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MSI calls 2026 'most challenging year' as it raises prices up to 30% — Kotaku

MSI calls 2026 'most challenging year' as it raises prices up to 30%

MSI warned that 2026 will be its most challenging year and plans to raise prices on gaming hardware by 15 to 30 percent over nine months, the company’s general manager Huang Jinqing told investors. The increases are expected to hit lower-end, more affordable gaming products as MSI cuts back

RBA’s controversial rate rise may not age well — World news | The Guardian

RBA’s controversial rate rise may not age well

The Reserve Bank’s decision to raise interest rates in the middle of a historic global energy shock is one of its most controversial in recent years. If the Middle East conflict lasts for months rather than weeks and drags the world and Australia down, Tuesday’s move to increase

Shipping companies weigh in on IEEPA tariff refunds — Businessinsider

Shipping companies weigh in on IEEPA tariff refunds

If you bought goods from overseas in 2025 that required shipping, you may be owed an IEEPA tariff refund. The Supreme Court overturned the IEEPA tariffs and the Court of International Trade has ruled that all tariffs paid under IEEPA must be returned. Customs and Border Protection could begin rolling

Founder says EV chargers are a key employee perk amid high gas costs — Businessinsider

Founder says EV chargers are a key employee perk amid high gas costs

Packsize founder Hanko Kiessner began installing electric-vehicle chargers at his Salt Lake City headquarters after he developed asthma and linked it to local air pollution. He helped form a nonprofit, Leaders for Clean Air, to raise money for chargers and to encourage more people to consider EVs. The company started

The Palantir guide to stopping World War III — Businessinsider

The Palantir guide to stopping World War III

Last July, four high-ranking tech executives with AI ties were sworn into the US Army Reserves as lieutenant colonels, joining a new unit called Detachment 201, the Executive Innovation Corps. Turning multimillionaire executives into officers has become a potent symbol of a new era in which venture capitalists and technologists

Netflix boosted Mark Rober's product sales, co-CEO says — Businessinsider

Netflix boosted Mark Rober's product sales, co-CEO says

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said the streamer boosted YouTuber Mark Rober's product sales after his show arrived on the service. Sarandos said Rober saw "a big increase in his consumer product sales after this first week on Netflix, even though he reaches an enormous audience around the

Zelenskyy: Russia earned $10 billion in two weeks of the Iran war — Businessinsider

Zelenskyy: Russia earned $10 billion in two weeks of the Iran war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Russia earned $10 billion in two weeks of the US‑Israeli war with Iran, roughly 10% of what Moscow has lost in the oil trade so far in 2026. He said Ukrainian intelligence showed global oil sanctions and Kyiv’s strikes on

Goldman Sachs: Companies are hiring less but making better matches — Businessinsider

Goldman Sachs: Companies are hiring less but making better matches

Hiring has slowed sharply across many advanced economies, yet Goldman Sachs says firms may be getting better at picking the right people. The bank's economists point to a decline in short-term job separations — workers leaving or losing jobs soon after being hired — as evidence that employers and employees

SEC proposes limiting Rule 15c2-11 to equity securities — Cointelegraph.com News

SEC proposes limiting Rule 15c2-11 to equity securities

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed narrowing Rule 15c2-11 so its reporting requirements for over-the-counter broker-dealers would apply only to "equity securities," reversing a 2021 interpretation that expanded the rule beyond equities. Adopted in 1971 to reduce fraud in the penny stock market, Rule 15c2-11 requires

RBA raises cash rate to 4.1%, squeezing mortgage holders — World news | The Guardian

RBA raises cash rate to 4.1%, squeezing mortgage holders

The Reserve Bank raised its cash rate from 3.85% to 4.1% in a split decision, with five board members voting to increase rates and four voting to hold. The move returns the cash rate to its February 2025 level and wipes out the relief from two cuts last

Wolfgang Puck at the Oscars: catering harder than running a restaurant — Businessinsider

Wolfgang Puck at the Oscars: catering harder than running a restaurant

Wolfgang Puck has led the culinary team at the Governors Ball for more than 30 years and this weekend his crew worked in a temporary kitchen next to the Dolby Theatre. He says running a catering company is even more difficult than running a restaurant, because the workload can swing

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has bought about 50,000 acres of North Carolina forest — Pcgamer

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has bought about 50,000 acres of North Carolina forest

Tim Sweeney, the CEO and co-founder of Epic Games, is worth between $5 billion and $9 billion depending on the estimate, and he has been using some of that money to buy swathes of forest in North Carolina to keep the land out of developers' hands. His holdings now

Krafton ordered to rehire Subnautica 2 CEO it previously fired — Polygon

Krafton ordered to rehire Subnautica 2 CEO it previously fired

A Delaware judge has ordered Krafton to reinstate Ted Gill as CEO of Unknown Worlds Entertainment. Vice Chancellor Lori W. Will of Delaware Chancery Court wrote, "Krafton breached the EPA by terminating the Key Employees without valid Cause and by improperly seizing operational control of Unknown Worlds." The

Sharing a Car with My Fiancé to Save for a Wedding and Home — Businessinsider

Sharing a Car with My Fiancé to Save for a Wedding and Home

One week into 2026 I totaled the first car I ever owned. The logical next step would have been to start car shopping, but between planning a wedding, saving for a house, and navigating a career shift, taking on a new car payment felt like working against our money-saving goals.

Volvo will end US sales of the EX30 and Cross Country — Businessinsider

Volvo will end US sales of the EX30 and Cross Country

Volvo confirmed it will end U.S. sales of the EX30 and the EX30 Cross Country after the 2026 model year. The vehicles will remain in production for the U.S. through this summer and are expected to stay on dealer lots through the end of 2026. The compact crossover

St. Patrick’s Day 2026: Free food and discounts from Krispy Kreme, 7-Eleven — Mashable

St. Patrick’s Day 2026: Free food and discounts from Krispy Kreme, 7-Eleven

A batch of freebies and discounts is rolling out for St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, with deals on doughnuts, beer, smoothies and more from chains across the country. 7‑Eleven is offering $17 off $30 orders in its app with the code LUCKY7 and a free small Slurpee

Judge orders Krafton to reinstate Unknown Worlds CEO and extends earnout — Pcgamer

Judge orders Krafton to reinstate Unknown Worlds CEO and extends earnout

Nine months after Krafton gutted the leadership of Subnautica 2 studio Unknown Worlds, a judge has ordered that former CEO Ted Gill be reinstated and that control over the game's early access release schedule be returned to him. The judge also extended the $250 million earnout period that

MSI to raise gaming product prices 15–30% and invest in AI servers — Pcgamer

MSI to raise gaming product prices 15–30% and invest in AI servers

MSI plans to increase the prices of its gaming products by 15–30%. Huang Jinqing, the company's general manager, said: "This year is the most challenging year since the company was founded." The company intends to stock more expensive gear and lift prices at the low

From pensions to wills: when you realise you’ve got a handle on your finances — Lifestyle | The Guardian

From pensions to wills: when you realise you’ve got a handle on your finances

There’s no fanfare or sudden calm; the moment you realise you have a handle on your finances tends to creep up quietly. It can arrive when a payslip finally makes sense — how income tax, national insurance and pension contributions interlock — or when a letter from your pension provider prompts

Nebius stock jumps after $27 billion AI compute deal with Meta — Businessinsider

Nebius stock jumps after $27 billion AI compute deal with Meta

Nebius shares jumped 15% on Monday after the company announced a $27 billion deal to provide AI compute capacity to Meta over the next five years. The move extended a week of gains, leaving the Dutch tech company's stock up 35% year to date. The agreement begins with

Africa vulnerable as Iran conflict disrupts supply chains, say experts — World news | The Guardian

Africa vulnerable as Iran conflict disrupts supply chains, say experts

Countries in Africa, where farmers depend heavily on imported fertiliser and a large share of household income goes on food, are particularly vulnerable to supply chain disruptions caused by the war in the Middle East. The conflict has drastically disrupted trade through the strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane

Dozens of petrol stations across Australia run dry as panic-buying continues — World news | The Guardian

Dozens of petrol stations across Australia run dry as panic-buying continues

Dozens of service stations across Australia have run out of petrol as distributors struggle to keep up with motorists panic-buying, after the conflict in the Middle East pushed prices higher. The NRMA warned regulators had “missed” the chance to stop price hikes, saying booming wholesale demand has pushed fuel prices

Vote in BI Today's trend-focused March Madness bracket — Businessinsider

Vote in BI Today's trend-focused March Madness bracket

This. Is. March. The NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments kick off this week, and March Madness is one of the year's best sporting events. We're running a bracket of business trends and need your vote: an eight-team field seeded one through

$70 Games Are Riskier Than Ever As Cheaper Games Dominate On Steam — Kotaku

$70 Games Are Riskier Than Ever As Cheaper Games Dominate On Steam

Newzoo's 2026 PC & Gaming Report, released March 12, highlights a 156 percent increase in sub-$30 purchases on PC between 2022 and 2025. The firm projects Steam-led PC growth will push PC game sales past the combined game-purchase revenue of the Nintendo Switch 2, the PlayStation 5

March Madness for stocks: Vote in Elite 8 bracket — Businessinsider

March Madness for stocks: Vote in Elite 8 bracket

The AI revolution has minted a new generation of scorching-hot tech stocks known as the Magnificent 7. In honor of NCAA March Madness, we’re running a bracket to crown which company stands above the rest, with honorary entrant Palantir joining the seven market leaders. Seeding was done strictly by