Walgreens Gives Bodycams To Employees After Rise In Retail Assaults As most Americans are now well aware, national retail theft has seen a significant spike since 2021, with total shoplifting incidents increasing by roughly 53% between 2021 and 2024 based on industry data. This has led to sweeping policy changes to retail businesses, specifically in urban locations, and long aisles of locked glass...
Walgreens Gives Bodycams To Employees After Rise In Retail Assaults As most Americans are now well aware, national retail theft has seen a significant spike since 2021, with total shoplifting incidents increasing by roughly 53% between 2021 and 2024 based on industry data. This has led to sweeping policy changes to retail businesses, specifically in urban locations, and long aisles of locked glass cases are only the beginning. In the case of Walgreens, the company has closed a significant number of locations in high crime areas since 2024 as part of a broader plan to shutter underperforming stores nationwide. The company announced in October 2024 that it would close approximately 1,200 stores across the U.S. over three years (through 2027), with about 500 targeted for fiscal year 2025. This decision is not unique. Hundreds of larger retailers are also shutting down stores in risky neighborhoods, and critics argue that these closures are directly targeting areas in predominantly black and minority neighborhoods. They complain that this trend is leading to "food deserts" where minorities do not have easy access to convenient shopping. The problem, of course, is that these are the areas with the worst crime rates. Furthermore, to keep said stores open in such places also puts employee safety at risk and makes the companies vulnerable to liability. In 2024 there was a 17% spike in violent assaults on retail employees. In 2025, around 83% of businesses said incidents have stayed the same or slightly increased. Retail currently accounts for a disproportionate share of workplace homicides (nearly 30%). In response, Walgreens is testing out a pilot program in a number of stores which gives employees access to body cameras. They say that this tool will help to defuse potentially violent encounters with customers. "Walgreens is piloting the voluntary use of body-worn cameras in select stores to help promote the safety of both customers and team members," a spokesperson said, ...
Apollo Global Management ( APO ) has priced an offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.700% senior notes due 2036. The notes will bear interest at 5.700% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 30 and September 30 of each year, commencing on September 30, 2026. The offering is expected to close on March 30, 2026. APO -0.0% after hours to $109.8 Source: Press Relea...
Apollo Global Management ( APO ) has priced an offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.700% senior notes due 2036. The notes will bear interest at 5.700% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 30 and September 30 of each year, commencing on September 30, 2026. The offering is expected to close on March 30, 2026. APO -0.0% after hours to $109.8 Source: Press Release More on Apollo Global Management Apollo Global: AUM Surge, SaaSpocalypse Fears, And The Manufactured Private Credit Crisis Apollo Global: The Credit Giant Being Treated Like A SaaS Fund Apollo Global: Overdone Credit Fears Create A Buying Opportunity (Upgrade) Apollo to acquire Nippon Sheet Glass in landmark $3.7B Japan buyout Apollo restricts investor withdrawals to 45% in $15B credit fund
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT SpaceX CEO Elon Musk during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elon Musk's legal team is demanding that a judge in the Delaware Court of Chancery, Kathaleen McCormick, recuse herself from two Tesla lawsuits, alleging she showed bias in supporting a LinkedIn post tha...
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT SpaceX CEO Elon Musk during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elon Musk's legal team is demanding that a judge in the Delaware Court of Chancery, Kathaleen McCormick, recuse herself from two Tesla lawsuits, alleging she showed bias in supporting a LinkedIn post that was critical of Musk. "In light of the Court's recent public support of LinkedIn posts that create a perception of bias against Mr. Musk in these cases, recusal is necessary and warranted," Musk's attorney's wrote in their motion for recusal on Wednesday. "These cases should be re-assigned to another random-drawn judicial officer of this Court." The post that McCormick allegedly responded to with an emoji had touted a verdict from a San Francisco federal court that could cost Musk upwards of $2 billion. In that case, a jury found Musk had defrauded Twitter investors in the lead up to his buyout of the social network. McCormick sent a letter to Musk's attorneys saying she did not read the full text of the LinkedIn post referenced, did not support it, or intend to click any emoji expressing support of the post, and would have only accidentally clicked that indicator. She also said in the letter that she had reported "suspicious activity" on her account to LinkedIn. Quinn Emanuel partner Alex Spiro, an attorney for Musk, told CNBC in an email that he's inquired with LinkedIn on the matter, and said "I don't believe there's any basis for the claim it was a 'glitch.'" LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft , did not immediately respond to a request for comment. McCormick became the target of Musk's ire after she ordered Tesla to rescind his 2018 CEO pay package, worth about $56 billion in options, when she presided over the shareholder suit Tornetta v. Musk. Musk moved his businesses, including Tesla, out of Delaware, incorporating them in Texas and Nevada and encouraging other...
Google’s TurboQuant has the internet joking about Pied Piper from HBO's "Silicon Valley." The compression algorithm promises to shrink AI’s “working memory” by up to 6x, but it’s still just a lab experiment for now.
Google’s TurboQuant has the internet joking about Pied Piper from HBO's "Silicon Valley." The compression algorithm promises to shrink AI’s “working memory” by up to 6x, but it’s still just a lab experiment for now.
MCLEAN, Va., March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today posted to its website its Monthly Volume Summary for February 2026, which provides information on Freddie Mac’s mortgage-related portfolios, securities issuance, risk management, delinquencies, debt activities, and other investments. Freddie Mac’s mission is to make home possible for families across the nation. We prom...
MCLEAN, Va., March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today posted to its website its Monthly Volume Summary for February 2026, which provides information on Freddie Mac’s mortgage-related portfolios, securities issuance, risk management, delinquencies, debt activities, and other investments. Freddie Mac’s mission is to make home possible for families across the nation. We promote liquidity, stability and affordability in the housing market throughout all economic cycles. Sin
Razer is giving its Blade 16 gaming laptop a speed and battery boost for 2026. The high-end gaming laptop keeps the same thin chassis and RTX 50-series GPU options as last year's model , but it's now making the switch from AMD to an Intel Core Ultra 9 386H "Panther Lake" chip, and corresponding faster RAM. The new Blade 16 is available now directly from Razer , starting at $3,499.99 with an RTX 50...
Razer is giving its Blade 16 gaming laptop a speed and battery boost for 2026. The high-end gaming laptop keeps the same thin chassis and RTX 50-series GPU options as last year's model , but it's now making the switch from AMD to an Intel Core Ultra 9 386H "Panther Lake" chip, and corresponding faster RAM. The new Blade 16 is available now directly from Razer , starting at $3,499.99 with an RTX 5080 GPU, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB SSD. The top-end RTX 5090 model gets 2TB of storage and costs $4,499.99. According to Razer's specs sheet, a cheaper Blade 16 with RTX 5070 Ti will be priced and released at a later time. Razer claims its new laptop is up … Read the full story at The Verge.
J. Michael Jones An activist investor is pushing automotive service provider Driven Brands ( DRVN ) to explore a sale or breakup. Driven rose 1.6% in after-hours trading. Adam Wyden's hedge fund ADW Capital, which has a 2.5% stake in Driven Brands ( DRVN ), wants the company to immediately start a strategic review process, according to a WSJ report on Wednesday, which cited a letter sent to Driven...
J. Michael Jones An activist investor is pushing automotive service provider Driven Brands ( DRVN ) to explore a sale or breakup. Driven rose 1.6% in after-hours trading. Adam Wyden's hedge fund ADW Capital, which has a 2.5% stake in Driven Brands ( DRVN ), wants the company to immediately start a strategic review process, according to a WSJ report on Wednesday, which cited a letter sent to Driven's board. Wyden also criticized Driven Brand's private-equity owner Roark Capital of mismanaging its business. Wyden wrote in the letter that Driven's ( DRVN ) individual companies, including Meineke and Auto Glass Now, should either be broken up or the whole company should be sold to a competitor or another PE firm, according to the report. If Driven were to do such a move, its shares may be worth more than $30 a share. Wyden also wrote that Roark, which has a 60% stake in Driven ( DRVN ) after taking it public in 2021, has been distracted by its food brands such as Dunkin' and Arby's, the WSJ said. The sale push comes after Driven's ( DRVN ) shares plunged 30% on Feb. 25 after the company reported "material errors" in its financial statement in recent years and de layed the release of its Q4 results. More on Driven Brands Driven Brands: Not Joining The Ride Driven Brands stock slides after delaying Q4 earnings, flags material errors in prior statements Driven Brands simplifies its portfolio with the sale of its international car wash business Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Driven Brands Historical earnings data for Driven Brands