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Apple’s July 2025 Bombshells: Foldable iPhone, AI Secrets, Encryption Showdown & More

Apple Nears $4 Trillion as Record Market Awaits Big Tech Earnings Showdown

Market Hits Record Highs Ahead of Earnings Wall Street enters this week in a euphoric mood. Major indices closed at record highs on Monday, with the Nasdaq up 1.4%, S&P 500 +0.8%, and Dow +0.5%ts2.tech. Investor sentiment has been boosted by hopes that a U.S.–China trade truce is imminent and by confidence that the Federal Reserve will ease monetary policy. News that President Trump and China’s Xi plan to meet on Oct. 30 to hash out a trade deal “clearly boosted sentiment,” powering rallies in trade-sensitive tech and industrial stocksts2.techts2.tech. At the same time, a cooler-than-expected inflation report has “all
27 October 2025
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Celestica Stock Skyrockets on AI Boom: Q3 Blowout, Raised Forecasts Signal No Slowdown

Celestica Stock Skyrockets on AI Data Center Boom – Q3 Earnings Smash Forecasts

Q3 Earnings Fuel a Fresh Surge in Celestica Stock Toronto-based Celestica – traditionally an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) contractor – delivered blockbuster Q3 2025 results, accelerating its transformation into an AI infrastructure powerhouse. Revenue for the quarter hit $3.19 billion (well above the $3.02B expected) while adjusted profit was $1.58 per share (vs ~$1.47 expected)sfchronicle.com. CEO Rob Mionis highlighted that both sales and EPS exceeded the high end of guidance, with operating margins at record levels247wallst.com. Bolstered by this performance, Celestica raised its full-year outlook significantly, now targeting 2025 sales of $12.2B (+~34% YoY) and EPS of $5.90globenewswire.com. It even issued an early 2026 forecast for $16.0B revenue
27 October 2025
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Cadence’s AI-Fueled Q3 Surprise: Earnings Beat, Big Deals, and Bold Forecasts Ignite CDNS Stock

Cadence’s AI-Fueled Q3 Surprise: Earnings Beat, Big Deals, and Bold Forecasts Ignite CDNS Stock

Q3 Earnings Beat Expectations Cadence Design Systems delivered better-than-expected third-quarter results, showcasing resilient growth as the semiconductor design boom continues. Adjusted EPS jumped to $1.93, topping analyst forecasts of $1.79uk.investing.com. Revenue for Q3 hit $1.34 billion, edging past the $1.32 B consensus and rising ~10% from $1.22 B in the year-ago quarteruk.investing.com. On a GAAP basis, net income was $287.1 million ($1.05 per share), up ~20% year-on-yearnasdaq.com – reflecting solid operational gains even after accounting for acquisition costs. The company cited broad-based strength across its product lines (which span chip design software, IP, and hardware systems), as customers accelerated projects in areas like artificial
27 October 2025
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Celestica Stock Skyrockets on AI Boom: Q3 Blowout, Raised Forecasts Signal No Slowdown

Celestica Stock Skyrockets on AI Boom: Q3 Blowout, Raised Forecasts Signal No Slowdown

CLS Stock Surges on AI Wave TORONTO – Celestica’s stock is on fire. The electronics manufacturing company’s shares continued their remarkable run on Monday, rallying to new highs as investors bet on the artificial intelligence (AI) hardware boom. Celestica’s Toronto-listed stock closed at approximately C$424 per sharestockchase.com on October 27, extending a multi-session upswing. The weekly gain now tops 13%ts2.tech, and the stock has climbed an astonishing ~316% over the past yearts2.tech – a growth rate that vastly outpaced the broader market. This historic rally reflects surging optimism that Celestica will be a big winner in the rush to build
27 October 2025
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Waste Management (WM) Stock Slips After Earnings Miss – Key Facts and Outlook

Waste Management (WM) Stock Slips After Earnings Miss – Key Facts and Outlook

Stock Price and Recent Movements Waste Management’s stock has been trading in the low-$200s per share in late October. It closed at $213.71 on October 27, 2025finance.yahoo.com, just before the company released earnings. Immediately after the results, WM shares slipped about 2% in post-market tradinginvesting.com as investors digested the revenue and earnings miss. Despite this dip, the stock remains modestly higher for 2025 (up roughly 6–7% year-to-date)stockanalysis.com, reflecting the broader market’s strength this year. By comparison, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit record highs in October amid robust corporate earnings and easing inflation, which has lifted many industrial stocks. It’s
27 October 2025
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New AI Fighter Jet X-BAT Aims to Outsmart China’s First-Strike Threat

New AI Fighter Jet X-BAT Aims to Outsmart China’s First-Strike Threat

China’s Runway-Busting Threat U.S. analysts warn that China’s military doctrine emphasizes crippling U.S. airpower on the ground. The People’s Liberation Army has deployed thousands of long-range precision missiles (including anti-ship “carrier killer” DF-21D/DF-26 missiles) to hit U.S. carriers and Pacific airfields foxnews.com. “They’ve basically said, ‘We’re not going to compete stealth-on-stealth in the air — we’ll target your aircraft before they even get off the ground,’” explains Armor Harris, Shield AI’s VP of Aircraft Engineering foxnews.com. Indeed, modern air wars often begin by striking runways or airbases (Israel’s strike on Iran’s airfields, or Russian strikes on Ukrainian runways) to prevent
27 October 2025
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Dominion Energy Stock Primed for Rally as Analysts Hike Targets on Renewables Boom

Dominion Energy Stock Primed for Rally as Analysts Hike Targets on Renewables Boom

In-depth, Dominion’s recent moves underscore why investors are watching closely. The company is a bet on both income and growth: a high-dividend utility riding secular tailwinds. The renegade shift to renewables remains the theme. One industry analyst notes that “when the rubber meets the road, electric utilities are still turning to carbon-free sources” ts2.tech – a wry nod to Dominion’s practical pivot. The planning is concrete: Dominion issued RFPs for massive solar, wind and battery projects in Virginia and the Carolinas ts2.tech, mandated by state clean-energy laws. These projects (e.g. 1 GW+ solar farms) – coupled with strong data-center demand –
27 October 2025
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ChatGPT Crashes Worldwide — Downdetector Alarms, OpenAI Responds, Markets React

ChatGPT Crashes Worldwide — Downdetector Alarms, OpenAI Responds, Markets React

Sources: Industry trackers and tech media report the details of the outage Dataconomy Findarticles; OpenAI’s updates are public on its status page; Reuters and TS2.tech cover corporate moves and stock reactions Reuters ts2.tech; and AI experts in AI Magazine and tech analysis comment on reliability and resilience Aimagazine Businessinsider. All statistics and expert quotes are drawn from these contemporaneous sources.
27 October 2025
Google Stock Surges on AI Frenzy, Olympic Cloud Deal and Big Deals – Can It Hit $300 Next?

Alphabet Stock Skyrockets to New Highs – AI and Cloud Frenzy Nears $3 Trillion

Alphabet Inc.’s stock has been on a tear through October. Monday’s close near $265 (Oct. 27, 2025) means shares are flirting with record territoryts2.tech. This follows an intraday high above $257 on Oct. 20ts2.tech, which briefly put Alphabet’s market cap into the elite $3 trillion rangets2.tech. Year-to-date Alphabet is up about 30%, far outpacing the S&P 500 (≈+12%)ts2.techts2.tech. As one market commentator put it, “It’s been a standout run for Alphabet,” driven by excitement around its AI projects and a revival in online advertisingts2.tech. Several factors have fueled the rally. First, Alphabet’s earnings and revenue have rebounded. In Q2 (July–Sept), Google’s
27 October 2025
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Amazon Stock Today: AI Ambitions, $2.5B Twist, and $3 Trillion Dreams

Amazon Stock Skyrockets: AI Innovations and $2.5B FTC Deal Ignite Tech Giant’s Rally

Key Facts: As of Oct. 27, 2025, Amazon (AMZN) trades in the mid-$220s per share, up slightly over the past weekts2.techstatmuse.com. This month the stock climbed from the low $210s to about $225–228, reversing early October weakness. Wall Street is bullish: nearly all 50 analysts rate AMZN a “Buy” and the consensus 12-month price target is in the mid-$260s (implying ~20% upside)ts2.techmarketbeat.com. Key recent news includes a $2.5 billion FTC settlement (Amazon admitted no wrongdoing) in late Septts2.tech, a major AWS cloud outage on Oct. 20 (quickly resolved, with services “returned to normal” by Monday eveningapnews.com), and Amazon’s aggressive AI/device push.
27 October 2025
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Meta’s AI Revolution Unleashed: July 2025 Breakthroughs, Billion‑Dollar Bets & Backlash

Meta Stock Soars on AI Gambit and $27B Data Center JV – Analysts Eye 20% Upside

Key Facts: Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) shares trade in the mid-$700s (≈$740 on Oct. 27, 2025), up roughly 25% year-to-datets2.techinvesting.com. Market cap is about $1.8 trillionts2.tech. Over 40 Wall Street analysts rate META a “Buy,” with 12‑month price targets in the $825–$900 range (roughly 10–20% above current prices)ts2.techbenzinga.com. Meta reports Q3 2025 earnings on Oct. 29 after market close, with consensus around $49–50 billion revenue (≈+22% YoY)ig.comts2.tech. Recent corporate moves include a $27 billion AI data-center joint venture with Blue Owl Capitalts2.tech, major AI hiring (and concurrent lab layoffs)ts2.tech, and new products (e.g. Ray-Ban AR glasses)ts2.tech. In Europe, regulators have flagged Meta
27 October 2025
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Microsoft Stock Soars on AI and Cloud Frenzy – Analysts Eye $600+ Price Targets

Microsoft Stock Skyrockets on AI Boom – Analysts See $600 in Sight

In summary, Microsoft’s stock is trading near all-time highs on an AI-and-cloud-fueled rally. Record-breaking financial results and massive new infrastructure projects have traders cheering, while top analysts say the upside could run to the mid-$600s. With tech indexes at new peaks and big data-center investments announced (including that $40B Aligned deal), the momentum remains strongreuters.comreuters.com. The key near-term catalyst will be next week’s earnings report: as one analyst put it, MSFT’s “multiple growth engines” mean Wall Street is mostly “buying on dips” and betting the uptrend will continuetipranks.comts2.tech. Sources: Company filings and news releases; Reuters, CNBC and other business pressreuters.comreuters.comreuters.comreuters.cominvesting.comtipranks.cominvesting.comreuters.com.
27 October 2025
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Crypto CARNAGE: $20B Vanishes as Bitcoin Plummets – Will It Rebound?

Bitcoin Surges Past $115K as Crypto Stocks Skyrocket on Fed Rate-Cut Hopes

Crypto Market Rally Continues Late October has seen a striking rebound in crypto prices after mid-month volatility. Bitcoin’s price surged from just ~$110K on Oct. 24 to around $115K by Oct. 27decrypt.co. Ethereum and other major altcoins followed suit (Ether ~$4,150coindesk.com, Solana above $200decrypt.co). According to Decrypt, BTC’s weekend climb and similar gains in ETH and SOL added roughly $150 billion to the total crypto market valuedecrypt.co. Global markets were broadly risk-on: gold prices fell (as crypto and stocks took the lead)decrypt.co, and U.S. Treasury yields ticked up as investors rotated out of safe havens. Fund flows confirm the shift. CoinShares
27 October 2025
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Wall Street Hits Record Highs as Tech Stocks Soar and Shutdown Worries Melt

Wall Street Rockets on China Trade Deal News – Here’s What’s Fueling the Rally

Stocks Surge on U.S.-China Trade Optimism Global stocks opened sharply higher as U.S. and Chinese negotiators reported progress on a trade agreementreuters.com. On Sunday, officials “hashed out the framework of a trade deal” for Presidents Trump and Xi to decide on later this weekreuters.com. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the talks achieved a “very substantial framework” that could avert punitive tariffsts2.tech. Chinese negotiator Li Chenggang echoed the upbeat tone, saying both sides reached a preliminary consensusts2.tech. With fears of a renewed trade war easing, U.S. stock futures surged. According to Reuters, Nasdaq futures rose ~1.4% and S&P futures ~0.9%
27 October 2025
Credit ‘Cockroach’ Jitters Shake Markets: Stocks Slide Globally as Gold Hits Record High

Stocks Soar on Tech Mania: Bulls Bet Big on Earnings and Rate Cuts (Bubble Fears or Boom?)

Market Rally and Fed Easing U.S. markets kicked off Oct. 27 at all-time highs. The Dow reached ~47,445, S&P 500 ~6,850 and Nasdaq ~23,529, driven by trade and Fed expectationsreuters.com. In New York, gains were broad-based – tech stocks jumped (Intel +4%), semiconductors hit a record, and even small caps (Russell 2000) rose ~1.2%reuters.com. Optimism over an impending U.S.–China trade truce (Trump meets Xi on Oct 30 to discuss tariffs) “clearly” boosted sentiment, analysts say, powering rallies in China-exposed tech and industrial firmsreuters.comts2.tech. Inflation news added fuel: September’s CPI came in slightly cooler than feared, “calming the tariff-driven inflation jitters” and virtually
27 October 2025
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Honda’s EV Shakeup & 104% Production Surge – Will HMC Stock Accelerate Higher?

Honda’s EV Shakeup & 104% Production Surge – Will HMC Stock Accelerate Higher?

HMC Stock Price & Recent Performance Honda Motor Co.’s American Depositary Shares (NYSE: HMC) traded at $31.52 at Friday’s close (Oct. 24) Stockanalysis. The stock has been range-bound in the low-$30s this month, ticking up mid-October then easing slightly. On Oct. 22, HMC jumped ~1.8% intraday and closed at $31.84 – a brief rally attributed to broader market strength Stockanalysis – before settling back to the $31.5 level by week’s end. Year-to-date, Honda is roughly flat, with recent gains erasing a late-summer dip; the shares are “only a small dip away from where [they] started the year,” according to Simply Wall St
27 October 2025
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QuantumScape (QS) Stock Rockets on Solid-State Battery Breakthrough – Analysts Split on Future

QuantumScape (QS) Stock Skyrockets on Solid-State Battery Breakthrough – Analysts Weigh In

With these milestones and risks in mind, investors and experts are closely watching QuantumScape’s next moves. Stock Performance & Recent Trends QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) has been one of 2025’s most volatile and high-flying stocks. After languishing in the $3–4 range earlier in the year, QS shares rallied nearly +180% YTD by mid-Octoberts2.tech. Positive news – especially a September Ducati demo and new partner deals – propelled the stock to fresh highs. In early October it briefly traded around $16–19ts2.tech. However, ahead of Q3 earnings the stock pulled back. On Oct 22 (pre-earnings), QS plunged about –12.6% intradayts2.tech, erasing roughly $2 billion of
27 October 2025
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US Antimony (UAMY) Stock Skyrockets on $245M Defense Deal – Is It Too Good to Be True?

UAMY Stock Skyrockets ~1500% on Pentagon Antimony Deal Amid Critical Minerals Boom

UAMY Stock Rollercoaster Ride in Late 2025 United States Antimony’s stock has been on a wild rollercoaster through October. The tiny miner’s shares, which traded below $1 as recently as mid-September, exploded into the double-digits after the Pentagon contract news hitts2.techts2.tech. In the frenzy, UAMY surged to an intraday high of $19.71 on Oct. 14 (an all-time high) before sharp profit-taking set instockanalysis.com. By Oct. 24 the stock closed at $12.01stockanalysis.com, and it continued to swing dramatically. In Monday trading on Oct. 27, UAMY plunged about 20% by midday to ~$9.50stockanalysis.com, reflecting the extreme volatility of this niche critical-minerals play.
27 October 2025
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Intellia Therapeutics Stock Plummets 45% After CRISPR Trial Shock – Can Gene-Editing Hopes Survive?

Intellia Therapeutics Stock Plummets 45% After CRISPR Trial Shock – Can Gene-Editing Hopes Survive?

CRISPR Trial Halt Triggers Sell-Off Intellia’s stock was hammered on Monday after the biotech stunned investors with news of a clinical trial pause. Before the opening bell, the Cambridge, MA-based company announced it had temporarily halted patient dosing and screening in two late-stage trials of its in vivo CRISPR treatment nexiguran ziclumeran (NTLA-2001) due to a serious adverse event reuters.com. A patient in the Phase 3 MAGNITUDE study – which tests NTLA-2001 in transthyretin amyloidosis patients with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) – experienced Grade 4 elevations in liver enzymes and bilirubin after receiving the one-time gene therapy reuters.com ca.investing.com. This met the trial’s pre-specified safety
27 October 2025
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Lithium Americas Stock Skyrockets on U.S. ‘White Gold’ Deal – Experts Weigh In

Lithium Americas (LAC) Stock Soars on U.S. ‘White Gold’ Stake Amid EV Boom – What’s Next?

LAC Stock’s Roller-Coaster Ride in Late October Lithium Americas stock is front and center on October 27, 2025, after a roller-coaster month. The share price exploded earlier in October on news of U.S. government backing, then cooled over the past week amid broader market shifts and profit-taking. LAC closed last week at $6.72 in New Yorkinvesting.com, rebounding nearly +3.7% on Friday alone, yet it remains well below its mid-month peak. Just two weeks ago on October 14, the stock traded above $10 (an intraday 52-week high) following a frenzied rallyts2.tech. Since that peak, LAC has slid roughly 33% as investors lock in
27 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

Costco stock price retakes $1,000 — what traders are watching before Monday

Costco stock price retakes $1,000 — what traders are watching before Monday

7 February 2026
New York, Feb 7, 2026, 11:05 EST — Market closed. Costco Wholesale Corp (COST.O) closed Friday up 1.2% at $1,001.16, clawing back above the $1,000 mark into the weekend. The stock ranged from $982.30 to $1,001.20 and traded about 2.36 million shares, with U.S. markets shut on Saturday. The move matters because Costco has become a quick read on the steadier end of U.S. consumer spending, and it is landing right as investors try to sort out whether rates are headed down again — and what that does to big, expensive retail names. A consumer snapshot on Friday did not
Johnson & Johnson stock price: What to watch after talc-case law firm ouster and new AFib data

Johnson & Johnson stock price: What to watch after talc-case law firm ouster and new AFib data

7 February 2026
Johnson & Johnson shares rose 0.9% to $239.99 Friday after a New Jersey appeals court disqualified Beasley Allen from state talc cases, citing improper coordination with a former J&J attorney. The ruling affects about 3,600 state lawsuits, while a related federal motion is pending. J&J also reported early 12-month pilot data for its investigational AFib device at a cardiology meeting.
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