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The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is now accepting applications for the 2026 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, a federally funded initiative through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service. The program supports projects that enhance the competitiveness of Iowa-grown specialty crops such as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, horticulture, nursery crops and floriculture. Eligible Iowa-based agencies, universities, producers and community organizations may apply for grants of up to $30,000. Applications are due by 4 p.m. on March 27. 

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We’ve spent a lot of time on the AI-driven selloff in software — and it’s now spilling into areas like credit card networks, rating agencies, and cybersecurity. The irony is that many bulls view AI as a catalyst for cybersecurity, not a threat. That’s not to say AI can’t introduce new risks, but it’s a reminder that Wall Street can be short-term and emotional. With that in mind, we’re taking a deeper dive into .Palo Alto Networks provides cybersecurity products and services globally, spanning next-gen firewalls, cloud security, secure access, and threat prevention/detection. It also sells subscriptions for threat intelligence,…

Free NewsletterGet the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your InboxThe Singapore Tourism Board and Ant International have renewed their multi-year partnership to drive tourism growth through stronger digital connectivity.The collaboration will focus on driving visitor demand, enabling seamless and secure mobile discovery and payments through Alipay+, and supporting local businesses.It will also expand data sharing to generate actionable insights on traveller behaviour and strengthen the competitiveness of Singapore’s travel ecosystem, in line with STB’s Tourism 2040 roadmap.In 2025, transactions via Alipay+ in Singapore rose 36 percent year on year, placing the city-state among the platform’s top five…

Rachel Reeves is to approve a £1bn deal to build military helicopters in Yeovil, saving about 3,000 manufacturing jobs, according to reports.The chancellor is expected to sign a contract with Leonardo – the Italian owner of the former Westland factory in Yeovil, Somerset – to build the new battlefield helicopters, after months of speculation as to whether the historical site would survive.Workers had feared the company would follow through on threats to close the facility at the end of March if the government failed to place an order for new helicopters in time.Leonardo was the only bidder for the UK’s…

Dell shares soared more than 20% on Friday after the company beat fourth-quarter estimates and issued strong guidance, as a historic memory shortage puts pressure on prices in the sector.Dell reported adjusted earnings of $3.89 per share, exceeding the $3.53 per share expected by analysts surveyed by LSEG. The company reported $33.38 billion in revenue for the quarter, topping a forecast of $31.73 billion.The company estimates fiscal 2027 revenue will come in between $138 billion and $142 billion, blowing away the $124.7 billion expected by Factset.Dell expects revenue for its artificial intelligence servers to hit $50 billion in 2027, over…

Jon Moen and Mary Tone Rodgers, Before the Fed: JP Morgan, America’s lender of last resort, Cambridge University Press, 2025, 292 pagesIn Before the Fed, two economic historians combine forces to document and explain the important role John Pierpont Morgan played in managing banking crises before there was a Federal Reserve. This task required expertise in Morgan’s approach to syndicated securities underwriting (Rodgers) and in the dynamics of banking crises under the gold standard (Moen). Their Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.To access these options,…

US battery company Lyten has finalised the purchase of Northvolt’s battery manufacturing and research assets in Sweden and established an industrial hub at the Skellefteå site. The transaction includes Northvolt Ett and Ett Expansion in Skellefteå, along with Northvolt Labs in Västerås, carrying a combined book value of about $5bn. Together, the facilities comprise 16GWh of existing cell production capacity, more than 160 hectares of land and Europe’s “largest” battery R&D centre. In March, Northvolt filed for bankruptcy in Sweden due to financial and operational challenges. Lyten said production at the Skellefteå plant will restart, with commercial battery cell shipments…

Baby boomers may not be the “avocado toast” generation, but they have plenty of their own wasteful and financially damaging habits.

February 2026 Disruptions to Foreign Trade and U.S. Banks’ Returns Michele Modugno, Dino Palazzo, Carlos A. Ramírez, and Thiago R.T. Ferreira Abstract: We develop a market-based measure of firms’ and industries’ exposure to foreign trade disruptions. Combining this approach with detailed supervisory data, we quantify large U.S. banks’ exposure to such disruptions and propose a novel bank-level vulnerability index. We show that banks with greater exposure experienced significantly larger stock price declines following the April 2025 tariff announcements. Our vulnerability index explains 18% of the cross-sectional variation in bank returns during this episode, underscoring the importance of trade-related…