George Noble, a longtime Fidelity fund manager and Wall Street veteran, sees big problems brewing in the booming private credit market. The former director of Fidelity Overseas Fund recently wrote that he sees the makings of a financial crisis in the sector, echoing others who have worried about a spate of negative headlines in recent months. Private credit fears have been swirling on Wall Street since late last year when some high-profile borrowers went bankrupt. Noble said he has been monitoring it for months, and he thinks problems are getting harder to ignore. "We're watching a financial crisis unfold in real time," he said in a post on X. "The last time funds started blocking investors from getting their money back, Bear Stearns collapsed six months later."
As the war with Iran continues, farmers with already slim profit margins are struggling.
Billy and Greg Bridgeforth, who oversee a fifth-generation family farm in Tanner, say diesel prices through their distributor in Decatur have risen more than $2 since the war began, from $2.99 to $5.02. On a full day of farming, they said they can use up to 1,500 gallons of diesel on their tractors alone " meaning they could pay more than $3,000 extra on a full day.
The war has added pressure not only through fuel costs but also through fertilizer prices. The Bridgeforths say they are now paying $100 extra per ton.
"With the prices of the inputs going up so high, and if we were to have a disastrous cotton crop like we did last year, that could be real trouble," Billy said.
Three days after President Trump announced his "Complete and Total Endorsement" of the Louisiana congressional candidate Blake Miguez, the Republican contender posted a video from outside the West Wing boasting of his close relationship with Trump and his team. "I just got done having some great meetings with the White House," he told his supporters on February 7. What he did not say"either publicly or to Trump's advisers at the time"was that there was a political bombshell about to drop on his campaign for Louisiana's deep-red Fifth Congressional District. Months earlier, when Miguez was running for the U.S. Senate, a 2007 police report had surfaced that showed that Miguez's former girlfriend had accused him of rape and other abusive behavior, including locking her in bedrooms, taking away her keys, and holding her down.
A Douglas County judge gave a 62-year-old woman convicted of voter fraud the maximum sentence allowed under Colorado law, the 23rd Judicial District announced Monday.
WASHINGTON " Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, reversed himself on the Senate filibuster Wednesday after years of unflinching support for the 60-vote threshold to pass most bills. Cornyn, who spent years defending the filibuster, is locked in a competitive GOP runoff in Texas against Ken Paxton, who has aligned with Trump on the issue.
Cornyn, who spent years defending the filibuster, is locked in a competitive GOP runoff in Texas against Ken Paxton, who has aligned with Trump on the issue.
A federal appeals court has delivered what is being described as a "landmark" ruling that affirms a Texas teacher's "right to pray" on school grounds. Read more
The discovery that bumblebee queens could shake it off and emerge unscathed after more than a week submerged in water stunned scientists back in 2024.
Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez: "At the proposal of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation, and following deliberation by the Council of Ministers at its meeting on 10 March 2026, I hereby order the termination of Ms Ana Mara Salomon Prez's appointment as Ambassador of Spain to the State of Israel."
Spain PM Pedro Sanchez is a Mensch
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of collapse any time soon after nearly two weeks of relentless U.S. and Israeli bombardment, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Read more
Amnesty International reports: "Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip have been "denied the conditions needed to live and to give life safely" by Israel amid its genocidal war on the enclave. Women and girls in Gaza have been pushed "to the brink" as the Israeli war has spurred a series of hardships, from mass displacement to the destruction of the local healthcare system.
11 March 2026 UNRWA Report is Ghastly
President Donald Trump has authorized the United States to release 172 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve beginning next week, the Energy Department said in a statement Wednesday. The move to release resources from the SPR represents a reversal from the first days of the war, when officials dismissed the prospect of tapping the reserve as unlikely and largely unnecessary.
Why America is Losing the War With Iran (w/ John Mearsheimer) | The Chris Hedges Report Read more
As President Donald Trump warns Iran against using mines to threaten oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Navy's purpose-built minesweepers are sitting stateside thousands of miles away with no plans to put them to use while the war rages on.
Weyco Group, the company behind the president's favorite oxfords, is suing the administration for a refund on the money it paid due to Trump's sweeping tariffs.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is sparking controversy -- inside and outside the military -- with public comments on the war with Iran that are heavy on taunts and talk of retribution, a stark departure from the way his predecessors have communicated during wartime.
Two years ago, a prankster art collective in Brooklyn known as MSCHF sold off shares in a black calf they nicknamed Angus, pledging to butcher him into burgers and leather handbags unless his arty stakeholders chose to save him. On March 13, the fully grown bull's fate will be decided, and it's looking grim. Only around a third of Angus's 404 owners have plied their tokenized shares of the animal into the artists' online Remorse Portal, signifying their wish to save his life. If Angus doesn't cross the 50% mark by Friday, he'll be butchered and shipped out as 1,200 hamburger patties and four leather handbags designed by the group to look like meat. Read more
