For: March 24, 2026
>>Ahead Of The Bell
(New York, NY) -- The opening bell rings this morning on Wall Street after stocks closed higher on word from President Trump that the U.S. and Iran held productive talks and he will hold off targeting Iranian energy infrastructure. Stocks rallied as oil prices dropped below 100-dollars a barrel. Banks stocks, technology shares and airlines all surged in a broad market rebound. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 631 points to 46-208. The S&P 500 rose 74 points to 65-81. The Nasdaq climbed 299 points to 21-946.
>>Gas Prices Continue To Creep Up
(Heathrow, FL) -- The steady rise in gas prices continues. Triple-A puts today's national average at three-dollars and 97-cents a gallon. It was three-79 a week ago. A month ago, just before the start of the Iran war, the national average was two-95.
>>OnlyFans Owner Dead At 43
(Undated) -- The owner of OnlyFans is dead at the age of 43. An OnlyFans spokesperson confirmed Leonid "Leo" Radvinsky's death in a statement on Monday and said he "passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer." The Ukrainian native took over OnlyFans as director and majority shareholder in 2018 and according to the Daily Mail, the platform largely accounted for his four-point-seven billion-dollar estimated net worth. The company spokesperson says, "his family have requested privacy at this difficult time."
>>Apple's WWDC Kicks Off June 8th (Cupertino, CA) -- Apple's week-long Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off June 8th. The annual event is scheduled to run through the 12th at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California. It will also stream live, showcasing the tech giant's latest software and technologies. AI advancements, platform updates and other related features will be in the spotlight.
>>Spotify Lays Off 15 Employees In Podcast Group
(Undated) -- Employees in Spotify's podcast group are being laid off. The layoffs, including at the streamer's podcast network "The Ringer" and Spotify Studios, affected 15 employees, totaling about three-percent of the organization. The changes are being described as to help "Spotify's podcast group focus on improving execution, speed and alignment across teams." Spotify first bought "The Ringer" for about 250-million dollars in 2020.
>>Stryker Corporation Says Cyberattack Is Now Contained
(Portage, MI) -- Global medical technology giant Stryker Corporation says a cyberattack that hit their computer system on March 11th has now been contained. They say customer, supplier, vendor, and partner systems were not accessed during the attack that happened by an Iranian hacker group. Cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks says digital forensics has found there is no active foreign access in Stryker's systems. The company says Stryker is now rebuilding impacted systems or restoring them from backups that predate the "known window of compromise to further prevent threat actor re-entry." Hospitals and healthcare systems were not impacted by the cyberattack.
>>NASA Mission To Moon Could Bring Big Bucks To Florida
(Cocoa Beach, FL) -- NASA's Artemis Two mission to send astronauts around the moon could have a massive economic impact here on Earth. A consulting firm estimates that the launch, scheduled for as early as April 1st from Kennedy Space Center, could bring in 400-thousand visitors to Florida's Space Coast and some 160-million-dollars in economic impact. A Florida tourism official said hotels in the region are already fully booked.
