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.

Permian Basin Boom – Veterans Honored, Oil Permits Surge, and a Power Crunch Hits Texas (What It Means for Stocks)

Permian Basin Boom – Veterans Honored, Oil Permits Surge, and a Power Crunch Hits Texas (What It Means for Stocks)

In the Permian Basin, community pride runs as deep as the oil wells. This was on full display with the latest Permian Basin Honor Flight, which gave dozens of local veterans a three-day journey to Washington, D.C. to reflect on their service. Departing Midland on October 9th, the group visited the WWII, Korean War, Vietnam, and Lincoln Memorials, Arlington National Cemetery, and other landmarks dedicated to American sacrificefirstalert7.com. For many, it was an emotional pilgrimage. “Over the past weekend, this trip makes a veteran feel appreciated,” one participant noted, as local news documented their experience. Nonprofit organizers and community sponsors covered the costs so that all honored veterans travel at no costpbhonorflight.org. When the veterans returned home on October 11th, they were greeted by cheering family, friends and neighbors, a testament to West Texas’s profound respect for those who servedfirstalert7.com. The impact on the veterans was profound. “Such an experience it took me 3 weeks to let it all sink in,” said one Navy veteran of a prior honor flighthonorflight.org. From the Permian group, 93-year-old Korean War veteran Mark K. summed it up: “At 93, I never dreamed I could take a trip like this one”honorflight.org. After decades, the journey
26 October 2025
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AI Boom vs. Doom: New ‘AGI’ App Launch Fuels Hype as OpenAI’s Altman Warns of ‘Bad Stuff’ Ahead – What It Means for Tech Stocks

AI Boom vs. Doom: New ‘AGI’ App Launch Fuels Hype as OpenAI’s Altman Warns of ‘Bad Stuff’ Ahead – What It Means for Tech Stocks

The launch of MENU – ORDER AI exemplifies how AI’s latest advances are seeping into everyday consumer life. This Boston-based health-tech startup aims to make eating out smarter and healthier by leveraging AI. Its forthcoming app uses artificial intelligence to scan restaurant and delivery menus in real time and suggest dishes that fit a user’s dietary needs and wellness goalsprnewswire.com. Whether you’re on a high-protein regimen, watching carbs, managing diabetes, or even counting Weight Watchers points, the app promises personalized meal recommendations “in just seconds,” replacing guesswork with data-driven guidanceprnewswire.com. Founder Melissa Butler says the goal is “to replace confusion with confidence” when ordering foodprnewswire.com. Unlike generic calorie-counter apps, MENU – ORDER AI focuses on real-world decisions at the point of purchase. It uses machine learning and natural language processing to analyze menu item descriptions, nutrition info, and ingredients, then instantly highlights the healthier choices for youprnewswire.com. Over time, the platform will learn from your preferences. The startup is actively developing features powered by artificial general intelligence techniques to make the advice even smarterprnewswire.com. The vision is an AI that adapts to each user’s habits and goals – essentially an AI that can “think like a nutrition coach” personalized to
26 October 2025
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Trader Joe’s Surprise Expansion Spree: 4 New Stores Open by Halloween – What It Means for Shoppers and Stocks

Trader Joe’s Surprise Expansion Spree: 4 New Stores Open by Halloween – What It Means for Shoppers and Stocks

Trader Joe’s fans have four big reasons to celebrate this week. The quirky grocery chain – known for its cult-favorite snacks and friendly tiki-themed stores – is cutting ribbons on four new locations by Halloween. According to official company announcements, Trader Joe’s is opening new stores in Peachtree City, Georgia; Iselin, New Jersey; Columbia, Missouri; and Holladay, Utah over the last days of Octobertraderjoes.comtraderjoes.com. Each grand opening is slated for 9:00 a.m. local time, with crowds of eager shoppers expected to line up early for the debut of their new neighborhood “TJ’s.” These late-October store openings cap off a surge of expansion for Trader Joe’s in 2025. Notably, the Georgia store in Peachtree City opens Monday, Oct. 27, followed by the New Jersey store on Wednesday, Oct. 29. Columbia, MO will see its store open Thursday, Oct. 30, and Utah gets yet another Trader Joe’s in the Holladay area on Friday, Oct. 31traderjoes.comtraderjoes.com. This Utah opening is the second in the state this month – Trader Joe’s just opened a store in Riverdale, UT on Oct. 24 as well, its sixth in Utahsltrib.com. All four of the latest locations are in states where Trader Joe’s already operates, extending the chain’s
26 October 2025
OpenAI Hires 100 Ex-Bankers at $150/Hour to Train an AI to Replace Wall Street Analysts

OpenAI Hires 100 Ex-Bankers at $150/Hour to Train an AI to Replace Wall Street Analysts

Wall Street’s junior bankers may have just met their future replacement – and it’s a chatbot armed with Excel macros and finance textbooks. In a move that grabbed industry attention this week, OpenAI has been secretly recruiting over a hundred former Wall Street analysts to train an AI system how to do their old jobs Indiatimes. Dubbed Project Mercury, the initiative invites ex-bankers from elite firms like Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley to act as AI tutors, teaching OpenAI’s models to build the kind of intricate financial models and presentations that investment banking analysts grind out daily Indiatimes. These finance veterans aren’t doing it out of charity – OpenAI is paying around $150 per hour for their expertise Indiatimes. In practice, each contractor is expected to submit one complete financial model per week to the AI, whether it’s a discounted cash flow valuation for an IPO or a merger model for a hypothetical acquisition Indiatimes. They write detailed prompts, feed in spreadsheets, and walk the AI through the logic, receiving feedback and making tweaks as needed Bisanet Indiatimes. Over time, this training data will help refine OpenAI’s models so that the AI can generate similar analyses on its own.
26 October 2025
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Console War No More: Halo’s ‘Campaign Evolved’ Remake Takes Master Chief to PlayStation in 2026

Console War No More: Halo’s ‘Campaign Evolved’ Remake Takes Master Chief to PlayStation in 2026

With Halo: Campaign Evolved slated for a 2026 release, the countdown has begun for what is shaping up to be one of the next year’s biggest gaming events. The Master Chief’s arrival on PlayStation will mark a turning point in gaming history, symbolizing how much the industry has changed since he first crash-landed on that mysterious ringworld in 2001. For Microsoft, it’s an opportunity to “reignite the fire” of its most iconic seriesibtimes.co.uk by inviting an entirely new audience along for the ride. For veteran Halo fans, it’s a chance to relive – and reshape – a classic. And for PlayStation gamers who’ve watched Halo from afar for two decades, it’s a welcome invitation to finally “finish the fight” on their console of choice. As 343’s Halo team confidently puts it, Campaign Evolved isn’t about replacing the original Combat Evolved, but standing proudly alongside itibtimes.co.uk. Halo helped define console gaming twenty years ago, and now, in a time when consoles themselves matter less than the games, Master Chief is gearing up to define what cross-platform gaming can look like. The Halo ring’s circle is expanding – and in 2026, fans across the spectrum will unite under its arc for an
26 October 2025
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OnePlus 15’s Monster Battery & Early Launch Surprise – Everything You Need to Know

OnePlus 15’s Monster Battery & Early Launch Surprise – Everything You Need to Know

OnePlus is accelerating its launch schedule this year. The OnePlus 15 will officially be unveiled in China on October 27, 2025 at 7 PM Beijing timeandroidcentral.com. This China-first debut is customary for OnePlus, but what’s surprising is how quickly the device is slated to reach global markets. Leaks point to a global launch event in mid-November – about just two weeks after the China eventandroidcentral.com. In fact, tech blogger Paras Guglani shared a screenshot of a OnePlus Sweden web page showing a November 12 date for the OnePlus 15, along with product listings for a new OnePlus 120W GaN charger and sling baggadgets360.com. That page was promptly taken down, but it suggests OnePlus is planning an earlier-than-expected international rollout. For context, last year’s OnePlus 13 launched in China in late October 2024 but didn’t arrive globally until January 2025 – nearly a three-month gapandroidcentral.com. If the OnePlus 15 indeed lands globally by mid-November 2025, it represents a major speed-up in OnePlus’s release cadence. India launch also looks imminent. While OnePlus hasn’t officially announced the India date, reports indicate the OnePlus 15 will debut in India on November 13, 2025gadgets360.com – essentially alongside the global launch. Amazon India has even put
26 October 2025
Hypersonic Race Heats Up: US Preps ‘Blackbeard’ Missile for Mobile Launchers

Hypersonic Race Heats Up: US Preps ‘Blackbeard’ Missile for Mobile Launchers

In a major move for U.S. long-range firepower, California-based startup Castelion announced it won “multiple awards” to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic missile with U.S. Army and Navy systemsbreakingdefense.com. The contracts, revealed on Oct. 24, are the first platform-integration deals for Blackbeard and will allow live-fire testing with real military launchers. “These integration contracts validate that affordability and speed are critical to modern deterrence,” said Bryon Hargis, Castelion’s CEO, highlighting the Pentagon’s demand for faster and cheaper weapons developmentfoxbusiness.com. The ultimate goal is to enable the U.S. military to field hypersonic missiles across multiple domains – on land and at sea – expanding options for precision strike around the globedefence-blog.comdefence-blog.com. Blackbeard is a long-range hypersonic strike weapon designed to travel at speeds above Mach 5 and maneuver in-flight, making it extremely hard to interceptreuters.com. Unlike traditional ballistic missiles that arc along a set trajectory, hypersonic gliders and cruise missiles can change direction at high speed, evading enemy air defensesreuters.com. This cutting-edge capability has triggered a new arms race between the U.S. and its rivals. “The U.S. and China are engaged in an arms race to develop the most lethal hypersonic weapons,” Reuters notes, as each seeks an edge in missiles that
26 October 2025
Chess World Shaken: Grandmaster’s Tragic Death, Cheating Allegations & Ex-Champion Under Investigation

Chess World Shaken: Grandmaster’s Tragic Death, Cheating Allegations & Ex-Champion Under Investigation

The chess world has been left reeling after the untimely death of Daniel “Danya” Naroditsky, one of America’s most beloved grandmasters. The 29-year-old was found unresponsive at home on October 19 and pronounced dead by medicstheguardian.com. Charlotte police say they are investigating the case as a “Death/suicide/overdose” incidenttheguardian.com, though no official cause has been confirmed. Friends Oleksandr Bortnyk and Peter Giannatos discovered Naroditsky after he stopped answering callstheguardian.com. The Stanford-educated prodigy had amassed hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitch and YouTube by making chess entertaining and accessibletheguardian.com. His shock passing has plunged the online chess community into mourning – and searching for answersmoneycontrol.com. Naroditsky’s death might have remained a private tragedy if not for the firestorm of controversy surrounding it. In the year leading up to his death, Naroditsky had been the target of persistent cheating allegations from Russian legend Vladimir Kramnik, a former world chess championmoneycontrol.com. Kramnik repeatedly insinuated that Naroditsky’s near-perfect moves in online games indicated foul play – never outright accusing him, but constantly “just asking questions” that cast doubt on Danya’s integritymoneycontrol.com. These claims greatly troubled Naroditsky, who openly spoke of the toll the suspicions took on his mental health in what turned out to
26 October 2025
Beyond Meat (BYND) Stock Skyrockets 50% Amid Meme Mania – Turnaround or Dead Cat Bounce?

Beyond Meat Stock’s Wild October: From Collapse to Meme-Fueled Surge – What’s Next for BYND?

Beyond Meat’s stock has just lived through a stunning boom-and-bust within days. In mid-October, BYND imploded into penny-stock territory following a controversial debt restructuring. On Oct. 13, shares opened around $0.84 – a 56% plunge intraday – after news that Beyond Meat had massively diluted shareholders to avoid defaultts2.techts2.tech. By that week’s end, BYND was clinging to roughly $0.65 per sharets2.tech. It was a remarkable fall from grace: the stock is down ~97% from its euphoric 2019 highsts2.tech. This collapse left Beyond Meat valued at barely $200 million, a far cry from its ~$14 billion market cap at the peakreuters.cominvesting.com. Then came an equally dramatic upswing. Beginning around Oct. 20, Beyond Meat became the latest protagonist of a meme-stock short squeeze. With so many traders betting against BYND, even a small spark ignited a huge rally. That spark arrived as retail investors on forums like Reddit’s WallStreetBets noticed BYND’s extreme decline and towering short interest. “Loss-making, heavily shorted, meme-able ticker and easy to understand – the classic meme cocktail,” one analyst quipped of the situationreuters.com. As buying momentum snowballed, short sellers rushed to cover positions, sending the stock skyrocketing. BYND surged over 120% on Monday, Oct. 20, then another 146%
26 October 2025
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Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 26.10.2025

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26 October 2025
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Wall Street Giant’s $2 Billion Bet on Crypto Predictions – Why NYSE’s Owner is Backing Polymarket

NYSE Owner’s $2B Crypto Gamble Propels Polymarket Toward $15B Valuation Frenzy

In a landmark move blurring the line between Wall Street and crypto, Intercontinental Exchange – the parent of the New York Stock Exchange – has unveiled plans to invest up to $2 billion in Polymarketts2.tech. The deal, first reported by WSJ and Bloomberg, would value the upstart at approximately $8–10 billionts2.tech. This is by far the largest traditional finance investment in a decentralized finance startup to datemidhudsonnews.commidhudsonnews.com. It represents a bold endorsement of prediction markets by a blue-chip financial player. Why it matters: ICE’s backing lends Polymarket instant legitimacy and resources as it prepares to relaunch in the U.S. “This would be a vote of confidence for the world’s largest prediction market, as it prepares to re-enter the U.S. after years in regulatory limbo,” noted one Reuters reportts2.techts2.tech. Wall Street’s biggest exchange operator is essentially wagering that betting on real-world events could become a major new asset class. ICE’s own stock initially jumped ~4.4% on the news, reflecting investor excitement at this forward-thinking gamblets2.techts2.tech.
26 October 2025
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BREAKING: Exxon Sues California, Citing ‘Free Speech’ in Climate Lawsuitreuters.comtimesunion.com

BREAKING: Exxon Sues California, Citing ‘Free Speech’ in Climate Lawsuitreuters.comtimesunion.com

Exxon’s lawsuit is the first major test of California’s bold climate disclosure mandates. According to Reuters, Exxon Mobil sued the state on Oct. 25, 2025, “challenging two state laws that require large companies to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks”reuters.com. The lawsuit names California and its air‐resources board, and asks a federal court to block both SB 253 and SB 261 from taking effect. Exxon’s complaint argues that the laws compel speech: “the First Amendment bars California from pursuing a policy of stigmatization by forcing Exxon Mobil to describe its non-California business activities using the State’s preferred framing,” the company writesreuters.com. In plain English, Exxon says the bills would force it to use California’s climate‐change vocabulary and to make disclosures it finds misleading. As Reuters summarizes: the complaint asserts SB 253 and SB 261 would force Exxon “to serve as a mouthpiece” for ideas it does not agree withenergynews.oedigital.com. Exxon points out that it already publishes its emissions and climate risks voluntarily, and that California’s new frameworks “place disproportionate blame on large companies like ExxonMobil” simply for being largetimesunion.comenergynews.oedigital.com. SB 253 and SB 261 were passed by the Democratic‐run legislature in 2023 as part of California’s
26 October 2025
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Hidden ‘Planet-Killer’ Asteroid Found in Sun’s Glare Exposes Dangerous Blind Spot

Hidden ‘Planet-Killer’ Asteroid Found in Sun’s Glare Exposes Dangerous Blind Spot

Astronomers are buzzing about 2025 SC79, a newfound asteroid that’s zipping around the sun at near-record pace. Scott S. Sheppard, an astronomer at Carnegie Science, first spotted the object on September 27 using the Blanco 4-meter telescope in Chilecarnegiescience.educarnegiescience.edu. What he found was astonishing: an asteroid orbiting the sun in just 128 days, making it the second-fastest asteroid ever recordedspace.com. Only one known asteroid orbits faster – 2021 PH27, a 1-km rock discovered by Sheppard in 2021 that races around the sun in 113 dayslivescience.com. Even Mercury, the innermost planet, takes 88 days for one orbit; asteroids are rarely seen with such short “years.” In fact, 2025 SC79 belongs to an ultra-rare category called Atira asteroids – space rocks that stay entirely inside Earth’s orbit. Scientists have identified only 39 Atira asteroids in totaluniversetoday.com, underscoring how uncommon these objects are. 2025 SC79 is just the second ever found inside Venus’s orbit, a region almost never surveyed due to the sun’s blinding glarecarnegiescience.edu.
26 October 2025
Last Chance to See Rare Green Comet Lemmon – A Once-in-a-Millennium Sky Spectacle

Last Chance to See Rare Green Comet Lemmon – A Once-in-a-Millennium Sky Spectacle

If you haven’t been skywatching lately, now is the time – Comet C/2025 A6, nicknamed Lemmon, is putting on its best show in late October 2025. This rare comet was first spotted in January by the Mount Lemmon Survey in Arizonasfgate.com. Since then it has been steadily brightening as it races toward the inner solar systemspace.com. By this week, Comet Lemmon reached magnitude ~4, making it one of the brightest comets of the year and borderline visible to the unaided eye under ideal conditionsskyatnightmagazine.com. For context, that’s about as bright as the dimmest stars in the Big Dipper. Most people will need optical aid, but even a small pair of binoculars reveals the comet’s ghostly green coma and faint tail against the twilight skyskyatnightmagazine.com. What makes Comet Lemmon truly special is its rarity. It’s a long-period comet on an orbit roughly a millennium longlivescience.com. “Now’s your best chance to see Comet Lemmon, as it will soon be lost from view and not visible for another 1,300 years,” noted BBC Sky at Night Magazineskyatnightmagazine.com. In fact, once it loops around the Sun in early November and heads back to the outer solar system, it won’t return until the 32nd century! For
26 October 2025
Cookie Craze & Coffee Buzz: 7 Brew Drive-Thru and Crumbl Cookies Coming to Salisbury

Cookie Craze Alert: Crumbl Expands with New Stores, TikTok Hype & $2B Sale Talk

Crumbl’s latest moves: Real-estate news on Oct. 21, 2025 reports that franchisees have leased Salisbury’s Commons shopping center for the chain’s first Eastern Shore bakeryts2.tech. The 2,300‑sq‑ft corner unit is under construction, with an opening aimed for late 2025ts2.tech. SVN Miller broker Kelly Jeter – who helped negotiate the deal – praised Crumbl’s “changing menu” and “viral flavors,” saying the new store will be “a welcome addition to the Salisbury community”foodchainmagazine.com. Flavor & marketing: Crumbl’s product strategy remains social-media‑first. Each week the chain rolls out a fresh set of cookie flavors, announced via TikTok and Instagram. These announcements spark “unboxing” videos and taste‑test clips by unpaid influencers, helping to drive foot traffic. As FoodChain Magazine observes, this scarcity‑driven model has “created a cult-like following”foodchainmagazine.com. Co‑founder Jason McGowan told Fox Business that Crumbl’s rotating menu has customers “absolutely loving” every dropfoxbusiness.com.
26 October 2025
Gold Bonanza 2025: Price Soars Past $4,400 as Diamond District Frenzy Hits New York – Is $5,000 Next?

Gold Price Soars to Record Highs Above $4,300: Fed Cuts, China Buying & Safe-Haven Frenzy

Gold’s rally and pullback have elicited a range of expert views. JPMorgan’s top commodity strategists say gold is their “highest conviction long,” forecasting an average price around $5,055/oz by Q4 2026reuters.com. Morgan Stanley has likewise raised its 2026 gold forecast and notes that central banks and ETFs are still buying heavilymorganstanley.commorganstanley.com. Goldman Sachs is more modest, predicting a roughly 6% rise by mid-2026 amid “strong structural demand from central banks and easing Fed policy”goldmansachs.com. Meanwhile, market veterans warn that sharp rallies often see profit-taking: one trader says a $3,850/oz level may act as support if gold dips under $4,000reuters.com. Overall, analysts remain broadly bullish but expect volatility. VanEck’s David Schlesser says gold could top $5,000 in 2026 as investors seek decoupled stores of valuereuters.com. Saxo Bank’s Ole Hansen also notes that “following a much-needed correction, traders will likely pause… before concluding the developments that drove the historic rallies… have not gone away”reuters.com. Bullion strategists advise that even if prices retreat, the long-term trend still favors higher gold.
26 October 2025
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shoots Giant Sunward Jet — Experts Debunk Alien Probe Rumors

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shoots Giant Sunward Jet — Experts Debunk Alien Probe Rumors

In recent weeks astronomers have been fascinated by the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it rushes through the inner Solar System. First spotted by the ATLAS telescope on July 1 ts2.tech, it turned out to be moving so fast on a hyperbolic path that it could only have come from outside our solar neighborhood. Follow-up orbits confirm it is on a one-way trip, never to return ts2.tech. Importantly, orbital calculations show its minimum distance from Earth is about 1.8 AU ts2.tech, so it will not collide with us. In fact, the comet’s closest brush with any planet was on Oct. 3, 2025, when it passed ~30 million km from Mars. On that date ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and Mars Express imaged 3I/ATLAS – despite its extreme faintness – giving the first close-up pictures of an interstellar comet Esa Esa. Ground-based telescopes have also captured 3I/ATLAS’s activity. New images released in mid-October show the nucleus surrounded by a large, fan-shaped coma, with a narrow jet of ice and dust erupting on the Sun-facing side Space Livescience. As Space.com reports, “an interstellar comet is dramatically jetting off ice and dust into space” in the direction of the Sun Space. The jet extends
26 October 2025
SpaceX’s Starship Triumph Sparks Moon Race 2.0 with China – Stocks Take Off

SpaceX’s Starship Triumph Sparks Moon Race 2.0 with China – Stocks Take Off

NASA’s Artemis program is revving back up. After Artemis II slips into 2026, the big prize is Artemis III – the first American moon landing since Apollo. Under the current plan, NASA will launch Orion atop an SLS rocket and then rendezvous with SpaceX’s Starship, which must carry astronauts from lunar orbit to the surface. SpaceX’s recent Flight 11 achieved most of its objectives: the Starship upper stage reached space and deployed payloads, while the Super-Heavy booster performed a soft water landingreuters.com. NASA’s acting chief Sean Duffy praised the mission as “another major step toward landing Americans on the Moon’s south pole”reuters.com. SpaceX says it will now fly an upgraded Starship prototype with key features for deep space – including orbital refueling hardware – likely by year’s endreuters.com. SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell told reporters this new version “is really the vehicle that could take humans to the Moon and Mars”reuters.com. Elon Musk himself is pushing for starship refueling tests soonreuters.com. These technologies are vital: dozens of tanker Starship flights will be needed to fuel a Moon-bound lander in orbit. NASA paid SpaceX over $3 billion in 2021 for Starship as the human lunar lander under Artemis, so delays are politically
26 October 2025
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2026 Social Security COLA Shocker: Benefits Up 2.8% (+$56), But Rising Costs Threaten the Gain

2026 Social Security COLA Shocker: Benefits Up 2.8% (+$56), But Rising Costs Threaten the Gain

With markets near record highs and the 10‑year Treasury around 4.0%ts2.tech, retirees face a mixed picture: a modest benefit hike but also sharply rising expenses. Read on for the full breakdown. On Oct. 24, 2025 the Social Security Administration announced a 2.8% COLA for benefits payable in 2026ssa.gov. This adjustment will apply to Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and to SSI. In practical terms, nearly 71 million Social Security beneficiaries will see their monthly checks go up by 2.8% in January 2026ssa.gov. The average retired worker’s benefit – around $2,000/month now – will rise by about $56 per monthssa.govmilitary.com. SSI payments to roughly 7.5 million low-income Americans increase by the same percentage, effective Dec. 31, 2025ssa.gov.
26 October 2025
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Expand Energy (EXE) Stock Soars on LNG & AI Demand — Analysts See 20% Upside

Expand Energy (EXE) Stock Soars on LNG & AI Demand — Analysts See 20% Upside

Key Facts: - Price: ~$103.8 per sharereuters.com. - Year-to-date: Up ~4.2% from ~$99.55 on Jan 1marketbeat.com. - Market Cap: ~$25.5 billion; P/E: ~274; Dividend: $2.30 annuallyamericanbankingnews.comamericanbankingnews.com. - Analyst Consensus: “Strong Buy”; 12-month average price target ~$127.62americanbankingnews.comstockanalysis.com. - Business: Largest independent U.S. natural gas producer, focused on Appalachian and Haynesville gas fieldsen.wikipedia.org. - Recent Events: Announced Q3 earnings release and conference callquiverquant.com; celebrated first Nasdaq anniversary in early October. Shares of Expand Energy have been trading around $104 in late October, after rallying above $107 on Oct. 20 and then pulling back slightlystockanalysis.com. This puts the stock modestly above its 50-day moving average and just below its 200-day averageamericanbankingnews.comstockanalysis.com. Over the past month the stock has traded mostly in a $103–107 range, roughly flat for the week. Notably, technical analysts at TS2.tech flagged EXE crossing above its 200-day moving average on Oct. 20, calling it a “potential bullish signal” for tradersts2.tech. Year to date the stock is roughly 4% higher, reflecting steady investor confidence since the company’s public debut in late 2024marketbeat.com.
25 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

  • EchoStar Tops Q4, Stock Drops on Higher Investor Bar; Media Results Mixed
    June 29, 2026, 4:07 PM EDT. Q4 earnings across media and entertainment came in uneven with more pressure on old-school TV and some gains in digital. EchoStar (NASDAQ:ECHO), now with DISH, posted $3.80 billion revenue, up 1.3% over analyst views but still down 4.3% from last year. EPS beat forecasts, yet shares slid 13.7% to $99.75 as investors looked for more. Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE:CCO) was stronger, up 8.2% revenue and coming in 2.8% above estimates, showing solid ad demand. Media stocks overall trailed revenue targets by 0.7% but held steady on guidance. The group is up 3.5% on average post-earnings but trading stayed cautious with digital changes and regulator pressure in play.
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