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US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says

US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says

🚀 Check out this must-read post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - The default rate among U.S. corporate borrowers of private credit rose to a record 9.2% in 2025, according to a report Friday by credit rating agency Fitch Ratings. In its monitor of 302 companies with outstanding private credit debt, Fitch recorded 38 defaults among 28 different borrowers. The 9.2% default rate in 2025 follows a previous record 8.1% rate of defaults in 2024. Smaller issuers with $25 million or less in earnings made up the majority of last year's…
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Tottenham extend season ticket deadline amid Premier League relegation fears

Tottenham extend season ticket deadline amid Premier League relegation fears

🚀 Check out this awesome post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Threatened to collapse Tottenham They have given their fans an “extended period” to decide whether they want to renew their season tickets amid the “risk of the current league position” of their men’s team. Tottenham gave their supporters until Tuesday, May 27 last year - two days after the end of the 2024-25 Premier League season - to decide whether they wanted to renew for the current season.This time, the fans did just that, external Until Tuesday, May 26 - two days after the…
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Zulu Dawn Review – Great cast showcases the hubris that led to the disaster of a British empire | film

Zulu Dawn Review – Great cast showcases the hubris that led to the disaster of a British empire | film

đź’Ą Explore this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Film,Period and historical films,War films,Peter O'Toole,Culture,South Africa,Africa,World news đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: THis 1979 film is a solid prequel to the hit Zulu 15 years earlier, a brutal bloodbath that featured lively performances from Stanley Baker and Michael Caine. It was about the Battle of Rourke's Drift between the British Army and the Zulu tribes. Zulu Dawn revolves around the catastrophic defeat that preceded it: the Battle of Isandlwana. The fight scenes are impressively staged, but almost the entire film feels like a second-unit director's sequence, and…
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Winter Paralympics: American Jake Adikov makes history by winning gold as the first gay man to win the tournament

Winter Paralympics: American Jake Adikov makes history by winning gold as the first gay man to win the tournament

✨ Check out this insightful post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Adikov, of Sun Valley, Idaho, has been skiing since childhood, doing alpine skiing and Nordic snowboarding before alpine skiing was considered too dangerous.Compete against sighted competitors at the junior level. After being named to the U.S. Paralympic Team in 2013, he went to the 2014 Olympics in Sochi while still a high school student.His first Paralympic medal came four years later in PyeongChang when he finished second behind Canadian Paralympic legend Brian McIver in the 10km classic event, but he retired after the Games…
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Why did flights become more expensive after the rise in jet fuel?

Why did flights become more expensive after the rise in jet fuel?

🔥 Explore this must-read post from Business News đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: Travelers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas, US, Monday, March 9, 2026. Mark Felix | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe rise in fuel prices since the US and Israel attacked Iran nearly two weeks ago has already pushed up airline ticket prices. Consumers' appetite for travel this year will determine how much they want to travel.Cathay Pacific said on Thursday it would nearly double fuel surcharges on tickets from March 18.Earlier this week, Australia's…
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Big Data on the Cheapest MacBook – DuckDB

Big Data on the Cheapest MacBook – DuckDB

🔥 Check out this trending post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Gábor Szárnyas 2026-03-11 · 7 min TL;DR: How does the latest entry-level MacBook perform on database workloads? We benchmarked it to find out. Apple released the MacBook Neo today and there is no shortage of tech reviews explaining whether it's the right device for you if you are a student, a photographer or a writer. What they don't tell you is whether it fits into our Big Data on Your Laptop ethos. We wanted to answer this using a data-driven approach, so we went…
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Six Nations 2026: Uncapped player Timo Mathieu starts France vs England

Six Nations 2026: Uncapped player Timo Mathieu starts France vs England

đź’Ą Discover this awesome post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Flanker Timo Mathieu will make his debut in France's Six Nations final against England in Paris on Saturday.The 24-year-old will start in place of Oscar Jejo, who was suspended for four weeks for gouging out his eye against Scotland.Fabien Galthie's side were beaten 50-40 by Scotland last weekend to deny them the possibility of a Grand Slam, but they can still secure a record eighth Six Nations title with a bonus-point win on Saturday (20:10 GMT).In three changes across the group, Toulouse stalwart lock Emmanuel…
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Why emotional value should win the Oscar for Best Picture | film

Why emotional value should win the Oscar for Best Picture | film

✨ Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Film,Sentimental Value,Stellan SkarsgĂĄrd,Norway,Europe,Culture,World news 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: TIt's a Best Picture race full of ambitious ideas and big twists. The sanctuary city saga that attacks Trump. A picaresque Jewish fantasy crossing the continent. Brazilian B-movie paranoia thriller. A crazy head trip into the alien invasion plot. A huge and tumultuous motorsport saga. Monsters. Vampires. Railway construction. Shakespeare. And, a drama about an actor's father's problems.But if sentimental value seems least important among this year's nominees, then, well, you don't know sentimental value. From this seemingly…
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When startups become a family business

When startups become a family business

🚀 Check out this insightful post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Startups,Build Mode âś… **What You’ll Learn**: This season in Build Mode, we dive into what it takes to build a world-class founding team. This week we explore different types of co-founder dynamics and what it takes to build a startup with your family. Building with a family member or spouse comes with big benefits like built-in trust and an “always on” mentality, but it can also create challenges when all of the startup risks come from one family. Build Mode's Isabel Johansen sat down with Hala Jalwan and Alessio…
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Cheltenham Festival 2026: Harry Redknapp eyes Jukebox Man win Gold Cup

Cheltenham Festival 2026: Harry Redknapp eyes Jukebox Man win Gold Cup

🔥 Explore this awesome post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: From "putting a pen in a couple" during the flutter of youth to owning a King George VI Chase winner and potential Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, Harry Redknapp has come a long way in horse racing. The FA Cup-winning football manager's love of the sport can be traced back to his grandmother Maggie Brown, who worked in a bookmaker's office in London's East End, at a time when betting shops and off-field betting were illegal.On Friday, his horse Jukebox Man will attempt to add a…
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