• New Group Launches Push for Tougher AI Rules
  
  A new coalition of conservative organizations advocating stricter online safety protections for children and increased oversight of artificial intelligence launched Monday, entering a rapidly evolving debate over how aggressively the United States should regulate emerging...
• Easter Chocolate Prices Stay High Despite Cocoa Crash
  
  Prices for chocolate eggs and bunnies will remain high this Easter in the United States despite the fact that prices for the main raw material used to make them , cocoa beans , have gone sharply down over the last year, a report said Friday.
• Generic Ozempic to Soon Reach Billions of People
  
  The Danish drug manufacturer Novo Nordisk is losing the patent for its popular weight loss drug semaglutide, sold as Wegovy for obesity and Ozempic for Type 2 diabetes. The patent expires Saturday in India, China and other heavy populated nations which opens the door for...
• $200 Oil No Longer Crazy as Mideast Supply Shock Deepens
  
  Global oil markets were jolted this week as crude prices surged past $114 per barrel in London trading after Israel bombed a key Iranian gas field and Iran struck Qatar's major Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant.
• AI Fears Contribute to Hollywood Labor Showdown
  
  Just weeks before a new round of high-stakes Hollywood labor negotiations, the Writers Guild of America West is facing turmoil inside its own ranks – with staffers launching a strike over artificial intelligence protections and alleged unfair labor practices.
• New Cancer Immunotherapy Killed Whole Tumors
  
  Researchers at Rockefeller University are reporting encouraging results from an early clinical trial of a redesigned cancer immunotherapy that is injected directly into tumors. In the small study, six of 12 patients experienced tumor shrinkage, and two patients went into...
• US Airlines See Strong Spring Demand Even as Fuel Costs Jump
  
  U.S. airlines Tuesday reported stronger-than-expected travel demand heading into the spring, supporting higher fares and revenue growth, even as a surge in jet fuel prices linked to the Iran war has pushed operating costs higher.
• Soros CEO & CIO Warns of a Reckoning
  
  Dawn Fitzpatrick, CEO of Soros Fund Management, says overallocated LPs, frozen distributions, and mounting margin-call risk are converging into a sector-wide shakeout.
• Trump Rescinds the EV Fuel Economy Math Rule That Was a Lie!
  
  For years, Washington sold Americans a fantasy wrapped in a window sticker. We all saw huge MPGe numbers on window stickers, but they just seemed unreal. Because they are!
• AI Work Utopia Isn't Happening-It's Making Jobs Busier
  
  The promise of an AI-driven work utopia , where technology frees employees from routine tasks and gives them more time for creative thinking , isn't materializing. Instead, artificial intelligence appears to be making the modern workplace faster, busier and more demanding,...
• Prices for New Cars Have Soared. Here's One Big Reason Why
  
  The U.S. car business is grappling with a stubborn affordability problem, one that threatens to relegate more Americans to the used-car lot and leave automakers vulnerable to lower-priced rivals.
• Senate Green Lights ChatGPT, Copilot for Staff
  
  Artificial intelligence has officially arrived on Capitol Hill. Senate aides have now been cleared to use ChatGPT and other A.I. chatbots for official work, according to new internal guidance from the Senate's technology office.
• States Brace for Trump Admin Report on AI Laws
  
  State legislatures across the country are bracing for the announcement on which of their laws will be declared "onerous" in a Commerce Department report due by March 11.
• Report: Fuel Price Spike Triggers White House Alarm
  
  White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has asked advisers to bring proposals to the Oval Office for reducing gasoline prices, which rose 11 cents a gallon overnight amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, according to two energy industry executives familiar with the discussions.
• Trump Tariff Pivot Could Benefit US Airlines, Aerospace
  
  U.S. airlines and the broader commercial aerospace sector are poised to benefit from the Trump administration imposing a revised tariff regime Tuesday.
• Car Prices Aren't High by Accident - They're the Cost of Government Control
  
  Americans are paying more for new vehicles not because of greedy dealers or temporary market disruptions, but because the modern automobile has become a government-regulated platform.
• US Companies Cheer Win Over Trump Tariffs
  
  Thousands of businesses won a victory when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to overturn the White House's emergency tariffs, but the process of getting refunds has only just begun.
• Obesity Drugs Force Big Food Makeover
  
  Global food and beverage companies from PepsiCo to Coca-Cola are focusing on shorter ingredient lists and smaller pack sizes in 2026 as more people take appetite-suppressing GLP-1 drugs for weight loss.
• Luxury Stocks' Volatility Highlights AI Jitters
  
  As luxury companies like LVMH and Gucci-owner Kering struggle to recover from a two-year slowdown, they are navigating increasingly sharp share price swings stoked by hedge fund bets and investor nerves over AI-rattled markets.
• Duffy Orders Merit-Based Hiring for US Airline Pilots
  
  Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said families should feel confident about who is flying their aircraft, arguing that pilot qualifications, not personal characteristics, are what matter most to passengers.
• Software Selloff Disrupting Some M&A and IPO Deals
  
  A broad selloff in software stocks is starting to stall deal-making and IPOs in the sector as volatility makes valuations unreliable and potential buyers cautious, about a dozen financial advisers and dealmakers told Reuters.
• Global Chip Sales Expected to Hit $1 Trillion in 2026
  
  Global semiconductor sales are expected to hit $1 trillion this year, the Semiconductor Industry Association said Friday.
• Big Tobacco Flouts Instagram Rules to Target the Young
  
  U.S. tobacco companies are flouting policies intended to shield young people from pro-tobacco messaging on Instagram, a new study says.
• Bridgewater: AI Spending Frenzy to Keep Lifting Economy
  
  Spending on artificial intelligence by large corporations will continue to grow exponentially and reshape the economy, Bridgewater Associates' co-chief investment officers said in a client note Monday.
• FDIC Clears Way for Ford, GM to Set up Industrial Banks
  
  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced Thursday it had approved deposit insurance applications from Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company, clearing the way for the auto manufacturers to establish industrial banks and begin providing financial...

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