The Justice Department is suing United Parks & Resorts Inc. , the parent company of Sea World, for allegedly discriminating against people with disabilities at its theme parks with a policy banning wheeled walkers with seats. The government alleges the policy violates provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, constituting a pattern or practice of discrimination throughout UPR properties, which include Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Aquatica Orlando. “The ADA’s prohibition against discrimination includes providing access to parks, zoos, amusement parks, and other places of recreation, such as those operated by UPR,” according to the lawsuit. SeaWorld Orlando posted an explanation on its website for the ban, saying it was for the safety of guests and employees, according to the lawsuit. While the post says walkers without seats were permitted and standard wheelchairs and “electric convenience vehicles” were available at the park, the Justice Department said charging patrons $40 to $110 to rent those alternatives is illegal. Safety requirements “must be based on actual risks and not on mere speculation, stereotypes, or generalizations about individuals with disabilities,” the Justice Department said. The government cited cases where a child was denied use of a medically appropriate walker and offered unsuitable alternatives, and disabled veterans were turned away or forced into wheelchairs against medical advice. “Security personnel informed both veterans and their families that the only alternatives available to them were wheelchairs or ECVs, both of which they would need to rent,” the lawsuit alleges. Read More: United Parks Profit, Sales Miss Estimates as Attendance Lags The Justice Department is seeking a ruling stating UPR violated the ADA, a change in UPR’s policies, enhanced training for park employees, monetary damages and a civil penalty. United Parks & Resorts didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Key PointsShares of NextEra Energy declined in recent weeks, but that may be a case of markets missing the mark.

EyeEm Mobile GmbH/iStock via Getty Images Since the advent of industrialization, securing the supply of cheap and abundant energy has been a primary concern of the global political and business establishment. Leaders rationally understood economic output, even in non-energy-intensive industries, can quickly evaporate without access to sufficient energy supplies. This, unfortunately, has become more of an afterthought in the past decade. The fracking revolution brought with it abundance and historically low energy costs relative to the economic output supported by it. The energy industry as a whole became a victim of its own success as the focus shifted to possibilities in other sectors (mainly tech) now that energy abundance could be treated as a foregone conclusion. The market data behind this narrative can be seen below. wealthyretirement.com/market-trends/tech-stocks-vs-energy-stocks-growth-vs-value/ Energy has represented less than 3% of the S&P 500 by market capitalization in recent years, despite the other 97% being dependent on its output for their existence. Of course, the economic pendulum rarely stays at extremes for very long. Reversals to the mean inevitably happen and oftentimes swing to another extreme before settling towards a new paradigm. In this case, the adage ‘the cure for low prices is low prices’ remains true, even if it did take roughly 15 years for the energy market to reflect its underlying logic. As a bit of a detour, it’s interesting to reflect on why the above chart is closely tied to our leaders’ naivete around energy risks. With energy’s perceived shrinking relevance to the modern economy, its sway among our cultural and political establishment also shrank. Tech leaders are household names, but who’s the CEO of Aramco or any other major energy company for that matter? Political leadership is both in close contact with and also heavily funded by leaders in tech, and the more tech has the ear of decision-makers, there’s invariably less sp...

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Rob Stevens , Nick Robins and Craig Whiteman on building a resilient energy system for the country in light of the Iran war’s impact The Iran war has exposed the cost of successive governments’ fixation on short-term, vote-winning policies, leaving Britain increasingly vulnerable to strategic coercion, particularly in energy ( The UK sleepwalked into this energy price shock, 23 March ). British companies currently lead a new, technologically proven, job-creating industry which, had it been supported earlier, would have strengthened security of supply and reduced costs. It is tidal stream energy. Continue reading...

One reader says the government has not done enough to protect tenants from section 21 notices despite years of assurances Regarding your article on landlords issuing section 21 notices ahead of the upcoming ban on them ( 24 March ), I am currently going through exactly this process. I am being forced out of my home through no fault of my own, after years of paying rent and doing everything expected of a “good” tenant. It turns out that being responsible is not protection, it is merely compliance before eviction. We have been told for years that no-fault evictions would be abolished. And yet here we are – a last-minute rush of notices, entirely predictable, entirely avoidable and entirely devastating for those of us on the receiving end. Continue reading...

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Karen Pine says now-grown children could be asked to evaluate their experiences retrospectively to improve outcomes In response to the article on family court experiences for women and children ( Family courts in England and Wales ‘not good enough’ for women and children, minister says, 22 March ), the key to measuring the success or otherwise of reforms should be tracking children over the long term, focusing on their lived experience rather than the legal outcomes. If the now-grown children were asked to evaluate their experiences retrospectively, it would provide actual evidence. Currently, there’s a feedback loop, with professionals in the system effectively evaluating themselves. Continue reading...

Readers respond to an article on having to care for parents if you had a complicated relationship with them Stephanie Woods is right to draw attention to how hard it can be to care for someone who didn’t care for you ( The impossible task of caring for ageing parents who did not care for you, 20 March ). While some carers find it a privilege to look after someone they’ve had a loving relationship with, others feel trapped by a sense of duty, or by societal expectations, to care for someone they aren’t close to or who doesn’t value them. Changes to how social care support is funded and provided cannot come soon enough for anyone who feels that they have no choice but to care. In reality, if unpaid family carers stopped providing daily practical and emotional support to people living with dementia, there would be chaos. There are simply not enough professional home-based carers, care home places, or hospital beds, to manage the consequences of thousands of vulnerable people left alone and at risk in their own homes. Continue reading...

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Nadzeya Haroshka/iStock via Getty Images I have been writing more and more about the fact that the growth of wealth inequality over the past fifty years or so has been a major change in the makeup of the American economy, and one must understand what changes have occurred to understand much of U.S. history over this time period. Well, Rachel Louise Ensign has produced an article that captures much of the data change that people need to see and understand. Ms. Ensign has produced this article for the Wall Street Journal--" They're Rich but Not Famous--and They're Suddenly Everywhere." "The number of Americans worth tens of millions and hundreds of millions of dollars has boomed in the past few decades, thanks to a rising stock market, lucrative private investments, and swelling valuations for small and midsize businesses. This growing class is now a huge force in the economy, driving the demand for everything from lavish hotel rooms to private jet travel." Here is a picture of what we are talking about. Net Worth in the United States (Wall Street Journal) Ms. Ensign writes: "Over the past few decades, the growth in the number of very rich households has surpassed general population growth." "Many well-off households have further benefitted from the big stock market gains of the past few years." I won't take much more from the Ensign article because it would just be repeating what has already been written. What I would like to emphasize, however, is the emphasis put on the "big stock market gains." The U.S. economy over the past fifty years or so has performed very, very well, even though we experienced "the Great Recession" in the 2007-2009 period. One of the major reasons for this good performance has been the shift in the way economic policy has been devised and how it has been conducted. I go back to the writing of the economist Ben Bernanke from Yale University. Bernanke's economic research, to me, is the foundation for what has happened since the 1980s. Bernanke...

Earnings Call Insights: The Dixie Group, Inc. (DXYN) Q4 2025 Management View Daniel Frierson, Chairman & CEO, opened by reporting net sales of $63,487,000 for the fourth quarter of 2025, down 1.4% year-over-year, with a net loss of $3 million compared to a net loss of $7,198,000 in Q4 2024. For the full year 2025, net sales were $257,429,000, down 2.9% from 2024, and the net loss was $7,615,000, improved from $13 million in 2024. Frierson stated, "we continue to gain market share in the corporate market during this difficult period." He emphasized ongoing cost reductions and a new profit improvement plan for 2026 targeting over $13 million in enhanced profitability. Frierson also noted, "we reduced cost by over $12 million and now have reduced costs by $60 million over the last 3 years." Allen Danzey, VP & CFO, highlighted, "we did generate higher gross margin at 27% on the quarter and the year -- full year of 2025 also at 27%. That compares to 21.7% in the prior year quarter and 24.7% than the prior fiscal year. These improved margins in 2025 were the result of cost reductions and profit improvement initiatives that we implemented throughout the year." Outlook Management is implementing a profit improvement plan for 2026 aiming to improve profitability by over $13 million. Frierson commented, "with the profit improvement plan in place and the introduction of many new products, 2026 will show significant improvement in our results even if market conditions do not improve." Danzey confirmed, "we're looking at $2.5 million as part of our plan for 2026 for the CapEx." The company expects continued market share gains in a contracting industry and has adapted to high tariffs by raising prices three times during the year. However, Frierson cautioned about the impact of the Iranian situation on raw material costs and industry pricing going forward. Financial Results Gross margin for both Q4 and the full year 2025 was 27%. Selling and administrative expenses for 2025 decrea...

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Many of our graphics card reviews early last year and in the early 2020s focused on the difficulties of reviewing and recommending graphics cards when the manufacturer-suggested price points effectively didn't exist. Now, reviews of any new PC component have to contend with the much more broadly awful market for consumer PC parts as AI data center-fueled demand for RAM and flash memory chips drives up prices for DDR5 kits, SSDs, and GPUs. In our August 2025 system guide, 32GB of DDR5 and a decent 2TB SSD would run you less than $200. Today, you'd pay between three and four times as much for similar components. This is the context that Intel's Core Ultra 200S Plus chips—the $199 Core Ultra 5 250K Plus and $299 Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, still codenamed Arrow Lake just like the originals—have launched into. They're solid performers, they're reasonably power-efficient, and for heavy multi-threaded workloads, they're a better value than what AMD can offer for the same price (though even years-old non-X3D AMD chips retain a small edge in games). Read full article Comments

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作者：戴维・弗伦奇 纽约时报专栏作家 美国经济令全世界艳羡。然而，美国民众却对本国经济状况十分不满，而且这种不满已经持续了很长时间。 这两种说法都是事实。坦白说，直到不久前，这一矛盾都让我困惑不已。面对如此亮眼的经济增长，民众长期保持悲观情绪，这怎么可能是理性的？ 过去四分之一个世纪里，美国 GDP 增速远超欧洲和日本这两大主要经济竞争对手（印度与中国除外），差距之大甚至到了这样的地步：欧洲许多经济强国的富裕程度，仅相当于美国最贫困的几个州。例如以可支配收入衡量，英国和法国的民众生活水平，更接近美国最穷的密西西比州，而非全美平均水平。 我们常听到中产阶级萎缩的说法，但这一现象的原因是 富裕阶层与上层中产阶级规模在扩大 。经济学家斯科特・温希普和斯蒂芬・罗斯的分析显示，核心中产阶级（定义为家庭收入为贫困线 250% 至不足 500% 的群体）占全国家庭的比例从 1979 年的 35.5% 降至 2024 年的 30.8%。乍看之下降幅不大，但实际比例下降了 13%。 这并非因为美国人变穷了。恰恰相反，他们变得更富有了，而且富裕程度大幅提升。同期，美国贫困人口或接近贫困线人口（收入低于贫困线 150%）的比例从 29.7% 骤降至 18.7%。下层中产阶级家庭（收入为贫困线 150% 至不足 250%）的比例也从 24.1% 降至 15.8%。 同一时期，美国上层中产阶级与富裕阶层的比例出现爆发式增长。1979 年，上层中产阶级（收入为贫困线 500% 至不足 1500%）家庭占比仅为 10.4%；到 2024 年，这一比例几乎翻了三倍，达到 31.1%。而富裕阶层（收入为贫困线 1500% 及以上）的比例从微不足道的 0.3% 升至 3.7%，增长超过十倍。 为让您理解这些数字的含义，以三口之家为例，2024 年划分五个收入阶层的门槛分别为：4 万美元、6.7 万美元、13.3 万美元和 40 万美元。 结果就是，绝大多数美国人的生活，与祖辈父辈相比都称得上极为优渥。尽管民众对住房可负担性的抱怨合情合理，但美国人如今的住房平均面积更大、装修更豪华，远超以往任何一代人。 曾经的奢侈品 —— 中央空调、大屏电视、家用电脑、多辆家用汽车等 —— 如今已成为美国社会大多数阶层（当然并非全部）的标配。 美国依然是充满机遇的国度。我们依然能为数千万人创造巨额财富。 我以前总爱用客...

The level rose slightly on the previous year while the number of children living in poverty has remained steady.

纽约金日内跌扩大至超过4.0%，最低跌至4394.90美元/盎司。

格隆汇3月27日｜欧洲斯托克(Eurostoxx)50指数跌1.53%，英国富时100指数跌1.31%，法国CAC40指数跌0.98%，德国DAX30指数跌1.49%，富时意大利MIB指数跌0.71%。

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With only the occasional short-lived reprieve, since the beginning of this year investor worry has grown as stocks have lost ground. The CBOE S&P 500 Volatility index -- often referred to as the market's "fear gauge," or VIX -- has risen to a multi-month high. Often, once such an extreme level is reached, it precedes a full-blown market correction that catapults the VIX to a multi-year peak. Investors are understandably nervous about what it all means right now. If you're one of these nervous investors, here are three important things to remember. Although it feels like it's been a while since the stock market has seriously struggled, sizable setbacks aren't actually all that uncommon... even in the middle of bull markets. Continue reading

traffic_analyzer/iStock via Getty Images As we know, gold has recently seen somewhat of a macro flush, but I wouldn't call this a clean rejection of bullion's strategic role just yet. Spot gold peaked at about $5,595 per ounce on January 29 before falling to a four-month low as I began writing this, on March 23. It has since recovered somewhat. The bigger narrative here goes beyond the speculative price. Gold has become more than a hedge these days but rather a macro referendum on policy error, sanctions risk, de-globalization, and a weakening dollar order. $5,500 per ounce in January was a speculative premium built on the idea that geopolitical stress would stay high while disinflation and easier policy kept the carrying cost of gold drifting lower. At the core of it, states wanting power over the world order as it has been constructed have been vetoing a dollar collapse in expectations of "history repeating." But gold is a non-yielding monetary asset. This makes it a dangerous asset to accumulate in reality, because its inflection points are governed by real yields and geopolitical narratives that are hard to time accurately. It's much more prudent to own shares in real businesses, because these are income-producing assets (with owner's earnings) that provide compounding visibility. Gold is simply not like that. Lay of the Land Gold dropped recently because the market saw a higher chance of rising rates and of the Fed hiking or at least not cutting amid oil-shock inflation concerns from the Hormuz campaign. On March 18, the FOMC held the funds target at 3.5%-3.75%; the March SEP kept the 2026 median policy rate at 3.4% and lifted 2026 PCE inflation to 2.7%. Meanwhile, 2026 real GDP growth is shown at 2.4%. This isn't a recession panic template, but rather it implies a potential higher-for-longer framework. There's likely enough growth in the system to keep real rates uncomfortable for gold. Reuters has reported Brent above $110 recently, but it has now dropped to ...

aprott/iStock via Getty Images Hims & Hers Health ( HIMS ) said that it has begun selling Novo Nordisk ( NVO ) GLP-1 medicines Wegovy (semaglutide) and Ozempic (semaglutide), which are indicated for weight loss and type 2 diabetes. All injectable strengths of Wegovy and Ozempic are available, as well as the Wegovy pill. The Wegovy HD injection, with a 7.2 mg dosage strength, will be available next month. Hims & Hers is also starting a new membership for weight loss that offers support services, 24/7 access to providers, personalized nutrition guidance, and clinical check-ins. The membership cost begins at $39 for the first month and $149 thereafter. The fee doesn't include the cost of the medicine. The Wegovy injection starts at $199 a month, while the pill begins at $149. Ozempic starts at $199 a month. Earlier in March, Hims & Hers ended a dispute with Novo Nordisk as the former was trying to sell cheaper compounded versions of semaglutide. Under an agreement, Hims & Hers can only make compounded versions under very limited circumstances. More on Hims & Hers Health Hims & Hers: Distressed Valuations Will Not Last For Long UnitedHealth, Hims & Hers, Gambling.Com - Value Investing With Raul Shah Hims & Hers Health And Novo Nordisk: A Corporate Remarriage That May Work Out Profitably Hims & Hers posts best weekly gain after Novo deal Mid-Cap healthcare stocks ranked by quant ratings after earnings season