Mar 25, 2026 • 3 min

Legal AI startup Harvey valued at $11 billion in funding round, as VCs spread bets beyond model companies

Harvey will use its fresh capital to expand its AI agents and grow its embedded legal engineering teams.

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Mar 25, 2026 • 5 min

Hugo Barra's return to Meta 5 years after exit underscores Zuckerberg's AI urgency

During Hugo Barra's first stint at Meta, the company was pushing heavily into VR. Now, he's back and the focus is AI agents.

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Mar 25, 2026 • 1 min

Why the Bank of England will not raise rates this year

The UK’s central bank is making a Maradona-like feint with hawkish monetary policy signals

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Mar 25, 2026 • 1 min

Russia reaps fertiliser windfall from Iran war

Global disruption fuels calls for western curbs on Russian exports to be eased

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Mar 25, 2026 • 1 min

Merck to buy Terns Pharmaceuticals for $6.7 billion to boost cancer pipeline

Merck is trying to bulk up its portfolio ahead of its best-selling cancer drug Keytruda losing patent protection in 2028.

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Mar 25, 2026 • 3 min

Mortgage demand drops more than 10% as rates hit the highest level since October

Mortgage demand continued to tumble last week, as mortgage rates surged higher and affordability weakened further.

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Mar 25, 2026 • 4 min

Sen. Warren: DOD answers show no anti-corruption protocols for Trump children

Democrats have been hotly critical of the Trump family's business dealings while President Donald Trump serves in the White House.

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Mar 25, 2026 • 3 min

Arm jumps 13% in premarket after saying first in-house chip set to generate $15 billion in revenue

Arm said it expects its new chip to generate six times more revenue in 2031 than the $4 billion it made in 2025.

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Mar 25, 2026 • 7 min

Recession odds climb on Wall Street as economy shows cracks beneath the surface

Economists have pulled up their risk assessments of a contraction amid heightened uncertainty over geopolitical risk and a labor market slump.

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Mar 25, 2026 • 3 min

Pop Mart shares plunge over 22% as concerns over sustainability of Labubu sales dwarf stellar results

the Beijing-based toy maker posted annual revenue of 37.1 billion yuan ($5.4 billion) for 2025, up 185% from a year earlier, just shy of LSEG estimates of 38 billion yuan.

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Mar 25, 2026 • 8 min

It’s not just oil and gas. The Strait of Hormuz blockage is rattling another vital commodity

“I'm a lot more concerned about the current crisis than I was when Russia-Ukraine happened four years ago,” one fund manager told CNBC.

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Mar 25, 2026 • 1 min

Lagarde says ECB ready to raise interest rates ‘at any meeting’

Central bank chief says policymakers need time to assess ‘nature, size and persistence’ of inflation surge from Iran war

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