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Bureau: San Francisco
Indian hospitals have 15 to 20 days of helium inventory, MRI scan costs are rising globally, and the clearest three-box story from March 27 is now playing out on three continents.
Reuters reports Wall Street is confident Q1 earnings will hold despite surging oil -- but the confidence rests on a quarter that started before the war did, and Q2 will tell the real story.
Two hundred companies have cut nearly 60,000 workers in 88 days, averaging 681 people per day, and every earnings call blames AI.
Goldman Sachs raised its 2026 Brent forecast to $85 average, implying a war premium of $25-32 per barrel that is now permanent for as long as the conflict lasts.
The all-stock deal creates a $1.5 trillion retirement and wealth management giant serving 12 million customers — announced the same week gas hit $4.
Wall Street's 2025 bonus pool hit a record $49.2 billion — average payout $246,900 — reported the same week the national gas average approached $4.