Economy
Weekend At Bernie’s In Iran As IRGC Now Run The Country, Use Strait As Toll Road
By Ben Picton, senior market strategist at Rabobank
Mine, Yours
Major US, European and Asian equity indices all closed in the red yesterday as Brent crude prices again...
Job Openings Unexpectedly Surge By Almost 400K: Biggest Increase Since 2024
Is the mini recession in the US job market ending?
After slumping in late 2025, it has been a rocky road for the US labor market, especially after the February payrolls print...
Pentagon Confirms All 6 Crew Dead As Pro-Iran Iraqi Militants Claim They Downed US Refueling Plane
Update(1030ET): The Pentagon has just confirmed two additional deaths in Thursday’s downing of a KC-135 refueling tanker aircraft over Western Iraq....
“Massive Culling” Imminent For Alt Managers, Soros Fund CEO Warns
Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,
Dawn Fitzpatrick says overallocated LPs, frozen distributions, and mounting margin-call risk are converging into a sector-wide...
Inflation Fears Fade As War Drags UMich Sentiment Lower
After rebounding solidly in January and February, expectations were for a modest decline in UMich Sentiment in preliminary March data and analysts were right but the 55.5 print (from 56.6 prior)...
In Scramble To Open Up Hormuz, France & Italy Open Talks With Iran After India’s Request
Amid very confused and mixed messaging coming from Washington over the status and future fate of Hormuz oil transit, the EU is trying its hand at a solution.
France...
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AI, the Pentagon, and the Surveillance State
The resignation of Caitlin Kalinowski from OpenAI has triggered a debate that goes far beyond Silicon Valley. Kalinowski stepped down shortly after the company entered
March 13, 2026
AI’s Power Hunger
The biggest constraint on artificial intelligence is not chips, software, or capital. It is electricity. Now the tech giants are finally admitting it. Seven major
March 13, 2026
When the Government Demands to Inspect Your Home
The push to ban firearms in the United States never really stops. It simply advances in stages. Minnesota has now produced one of the more
March 13, 2026
Wars Change Politics Not Just Destroy Targets
Perhaps the greatest misunderstood reality of war is that people may focus on the tactical victory of eliminating a target, but there is far more
March 13, 2026
Politic
Donald Trump started a war based on his own feelings. Three days ago, during a press conference, Trump admitted that he started a war, not based on intelligence or information, but based on what he thought might happen.
Trump said:
The situation was...
The Iran war is not going well for Donald Trump, and even though the president has consistently said that things are great, his rants are telling a very different story.
Trump’s struggles were foreshadowed before he left for the trip when he answered...
The problem with starting a war because a president felt like it is that eventually all of the inconsistent reasons and nonsensical answers will pile up on each other, and soon stories begin to contradict, and even the worst and most lazy of reporters...
The biggest sign of all that Trump’s war with Iran is not going well is that the administration still can’t give a consistent reason for why the war is happening.
PoliticusUSA is non-partisan and not beholden to any political party or special interest....
A sure sign that things are going very wrong for Donald Trump is when he decides to hold a press conference to try to sell his version of reality to the American people.
The Iran war is a war that is being conducted because Donald Trump chose that course...
Business
Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) has emerged as one of the cellular technologies specifically designed to address the connectivity needs of large-scale Internet of Things deployments. As industries deploy millions of connected sensors, meters and devices, traditional...
By Marc Kavinsky, Lead Editor at IoT Business News.
With the EU Cyber Resilience Act set to make long-term security updates mandatory, Nordic Semiconductor is repositioning firmware maintenance as a predictable, upfront cost by introducing a lifetime...
By Marc Kavinsky, Lead Editor at IoT Business News.
5G fixed wireless access gear is increasingly being asked to do more than deliver broadband, particularly in enterprise sites where location and contextual sensing can unlock new services. Telit Cinterion...
By Marc Kavinsky, Lead Editor at IoT Business News.
As the EU Cyber Resilience Act pushes security and documentation obligations deeper into the IoT supply chain, Quectel says its module cybersecurity programme is already aligned with CRA requirements,...
Health
The Importance of Consistency and Support in Addiction Recovery
Recovery from addiction is a deeply personal journey, yet it is also one that thrives on structure, guidance, and connection. While the decision to seek
March 13, 2026
The Healing Benefits of Raw Honey for Cuts, Burns, and Sore Throats
For centuries, raw honey has been revered not just as a natural sweetener but as a potent medicinal agent. Stored in the pantries of traditional
March 13, 2026
How Professionals in High-Stress Positions Navigate Career Growth While Avoiding Burnout
Some jobs are just stressful, such as healthcare, education, and business leadership. People say, avoid stress, prioritize mental health, focus on wellness, but when a
February 20, 2026
Treating Addiction and Depression Together: Why One Without the Other Fails
If you’re struggling with both addiction and depression, you may feel stuck in a cycle that’s hard to break. You try to stop using substances,
February 18, 2026
Innovation
Future-prepared organizations achieve 33% higher profitability and 200% higher market capitalization growth than their peers, according to research from Rohrbeck and Kum. That is not a statistic. It is the distance between setting the terms of competition...
Fewer than 30% of organizations successfully translate innovation activities into commercial impact. This is not for lack of ideas. The average enterprise runs dozens of innovation campaigns each year, yet most ideas never reach a funding decision, let...
Up to 80% of new consumer goods products fail. Development teams spend 18 to 24 months getting a single concept to market. That cycle length is itself part of the problem.
Competitive analysis always feels incomplete. Too much information, or not enough. Too early to act, or already too late. Too broad to be actionable, or too narrow to capture the real threat.
The problem is not the quality of the analysis. It is that...
Partner ecosystems promise scale but deliver chaos. Organizations adding their third or fourth strategic partner report 40% more escalations and 30% longer delivery cycles.
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Environment
Fly-tipping on a housing estate.
A new national conference taking place on 19 March (online) will address the growing challenge of waste crime, following new Government data showing that fly‑tipping incidents in England have risen to their highest level...
The fire in Glasgow on 8 March (image credit: Madison Caldwell, CC BY-SA 4.0).
A major fire in a building next to Glasgow Central station on 8 March – which forced the closure of Scotland’s busiest railway hub – has put the spotlight once again on longstanding...
Workers operate equipment to produce photovoltaic circuit boards at a production workshop of a green energy technology company in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, in 2021.
New research suggests that concerns about relying too heavily on Chinese manufacturing...
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has released a new report to complement its 2025 advice on the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget.
The independent, statutory body tested its cost and energy security conclusions against different scenarios. It found that the...
Seven British businesses have secured a share of £560,000 in government funding to develop satellite and artificial intelligence technologies designed to transform farming, support nature recovery and drive economic growth.
The funding follows a pioneering...
RMIT’s Electronic Dolphin minibot is a proof‑of‑concept device designed to skim oil from the surface of water. It has a front‑mounted nozzle and compact dolphin‑like body (image credit: Peter Clarke, RMIT University)
Engineers at RMIT University in Australia...
Markets
BKE (BKE) Reports Q4 FY25 Results
$BKE The Buckle, Inc. (BKE) reported Q4 2025 GAAP earnings of $1.59 per share, beating consensus estimates. The company generated $399.1M in net sales
March 13, 2026
ADC Maintains Monthly Dividend at $0.26 Per Share, 3.89% Yield; Ex-Date March 31, 2026
$ADC Dividend/Share $0.26 Yield 3.89% Ex-Date Mar 31, 2026 Monthly dividend maintained. ADC (NYSE: ADC) declared a monthly dividend of $0.26 per share, unchanged from
March 13, 2026
Rapid Micro Biosystems Inc (RPID) Reports Q4 Earnings
$RPID **Rapid Micro Biosystems Reports Q4 2025 Results** Rapid Micro Biosystems Inc (RPID) posted a Q4 2025 GAAP net loss of $0.28 per share. The
March 13, 2026
HealthEquity (HQY) Q4 Earnings Preview: 30% EPS Growth Expected Amid Analyst Price Target Cuts
$HQY Earnings Date Mar. 17 EPS Estimate $0.9 consensus Analyst Rating — The setup for Q4. HealthEquity will report its fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 results on
March 13, 2026
