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Shan Ahmed Khan

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Carnival Corporation & plc Stock (CCL) Today: Dividend Return, Strong 2026 Forecast, and NYSE-Only Unification Plan Drive Fresh Buzz

Carnival Corporation & plc Stock (CCL) Today: Dividend Return, Strong 2026 Forecast, and NYSE-Only Unification Plan Drive Fresh Buzz

Carnival Corporation & plc stock is back in the spotlight as investors digest a cluster of catalysts that landed just ahead of (and into) Dec. 22, 2025: a quarterly earnings beat, the return of the dividend, upbeat 2026 guidance, and a proposal to simplify the company’s unusual dual-listed structure. Add in new headlines around fuel strategy and longer-term LNG supply planning, and you’ve got a cruise giant giving the market plenty to price in. By Monday afternoon, Carnival’s U.S.-listed shares were trading around $31.98 (NYSE: CCL), while the related U.S. line for Carnival plc (NYSE: CUK) hovered near $31.62.That level
22 December 2025
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Cisco (CSCO) Stock News, Forecasts, and Outlook: AI Networking Tailwinds vs. Security and Valuation Risks (Dec. 22, 2025)

Cisco (CSCO) Stock News, Forecasts, and Outlook: AI Networking Tailwinds vs. Security and Valuation Risks (Dec. 22, 2025)

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is ending 2025 with a story investors haven’t been able to ignore: the company is back near its highs, powered by accelerating AI-era networking demand and a broad push to fuse networking, security, and observability into one platform narrative. On Monday, December 22, 2025, CSCO traded around $78 per share, giving Cisco a market value of roughly $310 billion—still below its 52‑week peak, but close enough to make “what next?” the only real question on the tape. But today’s Cisco story has two sharp edges: Below is a comprehensive round-up of the key headlines, forecasts,
22 December 2025
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Pinterest (PINS) Stock News Today: S&P MidCap 400 Addition, tvScientific Deal, Analyst Price Targets, and the 2026 Outlook (Dec. 22, 2025)

Pinterest (PINS) Stock News Today: S&P MidCap 400 Addition, tvScientific Deal, Analyst Price Targets, and the 2026 Outlook (Dec. 22, 2025)

Pinterest, Inc. (NYSE: PINS) is back in the spotlight on December 22, 2025—not because of a surprise earnings report, but because today is a “mechanical catalyst” day for the stock: Pinterest is officially being added to the S&P MidCap 400 as part of S&P Dow Jones Indices’ quarterly rebalance. News Release Archive At the same time, investors are digesting a busy December for the company, including its planned acquisition of connected-TV (CTV) ad platform tvScientific and a fresh round of Wall Street rating changes that highlight a familiar tug-of-war: Pinterest’s improving performance-ad story versus macro pressure in advertising budgets and
22 December 2025
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Amazon Stock (AMZN) Today: OpenAI Talks, AWS AI Spending, and Ultra‑Fast Delivery Set the 2026 Debate

Amazon Stock (AMZN) Today: OpenAI Talks, AWS AI Spending, and Ultra‑Fast Delivery Set the 2026 Debate

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) heads into the final stretch of 2025 with the market asking a deceptively simple question: Is Amazon about to re-accelerate—or just get more expensive to run? As of Monday, December 22, 2025 (15:31 UTC), AMZN traded around $227.64, after opening near $228.50 and moving between $227.00 and $229.42 intraday. That price action—calm on the surface—sits on top of a pile of big, noisy storylines investors are trying to price in at once: possible OpenAI investment talks, an AI leadership shake-up, new AWS chips and models, and a fresh push into ultra-fast delivery that could reshape how
22 December 2025
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Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) Today: Tech Rebound, Holiday-Week Trading, and the Inflows Story on Dec. 22, 2025

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) Today: Tech Rebound, Holiday-Week Trading, and the Inflows Story on Dec. 22, 2025

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) is starting the holiday-shortened week in focus as U.S. stock futures rise and investors watch whether a late-year tech rebound can carry into the final trading days of 2025. In premarket action Monday, VTI was modestly higher, reflecting a market tone that has turned more constructive after a choppy stretch earlier this month. TipRanks That backdrop matters for VTI because the fund is often treated as a real-time “temperature check” on the entire U.S. equity market—covering mega-caps, mid-caps, small-caps, and micro-caps in one widely held ETF. Yet, as 2025 has repeatedly shown, broad-market exposure
22 December 2025
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Microsoft Dividend Growth in 2025: Why the Magnificent Seven Giant Is Emerging as an Income Stock Heading Into 2026

Microsoft Dividend Growth in 2025: Why the Magnificent Seven Giant Is Emerging as an Income Stock Heading Into 2026

December 22, 2025 — A holiday-shortened trading week began with a familiar theme powering Wall Street: renewed enthusiasm for artificial intelligence. U.S. stocks moved higher on Monday as tech shares continued to rebound, with investors looking ahead to late-week economic updates and the start of the market’s seasonal “Santa Claus rally” window. Reuters+1 In the middle of that AI-driven narrative, one of the “Magnificent Seven” names is drawing a different kind of attention: Microsoft’s quiet transformation into an income-and-capital-return powerhouse—even though its headline dividend yield remains below 1%. The Motley Fool+2The Motley Fool+2 Markets today: AI optimism returns, and the
22 December 2025
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AT&T Stock (NYSE: T) News and Forecasts for Dec. 22, 2025: Analyst Targets Reset as Spectrum and Fiber Catalysts Stay in Focus

AT&T Stock (NYSE: T) News and Forecasts for Dec. 22, 2025: Analyst Targets Reset as Spectrum and Fiber Catalysts Stay in Focus

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) stock is starting the holiday-shortened week with investors weighing a familiar mix of telecom themes: steady dividends, heavy network investment, and the always-lively push-and-pull between “bond proxy” stability and competitive pressure in wireless. As of 15:18 UTC on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, AT&T shares traded at $24.315, up about 0.68% on the session (intraday range roughly $24.06–$24.345). What’s new today is less about a surprise headline and more about how Wall Street is re-pricing the story: a notable reset in price targets, while the company’s long runway catalysts—the EchoStar spectrum purchase and the Lumen fiber asset
22 December 2025
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Comcast Stock (CMCSA) Today: Versant Spinoff Countdown, Dividend Outlook, and Analyst Forecasts for Dec. 22, 2025

Comcast Stock (CMCSA) Today: Versant Spinoff Countdown, Dividend Outlook, and Analyst Forecasts for Dec. 22, 2025

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is ending 2025 in “transition mode”—and the market is treating it that way. On Monday, December 22, 2025, CMCSA shares traded around $29.70, up about 0.4% on the day after opening near $29.49, with an intraday range roughly between $29.46 and $29.78. That small price move doesn’t mean “nothing’s happening.” Comcast has a stack of near-term catalysts—most notably the Versant Media Group spinoff that will reshape Comcast’s footprint in early 2026—plus fresh operational headlines landing today, and a steady drumbeat of Wall Street target-price debate. Below is a comprehensive roundup of the current news, forecasts, and
22 December 2025
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7-Eleven CEO Joe DePinto to Retire; Stan Reynolds and Doug Rosencrans Named Interim Co-CEOs as Seven & i Pushes U.S. Turnaround and 2026 IPO Plan

7-Eleven CEO Joe DePinto to Retire; Stan Reynolds and Doug Rosencrans Named Interim Co-CEOs as Seven & i Pushes U.S. Turnaround and 2026 IPO Plan

DALLAS / TOKYO — December 22, 2025 — 7‑Eleven’s North American business is heading into a major leadership transition just as its Japanese parent, Seven & i Holdings, accelerates a broader turnaround and prepares the groundwork for a future U.S. listing. Joe DePinto, who has led 7‑Eleven, Inc. (SEI) for more than two decades, will retire at the end of 2025, the company said in a statement. Seven & i has appointed two internal leaders—SEI President Stan Reynolds and SEI Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Doug Rosencrans—as interim co‑CEOs, effective the same date, while the board runs a
22 December 2025
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Pfizer Stock Outlook for 2026: Oncology Momentum, Obesity Deals, and the Patent Cliff Investors Can’t Ignore

Pfizer Stock Outlook for 2026: Oncology Momentum, Obesity Deals, and the Patent Cliff Investors Can’t Ignore

As of Monday, December 22, 2025, Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) is once again at the center of a familiar market debate: is this a battered pharma giant destined to stay “dead money,” or a dividend-rich turnaround story that could surprise investors as its pipeline matures? The short-term reality is tough to miss. Pfizer has guided to flat-to-down revenue in 2026, with continued COVID-franchise erosion and an accelerating loss-of-exclusivity cycle. But the longer-term case—outlined in a wave of investor and analyst commentary this month—rests on whether Pfizer can execute in the two areas that matter most to its post-patent-cliff future: oncology and
22 December 2025
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Uber Stock Outlook for 2026: Baidu Robotaxi Trials, Profit Momentum, and Why UBER Shares Look “Historically Cheap”

Uber Stock Outlook for 2026: Baidu Robotaxi Trials, Profit Momentum, and Why UBER Shares Look “Historically Cheap”

Dec. 22, 2025 — Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) is ending the year with a familiar investor paradox: the business looks stronger on many core metrics, yet the stock has been trading like a company facing an “existential” technology threat. The latest catalyst arrived Monday with a headline that lands directly in the center of that debate—Uber and Lyft said they will work with China’s Baidu to launch driverless taxi trials in the U.K. in 2026, adding another major autonomy partner to Uber’s growing robotaxi web. Reuters As of Monday afternoon, Uber shares were around $82, up roughly 3% on the
22 December 2025
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Stock Market Today (Dec. 22, 2025): Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Rise as Nvidia Rebounds, Tesla Jumps and Gold Hits RecordsGold

Stock Market Today (Dec. 22, 2025): Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Rise as Nvidia Rebounds, Tesla Jumps and Gold Hits RecordsGold

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks opened the holiday-shortened week with a steady bid on Monday, as investors returned to the “AI trade” after last week’s wobble and looked ahead to a lighter, data-driven stretch into year-end. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite all pushed higher in morning trading, helped by gains in semiconductors and other mega-cap tech names — while commodities stole a share of the spotlight, with gold and silver surging to fresh record highs. Reuters+2AP News+2 The session’s tone was set by a familiar mix of late-December forces: thinner trading volume, a growing fixation
22 December 2025
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Stock Market Today

GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

7 February 2026
GSK shares closed Friday up 0.83% at a 52-week high after the EU approved Nucala for certain uncontrolled COPD patients. Insider filings showed chairman Jonathan Symonds bought 2,500 shares while executive David Redfern sold 100,000. The FTSE 100 rose 0.6%. Broker ratings on GSK remained mixed.
Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

7 February 2026
Aye Finance raised Rs 454.5 crore from 19 anchor investors ahead of its Feb 9 IPO, pricing shares at the top of a Rs 122–129 range. The company’s profit fell 40% to Rs 64.3 crore in the six months to September as bad loans rose to 4.85%. The IPO values Aye at about Rs 3,200 crore, below its last private round. Major investors include Nippon Life India and Goldman Sachs funds.
BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

7 February 2026
British American Tobacco shares closed up 1.2% at 4,609 pence Friday, near a 52-week high. The company disclosed further share buybacks and management share purchases ahead of its Feb. 12 full-year results. BAT bought 121,668 shares for cancellation on Feb. 5. Investors await updates on nicotine alternatives and cash returns.
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