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Senator Rand Paul opposes $1-2 billion daily Iran military spending, arguing national debt poses greater security threat than foreign adversaries, joining Warren and Sanders against $50-200 billion supplemental requests.

Iranian missiles hit Tel Aviv on March 24 as tensions escalate. US suspends strikes for five days; Pakistan mediates talks between Washington and Tehran.

TotalEnergies exits US offshore wind leases, redeploying capital to LNG projects. Stock down 0.43% at $88.76 despite bullish longer-term trend.

i-80 Gold closes $250M gold prepayment facility and completes $1B+ recapitalization, fully funding development through 2031 production targets.

ASML stock up 79.5% in a year, trades at 35.1x 2027 earnings. Near-monopoly on EUV lithography tech supports premium valuation despite high price.

Quotient Therapeutics and Merck partner on IBD drug discovery, with Quotient receiving $20M upfront and up to $2.2B in milestones.

Zymeworks will present clinical and preclinical data at two major healthcare investor conferences in April, including the Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference and Bloom Burton & Co. event.

Clinical-stage biotech Serina Therapeutics will present at 38th Annual Roth Conference on March 24, 2026, highlighting its proprietary POZ Platform technology and pipeline.

YQ appoints Sishi Zhou as permanent CFO after successful acting tenure since June. Zhou brings experience from Shell and PwC, holding advanced degrees from Tsinghua and Peking universities.

iDEL Therapeutics appoints Dr. Claudia Ulbrich as Board Chair and secures €9M seed funding led by BiomedVC to advance its novel cancer drug delivery platform.

$GENK to discuss Q4 and full-year 2025 earnings on March 31, 2026, with 59+ company-owned locations driving growth.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang claims AGI has been achieved, defining it as AI capable of running billion-dollar companies—contradicting other industry leaders on timeline and definitions.

Apollo Global Management agrees to acquire Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass for $3.7 billion, marking its largest PE investment in Japan with closing expected March 2027.

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USA Rare Earth ($USAR) surged over 100% in January after securing $3.1 billion in combined government and private funding to accelerate rare-earth processing operations.

Four financial services firms offer attractive dual returns through dividends and buybacks, supported by strong free cash flow and solid balance sheets.

Goldman Sachs disclosed a $154 million XRP ETF position, making it the largest institutional holder, though it represents only 0.3% of its portfolio.

Amazon trades at historically cheap 9.8x forward cash flow, outvaluing Nvidia as AWS AI growth and advertising expansion go underappreciated.

Scandinavian Tobacco proposes DKK 4.50 dividend; April 2026 AGM will address board elections, auditor reappointment, and governance matters.

DeepBrain AI launches real-time conversational video agents for enterprises, shifting from static video generation. Already deployed at SAP, Shinhan Bank, and Samsung Securities.