India's high-growth economy gets a Middle East oil shock

It wasn't too long ago that India's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), described the country's high growth-low inflation environment as a "Goldilocks" moment.
But that optimism has proved ephemeral as the ongoing war in the Middle East and the accompanying disruption to oil markets gives its world-beating growth story an unexpected jolt.
The impact is most starkly visible on the Indian currency, which has hit record lows and is down nearly 10% against the US dollar in the last year.
There's been some relief in the rupee

Ranking Dukes worst NCAA tournament losses since its last **** le, including that collapse vs. UConn

Duke's March Madness run ended on Sunday at the Elite Eight, and what an ending it was. The Blue Devils blew a 15-point halftime lead, coughed up the ball in the final seconds and watched UConn’s Braylon Mullins boot them out of the NCAA tournament.
It was a painful loss, but it has company in Duke's oeuvre of embarrassing March Madness exits. This is a very proud program that has seen some of the best NBA prospects of the past decade come through its doors, with no **** le to show for

Could ****** eX's $1.75T Valuation Make It the Biggest Public Offering in History?

SpaceX, the aerospace and AI company founded by Elon Musk, is reportedly getting ready to go public. According to The Information and CNBC, the company could raise as much as $75 billion and seek a valuation of up to $1.75 trillion. Let's see how those rumored figures would make ****** eX the largest initial public offering in history -- and if investors should buy it.
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US appeals court voids $16.1 billion judgment against Argentina over YPF seizure

NEW YORK, March 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday struck down ‌a $16.1 billion judgment against Argentina for ‌seizing control of state-owned oil company YPF in 2012, a victory for Argentine President Javier Milei as he tries to stabilize the country's long-strained economy.
The decision was issued by the ‌2nd U.S. Circuit ⁠Court of Appeals in Manhattan.
Argentina had been seeking to overturn the $16.1 billion ⁠award in September 2023 by a lower court judge to former YPF shareholders Petersen Ener

MARA Dumps $1.1 Billion In Bitcoin To Cut Debt By 30%

MARA Holdings said they sold 15,133 Bitcoin for approximately $1.1 billion between March 4 and March 25 to fund the repurchase of its 0.00% convertible senior notes.
MARA, a Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin miner expanding into digital energy and
AI infrastructure, announced a major balance sheet restructuring on Thursday.
The company said they sold 15,133 Bitcoin for approximately $1.1 billion between March 4 and March 25 to fund the repurchase of its 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2030 and 2031.
The company will repurchase $367.5 million

Better Buy: Bitcoin or AI?

Over the past six months, there has been a stampede of money out of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and into artificial intelligence (AI). Most notably, publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies are winding down their crypto mining operations, selling off their Bitcoin, and using that money to make a high-profile pivot into AI computing.
But is AI really a better long-term investment than Bitcoin? Let's take a closer look.
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SpaceX fires up next-gen 'V3' Starship for 1st time ahead of April launch (photos)

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SpaceX's biggest, most powerful Starship to date just breathed fire for the first time.
On Monday (March 16), the company conducted a static fire test with Starship's "Super Heavy" first stage, briefly igniting the booster's engines while the vehicle remained anchored to Pad 2 at ******* eX's Starbase site in South Texas.
It was the first-ever static fire for a Version 3 (V3) vehicle — the latest iteratio

Strategy Bitcoin Bet Grows With Preferred Stock As Valuation Gap Widens

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Strategy Inc. (NasdaqGS:MSTR) acquired more than 22,000 BTC in a single week, its largest Bitcoin purchase of the year.
The company funded the move primarily through preferred stock and common equity, using high yielding, variable rate preferred shares (STRC).
This latest purchase lifts Strategy's total Bitcoin holdings above 761,000 BTC and puts it close to potentially surpassing BlackRock as the larges

SpaceX launches 10,000th active Starlink satellite in low Earth orbit

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Almost seven years after starting to build out its broadband constellation in low Earth orbit, ***** eX now has more than 10,000 active Starlink satellites circling the planet.
The company launched two new batches of the internet relay units on Tuesday (March 17), totaling 54 satellites. The milestone 10,000th Starlink was on board the first Falcon 9 rocket, which successfully lofted 25 satellites from Vandenberg *****

BMW’s iX3 Defies Expectations, Racks Up 50,000 Orders Without Test Drives

Over 50,000 people have ordered the new BMW iX3 without even sitting in it.
The Neue Klasse-based SUV went on sale in Europe in early September.
BMW recently added a second shift at its Hungarian plant to meet demand.
The new BMW iX3 is proving quite the success story, even though European deliveries have only recently begun. Unveiled back in September, BMW’s first Neue Klasse-based electric car has already racked up over 50,000 orders in Europe, the company revealed at its annual conference last week, BMW Blog rep

SpaceX is 'about 4 weeks' away from launching its most powerful Starship yet, Elon Musk says

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The first-ever launch of ******* eX's upgraded Starship rocket is about a month away, CEO Elon Musk says. The company has been prepping "Version 3" of Starship for a while now, and is targeting early April for the rocket's debut test launch, which will be the 12th overall for the Starship program. "Starship V3 first flight in about 4 weeks," Musk said in a March 7 post on X.The V3 upgrade makes si

February finale: ***** eX wraps up month with three Starlink launches this week

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In what has become hardly a leap for the company, ***** eX concluded its Starlink satellite launches for February 2026 with a trio of flights this week.
On Tuesday (Feb. 24) at 6:04 p.m. EST (2304 GMT), a Falcon 9 lifted the first 29 satellites into low Earth orbit from ***** e Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral ***** e Force Station in Florida. The next day, 25 more Starlink units were sent ***** e

GD Culture Shares Rise After Board Authorizes Sale of Bitcoin for Buyback Plan

By Chris Wack
GD Culture Group shares were 9% higher, at $3.62, after the company said its board of directors has authorized the sale, exchange or other disposition of bitcoin from its 7,500 bitcoin reserve to fund its previously announced share repurchase program.
On Feb. 18, the company said its board authorized a buyback of up to $100 million worth of its shares within the next six months, ending Aug. 17.
The board's authorization allows the company to execute the bitcoin sales in one or more transactions,

Bitcoin dev says we’re ‘not prepared’ for quantum future where major players are...

Bitcoin is unprepared for a future in which government agencies wielding superfast quantum computers can crack the top cryptocurrency’s cryptography.
Hunter Beast, a Bitcoin developer, made that case during a panel at the ETHDenver conference on February 19 alongside Isabel Foxen Duke, host of the Bitcoin Rails podcast, and Alex Pruden, CEO of Project 11, a company focused on securing blockchains against the quantum threat.
“We are not prepared right now for all that this will affect,” Beast said. “It is a

UAE's Strategic Bitcoin Empire: Mined, Not Bought - EconoTimes

UAE's strategic Bitcoin kingdom: mined rather than purchased.
Based on market rates and timing, blockchain ****** ysis company Arkham Intelligence found that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) possesses a significant Bitcoin reserve of around 6,300–6,800 BTC (valued at roughly $450–700 million), acquired via state-linked mining rather than buying or seizures. Among identified government entities, this places the UAE as one of the best sovereign Bitcoin holders in the world, ranking about 4th to 6th. On Arkham's platform, the holdin

Bitcoin's Price Crash Hasn’t Stopped One Company From Adding to Its $47 Billion ...

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) is what’s known as a bitcoin treasury company. Although their main area of focus used to be IT consulting services, the company pivoted to a focus on accumulating as much bitcoin as possible as quickly as possible in 2020. This is because the company’s executive chairman, Michael Saylor, sees bitcoin as the next global monetary base upon which a new financial system will blossom.
Currently, the company holds around $47 billion worth of bitcoin. And despite the recent price

U.S. state retirement fund boosts MicroStrategy stake despite stock downgrade

It has been a tumultuous cycle for Michael Saylor-led Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), formerly MicroStrategy. The company's stock has lost 65% of its value since Oct. 1 last year.
Recently, the leading Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company posted financial results for the fourth quarter of 2025 when it reported a net loss of $12.4 billion.
Worse, a market bank has lowered the firm's price target by 20%. But it hasn't stopped a major state retirement fund from increasing its stake in Strategy.
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Ledn Closes $188M Bitcoin-Backed Bond Deal – Is Crypto Credit Back From the Dead...

Ledn just pulled off something big.
The company closed a $188M sale of Bitcoin backed bonds. It is the first time institutional style ****** et backed securities have been built from consumer crypto loans.
Part of the deal includes investment grade notes priced at 335 basis points over the benchmark rate. That puts it firmly in traditional finance place.
The Deal: Ledn sold $188 million in bonds secured by over 4,000 BTC, bridging retail lending with capital markets.
The Rating: S&P Global rated the majo

Bitcoin Bull-Bear Cycle Indicator Drops To Deepest Level Since FTX Bottom

Bitcoin’s recent price decline has led to many traders betting on further downside, with on-chain data showing a notable increase...
Crypto ***** yst XForce has ***** ured that the Dogecoin price can still reach the psychological $1 level. However, he suggested it...
The British financial giant Standard Chartered sharply reduced its price outlook for XRP, the fourth-largest cryptocurrency. The company trimmed its...

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Why CBRE (CBRE) International Revenue Trends Deserve Your Attention

Have you evaluated the performance of CBRE Group's (CBRE) international operations during the quarter that concluded in December 2025? Considering the extensive worldwide presence of this provider of real estate investment management services, ***** yzing the patterns in international revenues is crucial for understanding its financial resilience and potential for growth.
In the current global economy, which is more interconnected than ever, a company's success in penetrating international markets is crucial for its financ

Harvard Reduces Bitcoin Holdings In Q4, Picks Up Ethereum

Harvard trimmed its Bitcoin holdings by 21% in the fourth quarter while establishing its first-ever position in Ethereum.
Harvard Management Company switched up its crypto exposure in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, establishing its first position in an Ethereum exchange-traded fund while cutting back its Bitcoin holdings, according to a regulatory filing released Friday.
The endowment’s investment manager purchased 3.87 million shares of BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust, a stake valued at $86.8 million as of Dec. 31. The

TeraWulf Recasts Bitcoin Roots Into AI Power Capacity Opportunity

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TeraWulf (NasdaqCM:WULF) is shifting its core business from bitcoin mining to building and operating AI focused infrastructure.
The company has recently sold nearly all of its bitcoin holdings and acquired new industrial sites intended to roughly double its available power capacity.
These moves signal a company wide pivot toward serving power hungry AI workloads rather than relying on cryptocurrency mining eco

U.S. Steel reports $5.6B in total economic impact for Pennsylvania during fiscal...

U.S. Steel Corp. generated $5.6 billion in total economic impact for Pennsylvania during fiscal year 2024, according to a report released Friday.
The ******* ysis, conducted by Parker Strategy Group, found the company supported 13,687 jobs across the state.
The $5.6 billion impact represents approximately 0.6% of Pennsylvania’s gross domestic product, or about $1 out of every $180 in the state economy. This figure marks a 55.6% increase in total economic impact since fiscal year 2022. The report also shows

Panic in Russia as demand for antidepressants surges

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Demand for antidepressants including Prozac is soaring in Russia as the fourth anniversary of Vladimir Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine looms. Around 22.3 million packages of antidepressant drugs were sold in 2025, the equivalent of £200 million and almost the double the amount bought in 2022, according to ****** ytics company DSM.

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In recent days, BlackRock has been at the center of extreme crypto-market turbulence, as its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and related options saw record trading activity amid theories of leveraged hedge fund blowups and institutional hedging feedback loops.
These events spotlight how a single, rapidly growing bitcoin ETF can influence broader digital-asset price moves and risk management behavior across the market.
We’ll now examine how the crypto-driven volatility around BlackRock’s IBIT ETF shapes the company’s investment narrative and perceived risk profile.
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Blue Origin pauses trips on rocket that carried Jeff Bezos, Katy Perry and William Shatner to ******* e

Blue Origin announced Friday that it is pausing flights aboard its suborbital ******* e tourism rocket New Shepard. Since 2021, New Shepard has provided 10-minute flights to the edge of ******* e for wealthy thrill seekers, celebrities and special guests.
The company, founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, said in a Friday statement that it’s halting the joyrides for at least two years in order to “shift resources to further accelerate development of the company’s human lunar capabili

Microsoft Stock Takes Most Massive Single-Day Loss Since Pandemic as Its AI Efforts Flail

Microsoft is taking a pounding in the stock market.
On Thursday, the Redmont giant’s share price collapsed by nearly 12 percent after it released its latest quarterly results, making it not only its biggest single day slide since March 2020, according to Bloomberg, but also one of the worst drops in the company’s history.
The Wile E. Coyote-worthy cliff-plunge, which wiped out over $400 billion in valuation, was despite Microsoft actually exceeding some key expectations, including its net income, whi

(WHNT) — Blue Origin has announced that it plans to put a pause on its New Shepard program for at least two years.
On Friday, the company announced it will pause its ****** e tourism flights to free up resources to accelerate development of its lunar program.
One injured after vehicle runs into Toney Fire Station
“The decision reflects Blue Origin’s commitment to the nation’s goal of returning to the Moon and establishing a permanent, sustained lunar presence,” the company said.
Blue Origin touts the New Shepard launch system as the first reusable ****** eflight system that can land vertic

KALIDA — Unverferth Manufacturing Company has announced that its Air Command Section Control System, designed for Unverferth Pro-Force dry fertilizer spreaders, has received the prestigious AE50 Award.
This award recognizes the year’s most innovative products in agriculture, food and biological systems, honoring advancements that demonstrate exceptional engineering achievement and meaningful impact in the markets they serve.
Unverferth’s Air Command Section Control technology was selected as one of approximately 50 award recipients for its ability to enhance application accuracy and help pro

Despite the current downturn for crypto, Strategy added even more Bitcoin to its collection. The company bought more than 2,900 Bitcoin last week, bringing its total to over 712,000, according to an X post by cofounder Michael Saylor. The move follows a more than $2 billion purchase earlier this month.
Strategy is the first and biggest digital **** et treasury, or a type of company that acquires and holds on to large amounts of crypto. Saylor’s company began investing in Bitcoin in 2020 and now holds more than 3% of the total supply. This business model has confronted major challenges in the