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Marcin Frąckiewicz

CEO of TS2 Space and founder of TS2.tech. Expert in satellites, telecommunications, and emerging technologies, covering trends in space, AI, and connectivity.

CandyWarehouse’s Halloween Horror: Major Online Candy Retailer Files for Bankruptcy Days Before Oct 31

CandyWarehouse’s Halloween Horror: Major Online Candy Retailer Files for Bankruptcy Days Before Oct 31

CandyWarehouse’s decision is unusual timing. The online sweets retailer said in court filings that it is insolvent and unable to pay its debts. Bankruptcy records confirm the Chapter 11 petition lists roughly $100K–$500K in assets versus $1M–$10M in debtspacermonitor.com. A hearing is set for Oct 29 on motions to continue operations (such as paying workers and suppliers), so CandyWarehouse can restructure rather than liquidatewhatnow.com. In a press release, the company noted this step “will determine how the company moves forward as it works to preserve its brand and nationwide customer base”whatnow.com. Retail analysts say CandyWarehouse’s woes reflect broader industry shifts. WhatNow
28 October 2025
UnitedHealth Group Stock Surges Amid Analyst Upgrades: Is Wall Street Turning Bullish on UNH in 2025?

UnitedHealth Stock Soars After Q3 Shock – Is a Bigger Rally Ahead?

UnitedHealth’s third-quarter report released Oct. 28 largely vindicated that turnaround strategy. Revenue climbed 12% year-over-year to $113.2 billion, helped by strong growth in both its insurance (UnitedHealthcare) and health-services (Optum) unitsbusinesswire.com. The company delivered adjusted EPS of $2.92, beating the $2.80 Wall Street averagemarketscreener.com, despite EPS plunging from $7.15 a year ago due to higher costs. On the call, Hemsley noted that results were on track with management’s plan: “We remain focused on strengthening performance and positioning for durable and accelerating growth in 2026 and beyond,” he saidmarketscreener.com. UnitedHealth also raised its full-year 2025 profit outlook to at least $16.25 per sharebusinesswire.comreuters.com,
28 October 2025
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CarTrade Tech Stock Skyrockets on Blowout Q2 Results – Can the Rally Keep Going?

CarTrade Tech Stock Skyrockets on Blowout Q2 Results – Can the Rally Keep Going?

Blowout Q2 Earnings Drive Rally CarTrade Tech (which operates CarWale, BikeWale, OLX India and other auto marketplaces) reported a stellar Q2 (July–Sept) that far outpaced a soft market. The Economic Times noted the company’s consolidated net profit more than doubled to ₹64.1 crore (up 109% YoY)economictimes.indiatimes.com. Revenue from operations grew ~25% to ₹193.4 croreeconomictimes.indiatimes.com. Even as sales surged, expense growth remained modest (only +5.3% YoY on a ₹142.2cr baseeconomictimes.indiatimes.com), reflecting operational leverage. These factors lifted EBITDA sharply (CarTrade reported a near-doubling of EBITDA YoY). CarTrade credited several drivers for the jump. The core Consumer Group (selling new and used vehicles
28 October 2025
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Helmet Maker Studds Launches ₹455 Cr IPO – Grey Market Predicts ~10% Listing Pop

Helmet Maker Studds Launches ₹455 Cr IPO – Grey Market Predicts ~10% Listing Pop

India’s busiest IPO week rolls on with Studds following Orkla and Lenskart to market. With the issue entirely an OFS, all ₹455+ crore will go to existing shareholders – primarily promoters Madhu and Sidhartha Khurana and family investorseconomictimes.indiatimes.comfreepressjournal.in. “Studds will offer 78 lakh equity shares in the primary market,” ETMarkets reportseconomictimes.indiatimes.com, and “all proceeds will go to the selling shareholders”economictimes.indiatimes.com. The IPO opens Thursday (Oct 30) and closes Nov 3, with a tentative Nov 7 listingeconomictimes.indiatimes.combusiness-standard.com. Investor buzz centers on the grey market pricing. Moneycontrol and Mint note a ₹55 GMP, implying a debut near ₹640 (≈9–10% above band)economictimes.indiatimes.comfinancialexpress.com. Business
28 October 2025
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Gold vs Silver Showdown: Record Prices, Key Trends & Investment Outlook 2025

Gold & Silver Prices Crash After Historic Rally – Should You Buy, Hold or Sell Now?

Gold’s recent retreat reflects changing sentiment more than broken fundamentals. As Metals Focus’s Matthew Piggott puts it, gold’s epic 2025 rally “reflects an extremely positive macro backdrop for safe-haven assets”ts2.tech. For now, though, investors will be watching Wednesday’s US Fed meeting and any news from Trump-Xi trade talks – events that could keep bullion on edge. If the Fed cuts as expected, the dollar might weaken (supporting gold long-term), but a smooth trade path would damp immediate demand for safety. In short, this pullback seems like a normal correction. Many experts are watching key levels (around ₹1.15–1.17 lakh in India,
28 October 2025
Elon Musk’s ‘Grokipedia’ Takes Aim at Wikipedia – Truth Revolution or Biased Echo Chamber?

Elon Musk’s ‘Grokipedia’ Takes Aim at Wikipedia – Truth Revolution or Biased Echo Chamber?

Grokipedia’s Launch and How It Works Elon Musk unveiled Grokipedia v0.1 to the public on October 27, 2025, marking his latest bid to disrupt a mainstream platform he deems biasedfoxbusiness.com. The site’s design closely mimics Wikipedia – featuring a dark-themed homepage with a central search bar and article layouts with familiar headings and sectionsbusinessinsider.com. On launch day, Grokipedia listed 885,279 articles on its homepagebusinessinsider.com, a hefty start for a new encyclopedia (roughly 1/8 the size of English Wikipedia). However, within hours of going live the site became unresponsive, with many users encountering errorsbusinessinsider.com. xAI’s team scrambled to restore service, and by Monday evening (U.S. time) Grokipedia was back
28 October 2025
Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 28.10.2025

ENDEDLive coverage has endedEnded: October 29, 2025, 12:00 AM EDT Colgate-Palmolive (CL) Valuation After Recent Price Slide: Undervalued or Priced for Growth? October 28, 2025, 11:56 PM EDT. Colgate-Palmolive (CL) has drifted lower, down ~3% over the past month as investors weigh results and the macro backdrop. The stock remains a defensive staple, but sentiment has cooled with broader markets. The 1-year total shareholder return of -16.6% signals fading momentum despite steady revenue and earnings growth. With shares trading at a meaningful discount to analyst targets, the big question is whether CL is undervalued or if future gains are already
28 October 2025
CSL’s Vaccine Shock: Stock Plunges to 7-Year Low Amid Shareholder Revolt

CSL’s Vaccine Shock: Stock Plunges to 7-Year Low Amid Shareholder Revolt

Vaccine Slump Triggers Profit Downgrade and 7-Year Share Low CSL – Australia’s fourth-largest public company – stunned the market by cutting its profit outlook and delaying a major spinoff due to a steep and unexpected decline in flu vaccinations in the United States. In an AGM update on Oct. 28, the biotech revealed that U.S. influenza immunization rates are dropping far more than anticipated, undermining its Seqirus vaccine division’s performancereuters.com. CEO Paul McKenzie told shareholders that flu shot uptake in the U.S. was collapsing – a 12% decline in vaccination rates is now expected for the overall population (and 14% for seniors) this seasonmarketscreener.comreuters.com. “In our Seqirus
28 October 2025
BayWa Crisis: Cooperatives Take Over as Stock Soars on Rescue Plan

BayWa Crisis: Cooperatives Take Over as Stock Soars on Rescue Plan

Cooperatives Seize Control in BayWa’s Rescue Deal A dramatic power shift is underway at BayWa AG, as its long-time cooperative shareholders step in to take the reins of the struggling company. Bayerische Raiffeisen-Beteiligungs AG (the investment arm of Bavarian farming cooperatives) and Austria’s Raiffeisen Agrar Invest (RAI), together BayWa’s largest shareholders, have effectively secured control of the firm through a fresh capital injection Boerse Express Boerse Express. RAI – affiliated with farm supplier RWA in Austria – boosted its stake to about 37.9% earlier this year and “faktisch die Kontrolle… übernommen” (practically taken charge of the crisis-hit BayWa) Boerse Express.
28 October 2025
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Pharma Giants Converge in Frankfurt – Obesity Drug Boom & Tech Innovations Fuel $1.7 Trillion Industry Future

Pharma Giants Converge in Frankfurt – Obesity Drug Boom & Tech Innovations Fuel $1.7 Trillion Industry Future

Sources: CPHI Frankfurt event coveragecontractpharma.comgxpnews.net; GxP Newsgxpnews.netgxpnews.net; The Medicine Maker/Conexiantconexiant.comconexiant.com; GlobeNewswire (Hengdian/Apeloa)globenewswire.com; Evaluate Pharma forecastevaluate.comevaluate.com; Reutersreuters.com; TechStock² / TS2 Techts2.techts2.tech; TS2 Techts2.techts2.tech.
28 October 2025
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Asia Stocks Rally as Gold Smashes Record Highs and IPO Frenzy Grips Markets

Wall Street Hits Record Highs as ASX Slumps – Gold Crashes, CSL Plunges 15% in Shock Divergence

ASX Sinks Amid Global Cheer Global markets are riding high on hopes of a U.S.–China trade truce and easier monetary policy, but Australia’s share market didn’t get the memo. On Tuesday (Oct 28), the S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 0.5%, surrendering about 43 points to finish near 9,012abc.net.au. This retreat stands in stark contrast to Wall Street’s overnight rally – U.S. indices surged to record peaks on Monday, buoyed by optimism that President Trump and China’s President Xi will strike a trade deal at an upcoming summitwdio.com. The S&P 500 jumped 1.2% to a historic 6,875, the Dow hit 47,544 (+0.7%) and Nasdaq 23,637 (+1.9%)wdio.com. So
28 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

Amazon stock slides on $200 billion AI spending plan — what to know before Monday’s open

Amazon stock slides on $200 billion AI spending plan — what to know before Monday’s open

7 February 2026
New York, Feb 7, 2026, 06:27 ET — Market closed. Amazon.com shares closed down 5.55% at $210.32 on Friday, capping a volatile reaction to the company’s latest spending and profit outlook as investors headed into the weekend. (Reuters) The move matters because the market is in a touchy phase about the bill for artificial intelligence. U.S. tech giants are lining up to spend more than $630 billion on data centers and the chips that run them, and the scale has revived comparisons with the early-2000s dot-com infrastructure boom. (Reuters) Amazon is also a clean test case: it is projecting a
AT&T stock price: T slips after $6.5B bond sale as payrolls, CPI loom next week

AT&T stock price: T slips after $6.5B bond sale as payrolls, CPI loom next week

7 February 2026
AT&T shares closed down 0.7% at $27.13 on Friday, underperforming the S&P 500’s 1.97% gain. The company completed a $6.5 billion global notes sale this week, with maturities from 2031 to 2056 and coupons between 4.4% and 6%. Investors await delayed U.S. jobs and inflation data, along with T-Mobile’s upcoming earnings update.
GE Vernova stock price jumps toward $800 — what to know before Monday trade

GE Vernova stock price jumps toward $800 — what to know before Monday trade

7 February 2026
GE Vernova shares jumped 5.7% to $779.35 Friday after Baird upgraded the stock and the Dow closed above 50,000. The company’s onshore wind unit reported 1.1 GW in U.S. repower orders for 2025, a figure previously disclosed. GE Vernova also completed a $2.6 billion senior notes offering to help fund its Prolec GE stake purchase. Next earnings report is set for April 22.
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