Today: 29 June 2026

Marcin Frąckiewicz

Marcin Frąckiewicz is the founder and CEO of TS2 Space, a satellite communications company serving customers around the world. A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), he has more than two decades of experience in telecommunications, satellite services and technology ventures. He writes about satellite communications, space technology, artificial intelligence and the stock market, with a particular focus on technology companies, semiconductors, emerging industries and the trends shaping global innovation.

2025’s Best-Performing Stock Market Is Up 35% – Here’s What’s Driving the Rally

2025’s Best-Performing Stock Market Is Up 35% – Here’s What’s Driving the Rally

Stock markets around the world are on fire heading into the final days of October 2025. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index – up about 34–35% so far this year – is the planet’s best-performing major index Advisorperspectives. After a brutal multi-year slump, Hong Kong’s market came roaring back thanks to ultra-cheap valuations and China’s post-pandemic stimulus. Investors flooded into undervalued Chinese tech and consumer stocks, driving a dramatic rebound. As a result, the Hang Seng has erased its losses from prior years and is flirting with three-year highs Dividendtitan Dividendtitan. “The market was clearly undervalued… confidence returned, money flowed in again,” one Hong Kong analyst noted of 2025’s turnaround Dividendtitan. A series of catalysts fueled the surge – from Beijing’s big economic stimulus packages to breakthroughs in Chinese AI technology and blockbuster movie releases energizing consumer sentiment Dividendtitan Dividendtitan. Even a mid-October trade scare barely dented the momentum – the Hang Seng Volatility Index spiked, but investors quickly bought the dip, betting that U.S.-China tensions would ease Reuters Reuters. As of this week, Hong Kong stocks remain on a tear, buoyed by renewed trade-deal hopes and expectations of further Chinese policy support. The Hang Seng’s resilience – up ~30%+ in
22nd Century Group (XXII) Soars After $9.5M Windfall, Expands Low-Nicotine Cigarette Rollout

22nd Century Group (XXII) Soars After $9.5M Windfall, Expands Low-Nicotine Cigarette Rollout

22nd Century Group received a substantial $9.5 million cash payout this week from an insurance settlement tied to a November 2022 incident at its Grass Valley facility. The settlement, for business interruption claims, provides a non-recurring cash windfall that immediately bolsters the company’s balance sheet. Shares of XXII surged 39% in post-market trading on Tuesday to about $2.10 on the news Benzinga, reflecting renewed investor optimism after the stock languished near all-time lows. Management hailed the insurance proceeds as a turning point. “This settlement closes another chapter of our past and solidifies our company’s transition from a clean-up to entering a growth phase. We now have a balance sheet with meaningful cash resources that will allow us to execute on our strategy,” said CEO Larry Firestone in a statement Stocktitan. In other words, the infusion effectively draws a line under legacy setbacks and gives 22nd Century breathing room – and liquidity – to drive its growth initiatives in reduced-nicotine tobacco. The timing is opportune, as the company prepares to report third-quarter results and aims to convince the market that a turnaround is taking hold.
29 October 2025
Cambium Networks Stock Jumps on Starlink News as Delisting Looms – Analysts See 385% Upside

Cambium Networks Stock Jumps on Starlink News as Delisting Looms – Analysts See 385% Upside

Cambium Networks’ stock has been in a tailspin, reflecting both company-specific struggles and broader market skepticism. At just $0.62 per share as of Oct. 29, CMBM has lost nearly 90% of its value over the past 12 monthsfinimize.com. This collapse wiped out hundreds of millions in market capitalization – the company is now valued at only ~$17 millioninvesting.com, a stark contrast to its peers. Cambium’s share price briefly dipped into penny-stock territory and remains 63% below its 52-week high of $1.69investing.com. Even after a mild bounce in recent months, the stock’s 50-day trend is only slightly positive and volatility is extremefinimize.comfinimize.com. Investors are clearly nervous about Cambium’s Nasdaq listing status. In mid-October, the company confirmed it failed to regain compliance with the exchange’s $1.00 minimum bid price requirement within the 180-day grace periodseekingalpha.com. In parallel, Cambium also fell delinquent on regulatory filings – it has yet to file its FY2024 annual 10-K and Q1/Q2 2025 10-Qsseekingalpha.com. Nasdaq issued a Staff Determination Letter on October 10 notifying that Cambium’s shares are subject to delisting from the Global Marketseekingalpha.comseekingalpha.com. The letter cited multiple compliance failures: prolonged low share price and the overdue financial reportsseekingalpha.comseekingalpha.com.
29 October 2025
Profusa (PFSA) Stock Skyrockets 36% on Milestone News – Can This Biotech Sensor Play Rebound?

Profusa (PFSA) Stock Skyrockets 36% on Milestone News – Can This Biotech Sensor Play Rebound?

Profusa’s after-hours surge came on the heels of a positive company update. The California-based digital health firm announced it has completed key manufacturing initiatives, creating enough production capacity to supply more than twice the units needed to meet its 2026 revenue goals for the Lumee™ continuous oxygen sensor systembenzinga.com. Fred Knechtel, Profusa’s CFO, said the team is “laser-focused on achieving revenue from sales of Lumee tissue oxygen monitoring systems… at the start of the second quarter of 2026,” with inventory shipments to distributors planned in Q1 2026benzinga.com. To support that timeline, Profusa finished the first full run of sensor production in October and even began production of its Lumee injector “pens,” according to the updatebenzinga.com. The Wireless Lumee Oxygen Platform includes a tiny injected biosensor and a low-profile patch that reads the sensor’s signal and transmits data wirelesslyprnewswire.com.
29 October 2025
Bloom Energy’s Big Break: $5B Brookfield AI Deal Sends Stock Surge – Experts Weigh In

Bloom Energy Stock Skyrockets on AI Mega-Deal & Blowout Earnings – Near 400% 2025 Rally

Bloom Energy’s stock has been on a tear in 2025, and the past few weeks brought that rally to a climax. On October 13, Bloom announced a landmark partnership with Brookfield Asset Management – a deal that will see up to $5 billion invested to deploy Bloom’s fuel cells as on-site power at Brookfield’s forthcoming fleet of AI data centersts2.tech. The news tapped directly into market excitement around artificial intelligence and clean energy, sending Bloom’s shares soaring ~24–30% intraday to an all-time high around $108reuters.com. Year-to-date, Bloom was already one of the market’s hottest stocksreuters.com, and the Brookfield “AI mega-deal” added fresh fuel to that fire. Less than two weeks later, Bloom delivered blowout earnings that fanned the rally further. On October 28, the San Jose-based fuel cell provider reported Q3 2025 revenue of $519.0 million, +57.1% year-on-year and well above analyst estimatesinvesting.comindexbox.io. Adjusted net profit came in at $0.15 per share, nearly double expectationsinvesting.com. It was Bloom’s third straight record quarterly revenue, as the company benefits from robust demand for its energy servers in data centers, manufacturing and other sectors. Gross margins climbed to 30.4%, up from ~25% a year ago, thanks to higher scale and service efficienciesinvesting.com. Bloom
VSee Health (VSEE) Stock Rockets 75% on $10M Hospital Teleradiology Deal – Is This Telehealth’s Next Big Winner?

VSee Health (VSEE) Skyrockets 200% on Federal Telehealth Approval – Will the Surge Last?

VSee Health’s stock has experienced a whirlwind rally over the past two trading days. On October 28, shares of the telehealth upstart skyrocketed on news of a coveted federal security certification. The price leapt from just $0.62 at Monday’s close to as high as $2.52 during Tuesday’s intraday trading – a ~4× gaints2.tech. Extraordinary trading volume accompanied the spike, with over 156 million shares changing handsts2.tech. Such a surge is remarkable, especially for a micro-cap stock, and prompted trading halts as buyers piled in. By Tuesday afternoon, VSEE had pulled back from its peak but was still up around +200%, oscillating between $1.80 and $2.00 per sharets2.tech. The stock ultimately settled roughly triple its prior value, with late-day trades around $1.90ts2.tech. In after-hours trading, VSEE then popped again to about $1.54benzinga.com, suggesting bulls were not finished. As of the morning of Oct. 29, the stock has stabilized near the mid-$1 range, still roughly 150% above where it started the week.
29 October 2025
Nokia Stock Skyrockets on Major 5G Contracts – Analysts Eye Upside

Nokia Stock Skyrockets on AI Hype and Nvidia’s $1B Bet – 5G Deals Fuel Decade-High Rally

Nokia’s stock price surged to its highest level since 2016 after news of Nvidia’s investment, capping a dramatic late-October rallyreuters.com. The share price nearly doubled from earlier in the month, closing up 20.8% on Tuesday and climbing further on Wednesdayreuters.com. Investors flocked to Nokia after Nvidia – the world’s leading AI chipmaker – agreed to take a $1 billion stake in the company, a move analysts call a “strong endorsement of Nokia’s capabilities” in next-gen networksreuters.com. Nvidia’s investment will make it Nokia’s second-largest shareholder and came at a premium $6.01 per sharereuters.com, underscoring confidence in Nokia’s future. Nvidia’s backing instantly reframed Nokia as a potential AI infrastructure player rather than just a 5G equipment supplier. “Thank you for helping the United States bring telecommunication technology back to America,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang quipped to Nokia’s chief during the announcement, saying the deal will help make the U.S. “the center of the next 6G revolution”reuters.com. Under the partnership, Nokia and Nvidia will collaborate on AI-driven networking – for example, using Nvidia’s GPU chips to accelerate Nokia’s 5G/6G radio software, and integrating Nokia’s high-performance switching and optical transport systems into Nvidia’s AI data centersts2.techts2.tech. Nokia CEO Justin Hotard expects these joint solutions
Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Update & Insight Report – 2 Oct 2025

Microsoft Soars Past $4 Trillion on AI Deals as Earnings Loom

Microsoft’s stock has been on a tear in late 2025, fueled by enthusiasm for its AI initiatives and strong business fundamentals. MSFT shares are trading near all-time highs, having climbed about 25% since January and roughly 60% year-over-yearts2.tech – dramatically outpacing the broader market. On October 28, the stock spiked on news of Microsoft’s expanded deal with OpenAI, briefly rallying almost 4% and touching an intraday high around $554. That surge propelled Microsoft’s market capitalization above the historic $4 trillion threshold for the first timeeuronews.com. The stock settled back to close up about 2% on the day, which still marked a record closing high for MSFT. This rally has been part of a broader tech upswing as investors pour into AI-focused “mega-cap” stocks. Cooling inflation and signals of interest-rate cuts have also boosted sentiment – a “notable macro tailwind” that has kept “the bulls fully in charge” of tech trades, one market strategist notedts2.tech. Microsoft’s share price momentum in October exemplified this optimism. After a brief late-summer dip, MSFT found support around $500 and kept grinding higher through the monthts2.tech. Analysts say the stock’s climb is supported by Microsoft’s resilient growth and industry leadership: “Microsoft is becoming more of a
Nvidia Stock Rockets Toward $200 on AI Boom — Analysts Predict Further Gains

Nvidia’s $5 Trillion AI Juggernaut: Stock Soars on Huge Chip Orders – Boom or Bubble Ahead?

Nvidia’s share price has been on a tear, defying broader market jitters as investors pile into anything AI-related. The stock jumped nearly 3% on Monday and another 5% on Tuesday, rallying to roughly $200 per share – just shy of its all-time intraday high around $195.62 set earlier this monthts2.techts2.tech. This week’s surge lifted Nvidia’s market capitalization back above $4.6 trillion, putting it within reach of an unprecedented $5 trillion valuationreuters.com. For context, no company has ever reached the $5 trillion mark – Nvidia is on the verge of making history after briefly eclipsing Apple as the world’s most valuable firm in early Octoberts2.techts2.tech. Analysts attributed Nvidia’s latest spike to a confluence of positive news. CEO Jensen Huang revealed the company will build advanced AI supercomputers for the U.S. Department of Energy and has amassed a staggering $500 billion in orders for its AI chipsreuters.com. “In many ways, everything that could have gone right for the firm, has gone right over the last ... 24 hours,” quipped Michael Brown, a market strategist, after Nvidia’s flurry of announcements and stock jumpreuters.com. Hopes are also high that an improving macro backdrop will extend the tech rally – reports of progress in U.S.–China
Pepsi Bottler Goes Boozy: Varun Beverages Surges on Carlsberg Beer Deal & Q3 Profit Jump

Pepsi Bottler Goes Boozy: Varun Beverages Surges on Carlsberg Beer Deal & Q3 Profit Jump

After decades of selling PepsiCo sodas and bottled water, Varun Beverages is making a bold pivot into booze. The company’s board on Wednesday approved adding alcoholic drinks to its business scope, a strategic move to diversify beyond soft drinks. “In response to the growing popularity of Ready To Drink and [a] variety of alcoholic beverages, VBL sees an opportunity for expansion into [this] business… including beer, wine, liquor, brandy, whisky, gin, rum, [and] vodka in India & abroad,” the company said in a statementndtvprofit.com. In other words, the Pepsi bottler will now also be an alcoholic beverages company, eyeing a piece of the high-growth beer, cider and spirits market. As a first step, Varun Beverages has partnered with Danish brewing giant Carlsberg. VBL signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Carlsberg Breweries A/S to launch Carlsberg beer in select African marketseconomictimes.indiatimes.com. Under this pact, VBL’s African subsidiaries will test-market Carlsberg’s flagship lager across their territorieseconomictimes.indiatimes.com. This is a significant development – it gives Varun an immediate entry into the beer segment via a well-known global brand. The company indicated that the tie-up aligns with shifting consumer demand and provides “a key opportunity to diversify its portfolio beyond soft drinks” by adding
Vedanta’s Big Split Stumbles: Govt Roadblocks, Fresh Delays & What It Means for Investors

Vedanta’s Big Split Stumbles: Govt Roadblocks, Fresh Delays & What It Means for Investors

Vedanta’s journey to split its diverse empire reached a tentative milestone when the Securities and Exchange Board of India approved the documentation for the demerger plan Reuters. This essentially meant the market regulator did not object to the revised scheme on record, after earlier compliance checks. SEBI’s nod was crucial – the National Stock Exchange had already issued a no-objection certificate, and Vedanta’s shareholders and creditors had overwhelmingly approved the restructuring in prior votes Icicidirect Icicidirect. However, SEBI’s clearance alone isn’t the finish line. The demerger needs the NCLT’s sanction to legally take effect, and that process has been fraught with delays. In fact, SEBI had initially been reviewing additional details which caused an earlier hearing to be pushed from August to September Business Standard Business Standard. The regulatory green light now in hand is a positive step, but as recent events show, other roadblocks remain.
29 October 2025
NMDC Steel’s Profit Rally Short-Lived as Q2 Loss Triggers 7% Stock Slide

NMDC Steel’s Profit Rally Short-Lived as Q2 Loss Triggers 7% Stock Slide

Just a quarter after celebrating its maiden profit, NMDC Steel Ltd swung back to loss in the second quarter of FY26. The state-run steel maker — recently spun off from iron ore mining giant NMDC — posted a net loss of ₹115 crore for Q2ndtvprofit.com. This is a stark turnaround from Q1 FY26, when NMDC Steel had earned a modest ₹25.6 crore net profitndtvprofit.com, its first profitable quarter since inception. According to the company’s exchange filing on Wednesday, the bottom-line was dragged down by a sharp drop in margins even as sales held steady. NMDC Steel’s revenue from operations for the quarter was ₹3,390 crore, which is virtually flat – only 0.7% higher year-on-yearndtvprofit.com. Sequentially, revenue was also roughly unchanged. This tepid top-line growth marked a slowdown from Q1, when revenue had jumped ~66% YoY to ₹3,365 crore thanks to a post-demerger ramp-upmoneycontrol.com. In Q2, steel demand and pricing momentum cooled off, and NMDC Steel’s operating profit took a hit.
29 October 2025
Adani Green Profit Surge Triggers Stock Rally – Analysts See More Upside Ahead

Adani Green Profit Surge Triggers Stock Rally – Analysts See More Upside Ahead

India’s renewable energy bellwether Adani Green delivered a solid quarterly performance. Net profit jumped about 25% year-on-year to ₹644 crore in Q2 FY26, up from ₹515 crore a year agohindustantimes.com. This surge came despite total income being largely flat – revenue from operations was ₹3,008 crore versus ₹3,005 crore in Q2 last yearhindustantimes.com. The top-line was steady, but the quality of revenue improved: income from the core power supply business rose 20% to ₹2,776 crorebusinesstoday.in, supported by new capacity additions and higher utilization of renewable plants. The company’s EBITDA from power supply grew 19% as well, reflecting healthy marginsbusiness-standard.com. According to an exchange filing, robust greenfield capacity additions and improved performance at new plants in resource-rich sites like Khavda and Rajasthan drove the growth in revenue and earningsbusinesstoday.in. While operational revenue grew, total quarterly income actually dipped ~4% to ₹3,249 croremoneycontrol.com, possibly due to lower other income. Still, profitability improved markedly. Adani Green’s management noted that cash profit rose 8% YoY to ₹1,349 croremoneycontrol.com, indicating stronger cash generation. Notably, the firm’s solar and wind plants saw high utilization – the solar portfolio’s capacity utilization factor stood at 24.8% and wind at 37.8%, which the company considers robustreuters.com. Overall, the quarter’s
Gold Soars Past $4,000 for the First Time – Inside the Historic Rally and What’s Next

Gold Price Surges Back Above $4,000 on Fed Cut and Trade Hopes – Is $5,000 Next?

Gold bars sit atop a table – the recent price jump back above $4,000 reflects booming demand amid global uncertainty. As of Oct. 29, 2025, spot gold is trading around $4,028 per ouncereuters.com, after a volatile week of record highs and sharp pullbacks. Key drivers include expected Fed rate cuts and eased U.S.-China trade tensionsts2.techreuters.com. Gold surged nearly 2% on Oct. 29, rebounding to about $4,028/oz by 10am GMTreuters.com after hitting ~$3,970 late on Oct. 28. This bounce followed a steep correction from October’s record highs. On Oct. 20, spot gold briefly hit an unprecedented ~$4,381/oz – fueled by “war conflicts, inflation, recession fears” and widespread safe-haven buyingts2.tech. In less than two weeks, gold gave back much of those gains: by Oct. 27 it traded below $4,000 for the first time since early Octoberts2.tech.
Vietnam’s Crypto Gold Rush: Binance, Bybit & Korean Custodian BDACS Supercharge Da Nang’s Digital Finance Hub

Bitcoin Rockets to $113K on Fed Hopes – Can It Hit $200K Next?

Key Facts: As of Oct 29, 2025, Bitcoin trades around $113,000ycharts.comnews.abplive.com. Over the past week it has rallied about 5% from mid-month lowsts2.tech. In early October BTC hit an all-time high near $125K, then plunged below $105K during trade-war jittersts2.tech. Since mid-October Bitcoin has climbed roughly 10% back toward ~$114Kts2.tech. Major drivers include a likely Fed rate cut and easing U.S.–China trade tensionsts2.techts2.tech. Market sentiment swung from “Extreme Fear” mid-month back toward neutralts2.tech. Other large cryptocurrencies are also up: Ethereum ≈ $4,000news.abplive.com, Solana ≈ $195news.abplive.com, XRP ≈ $2.62news.abplive.com, Dogecoin ≈ $0.195news.abplive.com. Equity markets have rallied on trade optimism – Citi reports crypto’s correlation with U.S. stocks has tightened as volatility returnedcoindesk.com. Analysts are divided: bullish forecasts see Bitcoin in the $130K–$200K range in 2026ts2.techts2.tech, while some caution it could fall back into the $70K–$80K zone in a prolonged downturnts2.techeconomictimes.indiatimes.com. Bitcoin’s spot price is roughly $113K on Oct. 29, 2025ycharts.comnews.abplive.com. YCharts data shows BTC at about $112,950ycharts.com, while other sources report ~$113,272 on Wednesdaynews.abplive.com. In context, BTC jumped to a record ~$125K on Oct. 5ts2.tech, then suddenly crashed in mid-October. On Oct. 10 the market was hit by U.S.–China tariff shock – Bitcoin plunged to around $104,782 in a single dayts2.tech,
XRP Price Jumps Back After Wild Swing – Ripple’s Token Eyes ETF Catalyst in Volatile Crypto Market

XRP Surges Past $2.60 on ETF Hopes and Fed Pivot – Experts Eye $5 Target

Analysis – Technicals: XRP’s charts show a bullish bias. CoinDesk analysts report that the critical near-term support now sits around $2.61–2.63coindesk.com, with resistance clustered near $2.70–2.80coindesk.comts2.tech. A decisive close below ~$2.50 would undermine this structurecoindesk.com. Momentum indicators have turned cautiously positive in recent sessionscoindesk.com, and the recent breakout was accompanied by heavy volumecoindesk.comts2.tech. Chart observers note a “cup-and-handle” consolidation forming on XRP’s daily chart; a confirmed move above ~$2.63 could project toward ~$5–$10 in theoryts2.tech. Conversely, failure of the ~$2.60 support band could invite a retest of the ~$2.20–2.40 zonecoindesk.comts2.tech. Fundamentals – Legal & Adoption: The market’s confidence is fueled by fundamental developments. In August 2025, Ripple and the SEC formally ended their long-running lawsuitts2.techfinancemagnates.com. Crucially, the settlement left intact a 2023 ruling affirming that XRP sales to public investors are not securities transactionsts2.tech. “Now the SEC lawsuit has been removed essentially from all of their screens,” noted former Goldman analyst Dom Kwokfinancemagnates.com, meaning institutional funds can finally talk about XRP without fear. In practice, U.S. exchanges have already relisted XRP and flagged it as ETF-eligiblets2.tech. Ripple has also been busy expanding its network: it recently acquired broker-dealer Hidden Road and treasury platform GTreasurybanklesstimes.combanklesstimes.com, and is rolling out the new
Mega Metal Rally! Gold Rockets Past $4,000 as Silver Nears $52 on Debasement Fears

Silver Nears $48/oz on Oct 29, 2025 as Wild October Rally Continues

As of Oct 29, the spot silver price is trading just under $48/ozreuters.com. This is about $1 higher than Friday’s close and a modest bounce from lows around $46–47 reached earlier this week. Silver had rallied sharply in early October – buoyed by gold’s run – and briefly touched all-time highs near $54.50/ozts2.techts2.tech. Since then, profit-taking and improving risk appetite drove silver down. Today’s uptick reflects renewed safe-haven buying and speculative interest. Over the past week, silver has swung wildly. After peaking mid-month, it slumped toward a September lows by Oct 27, then rebounded today. The volatility is partly technical: traders note that silver’s break above $50 was historic and a pullback of 10–15% was “expected and necessary” after such an extreme runts2.techts2.tech. Indeed, one analyst remarked that the recent dip looks like a “pause, not a reversal” of the broader uptrendts2.tech. In sum, silver’s recent chart is best read as a consolidation within a larger bull market.
29 October 2025
WhatsApp’s New Storage Trick Frees Your Phone (and Why Meta’s Stock Is Smiling)

WhatsApp’s New Storage Trick Frees Your Phone (and Why Meta’s Stock Is Smiling)

If you’ve ever been greeted by the dreaded “storage full” message thanks to WhatsApp, you’re not alone. Over years of chats, WhatsApp can quietly gobble up gigabytes of space with all the images, videos, voice notes, and documents bouncing around your conversations. Until now, cleaning that up has been a bit of a chore – the app offered a global storage management menu and a per-chat media gallery, but neither gave a simple way to see which chats were the worst offenders. That’s why users are buzzing about WhatsApp’s upcoming per-chat storage management tool. First revealed by the WhatsApp-watchers at WABetaInfo, this feature adds a “Manage Storage” option inside each chat’s info pagehindustantimes.com. Tap on a contact or group’s info, and you’ll be able to review that conversation’s media footprint in detail. Instead of hunting through the main Settings for storage info, everything is right in the chat context – a design move aimed at “simplify user experience and reduce the strain on phone storage,” as one report describessee.news. In essence, WhatsApp is putting a mini storage cleaner directly where people spend most of their time: inside the chats.
29 October 2025
Coal India Profit Plunges 31% Despite Big Dividend; L&T, Varun Beverages Ride Q2 Earnings Wave

Coal India Profit Plunges 31% Despite Big Dividend; L&T, Varun Beverages Ride Q2 Earnings Wave

India’s earnings season reached a crescendo on October 29, with over 65 companies declaring quarterly resultsbusiness-standard.com. Two heavyweights, Coal India and L&T, were in the spotlight – one for a profit slump, the other for expected resilience – and their announcements did not disappoint in drawing market reactions. Coal India, the world’s largest coal producer, reported a steep fall in profit as higher costs and softer coal prices eroded its bottom line. Consolidated net profit for Q2 FY26 fell to ₹4,262–4,354 crore, a ~30–32% drop YoYbusiness-standard.combusinesstoday.in. Revenues slipped ~3% to ₹30,187 croremoneycontrol.com, reflecting slightly lower coal offtake and realizations. The company cited reduced sales and increased expenses – including potentially higher employee costs and stripping activity – as key factorsbusiness-standard.com. Notably, total expenses rose about 7-8% from last yeareconomictimes.indiatimes.com, which squeezed operating profit. Coal India’s EBITDA came in at ₹6,716 crore, down 22% YoY, with operating margin shrinking to 22.3%businesstoday.in. This indicates the firm faced significant cost pressures, even as it maintained output volumes.
Mercedes-Benz Stock Skyrockets Despite 50% Profit Plunge – What’s Fueling the Rally?

Mercedes-Benz Stock Skyrockets Despite 50% Profit Plunge – What’s Fueling the Rally?

Mercedes-Benz Group has delivered a paradox for investors: bleak earnings, booming stock. In its Q3 financial report, the Stuttgart-based automaker revealed profits have been nearly cut in half this year amid a barrage of challenges. Cumulative net income for January–September 2025 sank to €3.87 billion – down 50.3% from €7.8 billion in the same period of 2024wallstreet-online.de. Third-quarter net profit dropped to €1.19 billion, as revenue slid 6.9% to €32.14 billionwallstreet-online.de. The company blamed a confluence of higher import tariffs, weaker vehicle sales, and costly efficiency measures for the profit slumpwallstreet-online.de. These grim results would normally sour market sentiment. Yet, when markets opened, Mercedes-Benz stock surged over 5% – an indication that the outcome wasn’t as dire as many had fearedwelt.de. Indeed, the stock jumped from €54.65 to around €57.50–€58 in early trading, putting it up ~6% on the day and near a one-year highwelt.dewallstreet-online.de. At one point shares were over 8% higher than the prior day’s close, before paring back slightlywallstreet-online.de. This counterintuitive rally – a company’s stock soaring after announcing a 50% profit collapse – came because investors had already braced for even worse newswallstreet-online.de. As one market commentary noted, “the stock starts with a significant plus, because
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  • tinyBuild CEO Alex Nichiporchik Buys 200,000 Shares, Boosting Stake to 57.97%
    June 29, 2026, 12:54 PM EDT. tinyBuild, a premium video games publisher listed on AIM, announced CEO Alex Nichiporchik purchased 200,000 ordinary shares at an average price of $0.093 each. Post-transaction, Nichiporchik owns 230.28 million shares, equivalent to 57.97% of tinyBuild's issued share capital. The purchase took place on June 25 and 26 on the London Stock Exchange AIM. tinyBuild focuses on its own intellectual property to build multi-game franchises and operates globally across the Americas and Europe. The disclosure complies with EU Market Abuse Regulation requirements as incorporated into UK law.
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