Based on the appointment of the late supreme leader’s son as successor, there are no clear signs of an imminent regime change in Iran.
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Amena Bakr,
semafor.com,
9 Mar. 2026
For months now, real-estate developer Michael Shvo has been insisting that everything is just fine, despite troubling signs at his portfolio of trophy properties.
But the retailer with relatively low prices, whose customers often have the least cushion to absorb higher gasoline prices, gave forecasts for revenue this upcoming year that indicated a potential slowdown in growth.
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Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Analysts, who kept a buy-equivalent rating on shares, raised their long-term sales forecasts on orforglipron, the company’s GLP-1 pill that could soon be approved by the FDA.
For generations, eclipses have been surrounded by apocalyptic prophecies, which found a resurgence when there were four successive total lunar eclipses from 2014 to 2015, according to astronomy website EarthSky.
—
Hali Smith
March 1,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Mar. 2026
Family bonds, ancient prophecies, and the sacred line of succession will be tested in a dangerous campaign for power.
But many Floridians — particularly those who have moved here since 1998 and have no prior experience with wildfires on a massive scale — don’t see these signs and don’t comprehend the omens.
By the end of 1857, no one knew the crack-up of the Union was coming in three years, or that the nation would be in a civil war in four, but the portents were bleak.
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Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
Carol’s favorite, Bella Donna, does not carry the same dark portents.
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