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By Sybille de La Hamaide Reuters Posted March 12, 2026 12:29 pm Updated March 12, 2026 12:30 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Avian influenza detections in birds have started to decline across Europe following an autumn and winter during which circulation of the virus in waterfowl reached its highest level in five years, EU health officials said in a report on Thursday. The spread of the highly pathogenic viral disease, commonly called bird flu, is a concern for governments and the poultry industry due to the devastation it can cause to flocks, its…

Montreal, March 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MioCommerce, a leading all-in-one e-commerce platform for home and commercial services businesses, today announced the expansion of its Automation Suite, introducing  a variety of integrated automations designed to help small and mid-sized home and commercial service businesses reduce operational costs, improve cash flow, and scale more efficiently. For many home and commercial service operators, growth has come with mounting administrative burden. Owners are frequently consumed by thousands of small but essential operational tasks that extend beyond the workday spending evenings and weekends managing collections, requesting customer feedback, and following up for reviews. These…

MCLEAN, Va., March 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.11%. “The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage returned to last month’s level of 6.11%,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist. “Despite the modest uptick, buyers are responding to rates in this range, with existing-home sales increasing 1.7% in February. Purchase applications also increased this week, a welcome sign as buyers enter spring homebuying season with rates down more than half a percentage point compared to the same time last year.” News…

Kelly Clarkson claims she’s still waiting for her American Idol prize almost 25 years after winning Season 1 of the singing competition television series in 2002. While talking with The Traitors winner Rob Rausch, 27, on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the 43-year-old singer said she could relate “so hardcore” to the fact that Rausch was still waiting to be paid his US$220,800 prize after winning the reality competition show.“You probably weren’t alive when I was on American Idol,” Clarkson said to Rausch on Tuesday. “I literally was on the show, and they were like, ‘Oh, you win a million dollars’ or whatever.…

PASCAGOULA, Miss., March 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that all five collective bargaining units at its Ingalls Shipbuilding division have ratified new collective bargaining agreements, securing an immediate 18 percent or higher base wage increase for union-represented shipbuilders. This is the largest single wage increase in Ingalls Shipbuilding history and will extend the contract through March 8, 2031. The Ingalls Shipbuilding Collective Bargaining Agreement, for union-represented shipbuilders, provides historic wage growth of 35 to 47 percent through 2031. Shipbuilding leadership anticipates this will improve recruitment and attrition that will enable accelerated throughput.   “This agreement strengthens our partnership with…

Anthropic’s latest update to Claude will allow the AI chatbot to generate custom charts, diagrams, and other visualizations during your conversation. If Claude determines a visual is useful based on the context of your chat, it will insert the image in-line, rather than in its side panel.As an example, Anthropic says a conversation about the periodic table could lead Claude to generate a visualization of it, featuring interactive elements that let you click inside the table for more information. Another example shows how Claude can generate a visual related to a question about how weight travels through a building.Though Claude…

February same-store sales increased 4% year-over-yearThe average price paid for the top 500 items in February increased 2.7% year-over-year NEWARK, N.J., March 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NRSInsights, a provider of sales data and analytics drawn from retail transactions processed through the National Retail Solutions (NRS) point-of-sale (POS) platform, today announced comparative retail same-store sales results for February 2026. As of February 28, 2026, the NRS retail network comprised approximately 38,700 active terminals across 33,600 stores, reflecting the expected normalization from seasonal retailers following the year-end cycle alongside continued year-over-year expansion of the core independent retail base. February Highlights(Same-store sales,…

Dallas, TX , March 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — James S. Bell. PC, the nationally recognized trial law firm representing Dr. Shawn DeRemer, has released an official statement addressing the recent national media reports involving allegations tied to the DeRemer Department of Labor matter, firmly asserting Shawn DeRemer’s innocence after multiple federal and local investigations concluded without charges. This release comes directly from James S. Bell. PC, the law firm serving as legal counsel for Dr. DeRemer, in response to allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate conduct that gained national attention earlier in February. According to the firm, the accusations…

Aurora, CO , March 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Colorado weather does not forgive weak construction. Intense UV exposure, heavy snow accumulation, and unstable soil place constant pressure on outdoor structures. Those conditions demand more than standard deck framing. Colorado Elite Outdoor Contractors builds decks engineered for those realities. That construction approach is now expanding into Castle Rock and Parker, where the company is emerging as a trusted deck builder Castle Rock homeowners rely on for climate-ready outdoor structures. Colorado Elite Outdoor Contractors builds decks with Colorado’s environmental conditions as the starting point for every project. Rather than relying on…

KINGSTOWN, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, March 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Outset Media Index (OMI) entered its soft launch as a standardized benchmark designed to bring data-driven clarity to media analysis, an area where teams have long relied on fragmented traffic signals and limited visibility data. It currently indexes over 340 publications with regular crypto coverage, including niche outlets as well as finance, tech, and general news portals with dedicated crypto sections. The scoring framework is built to scale into other domains as the dataset expands. OMI includes 37 performance and workflow metrics across reach, engagement, distribution dynamics, and…