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Dollar Falls 10.8% as Euro Surges to Four-Year High on Fed Uncertainty

The US Dollar Index dropped 10.8% in early 2026, hitting its lowest level since 2022, while the euro reached multi-year highs against major currencies. The pound gained 7% in 2025 but now trades at €1.13, its weakest since April 2023, with analysts forecasting potential decline below $1.30. The Swiss franc attracted safe-haven flows as markets brace for the Federal Reserve leadership transition in June 2026.

LM Salvado•Mar 14, 2026

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Enterprise Software Races to Govern and Consolidate Around Agentic AI

Enterprise software vendors are repositioning around autonomous AI agents. Salesforce is acquiring Braze, ServiceNow is launching agent governance tools (AI Passport, Super Intelligence Control Tower), SAP is pushing its 'Autonomous Enterprise', and Zeta is launching AthenaOS and its own inference model. Palantir is embedding itself in banking, aviation and sovereign AI infrastructure through partnerships with Customers Bank, Surf Air, Ondas and Armada. Governance, data sovereignty and enforced policy are emerging as preconditions for regulated sectors like finance. Investors such as Norwest see room to disrupt ERP and finance software, and they caution that AI should not be trusted with financial calculations. Consolidation and shareholder disputes (Salesforce/Braze, Tiny/Oso Cloud, ZenaTech/Boardwalktech) show the market reshaping.

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EPKINLY Regulatory-Clinical Success Cascade

High probability of expanded label indications, additional combination approvals, and competitive positioning strength in follicular lymphoma market. Predicts positive commercial uptake and potential accelerated review for related indications.

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ING Group

Both facts record the same metric (shares_outstanding) for ING Group at the identical observation date (2025-12-31). FACT A states 2,902,437,688 shares; FACT B states 2,902 million shares (2,902,000,000). The difference is 437,688 shares (~0.015%). This is a genuine value conflict, though the discrepancy appears to result from FACT B rounding to the nearest million while FACT A provides the precise count.

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