Today: 2 July 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.

AST SpaceMobile Stock Skyrockets on Satellite Breakthroughs and Big-Name Backing

AST SpaceMobile Stock Skyrockets on Satellite Breakthroughs and Big-Name Backing

AST SpaceMobile’s stock has been on a meteoric rise in 2025, turning heads on Wall Street. On September 23, 2025, ASTS jumped about 10% during the trading day, hovering in the mid-$50s per share investing.com. This spike brought the stock near its all-time highs and represented a dramatic climb from roughly $18 a year ago. By comparison, the S&P 500’s performance over the same period has been far more subdued, underlining ASTS’s outsized gains. Year-to-date, ASTS has more than doubled in value amid a wave of optimistic news investing.com. Such explosive growth has propelled AST SpaceMobile’s market capitalization to roughly $20 billion investing.com, a hefty valuation for a pre-revenue company. However, the rapid ascent hasn’t been a smooth straight line. ASTS has experienced major swings – including a nearly 9–10% plunge on September 8–9 after competitive fears spooked investors gurufocus.com. In that episode, ASTS sank when SpaceX announced new spectrum plans and UBS issued a downgrade. These oscillations reflect AST SpaceMobile’s status as a high-volatility, sentiment-driven stock. Traders have piled in on bullish catalysts but have just as quickly cashed out on any perceived setbacks. The stock’s 52-week low of about $17.50 and high near $61 illustrate the wide trading
23 September 2025
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Rocket Lab Stock Skyrockets 700% – Is RKLB Ready for Its Next Giant Leap?

Rocket Lab Stock Skyrockets 700% – Is RKLB Ready for Its Next Giant Leap?

Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket launching a mission. The company’s frequent small-satellite launches have powered its stock’s meteoric rise. Rocket Lab’s stock has been on a tear in 2025, massively outperforming the market. As of late September 2025, RKLB shares hover near $50 – a price level roughly 730% higher than a year ago ainvest.com. This meteoric rise reflects surging investor enthusiasm around Rocket Lab’s growth in launch services and space systems. Year-to-date, the stock was up about 75% by Q2 ainvest.com, and at one point in mid-September it had gained over 550% in 12 months tipranks.com.
23 September 2025
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Oppo Find X9 Series Breaks Boundaries: 7,500 mAh Battery, Hasselblad Cameras & AI Buttons – A Flagship to Rival iPhone 16 and Galaxy S24

Oppo Find X9 Series Breaks Boundaries: 7,500 mAh Battery, Hasselblad Cameras & AI Buttons – A Flagship to Rival iPhone 16 and Galaxy S24

Oppo’s Find X9 series is shaping up to be one of 2025’s most formidable smartphone lineups. It represents a major leap for Oppo, packing innovations in almost every department – from an unprecedented battery size to a new chipset partnership and advanced camera tech. “Oppo is gearing up to introduce its first flagship phones powered by the Dimensity 9500,” notes Notebookcheck, highlighting that this chip will do battle with the latest from Qualcomm and Apple notebookcheck.net. The decision to use MediaTek’s flagship SoC indicates Oppo’s confidence in its performance parity with the best in the industry. Combined with Oppo’s optimizations and promises of AI-driven features, the Find X9 and X9 Pro are poised to deliver top-tier performance, smooth multitasking, and extended gaming capabilities without breaking a sweat oppo.com oppo.com. On the outside, Oppo has refreshed the design to keep things modern yet recognizable. Early official renders and leaks show a refined aesthetic: both the Find X9 and X9 Pro have a sleek, flat-back design with a squarish camera module that immediately draws attention gadgets360.com. This new camera island is a departure from the circular module on the previous Find X8 Pro, and actually looks strikingly similar to the leaked OnePlus
23 September 2025
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Google Play Store’s AI-Powered Overhaul: Inside Google’s September 2025 Revamp of App Discovery and Gaming

Google Play Store’s AI-Powered Overhaul: Inside Google’s September 2025 Revamp of App Discovery and Gaming

Google’s September 23, 2025 announcement details a host of new features designed to modernize the Play Store with artificial intelligence and a more engaging interface techcrunch.com. Below are the key new features and UX changes introduced: In summary, Google’s Play Store redesign introduces a rich mix of AI-driven personalization, integrated gaming services, and convenience features. From a more intuitive search experience to Netflix-like curated content feeds and an AI game assistant, the Play Store is evolving from a static app catalog into a dynamic platform tailored to each user. Google’s Mahbod framed it best: for billions of users, the goal is to spend “less time searching and more time enjoying the content they love.” blog.google
23 September 2025
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These $1,500 Earbuds Make AirPods Look Cheap – Inside B&O’s Ultra-Luxe Beo Grace

These $1,500 Earbuds Make AirPods Look Cheap – Inside B&O’s Ultra-Luxe Beo Grace

Bang & Olufsen has entered the ultra-premium audio arena with a bang – or rather, a $1,500 price tag. The company’s new Beo Grace wireless earbuds cost more than many laptops and smartphones werindia.com, boldly positioning themselves at the very top of the consumer audio market. These earbuds were unveiled as B&O’s flagship to celebrate nearly 100 years of the brand’s design and acoustic heritage, promising the “best-sounding and most intelligent earbuds” the company has ever made whathifi.com. With “a flashy aluminum design” and advanced noise cancellation, the Beo Grace buds aim to distill a century of design into sound theverge.com. But do these luxury earphones truly deliver an experience worthy of their sky-high cost? Let’s dive into the design, features, performance, and market context of B&O’s audacious new offering. Crafted Aluminum Aesthetics: One look at the Beo Grace and it’s clear these are not mass-market earbuds. Each bud is machined from polished aluminum, giving off a “jewel-like” gleam that B&O likens to a piece of wearable art wallpaper.com wallpaper.com. In fact, the company describes the design as “a study in wearable sculpture”, emphasizing that the pearl-blasted aluminum finish isn’t just for looks – it’s also built for durability wallpaper.com
23 September 2025
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OnePlus 15 Leak Bombshell: Radical Design, Monster Battery & Next-Gen Power

OnePlus 15 Leak Bombshell: Radical Design, Monster Battery & Next-Gen Power

The OnePlus 15 is generating buzz for its radical design departure from previous models. Leaked images circulating on Chinese social media show a completely new camera layout: a square-edged camera module on the back with rounded corners, instead of the round camera hump OnePlus has used for the last few generations indiatoday.in phonearena.com. Within this module, there’s a pill-shaped cutout vertically housing two large camera lenses, and next to it are two smaller circular cut-outs – believed to be the third camera lens and the LED flash indiatoday.in. In essence, the OnePlus 15’s camera island layout is unlike the OnePlus 13’s circular tri-lens design; in fact, it more closely resembles the style of Google’s Pixel or Apple’s latest iPhones than OnePlus’s own past flagships androidcentral.com. As one tech editor put it, the new placement “messes with [the] OnePlus’ unique look, making it look a lot like a Pixel or even the iPhone 16 Pro” androidcentral.com. This design shake-up actually harks back to some earlier OnePlus concepts – the pill-shaped dual camera cutout is reminiscent of the OnePlus 7T era – but it’s a marked change after three generations of circular camera bumps. Notably, the leak in question came from an
23 September 2025
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Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 vs Dimensity 9500 – Clash of 2025’s Mobile Chip Titans

Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 vs Dimensity 9500 – Clash of 2025’s Mobile Chip Titans

Now, let’s dive deeper into the detailed comparison of every aspect of Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and Dimensity 9500, and see how they stack up against each other and against other 2025 flagship processors like Apple’s A18 Pro, Samsung’s Exynos 2500, and Google’s Tensor G4. Core Design: Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and Dimensity 9500 introduce new CPU microarchitectures to the mobile space, but their approaches differ. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 uses its custom Oryon cores for all eight CPU cores, abandoning ARM’s off-the-shelf Cortex designs. It features 2 performance cores clocked up to 4.61 GHz or even 4.74 GHz in a Samsung-tuned edition, plus 6 efficiency cores running at 3.63 GHz. This 2+6 layout is a shift from the 1+5+2 tri-cluster many previous Snapdragons used – essentially Qualcomm gives you two top-end cores for heavy threads and six “little” cores that are still quite beefy. In comparison, MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500 uses ARM’s latest Armv9.3 cores fabricated under the Lumex C1 series. It’s an “All Big Core” octa-core design comprising 1 × C1-Ultra at 4.21 GHz, 3 × C1-Premium cores at 3.50 GHz, and 4 × C1-Pro cores at 2.70 GHz. In ARM’s new naming, C1-Ultra is the successor to
23 September 2025
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Biting Back: How CRISPR-Edited Mice Could Stop the Lyme Disease Plague

Biting Back: How CRISPR-Edited Mice Could Stop the Lyme Disease Plague

Lyme disease is often called a “plague” on Nantucket. The tiny Massachusetts island, famed for its beaches, has one of the nation’s highest infection rates media.mit.edu. About 15% of Nantucket’s residents have contracted Lyme disease, which causes fevers, rashes, swollen joints, and even nerve damage cbsnews.com cbsnews.com. The culprit is a spiral-shaped bacteria spread by black-legged ticks, commonly known as deer ticks. But while deer and ticks get most of the blame, scientists point to a different host at the heart of Lyme’s spread: the white-footed mouse cbsnews.com. These small native mice act as reservoirs for the Lyme bacteria – they often carry Borrelia without getting sick and pass it to ticks. Here’s the vicious cycle: a larval tick bites an infected mouse and picks up the bacteria; later, as an adult, that tick bites a person or another mouse, spreading the infection cbsnews.com. Ticks feed on deer too, but deer don’t get Lyme – they mainly serve as giant tick “taxis,” ferrying them around the island cbsnews.com cbsnews.com. Ultimately, mice are the spark that infects new ticks each generation. Break the chain between mice and ticks, and you could stop Lyme disease at its source.
23 September 2025
Vivo X300’s ZEISS Lens Kit Shakes Up Smartphone Photography – A Phone That Thinks It’s a DSLR?

Vivo X300’s ZEISS Lens Kit Shakes Up Smartphone Photography – A Phone That Thinks It’s a DSLR?

Vivo’s upcoming X300 series is making waves in the mobile photography world, thanks to an unprecedented collaboration with ZEISS optics on an external lens kit. Vivo has partnered with the storied German lens manufacturer since the X60 series, co-engineering camera systems with ZEISS T✻ lens coatings and portrait modes inspired by classic ZEISS lenses. With the X300 line, this partnership goes beyond software tuning – Vivo is literally putting ZEISS glass on your phone. The entire X300 lineup will support Vivo’s “vivo × ZEISS” 2.35× telephoto converter, marking the first time every model in a Vivo series can use an attachable pro lens androidauthority.com. This signals Vivo’s intent to take smartphone cameras to the next level, blurring the line between phone and professional camera gear. The X300 series itself is poised to be a powerhouse even before adding any attachments. Leaks and teasers indicate Vivo is using cutting-edge camera hardware: notably, a bespoke 200 MP sensor codenamed “HPB Thanos” from Samsung gadgets.beebom.com. This ultra-high-resolution sensor will serve as the X300’s main camera and as the periscope telephoto on the X300 Pro gadgets.beebom.com. Such a high pixel count promises exceptional detail – crucial when cropping or digitally zooming – and enables
23 September 2025
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DJI Osmo Nano: The Tiny 4K Action Cam That Records When You Nod

DJI Osmo Nano: The Tiny 4K Action Cam That Records When You Nod

DJI has officially announced the Osmo Nano, a groundbreaking entry into the action camera market that emphasizes ultra-portability and hands-free use. Unveiled on September 23, 2025, the Osmo Nano is DJI’s smallest action camera to date, yet it inherits the powerful imaging hardware from DJI’s larger models. As The Verge quipped, this miniature device essentially “squeezes the Action 5 Pro’s 1/1.3-inch 4K sensor into a much smaller and lighter camera” Theverge. The result is a 52-gram wearable cam that can literally go anywhere – clipped to your hat, strapped to a helmet, mounted on a pet, or worn on a lanyard – all while shooting high-quality 4K footage. And in a truly novel twist, the Osmo Nano will start recording with just a nod of your head, thanks to built-in gesture control Theverge. This comprehensive report will delve into the Osmo Nano’s key features and design highlights, early reactions from media and reviewers, comparisons to competing products, its intended use cases and market positioning, and where it fits into DJI’s broader ecosystem. We’ll also consider the industry implications of DJI’s latest move – from the intensifying rivalry with Insta360 to what it means for GoPro – and note any drawbacks
23 September 2025
‘God of Chaos’ Asteroid Apophis to Skim Earth in 2029 – Inside the Historic Flyby and the 3 Probes Racing to Study It

Astronomers Propose Blowing Up a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

2024 YR4 is a recently discovered asteroid that has drawn intense attention from astronomers and space agencies. Detected on 27 December 2024 by the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile, it initially appeared on a worrisome trajectory esa.int. In early 2025, automated orbit calculations raised the alarm that this ~60-meter “city-killer” asteroid had a roughly 3% chance of impacting Earth on December 22, 2032 esa.int universetoday.com. A few percent might sound small, but by asteroid risk standards it’s huge – for context, NASA’s risk list almost never has objects above 1% chance of impact. Indeed, YR4 “shot to the top” of risk charts worldwide and became the first asteroid ever to trigger a coordinated international planetary defense response due to its initially high probability esa.int. Over the next several weeks, astronomers around the globe tracked YR4 to refine its orbit. By late February 2025, new observations – including precise measurements by the James Webb Space Telescope – allowed scientists to rule out any collision with Earth esa.int esa.int. The scare passed for our planet. However, YR4’s story took a twist: even as Earth was cleared from danger, calculations showed a possible lunar impact. When YR4 disappeared from telescopes’ view in mid-2025,
23 September 2025
NVIDIA 2025: Dominating the AI Boom – Company Overview, Key Segments, Competition, and Future Outlook

Nvidia’s $100 Billion OpenAI Power Play Sparks Antitrust Showdown

Illustration: Nvidia and OpenAI logos. Observers say the $100 billion Nvidia–OpenAI partnership pairs the world’s top AI chip supplier with the leading AI model developer, sparking concerns about competition. Nvidia, the world’s leading AI chipmaker, and OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, have formed an unprecedented alliance valued at up to $100 billion reuters.com. Announced on September 22, 2025, the partnership gives OpenAI massive computing resources to develop advanced AI models, while giving Nvidia a financial stake in a premier AI software company reuters.com. The deal is structured as two intertwined transactions: Nvidia will progressively buy non-voting shares in OpenAI, and OpenAI will in turn spend that cash on Nvidia’s cutting-edge GPUs and systems reuters.com. In effect, Nvidia is both funding OpenAI and securing itself a long-term customer for its chips.
23 September 2025
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Google Pixel 10a Leaks Reveal Surprising Downgrades – Specs, Price & Release Details

5 Premium Smartphones Under ₹40,000 Get Massive Price Cuts – Don’t Miss These Festive Deals

Festive sales in India have become the prime time to score high-end smartphones at bargain prices. This year is especially competitive, with brands offering heavy discounts on older models and financing deals on new launches moneycontrol.com. If you’re looking to upgrade without splurging beyond ₹40,000, here are five standout deals you shouldn’t miss: Why are these deals so remarkable? In the ₹30-40K range, you’re getting devices that were recently near-flagship level. Many of them launched at much higher prices just a few months ago, but festive sales have made them far more accessible. This under-₹40K segment has become hotly contested, often featuring “flagship killer” phones that pack high-end processors, high-refresh displays, and advanced cameras. The current sale is amplifying that trend – buyers can snag phones with flagship DNA at half the flagship price.
23 September 2025
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Apple’s First Foldable iPhone: Stunning $1,800 Price Leak, Ultra-Thin Design & Samsung’s Secret Tech

Apple’s Foldable iPhone: Rumored Features, Release Timeline, and Impact on the Foldable Phone Market

Apple’s long-rumored foldable iPhone is finally expected to become reality after years of development. Here’s what we know so far about its design and capabilities, based on credible leaks and analyst reports: In sum, Apple appears to be crafting its foldable iPhone as a no-compromise ultra-premium device, with cutting-edge display and hinge engineering, top-notch materials, and flagship camera and processor tech. It’s essentially two devices in one, so Apple is justifying a very high-end positioning. Next, we’ll look at when this long-awaited iPhone might finally land and why Apple has taken its time entering the foldable arena.
23 September 2025
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Hideo Kojima’s New Xbox Horror ‘OD’ Trailer Is Giving P.T. Vibes – Everything We Know

Hideo Kojima’s New Xbox Horror ‘OD’ Trailer Is Giving P.T. Vibes – Everything We Know

Hideo Kojima’s foray back into horror with OD is a significant moment in gaming. Kojima, famous for the Metal Gear Solid series and the genre-defying Death Stranding, hasn’t released a horror game before – his last attempt, the much-hyped Silent Hills project with Konami, was canceled amid Kojima’s split from Konami windowscentral.com. The eerie P.T. demo became legendary for its psychological terror, and its cancellation left horror fans lamenting what could have been windowscentral.com. Now, a decade later, Kojima is effectively reviving that horror ambition with a new IP. He first revealed in 2022 that he was partnering with Xbox Game Studios on an innovative project leveraging cloud technology windowscentral.com. This project was code-named OD, and a brief concept teaser shown at The Game Awards 2023 introduced the title and cast without giving much away theverge.com. With the surprise unveiling of OD’s first full trailer at Kojima Productions’ 10th anniversary event, Kojima has officially returned to the horror genre. For fans, this is a full-circle moment – Xbox’s support enabled Kojima to resurrect the spirit of P.T. in a new form, free from the constraints that halted his previous horror game. As gaming outlet Windows Central noted, the new trailer
23 September 2025
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NASA’s New Astronaut Class of 2025 Makes History with “All-American” Recruits Poised for Moon and Mars

NASA’s New Astronaut Class of 2025 Makes History with “All-American” Recruits Poised for Moon and Mars

NASA’s 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class – the ten selectees pose at Johnson Space Center in Houston after their introduction on September 22, 2025. NASA unveiled this “All-American” 2025 astronaut class during a live ceremony, marking the agency’s first new astronaut cohort since 2021. The announcement followed a highly competitive process: more than 8,000 Americans applied, hoping to earn a coveted spot in NASA’s astronaut corps. Ultimately, 10 candidates were chosen, all U.S. citizens hailing from “every corner of this nation,” as NASA’s Acting Administrator Sean Duffy noted in his welcome remarks. Speaking at the Johnson Space Center event, Duffy praised the group as the “next generation of American explorers” emerging at a pivotal time for U.S. space ambitions. “More than 8,000 people applied – scientists, pilots, engineers, dreamers from every corner of this nation. The 10 men and women sitting here today embody the truth that in America, regardless of where you start, there is no limit to what a determined dreamer can achieve – even going to space,” Duffy said. He added that “together, we’ll unlock the Golden Age of exploration”, linking the new class to NASA’s efforts to push farther to the Moon and Mars.
23 September 2025
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Alphabet vs Meta 2025: AI Arms Race, Ad Revival, and Wall Street’s Verdict

Alphabet vs. Meta – 2025’s Ultimate Tech Stock Showdown: AI Gold Rush, Ad Revival & Future Outlook

After a volatile couple of years, 2025 has been a banner year for both tech giants’ stocks. Alphabet and Meta entered the year with modest momentum, but have since staged a record-setting rally. Meta’s stock price climbed roughly 30% year-to-date by late Q3, recently touching all-time highs interactivecrypto.com. Alphabet’s stock lagged early on – at one point in mid-2025 it was flat on the year – but a series of positive catalysts propelled it upward. As of September, Alphabet shares are up around 20–25% YTD reuters.com, recently hitting a record intraday high after a court ruling eased breakup fears. Notably, both stocks have outperformed the broader market in 2025, riding the wave of investor enthusiasm for AI-focused “Big Tech” names. One pivotal moment came in early September: a U.S. judge ruled that Google will not be forced to divest key businesses in the ongoing antitrust case, relieving a major overhang for Alphabet reuters.com. Alphabet’s stock surged 9% in a day on the news, adding over $200 billion to its market cap reuters.com. This catapulted shares to new highs and closed the performance gap with Meta. Meta’s stock, for its part, has been on a tear since late 2022 – it
22 September 2025
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Jeff Bezos’ Free-Flying Space Camera Wows the World – With a Mysterious Spinning Twist

Jeff Bezos’ Free-Flying Space Camera Wows the World – With a Mysterious Spinning Twist

A frame from Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-35 flight footage, captured by the free-flying 360° camera after it detached in space. The camera’s perspective shows the booster and capsule above Earth’s horizon, offering a dramatic “third-person” view of the rocket. Jeff Bezos took to social media to reveal an “amazing” free-flying space camera that was deployed during Blue Origin’s latest suborbital flight. The camera was released on the New Shepard NS-35 mission to independently float alongside the rocket and capsule techeblog.com. In the short clip Bezos shared, the camera’s eye provides a spectator’s view of the booster coasting in the blackness of space with Earth’s blue curve below. The Amazon founder exulted in the footage, tweeting “What a view. From our new free flying camera – deployed on yesterday’s New Shepard mission.” He then preemptively explained the strange visual artifact in the video, noting that “the ‘bubble’ is the seam between two 180 degree lenses.” petapixel.com
22 September 2025
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NVIDIA’s $4 Trillion AI Revolution: How the Chipmaker Overtook Apple and Microsoft

Nvidia’s $100 Billion Bet on OpenAI: Inside the 10 Gigawatt AI Supercomputer Alliance

On September 22, 2025, OpenAI and Nvidia announced an unprecedented strategic partnership to build out a massive new AI computing infrastructure openai.com. Under a letter of intent, Nvidia will supply OpenAI with at least 10 GW worth of AI systems – powered by its latest GPUs – and invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI as these data centers come online openai.com. The goal is to dramatically expand OpenAI’s capacity to train and deploy advanced AI models, including future iterations of GPT and other AI systems “on the path to deploying superintelligence” openai.com. In practical terms, 10 GW of computing is enormous: on the order of millions of AI chips and equivalent to the output of about ten large power plants techcrunch.com. “Nvidia and OpenAI have pushed each other for a decade… This investment and infrastructure partnership mark the next leap forward – deploying 10 gigawatts to power the next era of intelligence,” said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang openai.com. Financially, the deal is structured as a two-pronged arrangement. OpenAI will purchase Nvidia hardware with cash, and Nvidia in turn will take a non-controlling equity stake in OpenAI by investing portions of that cash back reuters.com reuters.com. The companies plan to
22 September 2025
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Stock Market Today

  • Aberdeen Equity Income Trust posts Q2 2026 portfolio details
    July 2, 2026, 11:40 AM EDT. Aberdeen Equity Income Trust plc, run by abrdn Fund Managers Limited, published its portfolio for the quarter ending 30 June 2026. The update lists stakes in other UK listed investment companies and investment trusts, as required by UK Listing Rule 11.7.8. The trust aims for compliance and disclosure around its holdings, especially where there's no strict 15% limit on investing in similar firms. The release came through the London Stock Exchange's Regulatory News Service, which is FCA-approved for UK market announcements.
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