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Dr. Scholl's and Wrangler launch limited-edition capsule collection March 24, featuring five reimagined shoe silhouettes and Western-inspired denim jacket, priced $80-$200 and $149.99 respectively.

Clinical-stage biotech Opus Genetics named to Fast Company's 2026 most innovative companies list for gene therapy work in inherited retinal diseases.

Canadian exploration company Brixton Metals upgraded to OTCQX Best Market, trading as $BBBXF. Upgrade reflects strong governance and financial compliance standards.

PMGC Holdings subsidiary SVM Machining secures ITAR compliance, opening access to high-value defense and aerospace manufacturing contracts.

Tenor, an AI leadership development platform using voice role-plays and personalized coaching, earns Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies 2026 recognition, signaling enterprise market momentum.

Chevron CEO warns oil markets underprice Hormuz supply shock despite 60% price surge; 11M barrels/day offline exceed IEA emergency releases.

FIH Mobile returned to profitability with $52.73M net profit in 2025, but surging memory chip prices pose significant margin risks ahead.

KB Home faces housing headwinds despite 8.5% sales growth, while Paychex projects 17.9% sales growth. Both earnings signals will illuminate sector-specific economic pressures.

Equinor acquires 230-megawatt Brazilian wind project from Vestas, expanding renewable portfolio with expected double-digit returns.

Centerra Gold invests C$10M in Nevada King for 9.9% stake, funding Atlanta Gold Mine exploration in Nevada through C$16M private placement closing Q2 2026.

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.