Pins matching date:2026-03-31

The 6.7 km first section links Congonhas Airport with Morumbi on suburban rail Line 9 through seven stations, twelve years behind the 2014 World Cup deadline it was first built for. Trains initially run only between 10.00 and 15.00 at headways of seven to fourteen minutes, with full service expected from October 2026.

Five of Raleigh's chefs, restaurateurs and bar owners open a neighbourhood restaurant and bodega on Brookside Drive, with Cheetie Kumar as executive chef.

After Brad Reese, grandson of the cup's inventor, accused Hershey of swapping milk chocolate for cheaper compound coatings, CEO Kirk Tanner said the company will return to classic milk and dark chocolate recipes by 2027.

Vuori filed suit at the US Court of International Trade over the emergency tariffs the Supreme Court struck down in February 2026, joining the importers seeking refunds; the court stayed it under its IEEPA procedure.

A Manhattan federal judge ruled Nike's warp-knitted shoe upper patent invalid as obvious and wiped out the $355,450 jury award against Lululemon's Blissfeel and Chargefeel sneakers.

L'Oréal completes its purchase of Kering Beauté, including the House of Creed and new 50-year fragrance and beauty licences for Bottega Veneta and Balenciaga, finalizing the alliance the two groups announced five months earlier.

OpenAI announced on 31 March 2026 that it had closed US$122 billion in committed capital at an US$852 billion post-money valuation, the largest private technology funding round on record. It grew from the US$110 billion first close announced on 27 February.

Google launches Veo 3.1 Lite in the Gemini API and AI Studio, its cheapest video model at $0.05 a second for 720p with audio and the same speed as Veo 3.1 Fast, with 4, 6 or 8 second clips at 720p or 1080p.

At an investor day at the New York Stock Exchange led by CEO Kirk Tanner, Hershey set out its ONE Hershey plan across sweet, salty and protein snacks. It targeted 2-4% organic sales growth, 15-20% adjusted EPS growth in 2027 and 6-8% from 2028.

Adolfo Garcia Jr. and Sophia Petrou Garcia open a Spanish restaurant on Freret Street built around pintxos and Basque-style wood-fire steak.

Lilly agrees to buy Centessa Pharmaceuticals, maker of the orexin agonist cleminorexton for narcolepsy, for $38 a share in cash (about $6.3 billion) plus a CVR worth up to $1.5 billion more; the deal closed on 24 June 2026.

Oracle staff in several countries were told by early-morning email that it was their last working day, as WARN notices went in for Seattle and four California sites.

A Manhattan federal judge partly denied Lululemon's motion to dismiss a shareholder class action over its 2023-24 statements, finding plausible claims of misleading statements and scienter, citing alleged insider trading.

U.S. District Judge Adrienne Nelson in Portland dismissed most of a securities class action over Nike's direct-to-consumer strategy on 31 March 2026, letting claims against Nike and former CEO John Donahoe go ahead over one September 2023 statement.

On 31 March 2026 Warren Buffett sat down with CNBC's Becky Quick in Omaha for his first interview since stepping down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO, announcing a revived charity lunch auction with Stephen and Ayesha Curry.

The 250MW/500MWh Medway Grid MEDWA unit is explicitly operating, with March 2026 reported as its actual operating month. February 25 was an interconnection target, not a verified exact opening.

Multiple Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis stopped on Wuhan roads on the night of 31 March 2026, leaving passengers stranded on elevated highways for a time; police blamed a system failure, all passengers got out safely and service resumed.

Nike's third-quarter revenue was flat at $11.3 billion and tariffs cut gross margin to 40.2%, but it guided fourth-quarter sales down 2% to 4% with Greater China down about 20%, sending the shares lower after hours.