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Big Pharma’s Billion-Dollar Bet: Inside Eli Lilly’s $5B Virginia Factory and America’s New Drug Manufacturing Boom

Eli Lilly Stock on Fire: GLP-1 Bonanza, Big Earnings & AI Pivot Drive Rally

LLY Stock Snapshot and Recent Moves Eli Lilly’s stock (NYSE: LLY) has been on a tear this year, driven by blockbuster drug sales and upbeat guidance. As of Oct. 29, 2025, LLY traded near $813.53investing.com. After hitting highs in the mid-$850s in early October, the shares have pulled back modestly (closing about 2% lower in the past week). Trading volume and technical indicators suggest a consolidation phase after the recent rallyintellectia.aiintellectia.ai. Over the past 12 months LLY has significantly outperformed the broader market, in large part thanks to its GLP-1 diabetes/obesity franchise. Wall Street now assigns it a Moderate Buy consensus;
30 October 2025
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Meta’s Q3 Showdown: Can AI Spend and Ad Growth Drive Another Rally?

Meta Stock Skyrockets on AI Push – Will It Keep Soaring?

Overall, Meta’s late-2025 story is one of high stakes and high hopes. Its core advertising machine is booming, and investors have cheered the aggressive AI and hardware bets (as TechStock² recently noted, Meta’s “aggressive AI push” has driven a stock rally even stronger than other tech giantsts2.tech). The company is locking in massive infrastructure (data centers, chips) and talent today, banking on big payoffs tomorrow. Whether all that spending will translate into sustained user growth and new revenue streams remains to be seen. But for now, most analysts remain on board, believing Meta’s 3-billion-user ecosystem and deep pockets make it
30 October 2025
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Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 30.10.2025

ENDEDLive coverage has endedEnded: October 31, 2025, 12:00 AM EDT Liberty Latin America (LILA) Valuation Under Scrutiny as Shares Slide Despite Solid Fundamentals October 30, 2025, 10:36 PM EDT. Liberty Latin America (LILA) has fallen ~6% over the last month despite solid annual revenue growth and a rebound in net income. Its 1-year total shareholder return is down >20%, even after a strong rally earlier this year and a ~21% YTD gain. The stock trades at a discount to analyst targets, with a fair value around $10.63 versus a recent close near $7.77, suggesting an undervalued setup for patient investors.
30 October 2025
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Diageo Stock on the Rocks After 30% Slide – Is a Comeback Brewing for LSE: DGE?

Diageo Stock on the Rocks After 30% Slide – Is a Comeback Brewing for LSE: DGE?

Diageo Shares Slump Then Steady in Late 2025 Diageo’s share price has had a turbulent 2025, plunging nearly one-third year-to-date amid repeated disappointments. As of October 30, 2025, the stock traded around 1,755–1,760 pence, roughly flat with the prior day’s close after a modest mid-week uptick. That leaves the maker of Johnnie Walker whisky and Guinness beer down over 30% for the year – a stark contrast to the broader market upswing. In fact, Diageo has been one of the FTSE 100’s laggards, having lost about 30% of its value in 2025 alone. Investors who cheered a brief 6.5% share
30 October 2025
Klarna (KLAR) Stock Dives Below IPO Level – Analysts Eye 30%+ Rebound

Klarna’s Wild Post-IPO Ride: Stock Slump, New Deals & Experts Predict What’s Next

A Blockbuster IPO Resets Klarna’s Valuation Klarna’s New York IPO (Sept 2025) marked one of the year’s biggest fintech debuts. Priced at $40 per share, the offering raised about $1.37 billion and valued the Swedish BNPL leader at roughly $15 billionts2.tech. This valuation, while only one-third of Klarna’s pandemic-era $45.6 B peak, was more than double its 2022 low of $6.7 B after tech markets crashedts2.tech. The IPO was oversubscribed and priced above the initial $35–$37 range, reflecting pent-up investor demand. “$15 billion is far from disappointing”, noted Samuel Kerr, a market expert, given it topped Klarna’s target range and left investors “wanting more”reuters.com. Klarna’s
30 October 2025
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Massive Cybersecurity Storm: Ransomware Rampages, Mega-Breach Scare & Global Outages

Massive Cybersecurity Storm: Ransomware Rampages, Mega-Breach Scare & Global Outages

Crippling Breaches Hit Businesses and Infrastructure Late October brought a wave of alarming cyber breaches across industries. Advertising leader Dentsu revealed that its U.S. arm Merkle was compromised, forcing systems offline as investigators found employee banking details, payroll info, and client records exposedbleepingcomputer.combleepingcomputer.com. In aviation, WestJet (Canada’s second-largest airline) admitted hackers stole sensitive customer data including passport scans and personal detailsts2.tech. The carrier traced the breach to a third-party IT supplier and is offering affected fliers credit monitoringts2.tech. Security experts call stolen passport info especially dangerous since it can enable identity theft and fraud in travel systemsts2.tech. Even national infrastructure
30 October 2025
Home EV Charging Revolution: Government Axes Red Tape to Help Millions Without Driveways

Home EV Charging Revolution: Government Axes Red Tape to Help Millions Without Driveways

Red Tape Axed for Kerbside Charging In a bid to accelerate the electric vehicle revolution, the UK government announced it is overhauling planning laws to help drivers without off-street parking charge at home. Ministers plan to scrap the requirement for planning permission before fitting a “cross-pavement charging gully” outside one’s homeelectrifying.com. These narrow covered channels let a charging cable run safely under the sidewalk from a home power outlet to a car at the curb, without creating a trip hazardautocar.co.ukautocar.co.uk. Currently, homeowners with driveways can install a charger on their property freely, but those who park on the street must
30 October 2025
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AI Gold Rush Accelerates: $5 Trillion Milestones, Massive Layoffs, and New Breakthroughs Spark Global AI Frenzy

AI Gold Rush Accelerates: $5 Trillion Milestones, Massive Layoffs, and New Breakthroughs Spark Global AI Frenzy

Big Tech’s AI Boom Propels Stocks – and Spending The end of October brought a dramatic affirmation of artificial intelligence’s global economic impact. Nvidia, the Silicon Valley company whose graphics processors power most modern AI systems, made history as the first-ever $5 trillion companyagcc.co.ukreuters.com. Nvidia’s stock has skyrocketed 12-fold since the debut of ChatGPT in late 2022reuters.com, underscoring how quickly AI went from tech curiosity to core growth driver for investors. “Nvidia hitting a $5 trillion market cap is more than a milestone; it’s a statement,” said Hargreaves Lansdown analyst Matt Britzman, noting the firm has morphed into “one of the best
30 October 2025
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Shocking IRS Update: New 2026 Tax Brackets Slashed for Millions – Here’s How Much You’ll Save

Tax Refunds 2025: IRS Shutdown Delays, Bigger Payouts & Global Rebate Roundup

Key Facts: As Congress’s funding lapse hit IRS operations in late Oct 2025, most paper refunds were paused (e-filers still get refunds)irs.gov. The IRS paid out $311.6 billion in refunds in 2025 (up slightly) with an average of $3,052 per taxpayerts2.tech. The new U.S. tax law (the “One Big Beautiful Bill” of July 2025) raised credits for children and seniorsts2.tech, and analysts now forecast a surge in refunds (an extra ~$50 billion, or +18%) in early 2026cbsnews.comeconomictimes.indiatimes.com. In state news, Virginia announced one-time income-tax rebates of $200–$400 from a budget surplusts2.tech. Abroad, India reports delays in processing large refunds (nearly 1.9 crore
30 October 2025
Branson’s Bold Move: Virgin Trains Poised to End Eurostar’s 30-Year Channel Tunnel Monopoly

Branson’s Bold Move: Virgin Trains Poised to End Eurostar’s 30-Year Channel Tunnel Monopoly

Breaking the Monopoly For the first time since 1994, a train company other than Eurostar will be allowed to run passenger services through the Channel Tunnel. On 30 October 2025 the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) announced it had approved Virgin Trains Europe’s depot access applicationorr.gov.uk. Temple Mills International depot (Leyton, London) – the only UK facility capable of servicing large high-speed trains – had been used exclusively by Eurostar until now. The ORR press release explains that this move “unlocks plans for around £700 mn of investment in new services and the creation of 400 new jobs”orr.gov.uk. ORR deputy
30 October 2025
Anthropic’s Private Shares Soar to $185 Amid AI Frenzy – $183B Valuation, Major Deals & $1.5B Lawsuit

Anthropic’s Private Shares Soar to $185 Amid AI Frenzy – $183B Valuation, Major Deals & $1.5B Lawsuit

Private Valuation and Growth Surge Anthropic remains privately held, but secondary-market pricing gives a clear picture of investor sentiment. According to Forge Global data, Anthropic’s derived share price hit $185.90 on Oct. 29, 2025forgeglobal.com. That figure implies an eye-watering ~$241 billion valuationforgeglobal.com. Remarkably, Forge’s charts show the price jumped about +1,555% in one week during late Octoberforgeglobal.com. (Hiive, another private market site, similarly values Anthropic around $190–200 per share.) This caps a year of rapid growth: Anthropic’s Sept 2025 press release notes that its revenue run-rate exploded from roughly $1 billion in early 2025 to $5 billion by August 2025anthropic.com. Reuters has reported
30 October 2025
Nasdaq Frenzy: Tech Titans’ AI-Fueled Surge Hits Records Ahead of Fed Cut & Earnings Bonanza

Stocks in Limbo: Dow Futures Dip While Nasdaq, S&P Tick Up as Powell Cools Rally, Trump-Xi Deal Sparks Mixed Reaction

Mixed U.S. Market Open as Fed Caution Sets In U.S. stock futures opened tentatively on Oct 30, reflecting uncertainty about growth and Fed policy. By 4:23 a.m. EDT, Nasdaq-100 and S&P 500 futures were each up only a few hundredths of a percent, while Dow futures were down about 0.15%tipranks.com. Traders were coming off a choppy Oct 29 session, during which the Federal Reserve delivered a widely expected 25-basis-point rate cut (bringing the fed funds target to 3.75–4.00%). However, Fed Chair Jerome Powell warned that further easing this year was not assured. This surprised some investors who had been pricing
30 October 2025
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Michigan’s Green Energy Boom: Utilities Hit 50% Renewables Target as Solar Grants Surge

DTE Energy Stock Poised for Breakout? Investors Eye AI Boom and $10B Grid Plan

Recent News and Company Updates This week DTE announced executive and community initiatives. On Oct. 21, it named Brenda Craig as Chief Communications Officer (succeeding Paula Silver). DTE also launched a winter assistance program on Oct. 28 to help low-income Michigan customers with heating costs. In Detroit, DTE is partnering on a major solar project – breaking ground Oct. 27 on a 165-acre “Solar Neighborhood” in Van Dyke/Lynch, the first of five planned solar fields for the citydetroitmi.gov. These moves highlight DTE’s focus on community clean-energy and reliability efforts. On Oct. 16, DTE announced it will release Q3 2025 earnings
30 October 2025
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Crypto Frenzy: Bitcoin Wavers at $120K, Altcoins Roar, Regulators Act, and NFTs Rebound (July 22–23, 2025)

Bitcoin’s October 2025 Rollercoaster: Hits $126K, 17% Crash, and Fed-Fueled Comeback

Price Rollercoaster and Macro Drivers Bitcoin’s wild swings have been driven by both technical and macro factors. In early October, massive ETF inflows and positive sentiment (easing US-China trade rhetoric, a dovish Fed pivot) sent BTC roaring to ~$126,000 on Oct. 5reuters.com. But on Oct. 10, President Trump announced 100% tariffs on Chinese imports, triggering a broad risk-off move. Bitcoin plunged below $105,000 (a ~15% drop) in one dayreuters.com, wiping out over $19 billion of leveraged crypto positions (the largest 24-hour liquidation ever)reuters.com. Altcoins crashed even harder – for example, Avalanche and Dogecoin each fell around 60–70% from recent highsreuters.com – before
30 October 2025
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Alien Probe or Cosmic Relic? Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Baffles Scientists (updated 27.10.2025)

Mysterious Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Nears Sun – 10-Billion-Year Visitor Sparks Alien Theories and Scientific Awe

Key Facts and Highlights A Visitor From Beyond the Solar System In July 2025, astronomers spotted a faint newcomer inbound toward the Sun – one that was not gravitationally bound to our star at all. The object, now designated 3I/ATLAS, is only the third interstellar visitor ever detected in our solar systemts2.tech. (The “3I” prefix marks it as the third Interstellar object.) It was first observed on July 1, 2025 by the ATLAS sky-survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile, and its discovery immediately caused excitement. The reason? Its orbit was hyperbolic, meaning it’s not a periodic comet from our Oort Cloud
29 October 2025
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Microsoft’s $135B AI Bet Pays Off – Stock Soars as OpenAI Unveils $500B Restructure

Microsoft’s $135B AI Bet Pays Off – Stock Soars as OpenAI Unveils $500B Restructure

OpenAI Reorg: Mission Meets Money OpenAI’s Oct. 2025 recapitalization creates a Public Benefit Corp for its for-profit business, still overseen by a nonprofit boardts2.techaxios.com. Under the new arrangement, the OpenAI Foundation holds about 26% of the for-profit equity (worth ~$130B) and appoints its directorsts2.tech. Employees and investors hold ~47%, and Microsoft 27%ts2.tech. Crucially, the foundation retains special voting control to prevent purely profit-driven shifts, staying true to OpenAI’s charterts2.tech. The restructuring clears the way for massive fundraising. CEO Sam Altman told reporters OpenAI plans roughly $1.4 trillion in AI R&D and infrastructure over the next few yearsts2.tech. By any measure,
29 October 2025
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Nothing Phone 3a Lite Launch: 5,000mAh Battery, 50MP Triple Camera & Glyph LED at €249

Nothing Phone 3a Lite Launch: 5,000mAh Battery, 50MP Triple Camera & Glyph LED at €249

‘Entry-level’ Nothing Phone: Nothing’s Carl Pei‑led brand is expanding rapidly: after flagship Phone (3) in July and mid‑range 3a/3a Pro in spring, the new Phone (3a) Lite is its first true budget modeltechradar.comandroidcentral.com. Android Central reports this “first entry-level smartphone” from Nothing will maintain the company’s signature transparent design, but with a pared-down notification LED on the backandroidcentral.comtheverge.com. The teaser tagline was simply “Phone (3a) Lite. 29.10. 13:00 GMT. Light up the everyday.”androidcentral.com. In its hands-on preview, Android Central’s Sanuj Bhatia notes the Lite “will feature Nothing’s signature transparent design with a simpler single LED setup” and is expected in
29 October 2025
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Starbucks (SBUX) Brewing Gains? CEO’s Shake-Up & $5B China Deal Fuel Stock Rally

Starbucks Rebound? Q4 Sales Jump for First Time in 2 Years, Sending Stock Soaring

Starbucks’ surprisingly strong Q4 sales and its renewed focus on customers suggest its “Back to Starbucks” strategy is gaining tractionabcnews.go.comts2.tech. Still, higher costs (coffee-bean prices, tariffs on imports) cut into marginsreuters.com. The company suspended guidance, with CFO Smith saying new forecasts will come at an investor event in Januaryreuters.com. In the meantime, analysts note that if Starbucks can sustain this momentum – by winning back customers and controlling costs – the stock may have further room to run. As one UBS analyst put it, investors are watching for an inflection in sales trends next yearts2.tech. Sources: Starbucks Q4 financial reportinvestor.starbucks.comabcnews.go.com;
29 October 2025
UPS Delivers Earnings Surprise as Stock Soars – But Will Its 7.5% Dividend Survive?

UPS Stock Skyrockets 18% After Crushing Q3 Earnings – What’s Next?

UPS Stock Performance and Trends After a rough year, UPS stock has found fresh life. On Oct. 28, the day UPS released Q3 results, the shares initially surged into the low $100s – about an 18% jump from the prior closets2.tech. By the end of that day, UPS was up roughly 8–9%stockstotrade.com. The rally partly recouped earlier losses: in early October the stock had traded as low as the low-$90s, down about 28% from its January levelsreuters.cominvestopedia.com. On Oct. 29, the momentum continued gently; UPS closed at $97.40, about 1.1% highergoogle.comgoogle.com. (For context, the S&P 500 traded relatively flat that
29 October 2025
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Keppel stock price in focus as broker lifts target and dividend clock ticks

Keppel stock price in focus as broker lifts target and dividend clock ticks

8 February 2026
Keppel shares closed at S$11.64 on Friday, up 0.17%, outperforming the Straits Times Index. UOB Kay Hian raised its target price to S$13.23 after Keppel announced a 38% higher FY2025 dividend, with key dates set for April. The M1 sale remains delayed pending regulatory approval. Investors await updates on asset sales and dividend plans when trading resumes Monday.
DBS share price: DBS Group Holdings stock in focus before Feb 9 earnings

DBS share price: DBS Group Holdings stock in focus before Feb 9 earnings

8 February 2026
DBS closed at S$59.30 on Friday, down 0.6%, ahead of its full-year results due before market open on Feb. 9. Singapore shares fell 0.8% the same day as regional markets slid. Investors await updates on DBS’s margins and capital return plan. Singapore’s Budget 2026 is set for Feb. 12, with UOB and OCBC results later this month.
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