BUSINESS & MARKETS
- 📉 US markets fell across the board (S&P: -0.2%; Dow: -0.03%; Nasdaq: -0.3%). | 🏡 US home sales rose 4.2% in February vs. analysts' expectations of a ~3% drop.
- 😋 Edible Arrangements is leaning into the first part of its name; will launch a marketplace for edibles and hemp drinks.
- 🛻 Tesla recalled ~46,000 Cybertrucks over the potential for an exterior panel to fall off; the recall applies to most Cybertrucks on the road; is the eighth issued for the model.
SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
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- 🤠 See the highlights from the Grand Ole Opry’s 100th Anniversary special. | 🎶 The US eclipsed 100 million paid music streaming subscriptions last year, per a new report.
- 🎥 Leonardo Dicaprio’s newest film One Battle After Another, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, dropped its first trailer.
- 🏀 March Madness had some HEAVY action yesterday; see men’s results; see women’s results. | 💰 The Boston Celtics were purchased for $6.1 billion by a group led by private equity exec Bill Chisholm; sale price marks a pro sports record.
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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH
- 🤖 A federal appeals court ruled copyrights can only be granted to artworks originally created by humans; the judge quoted Star Trek poetry in decision.
- 🦜 Humans and parrots share common brain circuitry for complex vocalizations, per a new study; these small parrots, known as budgerigars, are the only animals known to share the trait.
- 🌌 Dark energy, which scientists believe is behind the accelerated expansion of the universe, is weakening, per an international group of 900+ researchers; could result in the universe collapsing on itself over billions of years.
MISCELLANEOUS
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- 📅 Columbia University faces a deadline of today to acquiesce to Trump admin demands or lose $400 million in federal funding.
- ⚖️ A jury found Greenpeace liable for actions taken during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline; said it should pay pipeline company Energy Transfer $650+ million in damages.
- ✍️ President Trump signed an executive order aimed at dismantling the Department of Education. (See background + a 360° view of opinions)
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