The Trump administration’s attempt to sink a UN resolution demanding countries act on the climate crisis has caused cuts to the proposal but hasn’t entirely killed it, according to the tiny Pacific island country spearheading the effort. The US has demanded that Vanuatu, an archipelago in the south Pacific, drop its UN draft resolution that calls on the world to implement a landmark international court of justice (ICJ) ruling from last year that countries could face paying reparations if they fail to stem the climate crisis. Vanuatu, one of several Pacific island countries that consider themselves existentially threatened by the climate crisis despite doing little to cause it, said it had to remove sections of its proposed resolution in the hope that a reduced version could be adopted at the UN in a vote later this month. “Having the Trump administration actively intervening in the market to stop the phase-out of fossil fuels is very frustrating, it’s beyond what you’d expect a government to do,” Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu’s minister for climate change adaption, said. “It’s going to have a huge harmful effect on the world and future generations.” The resolution to fulfill the opinion issued by the ICJ is non-binding but “could pose a major threat to US industry”, the Trump administration said in guidance to American embassies and consulates last month. “President Trump has delivered a very clear message: that the UN and many nations of the world have gone wildly off track, exaggerating climate change into the world’s greatest threat,” the US state department cable added. This opposition, alongside those of other major fossil fuel producers such as Saudi Arabia and Russia, has resulted in the proposed UN resolution being watered down. The resolution previously called for countries to submit a registry of the “loss and damage” they suffer from the impacts of an overheating world, such as storms, floods and droughts. This accounting of damages was strenuously opposed by ...

Audrey Crowley, Alpine skiing (standing) The first-time Paralympian only turned 19 at the start of March, but she has been in the news for her skiing prowess since she was a second-grader. She’s also going to Italy on a roll, having reached the podium in two World Cup downhill races in early February. In the 2024-25 season, she had two World Cup podium finishes in giant slalom, and she took bronze in giant slalom and fifth in slalom at the world championships, where the other three events were canceled. Though she was born without her lower right arm, she was still an honorable mention All-State softball player in Colorado. Jake Adicoff, biathlon/cross-country skiing (visually impaired) In 2018, Adicoff graduated from Bowdoin, where he competed alongside able-bodied athletes on the cross-country ski team, and won silver at the Paralympics in the same year. Then he retired. Three years later, he reconsidered and was back in time to compete in 2022, where he took two more silvers and earned a relay gold with a dramatic anchor leg to rally the team from fourth place to first. The 2024 World Cup overall champion has an uncanny world championship record – nine individual races, nine medals (four gold), including two wins in last year’s events. Oksana Masters, biathlon/cross-country skiing (sitting) A fixture in both summer and winter Paralympics for 14 years, Masters is looking for her 20th Paralympic medal and 10th gold. In the summer editions, the Ukraine-born athlete has four cycling golds and one rowing bronze. The rest of her medals have come in winter sports – three gold in cross-county, two in biathlon. The 2020 Laureus World Sports Award winner for disability sports missed the 2024-25 season while dealing with a bone infection in her leg but returned to World Cup competition this season and dominated, finishing no lower than second in any individual cross-country event and winning five of her last seven biathlon World Cup races. Masters currently has all the Para...

In this article LLY Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Eli Lilly logo appears on the company’s office in San Diego, California, U.S., Nov. 21, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters Eli Lilly on Thursday launched a new program designed to help more employers cover obesity drugs in the U.S., targeting a major barrier to access for patients. Lilly and its chief rival, Novo Nordisk , have moved to slash the cash prices of their popular obesity injections for those who want to pay entirely out-of-pocket. But employer coverage of obesity drugs remains uneven due to high costs, leaving roughly half of people with commercial insurance unable to start or stay on treatment, Lilly said in a release. List prices for Lilly's weight loss and diabetes treatments, Zepbound and Mounjaro, top $1,000 per month. Nearly one-fifth of firms with over 200 workers, including 43% with 5,000 or more workers, said they cover GLP-1 drugs for weight loss as of October, according to a survey by the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker. "I think we'll learn in the coming months ahead, if this is a solution that maybe enables some employers who have been sitting on the sidelines to opt into obesity coverage for their employees," Kevin Hern, senior vice president of Lilly Employer, said in an interview. He added that some employers could opt to add coverage in the upcoming months, while others could wait until 2027. Eli Lilly's new "Employer Connect" platform gives employers more flexibility in how they cover obesity treatments, aiming to broaden employee access to the drugs at low out-of-pocket costs, while also limiting expenses for companies. Hern said the program addresses some of the "core tensions" for employers when considering coverage of obesity drugs, including transparency around drug prices, flexibility in benefits design and the ability to choose among independent administrators. Through the program, employers can pay a net discounted price of $449 per month for a new multi-dose for...

Planes are always urgently sought out when a crisis strikes somewhere in the world. Since the US-Israel war against Iran started on Saturday, demand has outstripped supply with thousands of people stranded in the Middle East frantically searching for an exit route. While many are reliant on governments to dispatch aircraft to evacuate them, those with the financial means can look at a more expensive and much speedier option – a private jet. Matt Purton, the director of aviation services at UK-based global company Air Charter Service, is the man some of them have on speed dial. Purton not only organises for the rich and the famous to be ferried around the world, he also assists governments, fielding requests from everyone from the UK Home Office to the US government seeking planes to deport migrants or carry out evacuations from collapsed countries such as Libya. While his company does not accept all requests for private planes from anyone who can pay, he admits that the latest Middle East war has not been bad for business. “Requests for planes are probably up 200-300% on what’s usual for this time of year,” he says. “We’re going gangbusters.” While the company does not automatically inflate prices at times like this, the fact that demand outstrips supply means that its prices are aligned with the current market rate. Most government work is done for a pre-agreed fixed fee. He is cautious about how the war is going to unfold irrespective of any impact on his company. “The air corridors are quite narrow as it is,” Purton said. “If any more get closed down it will make getting planes in and out of the region much more difficult. The only constant in this situation at the moment is the fluidity of the whole thing. It feels like turning up after an earthquake with a dustpan and brush. “We’re getting calls from absolutely everyone – from stranded honeymooners in Dubai and holidaymakers who want to club together to hire a plane to get home, to corporates and wealthy indivi...

Victoria Hiegel, personal assistant to a celebrity client she cannot name because of a nondisclosure agreement, spent 13 February ferrying Valentine’s Day cookies across Manhattan. Her boss “doesn’t love chocolate,” so Hiegel had to hunt for a bakery that could swap the batch’s chocolate chunks for sour hearts. She posted part of her search to TikTok, where she received thousands of views from people keen to watch her cater to the whims of the rich and famous. Hiegel, 26, is a microcelebrity in her own right. Wearing her blond hair in carefully styled waves and speaking with a practised ease, she has obvious star appeal. But it is her career that fascinates her 1m followers. “I was initially really scared about posting,” said Hiegel who started working for her current employer four years ago, citing the NDA. They’ve since compromised: “I never film around her apartment, and I can never say what she does for a living. That would be really bad. It would be even worse if people knew who her husband was,” she said, teasing. While commenters are sure it’s Anna Wintour she works for, Hiegel said she will never tell. “I can’t even walk with [my employer] in public any more, because then people will know.” View image in fullscreen Victoria Hiegel. Photograph: Courtesy of Victoria Hiegel Hiegel is among the most prominent figures in an emerging class of service workers – including private chefs, assistants and stylists, most of them women – who are monetizing the backstage maintenance of celebrity by documenting their work across TikTok and Instagram. They have influencerized tasks once defined by discretion: mixing a “six-step drink regimen” for the “funniest movie star in Hollywood”; pocketing a $1,000 tip from rapper Big Boogie; eating Popeyes with Ray J; and even degreasing Meghan Trainor’s camera lens. Other parts of the job remain invisible by necessity, as in the case of Hiegel’s mystery employer – although ultimately, all of the conjecture only helps her engagement. ...

In this article Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's pick to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, at the Sohn Investment Conference in New York, May 8, 2017. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The war in Iran has caused oil prices to spike, prompting concerns about a resurgence of inflation . That has led Federal Reserve officials to raise the possibility that they may pause the Fed's recent efforts to lower interest rates, or potentially even raise rates. But that is the Fed as it's now known. The central bank is likely to soon have a new leader who sees inflation very differently. Kevin Warsh , if confirmed by the Senate , would almost certainly be comfortable lowering rates despite a spike in oil prices. Warsh is President Donald Trump 's nominee for the next chair of the Federal Reserve. He would replace Jerome Powell, whose term expires May 15. Trump officially sent Warsh's nomination to the Senate on Wednesday. Warsh said in the run-up to his selection that he believed interest rates should be lower than the current federal funds rate of 3.5% to 3.75%, and Trump has made clear he chose Warsh because they share a desire for lower rates. A surge in inflation could be a difficult challenge for a nominee who needs to thread the needle of Senate confirmation while retaining the president's support. Read more CNBC politics coverage Iran war live updates: U.S. closes embassies in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Five races to watch on the day the 2026 midterm elections kick off ‘Mistakes were made,’ Grassley tells Noem about Trump’s immigration crackdown A barrel of Brent crude sold for about $72.50 on Friday, before the U.S.-Israeli military campaign unfolded. By Wednesday evening, it was trading for more than $82. Gas prices have risen, raising the specter of higher prices across the economy as Republicans look to hammer an affordability message in the midterm elections. A lasting $10-a-barrel increase in the price of oil could ...

Municipality Finance Plc Stock exchange release 5 March 2026 at 1:00 pm (EET) Municipality Finance Group’s Annual Report for 2025 published Municipality Finance Group’s Annual Report and Corporate Governance Statement for the year 2025 have been published in English and Finnish. MuniFin Group’s Annual Report fulfils the reporting requirements of European Single Electronic Format (ESEF). In accordance with these requirements, Report of the Board of Directors and the Consolidated Financial Statements are published not only in the Annual Report file but additionally in a separate zip file in which Report of the Board and the Financial Statements are marked up with XBRL tags. These ESEF Financial Statements have been subject to an independent auditor’s assurance. MuniFin Group has also published Pillar 3 Disclosure document in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and Directive 2013/36/EU. The document is available in English. The remuneration aspects of Pillar 3 reporting are also available separately in Finnish in MuniFin Group’s Remuneration Report 2025. All of the above-mentioned reports are available on MuniFin’s website at www.munifin.fi. MUNICIPALITY FINANCE PLC Further information: Esa Kallio President and CEO tel. +358 50 3377 953 MuniFin (Municipality Finance Plc) is one of Finland’s largest credit institutions. The owners of the company include Finnish municipalities, the public sector pension fund Keva and the State of Finland. The Group’s balance sheet totals over EUR 55 billion. MuniFin’s customers include municipalities, joint municipal authorities, wellbeing services counties, corporate entities under their control, and non-profit social housing organisations. Lending is used for environmentally and socially responsible investment targets such as public transportation, sustainable buildings, hospitals and healthcare centres, schools and day care centres, and homes for people with special needs. MuniFin’s customers are domestic, but the company oper...

— Geographic expansion driving ex-China sales growth; indication expansions driving China sales growth — — $457 million net income, driven by profitable core operations and non-core disposal — — Rapidly progressing groundbreaking ATTC technology, a source of novel drug candidates with broad therapeutic potential — — Pursuing potential opportunities for partnering ATTC candidates with multinational pharmaceutical companies — HONG KONG and SHANGHAI and FLORHAM PARK, N.J. , March 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HUTCHMED (China) Limited (“HUTCHMED”, the “Company” or “we”) (Nasdaq/AIM:​HCM; HKEX:​13) today reports its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2025 and provides updates on key clinical and commercial developments. HUTCHMED to host results webcasts at 8:00 a.m. EST / 1:00 p.m. GMT / 9:00 p.m. HKT in English on Thursday, March 5, 2026, and tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. HKT in Chinese (Putonghua) on Friday, March 6, 2026. After registration, investors may access the live webcast at www.hutch-med.com/event. All amounts are expressed in US dollars unless otherwise stated. A glossary of abbreviations is on page 29. Global commercial progress, delivery of sustainable growth and robust balance sheet FRUZAQLA ® (fruquintinib ex-China) in-market sales by Takeda were up 26% to $366.2 million (2024: $290.6m), propelled by successful launches, and additional reimbursement coverage, driven by need for novel non-chemotherapy treatments in CRC and ongoing positive experiences of oncologists in 3L+. (2024: $290.6m), propelled by successful launches, and additional reimbursement coverage, driven by need for novel non-chemotherapy treatments in CRC and ongoing positive experiences of oncologists in 3L+. ELUNATE ® (fruquintinib in China) in-market sales were $100.1 million (2024: $115.0m), with strong growth in H2 (H2 up 33% vs. H1). (2024: $115.0m), with strong growth in H2 (H2 up 33% vs. H1). ORPATHYS ® (savolitinib) triggered an $11.0 million milestone payment from AstraZenec...

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In lawsuit, Minnesota accuses Trump administration of 'weaponizing' Medicaid funding toggle caption Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images Minnesota filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration this week, saying the federal government has "weaponized Medicaid against Minnesota as political punishment." At issue is approximately $250 million that the state spent on Medicaid last summer. The administration said it is holding off on matching that money amid allegations of fraud. Medicaid is the public health insurance program for low-income people. It's a state and federal partnership, and for every dollar spent in Medicaid by a state, the federal government matches that money. Last week, the day after President Trump announced a "war on fraud" headed by Vice President JD Vance, he and administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz addressed Minnesota's Medicaid funds at a press conference. Sponsor Message "We have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that are going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people's tax money," Vance explained. Minnesota's Deputy Health Commissioner John Connolly said he was stunned by that announcement. "Minnesota has been acting aggressively to combat fraud," he told reporters in a press briefing this week. "The narrative that additional punitive funding deferrals are necessary to ensure that we are serious about this work does not reflect what we have done." Connolly said that, in fact, the state submitted a corrective action plan to the federal government and have been anxiously awaiting feedback on it for weeks. "We are adhering to the timelines, the milestones, the deliverables and we are on schedule with those," he said. Last year, federal prosecutors charged several people in Minnesota with Medicaid fraud, and suggested fraudulent charges in Minnesota may ...

The bombs fell in our name before any of us knew. Then the president saw fit to inform us. Legal scholars and politicians alike began debating whether they were constitutional. Markets responded within hours. Cities across the United States moved to heightened alert amid fears of retaliation. The sequence matters. In a constitutional system built on checks and balances, that system is supposed to constrain the use of military force before it unfolds. Instead, constraint is arriving afterward – if at all. Lawmakers in the US are now invoking the war powers resolution. Constitutional scholars argue the strikes stretch or violate its limits. In private briefings, Pentagon officials reportedly told members of Congress there was no intelligence showing Iran was about to attack US forces first. That directly contradicts the urgency Donald Trump offered the public as justification. When Congress and the rest of us dispute the justification for emergency action, the system should slow down. Instead, the president, in tandem with Israel, deployed force and the debate followed. This is not only a question about Iran. The regression there is obvious: from a historic nuclear agreement reached under Barack Obama to acts of war (and possible war crimes). We must also consider whether the guardrails around presidential power still function as anything more than decoration. In theory, they do. Congress declares war. The war powers resolution attempts to limit unilateral hostilities. Impeachment exists as a check against abuse. And even the possibility of criminal liability for egregious official acts has historically operated as a distant but real constraint. These mechanisms are designed to prevent escalation, not merely to criticize it after the fact. Those guardrails have weakened in practice, however. We see war powers invoked reactively. Impeachment has become structurally partisan; it is now more admonishment than accountability. The US supreme court’s absurd decision to expa...

All Earth Eco-Tours - A local social enterprise promoting outdoor recreation. Funding will support environmental education and ecotourism to support community wellbeing and economic development, while cultivating a deeper connection to Garrett County's natural landscapes. Student Scholarships for Garrett College Wind Turbine Technician Program - A community college expanding pathways into the renewable energy workforce through a wind turbine technician training program. Funding for local student scholarships will support this workforce development program and open doors to family-sustaining careers while supporting the region's renewable energy future. Garrett Soil Conservation District - A municipal program dedicated to strengthening community resilience. Funding will support the district to implement localized flood-mitigation projects, provide land-stewardship resources, and engage residents in practical conservation strategies that protect homes, farms, and waterways. Garrett County Community Action Committee - A nonprofit organization supporting working families through home electrification and weatherization upgrades. Funding will support its work to improve energy efficiency, reduce household energy burdens, and help create safer, healthier living conditions for residents across the county. The first round of grants, totaling $400,000, was released to the following local community non-profits and local social enterprises in Garrett County, MD: This collaboration is supported through Pivot's five-year framework agreement with Microsoft to develop up to 500 megawatts (MW) of impactful community-scale solar projects across the U.S. between 2025 and 2029. The agreement represents Pivot's largest REC agreement and most significant community impact collaboration. The agreement also marks Microsoft's first major distributed generation framework and, by matching customer electricity usage with new renewable electricity generation, supports the company's goal of reduc...

Semtech LoRa Technology Helps Power Amazon Sidewalk's Global Expansion LoRa modulation becomes core connectivity standard for world’s largest license-free IoT network, expanding internationally in 2026 CAMARILLO, Calif., March 05, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading provider of high-performance semiconductor, Internet of Things (IoT) systems and cloud connectivity service solutions, today announced that LoRa® technology will continue to serve as the core radio modulation for Amazon Sidewalk across all markets in this year’s Sidewalk international expansion. Amazon Sidewalk, a wireless community network operated at no charge to customers that helps devices work better and stay connected beyond home Wi-Fi range, currently covers approximately 95% of the U.S. population1. The expanded collaboration comes as Ring plans to launch its Amazon Sidewalk network globally in 2026. The rollout begins in Canada and Mexico later this month and expands to other regions later this year. Since 2023, Amazon has chosen LoRa as the long-range connectivity solution for Amazon Sidewalk, enabling IoT sensors to operate beyond individual residences and to connect both stationary and mobile devices throughout neighborhoods. This technology transforms Amazon Sidewalk from a Local Area Network into a Wide Area Network, enhances network coverage and plays a key role in enabling the multi-continent expansion. Amazon Sidewalk represents one of the largest consumer-facing LoRa deployments globally, joining the extensive industrial and enterprise LoRaWAN® networks that have established LoRa as the market leader in low-power wide-area connectivity. The LoRaWAN IoT connectivity market is experiencing explosive growth, with industry analysts projecting the market will grow from $10.7 billion in 2025 to $44.8 billion by 2030, representing a compound annual growth rate of 33.1%. The LoRa Alliance® recently announced LoRaWAN deployments have surpassed 125 million devices...

New Jersey : Awarded a contract with Signal Control Products from the New Jersey Department of Transportation to deploy Ouster BlueCity at more than 40 highway sites and ramps to improve congestion management and city planning ahead of the FIFA World Cup. Tennessee : Awarded a multi-million-dollar contract by the City of Nashville, in partnership with Southern Lighting & Traffic Systems, to deploy Ouster BlueCity at more than 100 intersections for intelligent traffic signal actuation. Earlier in 2025, Ouster secured a contract to power the largest lidar-enabled smart traffic network in the United States in Chattanooga, expanding Ouster BlueCity to more than 120 intersections. "In 2025, we doubled software-attached bookings, expanded deployments to more than 1,200 sites globally, and enhanced our AI capabilities," said Ouster CEO Angus Pacala. "These achievements reflect growing demand for Physical AI at enterprise scale and position Ouster for continued software growth within the smart infrastructure vertical." Ouster doubled software-attached bookings in 2025, reflecting accelerated commercial adoption of its lidar-powered Physical AI solutions. The Company expanded contracted deployments for Ouster Gemini and Ouster BlueCity to more than 1,200 sites worldwide, collectively spanning over 65 million square feet of roadways, critical infrastructure, and commercial facilities. Ouster Gemini , its 3D digital lidar perception platform for transportation, logistics, security, and crowd analytics, will be deployed at over 550 sites around the world, while Ouster BlueCity , its turnkey traffic management solution, will be deployed at nearly 700 sites. SAN FRANCISCO, March 05, 2026 --( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Ouster, Inc. (Nasdaq: OUST) ("Ouster" or the "Company"), a leader in sensing and perception for Physical AI, today announced significant commercial momentum for its software offerings, driven by growing global demand for its Ouster Gemini and Ouster BlueCity solutions. Story...

According to CoinGecko, there are more than 17,600 different cryptocurrencies in circulation, with a combined value of $2.4 trillion. The world's largest cryptocurrency is Bitcoin (BTC +2.41%), and it accounts for a whopping $1.5 trillion of that. Crypto markets are currently in the throes of a sharp sell-off, which has sent Bitcoin plummeting by more than 40% from last October's all-time high. Investors are trimming their exposure to highly speculative assets amid rising political and economic upheaval, which could lead to further downside in the crypto market. However, one of the world's biggest bulls isn't flinching. Michael Saylor just bought another $204 million worth of Bitcoin through his treasury company, Strategy (MSTR +10.27%), which now owns roughly 3.6% of all supply outstanding. Should investors also buy the dip, or is more pain on the way? Bitcoin failed a key test last year People buy Bitcoin for many different reasons. Some are holding out hope it will become a widely used currency, despite a stark lack of adoption so far. Others, like Saylor, believe it will become the reserve currency for tokenized assets, transforming the global financial system in the process. A growing number of investors also think Bitcoin is a legitimate store of value, to the point that it's sometime referred to as a digital version of gold. Expand CRYPTO : BTC Bitcoin Today's Change ( 2.41 %) $ 1723.62 Current Price $ 73159.00 Key Data Points Market Cap $1.5T Day's Range $ 70707.00 - $ 73953.00 52wk Range $ 60255.56 - $ 126079.89 Volume 72B Bitcoin had an opportunity to prove its worth as a store of value last year. The U.S. government ran a $1.8 trillion budget deficit in fiscal 2025 (ended Sept. 30), which catapulted the national debt to a record $38.5 trillion and stoked fears of a sharp increase in the money supply. The Trump administration also injected turmoil into the global economy with its erratic use of tariffs. This confluence of issues drove a whopping 64% surge ...

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A new worry is rippling across the stock market lately: entire businesses, not just their employees, may be thrown out of work. While most economists say fears of an AI job apocalypse are overblown, seismic shifts have happened in the past after big tech breakthroughs. The IT revolution of the 1990s led to a surge in productivity that sped up the US economy for several years. It also rendered companies or even industries largely redundant — from travel agents and stockbrokers to classified advertising and newspapers, or video rental stores. Economists expect artificial intelligence will deliver higher productivity, which is key to raising growth rates in the long run. But investors are growing nervous about what damage might be done on the way, in capital markets as well as labor markets – especially because AI threatens disruptions on a broader scale than the internet boom. “Is this time bigger? Yes,” says Anton Korinek , an AI expert at the University of Virginia – perhaps by a factor of 10. “The key difference from the 1990s is that the internet only disrupted information distribution,” says Korinek. “AI disrupts cognitive production at large. That’s a much bigger economic surface area.” Ultimate Promise To be sure, all of this is early-days speculation over a fast-changing and largely untested technology, whose ultimate promise is to make workers more productive. Productivity is essentially a measure of how much output workers can deliver with the available tools, so it tends to surge upward when someone invents important new ones like the internet or AI. Data for the last three months of 2025 is due out later Thursday. Economists typically don’t read too much into one quarter, since the numbers tend to jump around. Still, the trend has been ticking up. After big swings in the pandemic period, productivity has grown at an average pace of 2.6% since the start of 2023. That’s more than double the average for the decade through 2019. There’s intense debate over how...

Social media giant Meta is pouring money into Illinois’ Democratic statehouse primary races as the company behind Facebook and Instagram faces a wave of state-level proposals that could likely affect its bottom line. After putting $45 million into a super PAC last year to influence state elections in favor of tech-friendly candidates nationwide, the company has begun spending specifically on state races supporting Republicans in Texas and Democrats in Illinois. In Illinois, Meta is bankrolling $750,000 for a new super PAC, Making Our Tomorrow, according to state campaign disclosure reports. In less than two weeks, the super PAC has spent nearly $340,000 on mailers and digital advertising to support four Democratic state House primary candidates — Paul Kendrick in the Lincoln Park-area’s 12th District, Adam Braun in the Uptown neighborhood’s 13th District, Aja Kearney in the South Side and south suburban’s 34th District and Rep. Jaime Andrade in the Northwest Side’s 40th District. Andrade’s race is the only one involving an incumbent as he faces an upstart progressive challenger backed by the Chicago Teachers Union. Opponents of the candidates being backed by Making Our Tomorrow, some of whom have enthusiastically supported legislation that could raise digital ad taxes or efforts to stymie the proliferation of data centers in Illinois, said they are worried the Meta-backed candidates will go along with the company’s interests if elected, a charge those reached by the Tribune denied. Braun, a former Illinois deputy attorney general, said he doesn’t know why Meta is supporting his candidacy. But he said the company’s backing, which has totaled more than $106,000 in campaign expenses through Tuesday, won’t influence his beliefs. He said he supports strong AI regulations and that he previously worked with Attorney General Kwame Raoul to sue Meta for targeting children in its business model. “If they think that they can use this IE (independent expenditure) committee to c...

(Bloomberg) — A new worry is rippling across the stock market lately: entire businesses, not just their employees, may be thrown out of work. While most economists say fears of an AI job apocalypse are overblown, seismic shifts have happened in the past after big tech breakthroughs. The IT revolution of the 1990s led to a surge in productivity that sped up the US economy for several years. It also rendered companies or even industries largely redundant — from travel agents and stockbrokers to classified advertising and newspapers, or video rental stores. Most Read from Bloomberg Economists expect artificial intelligence will deliver higher productivity, which is key to raising growth rates in the long run. But investors are growing nervous about what damage might be done on the way, in capital markets as well as labor markets – especially because AI threatens disruptions on a broader scale than the internet boom. “Is this time bigger? Yes,” says Anton Korinek, an AI expert at the University of Virginia – perhaps by a factor of 10. “The key difference from the 1990s is that the internet only disrupted information distribution,” says Korinek. “AI disrupts cognitive production at large. That’s a much bigger economic surface area.” Ultimate Promise To be sure, all of this is early-days speculation over a fast-changing and largely untested technology, whose ultimate promise is to make workers more productive. Productivity is essentially a measure of how much output workers can deliver with the available tools, so it tends to surge upward when someone invents important new ones like the internet or AI. Data for the last three months of 2025 is due out later Thursday. Economists typically don’t read too much into one quarter, since the numbers tend to jump around. Still, the trend has been ticking up. After big swings in the pandemic period, productivity has grown at an average pace of 2.6% since the start of 2023. That’s more than double the average for the decade through...

Mainland China and Hong Kong should ease listing rules for biotechnology companies and lower takeover thresholds for listed firms to capitalise on renewed foreign interest in the healthcare sector, venture capitalist Nisa Leung said. “Besides artificial intelligence, Premier Li Qiang also highlighted biomedicine in the ‘two sessions’ annual government work report,” said Leung, a former managing partner at Qiming Venture Partners, speaking in a sideline interview during China’s annual meetings of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People’s Congress (NPC). “We are paying attention to medical insurance and commercial insurance, but at the same time we are also looking at how biopharmaceutical companies can expand overseas,” said Leung, who is a member of the CPPCC. Advertisement “Hong Kong has also become a very important [capital] centre for AI and healthcare,” she added, citing the successful listing of Insilico Medicine last year in Hong Kong, which she described as a milestone for the sector. The AI-driven drug discovery company raised HK$2.28 billion (US$290 million) in the share sale. However, she noted that regulatory bottlenecks were slowing the pipeline of new listings. Advertisement “Many are stuck in the approval process at the China Securities Regulatory Commission [CSRC],” she said.

(RTTNews) - Kroger Co. (KR) will host a conference call t 8:00 AM ET on March 5, 2026, to discuss Q4 25 earnings results. To access the live webcast, log on to https://ir.kroger.com/events-and-presentations/default.aspx The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

(RTTNews) - The Cooper Companies, Inc. (COO) will host a conference call at 5:00 PM ET on March 5, 2026, to discuss Q1 26 earnings results. To access the live webcast, log on to https://investor.coopercos.com/ To listen to the call, dial 800-715-9871, conference ID 6529381. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

(RTTNews) - Marvell Technology, Inc. (MRVL) will host a conference call at 4:45 PM ET on March 5, 2026, to discuss Q4 26 earnings results. To access the live webcast, log on to https://investor.marvell.com To listen to the call, dial 1-877-407-8291 or 1-201-689-8345. For a replay call, dial 1-877-660-6853 or 1-201-612-7415, Passcode 13758656. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

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首创期货：成本抬升叠加出口利好，苯乙烯期价强势封涨停 2026-03-05 18:58:49 来源： 同花顺7x24快讯 分享 文章提及标的 苯乙烯 -- 原油 -- 现货方面，3月4日苯乙烯CFR中国价格1060美元/吨，较前一交易日上涨10美元/吨。华东苯乙烯现货8300元/吨，较前一交易日上涨120元/吨。 供应方面，科威特45万吨苯乙烯装置计划1月初-2月底停车检修，目前宣布不可抗力。国内方面，旭阳30万吨苯乙烯装置着火停车，预计3月下旬重启，大连恒力年产72万吨苯乙烯装置计划3月中停车检修10天，淄博峻辰年产50万吨苯乙烯装置计划3月底检修40天，京博年产67万吨苯乙烯装置计划3月中下旬重启。 需求方面，外盘货源供应偏紧，出口装船积极。此外，地缘局势带动原油走高，期货价格走势坚挺，苯乙烯下游备货采购，交投气氛尚可，带动港口库存高位回落。 成本支撑偏强，出口表现较好带动库存去化，预计短期苯乙烯期价维持偏强走势，关注原油价格、装置开工变动和下游复工进度。(首创期货)

荷兰国际 集团的Chris Turner在一份报告中表示，随着中东冲突持续导致能源价格再次上涨，欧元依然脆弱。“股市又将迎来疲软的一天，其中欧洲股市表现不及美国股市，这可能会使欧元回到1.1530-1.1550美元区间。“他说，对欧元而言，唯一的利好可能来自稍后公布的Challenger， Gray & Christmas数据显示美国裁员人数高于预期，且美元下跌。他说，在欧元区增长前景减弱的背景下，欧元应会继续承压，直到能源危机得到解决。据伦敦证券交易所集团的数据，欧元下跌0.1%，至1.1626美元，周二曾触及三个月低点1.1528美元。 责任编辑：何云

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白天在MWC展馆里谈着AI算力、HBM产能和LPDDR报价的存储厂商高管，晚上出现在格拉西亚大道的奢侈品店，拎着购物袋进进出出。下游终端厂商私下打趣：“今年来开会的芯片人，像是刚挖到金矿。”对存储行业而言，2026年开年几乎是历史上最为罕见的“掉金子”时刻。AI数据中心对高带宽内存(HBM)的需求爆发，产能优先向服务器端倾斜；与此同时，智能手机所需的DRAM与NAND供应趋紧，移动端LPDDR4/5价格快速上行。供需结构的突然失衡，让长期处在周期（883436）底部的存储行业一夜翻身，也把压力传导到消费电子（881124）终端。(第一财经)

NongAsimo/iStock via Getty Images Mitek Systems ( MITK ) launched its Check Fraud Defender, which is an AI cloud platform inspecting check forgery in real-time, yet the company's real value is in its consortium, which covers over 50% of U.S. checking banks. As in the traditional system, if a bank discovered a fraud attempt of a forged check, it would only protect itself, but with the use of MITK's consortium, this info will be sent to its cloud platform within a fraction of a second so all other banks in the consortium will know about it. This advantage creates a strong moat for Mitek and makes it harder for competitors, as the more banks join the consortium, the more powerful the system becomes and also the less able fraudsters are to penetrate it. This makes Mitek an indispensable strategic partner for banks and pay-it subscriptions for life. MITK Q1 2026 Earnings Call Overview During Q1 2026 , the company recorded SaaS revenues of 21% growth YoY, which represents 43% of total revenues of the last 12 months and suggests that the company is moving away from the old licensing model in favor of a SaaS model, justifying giving it a higher valuation than it has. The reports indicate that global digital identity is expected to reach $32 billion by 2028. While the financial fraud sector is undergoing a difficult situation, GenAI made it easier for fraudsters to devise new ways to bypass security systems at even lower cost, leading to an attack flood on banks. According to Deloitte, AI fraud in the U.S. could reach $40 billion by 2027, demonstrating the urgent need for financial institutions to have the latest protection systems. Despite the decline in the use of paper checks worldwide, check fraud is on the rise as banks have not paid it enough attention compared to protecting credit cards and bank transactions. Gangs use what is called check washing through a chemical process, as they erase the beneficiary's name or the amount from the real check and use a fake one. The...