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Google announced a Michigan data-center development on March 17, 2026 and says it is evaluating a site in Van Buren Township. The location is provisional; construction and opening are not established.

The FDA approved Johnson & Johnson's Icotyde (icotrokinra), a once-daily pill and the first targeted oral peptide to block the IL-23 receptor, for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis in adults and children 12 and older weighing at least 40 kg.

NHTSA upgraded its investigation of Full Self-Driving in glare, dust and other poor visibility to an Engineering Analysis covering 3,203,754 Teslas, the step before it can seek a recall.

On 18 March 2026 the Department of War announced a US$15.38 billion contract modification to General Dynamics Electric Boat covering Columbia-class design, lead-yard support, sustainment and serial production of Columbia and Virginia-class submarines through June 2035.

On 19 March 2026 the US FDA approved Wegovy HD (semaglutide 7.2 mg, once weekly) for weight loss after the STEP UP trial showed 20.7% mean weight loss, the first GLP-1 approval under the FDA's priority voucher pilot.

The Fed, FDIC and OCC jointly requested comment on 19 March 2026 on three proposals that would overhaul US bank capital rules and implement the final Basel III standards, modestly reducing capital requirements for large banks.

An adaptation of Andy Weir's novel starring Ryan Gosling as a lone astronaut who wakes with no memory, tasked with saving Earth from a species-ending threat to the sun.

Russian River Brewing's triple IPA Pliny the Younger returned for its 22nd annual brewery release, on tap and in bottles at the Santa Rosa and Windsor brewpubs from 20 March to 2 April 2026, with lines of up to six hours.

At Austin's old Seaholm Power Plant, Elon Musk launched Terafab, a joint Tesla, SpaceX and xAI plan to make logic, memory and packaged AI chips under one roof, starting with a prototype fab at Giga Texas.

Bank of China is title sponsor of the Wuhan Marathon for a fourth straight year; the race runs on 22 March 2026 with 17,000 marathon and 13,000 half-marathon places, and registration is open 12-19 December 2025.

Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None, animation studio42's adaptation of the fantasy about an enchanter cast out of the hero party, announced a second season after its final episode aired.

From 22 March 2026 drone attacks on Russia's two big Baltic oil ports, Primorsk and Ust-Luga, suspended oil and fuel loadings; Reuters satellite analysis later showed Primorsk lost at least 40% of its storage, and the Kremlin called the strikes "terrorist attacks".

Abbott closed its $105-a-share cash purchase of Cologuard maker Exact Sciences, which became a wholly owned Abbott subsidiary; Exact Sciences shares last traded on Nasdaq on 20 March.

Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Energy Department and Secretary Chris Wright, arguing the Defense Production Act order that restarted Sable's Las Flores pipelines exceeds his authority and overrides state law, a state court injunction and the federal Refugio consent decree. The case runs in federal court in Los Angeles.

On 24 March 2026 Arm announced the Arm AGI CPU, an Arm-designed data-centre processor for agentic AI developed with Meta, marking its first production silicon product after more than 35 years of licensing designs.

On 24 March 2026 Robinhood's board approved a new US$1.5 billion share repurchase program, and its brokerage unit signed a US$3.25 billion revolving credit facility four days earlier.

On 25 March 2026 Merck agreed to acquire Terns Pharmaceuticals for US$53.00 per share in cash, about US$6.7 billion, to get TERN-701, an oral allosteric BCR::ABL1 inhibitor for chronic myeloid leukemia.

On Holding named co-founders David Allemann and Caspar Coppetti co-CEOs from 1 May 2026, promoted Scott Maguire to President and COO, and said CEO Martin Hoffmann would step down; the shares fell about 11% that day.