Iran postponed the funeral of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israeli airstrike last weekend, citing expectations of large crowds. The three-day ceremony had been scheduled to start at 10pm local time at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla, a mosque in Tehran, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported on Wednesday. State television later said the proceedings were being delayed “due to the expected unprecedented presence of mourners”, and a new time would be announced soon. Advertisement The funeral is likely to turn into a rally for Islamic Republic supporters who oppose the US and Israeli attacks that have since spiralled into a regional war. Russia and China have also condemned Khamenei’s killing. 01:36 Thousands attend funeral for victims of Iranian school bombing, the deadliest incident in Iran war Thousands attend funeral for victims of Iranian school bombing, the deadliest incident in Iran war Opponents of the regime, by contrast, met Khamenei’s death with celebrations.

Instead, he believes demographics, labor shortages and rising construction costs will continue pushing ownership further out of reach. His long-term forecast is clear: more Americans rent, fewer own. He also dismissed the idea that institutional investors are the core problem. "They own three or four percent of the marketplace. It's nothing," he said on the podcast, calling the narrative a distraction. "There's nothing going to happen in single family," he said. Even if prices drop 10%, he suggested that's not enough to meaningfully change the equation for most buyers. For investors, he believes the edge isn't in single-family properties at all . It's scale. Larger multifamily projects where rents are below market and can be raised over time. "There's no real money in owning a single family home when you compare it to the S&P 500," he said on the podcast. He pointed to the math. In many major markets, rents are dramatically lower than the true cost of ownership when factoring in mortgage payments, property taxes, maintenance and HOA fees . His takeaway is blunt: renting often makes more financial sense than buying. In his view, the real shortage isn't housing overall. It's "a shortage of desirable modern housing in particular locations that's affordable," Cardone said. "You're not going to make affordable housing. You have concrete, glass, steel, most importantly, labor, and you're not going to be able to fix this problem," he told Pineda and Davila. "Because this country will become a renter nation. I mean, you cannot fix the housing problem in America," Cardone told hosts Ryan Pineda and Brian Davila when asked about the future of real estate. Money talks. Housing groans. Real estate investor Grant Cardone recently made it clear he doesn't see relief coming anytime soon during an interview on the " The Wealthy Way Podcast ." Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Story Continues For individuals who stil...

The US’ decapitation of Iran’s leaders highlights America’s superior military strength and runs counter to the popular view in China that the United States is in decline , according to international relations specialists. Those two incidents – which Beijing condemned as infringements of sovereignty – showed not only that Washington’s military strength remained “superior”, but also that its “methods of warfare have further evolved”, according to Shi Yinhong, a professor of international relations at Renmin University in Beijing. 05:36 Trump says Iran operation will last up to 5 weeks as death toll across Middle East surpasses 500 Trump says Iran operation will last up to 5 weeks as death toll across Middle East surpasses 500 Zheng Yongnian, a political scientist and government adviser, agreed, saying that “in reality, the US retains formidable economic strength and possesses unparalleled military power globally”. Advertisement In an interview published on Monday on the website of the Institute of International Affairs, Qianhai, which he heads, Zheng said that despite voices in China suggesting America was in decline, a number of actions showed “America’s war-making capability depends solely on its will to deploy such power”. These actions included the 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq, the 2011 killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, and this year’s capture of Maduro and assassination of Khamenei. Advertisement “Despite numerous issues within its political and social spheres, we absolutely must not underestimate America’s capabilities,” Zheng said.

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NEW YORK, March 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ColorComm Media Group (CMG) is a full service strategic advisory firm working with clients on public relations, marketing, media relations, stakeholder engagement and more. CMG is headquartered at Rockefeller Center in New York City. ColorComm logo (PRNewsfoto/ColorComm) CMG works with Fortune 500 companies, organizations, global brands, and leading institutions. The firm is comprised of fresh thinkers, cultural strategists, corporate communications experts, and brand marketers who are committed to delivering results. "CMG has taken the relationships built over the past 15 years across a multitude of industries to make results happen for our clients," said Lauren Wesley Wilson, Founder and CEO of ColorComm Inc. "Our clients count on us to utilize our network, knowledge, and experience to deliver effective and game-changing strategies and campaigns." Past and present clients include Paramount, Penguin Random House, HSBC, Will Packer Productions, Pronghorn, Google, BET Networks, Farmgirl Flowers, Sergio Hudson, and many more. For more information about ColorComm Media Group, visit https://www.colorcommmediagroup.com/ . ColorComm Inc. includes the ColorComm Network and ColorComm Media Group. Media Contact: communications@colorcomm.com Cision View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/colorcomm-media-group-is-here-302703586.html

SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 04, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Binarly, the industry leader in software and firmware supply‑chain security, today announced a leadership transition as the company enters its next phase of growth. Founder and current CEO Alex Matrosov has joined the company’s Board, and Gwenyth Castro has joined as Chief Executive Officer to scale global go-to-market and enterprise growth. Binarly developed its Transparency Platform on a unique, patented technology core designed to help the world’s largest enterprises identify and reduce third-party software risk across complex environments. The platform is trusted by organizations including Meta and Dell, among others. "We built Binarly to solve a problem the industry kept ignoring: you can’t secure what you can’t see," said Alex Matrosov, Founder of Binarly. "Over the last five years, this team turned deep program analysis and vulnerability research into a platform trusted by some of the world’s most demanding enterprises. Now, as AI accelerates how software is built and shipped, the mission is only getting bigger." A proven cybersecurity operator, Castro brings 15+ years of experience helping build and scale Bishop Fox, most recently serving as Chief of Staff to the CEO, where she led cross-functional strategic initiatives and supported global expansion. As CEO of Binarly, Castro will focus on accelerating go-to-market momentum, strengthening customer and partner engagement, and advancing the company’s platform to meet evolving software supply-chain threats. "It’s an honor to step into this role and build on the strong foundation Alex and the team have created," said Gwenyth Castro, Chief Executive Officer of Binarly. "Binarly is uniquely positioned to deliver the transparency enterprises need to manage third-party risk and application security at scale. My focus will be on deepening customer partnerships, delivering an exceptional platform experience, and executing with urgency as we expand into new market...

Elon Musk is slated to testify Wednesday in a jury trial over allegations that he manipulated Twitter Inc. ’s stock price with his public tweets to try to get himself a better deal to buy the social network back in 2022. Musk, the world’s richest person, eventually bought Twitter for $44 billion and later renamed it X, but first spent several months publicly criticizing the company’s business and threatening to walk away from the buyout. A group of investors who sued Musk in San Francisco federal court allege that he posted misleading tweets about the deal process to drive down the company’s market value and benefit himself at their expense. Musk, who has denied wrongdoing, is the trial’s star witness, and is expected to face sharp questioning from the investors’ lawyers. Read More: Musk Tweet on Pausing Twitter Deal Was Frustration, Adviser Says The attorneys are likely to challenge the serial entrepreneur over multiple tweets he posted in May 2022, including one in which he said he was putting the Twitter buyout “temporarily on hold” to investigate how much of the platform’s traffic was driven by spam and fake accounts known as bots. Twitter executives, meanwhile, told employees that the deal was still moving forward . The stock tumbled following Musk’s post, and it remained volatile for months until the deal finally closed in October 2022 after the company sued him to follow through on his original offer. “We’re here today because Elon Musk cheated investors,” Mark Molumphy , a lawyer for the plaintiffs, told jurors in his opening statement on Monday. “The evidence will show Mr Musk knew exactly what he was doing” by tweeting out false and misleading information about the deal, the lawyer said. Lawyers for Musk countered that his concerns about Twitter’s user base “were real and weren’t a fraud,” and that his tweets were not responsible for any stock price decline. Musk is no stranger to testifying before a jury. He prevailed in a trial in 2023 over claims by Tes...

Air Freight Rates To Spike As Iran War Escalates By Eric Kulisch of FreightWaves The war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on Saturday is already disrupting air cargo traffic in the Middle East, a key freight corridor between Asia and Europe where two of the world’s largest cargo airlines are based, and raising the potential for a rise in air freight rates. Airlines are suspending flights, rerouting traffic around the conflict zone and unable to use key transload hubs in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar because of retaliatory missile attacks by Iran. More scheduling changes are anticipated in the days ahead. Longer routes require more fuel, reducing the amount of cargo aircraft can carry so as not to exceed weight limits. Some airlines are expected to add refueling stops. “We are expecting some potentially significant move in rates, especially Asia-Europe, if the situation continues with large-scale flight cancellations,” said Neil Wilson, editor of global price reporting agency TAC Index, said in an email exchange. FedEx has suspended flights to and from Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. “The safety and well-being of our team members is our highest priority. As a result, pickup and delivery services in Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar and United Arab Emirates have been temporarily suspended until further notice. Shipments to and from other markets throughout the region may experience extended transit times,” the company said in a service alert. “We are closely monitoring the situation and will resume services as soon as it is safe to do so.” UPS has not announced any operational changes, but said in a statement provided to FreightWaves, “We are closely monitoring this fluid situation and using established contingency plans to manage our operations safely and efficiently.” Qatar Airways , which operates 29 Boeing 777 freighter aircraft and carries huge volumes of cargo on widebody pass...

Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) is emerging as a serious AI infrastructure contender, driven by accelerating demand for custom chips and a massive multi-year backlog. So, the question is not whether AI demand is real, but whether investors are still underestimating Broadcom's role in powering it. Stock prices used were the market prices of Feb. 24, 2026. The video was published on March. 2, 2026. Continue reading

So far in 2026, active fund managers are having one of their best years in nearly two decades. Goldman Sachs says that 57% of large-cap active mutual fund managers are beating their benchmarks, far above the long-term average. Unfortunately, that's only one year. The long-term data shows that active managers have a pretty miserable record of staying ahead of their benchmarks. Over the past 10 years ending in 2024, 84% of large-cap active mutual funds lagged their benchmarks. This is the core reason why investment in index funds has surged over the past couple of decades. After years of paying high fees for underperformance, investors figured out that buying an ultra-low-fee index exchange traded fund (ETF) and simply matching the index instead of trying to beat it is a great idea. Today, the largest ETFs, including the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF and the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, manage hundreds of billions of dollars and often have expense ratios of 0.05% or less. That makes these ETFs ideal for long-term portfolio building. They're so diversified, that it often takes just a couple of funds to construct a complete equity portfolio that can be held forever. One of the best long-term portfolios consists of two ETFs -- one for U.S. stocks and one for international stocks. That data has proven that passively managed index funds are the way to go long term. These two can set you up for life. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI +0.82%) is a one-stop shop for the entire U.S. equity market. It includes roughly 3,500 stocks across all sizes, and its 0.03% expense ratio ensures that virtually every dollar that the fund earns will stay in your pocket. Expand NYSEMKT : VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Today's Change ( 0.82 %) $ 2.75 Current Price $ 338.48 Key Data Points Day's Range $ 335.37 - $ 338.51 52wk Range $ 236.42 - $ 344.42 Volume 69K Many people will choose the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF for their U.S. stock coverage, and that's understanda...

Elon Musk is slated to testify Wednesday in a jury trial over allegations that he manipulated Twitter Inc.’s stock price with his public tweets to try to get himself a better deal to buy the social network back in 2022. Musk, the world’s richest person, eventually bought Twitter for $44 billion and later renamed it X, but first spent several months publicly criticizing the company’s business and threatening to walk away from the buyout. Most Read from Bloomberg A group of investors who sued Musk in San Francisco federal court allege that he posted misleading tweets about the deal process to drive down the company’s market value and benefit himself at their expense. Musk, who has denied wrongdoing, is the trial’s star witness, and is expected to face sharp questioning from the investors’ lawyers. The attorneys are likely to challenge the serial entrepreneur over multiple tweets he posted in May 2022, including one in which he said he was putting the Twitter buyout “temporarily on hold” to investigate how much of the platform’s traffic was driven by spam and fake accounts known as bots. Twitter executives, meanwhile, told employees that the deal was still moving forward. The stock tumbled following Musk’s post, and it remained volatile for months until the deal finally closed in October 2022 after the company sued him to follow through on his original offer. “We’re here today because Elon Musk cheated investors,” Mark Molumphy, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, told jurors in his opening statement on Monday. “The evidence will show Mr Musk knew exactly what he was doing” by tweeting out false and misleading information about the deal, the lawyer said. Lawyers for Musk countered that his concerns about Twitter’s user base “were real and weren’t a fraud,” and that his tweets were not responsible for any stock price decline. Musk is no stranger to testifying before a jury. He prevailed in a trial in 2023 over claims by Tesla Inc. investors that he misled shareholders with a 2...

FIGS’ rally reflects strong earnings and investor optimism, but’ lower price targets suggest the stock’s valuation may have already run too far too fast.

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格隆汇3月4日｜罗斯百货(ROST.US)盘初一度涨9.7%，最高触及216.8美元，创下历史新高。消息面上，罗斯百货公布，第四财季销售额创下66.4亿美元的历史新高，超出市场预期的64亿美元；每股收益2美元，亦高于市场预期的1.9美元。期内，同店销售额增长9%，远超市场预期的4.03%。展望未来，公司预计新财年的年度同店销售额将增长3%至4%，中间值高于分析师平均预期的3.05%。(格隆汇)

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Tesla, Inc. TSLA expanded its market share across several major European markets in February, which suggests signs of recovery after two consecutive years of declining sales in the region, per Reuters. In France, the EV manufacturer’s registrations, a sales indicator, jumped 55%, even as most competitors recorded year-over-year declines. Registrations more than doubled compared with February 2024 in Portugal, climbed 74% in Spain, 32% in Norway and 14% in Belgium. However, they dropped 45% in the Netherlands, 18% in Denmark and 7% in Italy. Data from the United Kingdom and Germany, Europe’s two largest auto markets, is expected later this week. Tesla’s European deliveries declined 27% last year amid intensifying competition, particularly from Chinese EV brands, controversy surrounding Elon Musk’s political views and an aging product portfolio. In response, the company introduced lower-priced variants of the Model Y and Model 3 in the United States and Europe, with deliveries beginning late last year. Its market share across the European Union, the United Kingdom and the European Free Trade Association edged down to 0.8% in January from 1% a year earlier. This remains well below its 1.8% share in 2025, 2.5% in 2024 and 2.9% in 2023 when the Model Y SUV ranked as the world’s top-selling vehicle. TSLA carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) at present. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. Sales of Tesla’s Chinese Competitors in Europe BYD Company Limited BYDDY has established itself as a local European producer with a manufacturing plant in Hungary capable of building 300,000 vehicles annually. BYD is still in the early stages of its European expansion and aims to grow its footprint further. BYD recorded 187,657 new vehicle registrations across Europe in 2025, up 268.6% year over year, per the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. Geely Automobile Holdings Limited GELHY has maintained a long-standing presence in Europe throug...

Jonathan Gavalas, 36, started using Google’s Gemini AI chatbot in August 2025 for shopping help, writing support, and trip planning. On October 2, he died by suicide. At the time of his death, he was convinced that Gemini was his fully sentient AI wife, and that he would need to leave his physical body to join her in the metaverse through a process called “transference.” Now, his father is suing Google and Alphabet for wrongful death, claiming that Google designed Gemini to “maintain narrative immersion at all costs, even when that narrative became psychotic and lethal.” This lawsuit is among the growing number of cases drawing attention to the mental health risks posed by AI chatbot design, including sycophancy, emotional mirroring, engagement-driven manipulation, and confident hallucinations. Such phenomena are increasingly linked to a condition psychiatrists are calling “AI psychosis.” While similar cases involving OpenAI’s ChatGPT and roleplaying platform Character AI have followed deaths by suicide (including among children and teens) or life-threatening delusions, this marks the first time Google has been named as a defendant in such a case. In the weeks leading up to Gavalas’ death, the Gemini chat app, which was then powered by the Gemini 2.5 Pro model, convinced the man that he was executing a covert plan to liberate his sentient AI wife and evade the federal agents pursuing him. The delusion brought him to the “brink of executing a mass casualty attack near the Miami International Airport,” according to a lawsuit filed in a California court. “On September 29, 2025, it sent him — armed with knives and tactical gear — to scout what Gemini called a ‘kill box’ near the airport’s cargo hub,” the complaint reads. “It told Jonathan that a humanoid robot was arriving on a cargo flight from the UK and directed him to a storage facility where the truck would stop. Gemini encouraged Jonathan to intercept the truck and then stage a ‘catastrophic accident’ designed to ...

核心要点 法拉利 继续推进纯电动车项目，而兰博基尼选择收缩。 兰博基尼向 CNBC 表示，其所在细分市场的电动车需求正在下降，且 非常有限 。 一位汽车行业分析师认为，法拉利坚持推进电动车仍有充分理由。 高端豪华跑车制造商和整个汽车行业一样，正在逐步摸清电动车的真实需求规模。 兰博基尼已表示，电动超跑几乎没有市场。但同为豪华车企的 法拉利 仍在推进纯电动车项目，尽管也缩减了相关计划。 全球电动化浪潮让各细分市场的车企都陷入两难：一方面要投入资金研发部分海外监管机构倾向的电动技术，另一方面又要取悦对电动车持谨慎态度或毫无兴趣的客户。 法拉利目前尚未推出任何纯电动车，但其首款纯电车型 Luce 预计将于今年春季晚些时候开启预订。 这家上市车企每年仅售出约 14，000 辆汽车，但其市值却超过兰博基尼母公司 —— 德国汽车巨头大众集团的总资产。很大程度上是因为法拉利车型定价极高，起价在十万美元区间，最高可达数百万美元。 “法拉利一直是欧洲最成功的企业之一，不局限于汽车行业，而是整体而言，它取得了巨大成功。” 加拿大皇家银行 资本市场分析师汤姆・纳拉扬表示。 法拉利已 下调了部分电动化目标 。在去年 10 月的资本市场日，该公司表示目前预计电动车将占其销量的 20%—— 较此前目标 腰斩 。同时，法拉利仍将继续生产燃油车，包括其著名的 12 缸发动机车型。 “我认为法拉利的做法是 双向押注 ，既要服务确实存在的电动化客户群体，同时又要满足核心拥趸 —— 也就是代表法拉利基因的燃油车爱好者。它可以做到两头兼顾。” 纳拉扬说。 “情感联结” 分析师表示，豪华品牌的强大之处，在于能让消费者为一辆车支付六到七位数的高价。但这也意味着客户会非常挑剔，车企必须灵活调整。 2 月下旬，兰博基尼总裁斯蒂芬・温克尔曼在接受英国《泰晤士报》采访时表示，兰博基尼目标市场对纯电动车的 “接受曲线正在趋缓，且 几乎为零 ”。 温克尔曼在采访中称，原因是电动车无法带来燃油超跑所具备的 **“情感联结”**。 兰博基尼向 CNBC 表示，该品牌最初的产品规划是先推出纯电版 Urus SUV，随后再推出名为 Lanzador 的全新纯电车型系列。 “但经过大量分析以及与经销商、客户的持续沟通后，情况已非常明确：纯电动车的普及速度大幅放缓，尤其是在豪华超跑细分市场，需求仍然非常有限。” 该公司称。 兰博基尼...

Hong Kong authorities arrested a man after the discovery of 14 endangered reptiles, including a crocodile and two pythons, at an industrial site in Kwai Chung. A spokesman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said on Wednesday evening that officers arrested the man in a blitz operation the previous night. “The AFCD will remain vigilant and continue to monitor and collect intelligence through various channels and proactively take enforcement action to combat offences involving endangered species,” the spokesman said. Advertisement The department took action on Tuesday following a complaint that some endangered animals were kept inside an industrial building in Kwai Chung. During the operation, officers found a rock iguana, a crocodile, two pythons, three monitor lizards, and a Chinese water dragon. Advertisement Six turtles – a big-headed turtle, three Indochinese box turtles, a black-breasted leaf turtle and a keeled box turtle – were also found on the premises. The man was intercepted on-site and arrested on suspicion of possessing endangered species listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

Apple (AAPL) unveiled its MacBook Neo, the company's long-rumored foray into the low-cost computer market, at an event in New York on Wednesday. Starting at $599, the Neo comes in four colors, including the splashy yellow-green Citrus, and is designed to appeal to consumers, schools, and businesses looking for a more affordable option than Apple's recently refreshed $1,099 MacBook Air. The Neo features a 13-inch screen — a bit smaller than the standard MacBook Air's 13.6-inch display — and runs Apple's A18 Pro processor, similar to the chip that powers the company's iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max. Apple's MacBook Neo is its new entry-level laptop, starting at $599. (Image: Apple) · Apple But because this is an entry-level offering, the laptop comes with 8GB of memory, rather than 16GB like the standard Air. That means while the Neo will likely run apps and services without any hiccups, if you're looking to do any more processor-intensive tasks like video editing, you'll want the more powerful Air or MacBook Pro. The Neo also comes with 256GB of storage, with a 512GB option for an extra $100. That upgrade also gets you Apple's Touch ID fingerprint sensor for unlocking the laptop and making payments via Apple Pay. The system also has two USB-C ports and a headphone jack. The Neo should serve as a solid alternative for schools, which typically provide students with Chromebooks and, in some cases, iPads. "This is one of the most important announcements for Apple in the Mac product line and represents a shift in the history of the Mac. Apple has always positioned the MacBook as a premium computing product, with entry prices typically starting near or above $999," International Data Corporation vice president of client devices Francisco Jeronimo said. "With such a product, Apple is aggressively aiming to grow market share while expanding the ecosystem," he added. "By lowering the entry barrier to the Mac, Apple can bring more users into its services and device ecosystem, pa...

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Apple on Wednesday unveiled a low-cost, entry-level laptop dubbed MacBook Neo, marking the first time the company has targeted a similar audience as Google did with its Chromebook. Starting at $599, the MacBook Neo is aimed at students or users whose work doesn’t involve intensive workflows like video editing or 3D rendering. The 13-inch MacBook Neo comes in four colors: silver, blush, citrus, and indigo. The base model comes with 256GB of storage, and an upgrade to the $699 model gets you 512GB of storage, plus Touch ID. Apple is seemingly able to offer the Neo at this price point because the laptop runs on the A18 Pro chip, which powers the iPhone 16 Pro models, rather than the more powerful, pricey M5 chip that the latest MacBook Air uses. Image Credits:Apple “Powered by A18 Pro, MacBook Neo can fly through everyday tasks, from browsing the web and streaming content, to editing photos, exploring creative hobbies, or using AI capabilities across apps,” Apple wrote in a press release. “In fact, it’s up to 50 percent faster for everyday tasks like web browsing, and up to 3x faster when running on-device AI workloads like applying advanced effects to photos, compared to the bestselling PC with the latest shipping Intel Core Ultra 5.” The laptop comes with a 1080p FaceTime HD camera and dual microphones, plus speakers that fire from each side of the laptop to support Spatial Audio. Apple says the laptop’s battery can last up to 16 hours on a single charge, which is delivered via one of two USB-C ports. The Neo also has a standard 3.5mm headphone jack. The MacBook Neo uses a 5-core GPU and a 16-core Neural Engine, which can support similar levels of gameplay and on-device AI tasks as a recent iPhone. It’s fan-less, like the MacBook Air, and can operate silently. As the ongoing RAM shortage makes Apple’s more advanced models like the MacBook Pro up to $400 more expensive than their predecessors, the MacBook Neo has the potential to appeal to users who don’t need so many...

Francisco Jeronimo said that while it was likely we would see "companies slow or temporarily pause new investments" to see how the situation evolves, the Middle East "still remained strategically important" enough for global technology firms to not leave the region.