Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 13.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 74,372 shares of the software giant's stock after purchasing an additional 8,808 shares during the period. Microsoft comprises about 1.2% of Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.'s holdings, making the stock its 18th largest holding. Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.'s holdings in Microsoft were worth $38,521,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Get Microsoft alerts: Sign Up A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of MSFT. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Microsoft in the second quarter worth approximately $50,493,678,000. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in Microsoft during the first quarter valued at approximately $18,733,827,000. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Microsoft by 49,640.3% during the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 29,967,038 shares of the software giant's stock worth $14,905,904,000 after acquiring an additional 29,906,791 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 2.0% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 705,077,786 shares of the software giant's stock worth $350,712,742,000 after acquiring an additional 13,691,572 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 16.1% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 83,787,746 shares of the software giant's stock worth $35,316,535,000 after acquiring an additional 11,600,470 shares during the last quarter. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors. Microsoft Trading Down 0.4% Shares of MSFT opened at $408.96 on Monday. The stock has a market ca...

Personal CFO Solutions LLC raised its stake in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 5.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 34,677 shares of the software giant's stock after acquiring an additional 1,674 shares during the period. Microsoft makes up 3.2% of Personal CFO Solutions LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest holding. Personal CFO Solutions LLC's holdings in Microsoft were worth $17,961,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Get Microsoft alerts: Sign Up Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 51.3% during the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 59 shares of the software giant's stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares during the period. Bayforest Capital Ltd acquired a new position in Microsoft in the 3rd quarter valued at $38,000. LSV Asset Management purchased a new position in Microsoft during the 4th quarter worth $44,000. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC purchased a new position in Microsoft during the 3rd quarter worth $49,000. Finally, University of Illinois Foundation acquired a new stake in shares of Microsoft in the 2nd quarter worth $50,000. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors. Trending Headlines about Microsoft Here are the key news stories impacting Microsoft this week: Microsoft Stock Down 0.4% Shares of NASDAQ MSFT opened at $408.96 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.04 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.10. Microsoft Corporation has a 52 week low of $344.79 and a 52 week high of $555.45. The firm has a 50-day moving average price...

Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd. grew its position in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 41.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 18,200 shares of the software giant's stock after acquiring an additional 5,300 shares during the period. Microsoft comprises 4.6% of Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd.'s portfolio, making the stock its 3rd largest position. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd.'s holdings in Microsoft were worth $9,427,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Get Microsoft alerts: Sign Up A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of MSFT. WFA Asset Management Corp lifted its holdings in Microsoft by 27.0% in the 1st quarter. WFA Asset Management Corp now owns 1,016 shares of the software giant's stock worth $427,000 after buying an additional 216 shares during the period. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 0.3% during the second quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. now owns 12,658 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $5,658,000 after buying an additional 38 shares during the period. Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC raised its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 410.4% during the third quarter. Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC now owns 2,659 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $1,144,000 after acquiring an additional 2,138 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 2,374 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $1,000,000 after acquiring an additional 28 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Eagle Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Microsoft by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. Eagle Capital Management LLC now owns 23,097 shares of the software giant's stock worth $9,735,000 after acquiring an a...

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Traders have turned the most pessimistic on the euro since Russia invaded Ukraine four years ago as the war in the Middle East drags on, sending energy prices soaring and threatening Europe’s economy. In the options market, so-called one-week risk reversals show bearish sentiment on the common currency is now at levels seen after the 2022 invasion, at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and during elections in the US and France that stoked geopolitical uncertainty. The euro dropped earlier on Monday to $1.1507, its weakest versus the dollar in nearly four months. Oil above $100 a barrel is highlighting the structural weak spot that has haunted the euro for decades: when energy costs spike, the trade balance deteriorates and the currency takes a hit. Traders are starting to ask whether this conflict has the same potential to send the euro below parity versus the dollar — as happened in 2022. Euro’s Slide Shows How Energy Shock Is Deepest Vulnerability Longer-dated positioning tells the same story. One-year risk reversals have flipped bearish for the first time since April, unwinding the positive shift that followed Germany’s historic decision to ratchet up spending on defense and infrastructure. Optimism on the euro that built up over months has been erased in days, while data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission show that leveraged funds are also turning bearish the common currency. Euro volumes are running at 3.5 times the recent average for this time of day, with 71% of today’s options activity betting on a stronger dollar, data from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation show. The currency weakness comes even as the market amps up wagers on European Central Bank interest-rate hikes — suggesting traders fear a toxic combination of soaring inflation from higher energy prices and slower economic growth. Swaps imply two full 25-basis-point hikes by year-end, compared with one on Friday. NOTE: Vassilis Karamanis is an FX and rates strategist who writes fo...

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3月9日，福州住房公积金管理委员会发布文件，对住房公积金政策的 贷款套数认定、住房装修提取、车库（位）提取、代际互助使用范围、建造翻建大修提取及规范公积金使用 等6个方面进行了优化调整。 在贷款套数认定方面 ， 新政扩大了首套个人公积金贷款利率适用范围 ，规定省内出售自有住房后12个月内购买第二套自住住房以及多子女家庭购买第二套自住住房的，均可执行首套公积金贷款利率。在延续原政策“在购房所在县（市）区无自有住房可享受首套房利率”的基础上，让更多家庭享受到政策红利。该政策适用于2026年2月1日（含）之后发生的购房行为，并将异地公积金贷款纳入政策支持范围。 在住房装修提取方面 ，新规明确， 缴存人在本市购买自住住房，自取得有效购房证明材料满6个月起、5年以内，可一次性提取公积金用于装修 。 提取标准按1500元/平方米执行 ，建筑面积超过144平方米的按144平方米计算，同一家庭仅限一套住房申请提取一次，助力缴存人家庭改善居住品质。 同时，新政进一步规范了车库（位）提取业务办理，取消“网签时间在2025年9月18日（含）之后”的限制条件，同时明确同一小区购买车库（位），并持有车库（位）不动产权证书6个月以上的，可在三年内一次性申请提取，方便群众完善住房配套。 新政进一步扩大代际互助使用范围，将购买自住住房范围由“本市行政区域内”扩大到“福建省内”，同时新增配偶的父母可参与提取，更好发挥家庭购房合力。 新政将建造、翻建、大修自住住房提取条件，由“自取得建设工程规划许可证或乡村建设规划许可证之日一年内一次性申请提取”，调整为“自最迟取得有效证明材料之日三年内一次性申请提取”，为市民建造修缮住房提供更充足的时间和资金支持。 此外，为维护公积金使用秩序，新政明确了婚姻关系存续期间，配偶之间发生住房交易的，不支持公积金提取和贷款。 本文来自微信公众号 “福州日报” ，作者：李琪 石磊磊，36氪经授权发布。

富信科技（688662）公告，根据2026年3月9日询价申购情况，公司股东询价转让初步确定的转让价格为55.01元/股。参与本次询价转让报价的机构投资者家数为16家，合计有效认购股份数量为417.5万股，对应转让底价的有效认购倍数为1.89倍。本次询价转让拟转让股份已获全额认购，初步确定受让方为10家机构投资者，拟受让股份总数为220.6万股。

头部厂商的差异化竞争，将推动可穿戴设备从 “ 功能工具 ” 向 “ 个人健康与智能生活核心入口 ” 转型，最终惠及广大消费者，而这场关于生态与价值的较量，才刚刚拉开序幕。 3月2日，市场调研机构Omdia发布2025年全球可穿戴设备市场年度报告，核心数据显示，全年市场出货量首次突破2亿台，同比增长6%，行业正式迈入稳健增长的结构升级阶段。 值得关注的是，小米自2020年以来首次重回全球榜首，以18%的市场份额斩获年度出货量冠军，打破此前苹果长期领跑的格局。 与此同时，苹果以17%的份额紧随其后，凭借高端市场优势守住核心阵地，华为以16%屈居第三，全球可穿戴市场形成三足鼎立、竞争日趋激烈的新格局，行业竞争焦点正从硬件比拼转向生态协同的深层较量。 小米登顶，生态协同破局增长 时隔5年，小米再度站上全球可穿戴设备市场的顶端，这是是其摒弃“单一爆款依赖”、坚持全品类系统化布局长期战略落地的结果。 与苹果聚焦高端智能手表、华为深耕健康生态的路径不同，小米走出了一条“全价位覆盖、全人群渗透”的差异化路线，用扎实的基础盘布局，实现了从规模增长到质量提升的跨越。 大众市场的稳固发力，是小米登顶的核心底气。 长期以来，小米手环系列始终占据全球手环市场的头部位置，凭借长续航、NFC、离线支付等核心刚需功能，以及亲民定价，精准击中学生、上班族、中老年群体的需求痛点，成为支撑其出货量的“基本盘”。 数据显示，2025年小米手环全球出货量同比增长12%，在百元级可穿戴市场的份额超过30%，远超同类竞品，不仅巩固了大众市场优势，更积累了庞大的用户基数，为品牌向上突破奠定基础。 而基础款智能手表的突围，则推动小米实现从“性价比”到“价值提升”的转型。 不同于以往依赖供应链芯片的模式，小米近年来加大自研投入，将自研低功耗芯片应用于基础款智能手表，配合澎湃OS的轻量化适配，大幅提升了设备的流畅度与续航表现，同时通过深度生态整合，实现与小米手机、平板、智能家居、小米汽车的无缝联动，打造“人车家全生态”的场景化体验——手表控灯、手环解锁车门、健康数据跨设备同步等功能，让小米穿戴设备摆脱了“手机配件”的定位，成为智能生活的核心入口之一。 全球化布局的持续深化，为小米份额提升注入强劲动力。 在东南亚、欧洲、拉美、印度等主流与新兴市场，小米可穿戴设备出货量同比增幅均超过30%，凭借成熟的全球供应链体系与渠道下...

渤海化学（600800）公告，公司全资子公司天津渤海石化有限公司的PDH装置(60万吨/年)因厂区内新建丙烯酸（885829）酯和高吸水性树脂新材料项目需求，需与项目进行设备及公用工程联调联试，原定于2026年2月底恢复生产的停产检修时间将适当延长。此次延期是由于近期美国和以色列与伊朗地区军事冲突对原材料供应造成影响，并为保障后续生产装置的安全性与运行效率。具体延期时长将视市场变化及检修进展动态调整。

Zurich Insurance Group AG is set to buy Assicurazioni Generali SpA ’s Irish unit RedClick for about €337 million, people familiar with the matter said. The companies have agreed on most of the details and a deal may be announced as soon as this week, the people said, asking not to be identified as the process is private. Generali last year hired Bank of America Corp. to review strategic options for RedClick as it seeks to streamline businesses in the wake of recent acquisitions. The Irish business, which Generali inherited through its purchase of Liberty Seguros, specializes in online operations and attracted interest from several buyers. Read More: Generali Hires Bank of America to Review Options for Irish Unit Generali is seeking to improve its profitability by focusing on more lucrative assets and expanding in casualty and property businesses and asset management. It agreed to buy Liberty Seguros from Liberty Mutual Holding Co. for €2.3 billion in 2023, the same year it bought asset manager Conning Holdings Ltd. Generali rebranded Liberty’s Irish operations as RedClick in 2024, saying the unit was a “top ten player” in property and casualty insurance products with an existing base of more than 250,000 customers in the country.

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格隆汇3月9日｜龙虾热之后，OpenClaw在国内的热度直线飙升。就在3月8日，OpenClaw官方发布了全新v2026.3.7-beta.1版本，创始人Peter Steinberger亲自下场在X上高调官宣。新智元评价称，这是史上最密集一次更新：89项代码提交，200+个Bug修复，核心亮点是全新的ContextEngine插件接口——上下文管理终于可以“自由插拔”，不动核心代码就能换策略。这次更新值得每一个做AI Agent的人认真看。顺带一提，OpenClaw不仅Star数狂飙冲向3w+，而且issues和pr数量也是冠绝全球。 据悉，新版全面适配了OpenAI最新的GPT-5.4以及Google的Gemini 3.1 Flash。在模型切换层面，OpenClaw还优化了模型降级与重试机制——当某个模型限流或过载时，系统会自动切换到备选模型，而不是直接报错让用户干等。

中東多國繼續受戰火波及，美軍增至7人陣亡，阿聯酋有石油設施起火。以色列打擊黎巴嫩真主黨。黎巴嫩政府指，過去一星期有接近400人被殺，逾千人受傷。 阿聯酋國防部周日發布影片，顯示一架伊朗無人機被攔截並摧毀。阿聯酋稱，防空部隊共攔截16枚伊朗導彈，並偵測到117架無人機，其中大部分被攔截。 阿聯酋富查伊拉石油工業區有攔截碎片掉落，引致石油設施起火，沒有人員傷亡報告。伊朗在區內的報復性打擊範圍擴大至民用基礎設施。 巴林指責伊朗無差別攻擊民用目標，當地有大學和海水化淡廠遇襲損毀。 受戰火波及的沙特阿拉伯首次出現死傷，一枚炮彈墜落民居，造成2死12傷。美國中央司令部表示，一名日前在伊朗空襲沙特時，受傷的美軍傷重死亡，令這一輪戰事爆發以來，美軍陣亡人數增至7人。因應安全風險，美國國務院周日下令所有駐沙特大使館非必要人員撤離。 卡塔爾首相兼外交大臣穆罕默德接受英國天空新聞專訪時稱，伊朗對海灣國家展開「似乎有預謀」的攻擊，他感受到強烈的背叛，同時亦敦促所有戰爭方緩和衝突。 以色列星期日繼續空襲親伊朗的黎巴嫩真主黨據點。 以軍表示，過去一周，隸屬北方指揮部的部隊分別從海、陸、空攻擊了黎巴嫩超過600個目標。黎巴嫩南部一條村莊周日清晨遇襲，有多幢民居被夷平，14人死亡6人受傷。 黎巴嫩當局表示，上星期衝突再爆發以來，已造成接近400人死亡，包括最少83名小孩，過千人受傷，逾50萬人被迫離開家園。

伊朗已故最高領袖哈梅內伊的兒子穆傑塔巴，成為新任最高領袖。美國總統特朗普稱，未經他認可的伊朗新領導人不會做得長久，又稱將在適當時候，決定何時結束對伊朗的軍事行動。伊朗總統佩澤希齊揚威脅會攻擊更多美國目標。 伊朗首都德黑蘭周一凌晨有大批民眾上街，慶祝已故最高領袖哈梅內伊二子穆傑塔巴成為伊朗新任最高領袖。 伊朗專家會議周日，以壓倒票數推舉穆傑塔巴為新領袖。56歲的穆傑塔巴，自美國及以色列軍事打擊伊朗以來便沒有公開露面，除了他的父親哈梅內伊，他的妻子亦在空襲中身亡。 穆傑塔巴1969年，在伊朗東北部第二大城市馬什哈德出生，高中畢業後，加入伊斯蘭革命衛隊，曾在伊朗與伊拉克的兩伊戰爭服役，在伊斯蘭革命衛隊及政府中有堅實的支持。 他成為新伊朗最高領袖後，將會擁有國家大事的最終決定權、掌控伊朗的軍隊及戰略，及可以製造核武器的鈾庫存。穆傑塔巴反對改革派同西方就核問題談判，分析認為，他的立場比父親哈梅內伊更為強硬。 美國總統特朗普周日重申，伊朗任命的新領導人，必須得到他的同意，否則難以長久掌權。特朗普接受以色列媒體訪問時又稱，將和以色列總理內塔尼亞胡共同努力，會在適當的時候下最後決定，結束伊朗戰事。 伊朗外長阿拉格齊接受美國全國廣播公司訪問時表示，選出新最高領袖是伊朗人民的事，和別人無關。 伊朗外長阿拉格齊指出︰「我們不允許任何人干涉我們的內政，新領袖應由伊朗人民選出，他們已經選出專家會議，而專家會議將負責這項工作。」 他又指美國及以色列，沒有遵守去年6月的12日戰爭停火協議，正殺害伊朗人民，因此伊朗必須為人民繼續戰鬥。 以軍稱，周日晚上對數十個伊朗目標發動空襲，包括伊斯蘭革命衛隊空軍總部，周一凌晨再發表聲明說，開始對伊朗中部的政府設施發動新一輪打擊。 伊朗伊斯蘭革命衛隊宣布發起第28輪攻擊，使用多款導彈，包括攜帶超重型彈頭的導彈，襲擊以色列城市貝爾謝巴、特拉維夫以及約旦的美軍空軍基地。特拉維夫有工業設施被擊中。

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The next in our ongoing series of writers picking their favourite comfort films is an argument that Tarantino’s bloody revenge saga is a feelgood winner Having older siblings had its upsides. The main one being I had early access to the very best age-inappropriate titles – my brother and sister loved films and our towering DVD collection was a sight to behold. While I can’t remember my exact age when I first watched Kill Bill : Volume 1, I was young, probably too young, and it was awesome. Unlike most other films I’m fond of that tend to be endlessly quotable, there’s only one line from Kill Bill, emanating from a particularly repugnant character, that I’ve always recalled with clarity (“my name is Buck and I’m here to …” hazard a guess). What is unforgettable is its banging soundtrack and striking imagery – that bright yellow tracksuit splashed in ketchup-red blood – and the dizzying, stylised action that whisks me away from whatever mundane obstacle I’m facing and into a fantastical tale of revenge. Continue reading...

The normally great director misses the mark with a wonderfully animated but narratively clunky retelling of the Shakespearean staple Film versions of Hamlet are the new buses; you wait for ages for one, then three come along all at once: first Hamnet, then Riz Ahmed’s take on the Danish ditherer, and now this anime reinterpretation. But visually ravishing though it is, Scarlet is a hefty disappointment from director Mamoru Hosoda, a leading light from whom we expect more than an incoherent and overbearing fantasy. Hosoda kicks things off with the exploitation version of the Dane: Claudius (voiced by David Kaye in the English version) and Gertrude (Michelle Wong) bragging about their intent to murder poor old King Amlet (Fred Tatasciore) and snatch the throne. His offspring Scarlet (Erin Yvette) is left, as in the play, to vacillate about payback – but Claudius gets there first by feeding her a vial of poison. She is given a reprieve though, when she wakes up in a wasteland purgatory populated by the usurper and his prowling knights. After being dispatched, these minions dissipate into the deeper “nothingness” that also awaits her if she doesn’t succeed in her quest for vengeance. Continue reading...

An vivid celebration of the once-maligned, now revered artist’s life and work John Lennon once described Yoko Ono as “the world’s most famous unknown artist. Everybody knows her name, but nobody knows what she does.” Others were more vicious, portraying her as a family wrecker (the family being the Beatles), a cultural vandal, an Asian virus, a shrieking harridan. As ventriloquised by Paul Morley in his appallingly titled Love Magic Power Danger Bliss, they saw her as someone whose “sole reason to be on the planet was to drive them up the wall with her lack of talent and decency”. Or, only slightly more generously, a “disorganised diva channelling the assumed genius of male creators”. Morley’s book focuses on Ono’s life and art before she ran into Lennon at London’s Indica Gallery in 1966. The Beatles he refers to as “that other business”. His Ono is headstrong, questing. Born in 1933, into a wealthy banking family (her schoolmates included the sons of Emperor Hirohito), she survived the firebombing of Tokyo and took refuge in the country where she and her mother, now virtual beggars, were mocked by locals. Later, she would become the first woman to be accepted into the prestigious Gakushuin University philosophy department. She left early, just as she would also leave Sarah Lawrence College in upstate New York after two terms. Continue reading...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said 2026 could be a “landmark year” in relations with the United States, allaying concerns that the war in Iran might derail ties and an expected visit by US President Donald Trump. “I believe that when the two sides treat each other with sincerity and good faith, we will be able to lengthen the list of cooperation, and shorten the list of problems,” Wang told reporters in Beijing on Sunday. The countries could “produce results that are satisfactory to both...

U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego (D–AZ) speaks during the "People's State of the Union" event ahead of U.S. President Trump's State of the Union address in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 24, 2026. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Congressional Democrats are demanding that the Trump administration immediately reverse a sanctions waiver allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil as the Iran war wreaks havoc on global energy markets. "Your recent decision to provide a 30-day waiver is dangerous, self-defeating, and indefensible," Rep. Sam Liccardo , D-Calif., and Sen. Ruben Gallego , D-Ariz., wrote in a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent , which was shared exclusively with CNBC. "This waiver constitutes an inexplicable act of material benefit to the enemy." The Treasury Department last week issued a temporary 30-day sanctions carveout to allow India to buy Russian oil, an effort to ease skyrocketing oil prices caused by the war and the traffic standstill at the Strait of Hormuz. The oil surge comes less than eight months before the November midterm elections that could flip the House of Representatives and the Senate to Democratic control, and polls show voters are souring on President Donald Trump 's handling of the economy. After the sanctions waiver was issued, however, it was reported that Russia is assisting Iran in targeting U.S. ships, aircraft, and bases in the region. Gallego and Liccardo warned in the letter against the temporary lifting of the sanctions, which rewards Russia with a windfall as it helps to target U.S. troops in the Middle East. "Rather than performing the necessary contingency planning that would keep India and other allies supplied with alternative sources, the Administration's hapless approach has allowed Russia and other adversaries to profit from oil reserves previously constrained by sanctions, supporting Russian efforts to harm U.S. troops and thwart U.S. intelligence," Gallego and Liccardo wrote in their letter. "By providing this waiver,...

Come along with some geese as they migrate back from their southern winter havens toggle caption Charlie Neibergall/AP Greetings, and welcome aboard Goose Airlines. It's a beautiful and clear March day, perfect for our flight north today. I'll be your flight attendant on this journey. Our pilots have started returning from the south. They started traveling northbound flights in late February, and will continue into May. They're going to their summer homes from thousands of miles away, and with the help of our crew of experts, I'll be walking you through takeoff, in-flight and landing procedures. Enjoy your ride, and as always, thank you for choosing Goose Airlines. Takeoff toggle caption SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images When geese migrate, they're following their food, said Mitch Weegman, an avian ecologist who teaches at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Sponsor Message "Because it's cold, sometimes ice prevents the access to drinking water for these birds, and snow is preventing access to food," he said. "So they're getting kicked out of these places." Our pilots could stay in their wintering areas for the summer, but that also means more competition for resources from the local, year-round residents. "Any one environment can only support so many different species," Weegman said. They know it's time to return when the days get warmer and longer, the snow has started melting and vegetation has started growing again. "They are following the green wave, as we call it," said Andrea Kölzsch, an assistant professor of ecology at Radboud University in the Netherlands. This typically happens from late February to May, and there are four major routes, or "flyways," that migrating geese in North America take, Weegman said. There's the Pacific, which runs between Alaska and California; the Central, from western and northern Canada, to Arizona and Texas; the Mississippi, from northern Canada to Louisiana; and the Atlantic, from eastern Canada to Florida. But before take...

Millions more people are in the path of rising seas than previously thought toggle caption Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images As the climate heats up, sea levels are already rising around the planet. Scientific research shows that millions of people live in areas facing inundation, but now, a new study finds those numbers have been vastly underestimated. As many as 132 million more people than previously thought may be in the path of rising seas, according to a study published in the journal Nature. That's if sea levels rise by three feet from where they were from 1995-2014, something that could happen by the middle of the next century, depending on how much humans are able to curtail the burning of fossil fuels that produce heat-trapping emissions. Sponsor Message The discrepancy comes from the starting point of current sea levels. The new study finds that most scientific research uses ocean heights that are about 10 inches lower than they actually are today. That means the full impact of future sea level rise is underestimated because more land is facing inundation than previous studies have shown. The underestimate is greatest in Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific region, where sea levels are more than three feet higher today than most research assumes. Ocean scientists say newer studies are taking the discrepancy into account. It also doesn't likely affect communities planning for sea level rise, because they use direct measurements to do more localized studies. Still, climate researchers say having an accurate idea of the overall global impact is important, especially for vulnerable countries urging the world to do more in international climate negotiations. "People from an island that is very lowly elevated and is already feeling the effects of sea level rise, they know from their own experience standing at the coastline how high the water is," says Philip Minderhoud, associate professor at Wageningen University in the Netherlands and co-author of the new stud...

Kids' willpower is no match for fast food and screens. Try this instead Andrea D'Aquino/For NPR For decades, psychologists believed willpower was the ticket to a good life. "It was thought that people with better willpower would be more successful," says psychologist Marina Milyavskaya at Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada. Hundreds of studies appeared to support this idea. Researchers found links between better willpower and better grades in school, better relationships and careers as adults, healthier diets and even more consistent parenting. So psychologists and parenting experts advised parents to teach children to use willpower to resist modern temptations, such as sweets, fast food, video games, phones and other screens. But in the past 15 years, Milyavskaya and other psychologists have dug deeper into the studies, and they uncovered a major flaw: These studies weren't actually measuring willpower but a different skill — the ability to avoid temptation in the first place. And in the process, they've found easier and more effective ways for parents to handle the tsunami of temptations in children's lives. Sponsor Message Focusing on willpower can backfire Willpower is the ability to resist a temptation right in front of you, Milyavskaya says. "It's the idea of effortful resistance of temptation." For example, your ability to say no to a fast food cheeseburger for dinner and choose baked salmon instead. Or to resist the video game and finish your homework. "Fifteen to 20 years ago, it was thought you could train willpower," she adds, by building a kids' ability to resist temptations the way athletes build up muscles — through practice. Let children play video games each day and teach them to stop after one hour, for example. Or expose your children to "forbidden" foods, such as chips, cookies, and soda, so they can learn to self-regulate and not gobble up too many. "There was this idea that if you're exposed to junk food more, you're going to resist it bette...

The next redistricting battle might be who is counted in state legislative districts toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images A next potential front in the redistricting war could involve who is counted for state legislative districts. For decades, mapmakers have generally drawn the districts that state lawmakers represent based on the total number of people living in an area. But Republican officials in some states have called for using a narrower population: only "eligible voters." Some advocates of this form of redistricting have interpreted it to mean leaving out non-U.S. citizen adults and all children. Only adult citizens would count, including those who, in some states, are not eligible to vote because of a felony conviction or their mental incapacity. Sponsor Message Such a change would likely lead to a transfer of political influence — away from urban areas that are younger and more racially diverse, and toward rural areas that are older and whiter. In 2016, the Supreme Court ruled that a state is allowed to draw legislative districts based on its total population. "As the Framers of the Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment comprehended, representatives serve all residents, not just those eligible or registered to vote," wrote the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the court's unanimous opinion after a local GOP official and another Texas voter challenged a state Senate map. But the high court stopped short of ruling on the legality of state legislative mapmaking based only on adult citizens, with Justice Samuel Alito authoring a concurring opinion calling it "an important and sensitive question" the justices could consider if such a plan were brought to the court. A decade later, Republican officials in some states have filed lawsuits that could end up forcing the Census Bureau to release the information that linedrawers would need to create such a redistricting plan — census block-level data about people's U.S. citizenship status. Missouri, the lates...

A version of this article originally appeared in Quartz’s members-only Weekend Brief newsletter. Quartz members get access to exclusive newsletters and more. Sign up here. A little over a decade ago, Uber $UBER drivers were the ones circling the block while taxi medallion holders watched their livelihoods evaporate. Now a familiar scene is playing out again, except this time there is no one behind the wheel of the vehicle doing the disrupting. Waymo, Alphabet $GOOGL's autonomous driving unit, currently provides roughly 400,000 paid rides per week across half a dozen American cities, with the company expecting to surpass one million weekly rides by the end of 2026. It quadrupled its trip volume in 2025 alone. After raising $16 billion at a $126 billion valuation earlier this year, Waymo is preparing to roll into Nashville, Washington, Detroit, Las Vegas, San Diego, and Denver, with testing underway in several more markets. The company plans to be operating or testing in 20 cities by year's end, including its first international expansion. For millions of gig drivers who rely on Uber and Lyft $LYFT for their income, those numbers land differently than they do in a venture capital pitch deck. The workforce is already feeling the squeeze, according to Gridwise Analytics, which tracks rideshare driver earnings, in its 2026 Autonomous Vehicles Impact Report. In the five metro areas where robotaxis currently operate that Gridwise analyzed, drivers completed 5.3% fewer trips per hour in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared with the same period a year earlier. Nationwide, that figure was only 2.6%. Driver utilization, the share of online time spent actually ferrying passengers, dropped 2.5% in those same cities with AVs versus 2.1% nationally. Gridwise is careful to note that it cannot directly attribute these shifts to robotaxis. Local supply and demand, platform pricing algorithms, and seasonal variation all play a role. But the pattern is consistent. In every city where au...

European banks exceeded expectations in the fourth quarter, buoyed by trading income and cost discipline, standing out in an earnings season marked by tariffs and consumer weakness. The MSCI Europe Financials index reported aggregate earnings-per-share growth of 18%, twice as strong as expected, Bloomberg Intelligence data shows. Almost 60% of those companies beat estimates, with the likes of BNP Paribas SA , UniCredit SpA and Barclays Plc lifting profitability and returns targets after a strong showing in the last few months of 2025. “European banks’ earnings upgrade cycle is set to continue this year as solid fourth-quarter revenue performance and still-strong credit quality support earnings,” BI analysts Maryana Black and Philip Richards said. The overall MSCI Europe index delivered earnings ahead of expectations, though the 4.7% growth remained below the third quarter and the benchmark saw the weakest percentage of beats in more than a year. The region’s companies now need to contend with the accelerating disruption from artificial intelligence and the fresh challenge of adapting to the war in the Middle East. Banks were the largest contributors to positive earnings surprises this season, Bloomberg Intelligence strategists Laurent Douillet and Simbarashe Gumbo said, followed closely by capital goods companies which benefited from an acceleration in both defense and AI spending. Aerospace firm Safran SA lifted mid-term ambitions as it capitalized on strong demand from both civil and military aviation customers, while electrical equipment providers Siemens Energy AG and Schneider Electric SE cashed in on the AI data center rush. The biggest drags on growth, according to Douillet and Gumbo, were materials and transportation, hampered by a prolonged chemicals downturn, weak commodity prices and falling freight rates. In the materials sector, miner Rio Tinto Plc suffered from a drop in iron ore prices, even as its copper unit performed well after a bumper few months ...

Rep. Darrell Issa Ends Reelection Bid After California Redistricting Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said he will not seek reelection in his southern California district, which had been redrawn to favor Democrats in last year’s redistricting. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) speaks at a hearing on oversight of the Federal Trade Commission in Washington on July 13, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times On March 6, the longtime congressman announced, shortly after the candidate filing deadline passed, that he would retire at the end of his term. “ This decision has been on my mind for a while, and I didn’t make it lightly ,” Issa said in a statement announcing the end of his reelection bid. Issa said he had built a strong campaign operation, enjoyed broad support, and believed polling showed he could win. But after roughly a quarter-century in Congress and another quarter-century in business, he said it was time “for a new chapter and new challenges.” “First, we built the right campaign infrastructure, support has been overwhelming—including from President [Donald] Trump—and our polling was unmistakable: We would win this race. But after a quarter-century in Congress—and before that, a quarter-century in business—it’s the right time for a new chapter and new challenges.” Issa endorsed San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond, a fellow Republican, to succeed him. Desmond filed paperwork on the morning of March 6 amid uncertainty over whether Issa might be dropping out of the race. “ He understands this community, was born and raised here, and will make a terrific Congressman, ” Issa said of Desmond. A former Army officer and tech entrepreneur, Issa was first elected to a San Diego-area House seat in 2000. He chaired the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee from 2011 to 2014, overseeing high-profile investigations during the Obama administration, including probes into the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in ...