing at Newark

• Authorities investigating close call between Alaska Airlines and FedEx planes landing at Newark  AP News
• NTSB investigating close call in Newark between Alaska 737 and FedEx 777  Flightradar24
• Alaska Airlines 737 and a FedEx 777 cargo plane nearly collide at Newark Airport, radar data shows  ABC7 New York
• Close call between Alaska Airlines and FedEx planes at Newark airport under investigation  The Guardian
• Flight from Portland has ‘close call’ with another plane while landing in Newark; investigation underway  OregonLive.com

RIP Metaverse, an $80 Billion Dumpster Fire Nobody Wanted

• RIP Metaverse, an $80 Billion Dumpster Fire Nobody Wanted  404 Media
• The Long Farewell to Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse  The New York Times
• Opinion | Remember the metaverse?  The Washington Post
• Meta Is Shutting Down Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest  WIRED

A Meatpacking Strike in Colorado Is Another Stress to Trump’s Economy

• A Meatpacking Strike in Colorado Is Another Stress to Trump’s Economy  The New York Times
• JBS picketers find resolve and sunny weather outside the meat-packing plant  Colorado Public Radio
• Thousands of workers strike at one of the largest meatpacking plants in the US  AP News
• Thousands of JBS workers go on strike at meatpacking facility in Greeley  The Colorado Sun
• Workers in Colorado Have Shut Down One of the Nation’s Biggest Meatpacking Plants  Mother Jones

Global oil price stuck in triple digits. Goldman Sachs says it may stay there for years

Global oil price stuck in triple digits. Goldman Sachs says it may stay there for years  CNNView Full Coverage on Google News

The U.S. Economy Is Insulated From High Oil Prices. Americans Aren’t.

• The U.S. Economy Is Insulated From High Oil Prices. Americans Aren’t.  The New York Times
• Making the U.S. More Resilient to Oil Price Shocks  Foreign Policy
• Energy shocks fade. Their echo does not.  DWS Asset Management
• Taking Stock of the Oil-Shocked Economy  The Roosevelt Institute

Airlines draw up contingency plans over jet fuel shortage fears

• Higher fares and new routes: what the Middle East crisis means for travel  The Times

Why peak uncertainty about the Iran war signals a stock-market rally may be near

• Why peak uncertainty about the Iran war signals a stock-market rally may be near  MarketWatch
• How to Trade the War: Avoid Gimmicky Strategies and Overheated Assets  WSJ
• Iran Is Changing the Landscape for Stock Markets. What They Face After War and 5 Other Things to Know Today.  barrons.com