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Vertiv (VRT) Stock Soars on AI Data-Center Boom and Blowout Q3 – Can the Rally Last?

Vertiv (VRT) Stock Soars on AI Data-Center Boom and Blowout Q3 – Can the Rally Last?

Record Rally and Stellar Q3 Results Vertiv’s stock has been on a tear. After years of steady growth, the share price accelerated in summer 2025 amid booming AI and data-center demand ts2.tech. By Oct. 9 the stock briefly reached a 52-week high near $180 ts2.tech. As of Oct. 22 it sits in the mid-$170s (about 50% above the start of 2025) ts2.tech. Trading volume spiked on the heels of earnings news; for example, Vertiv jumped over 5% on Oct. 10 alone. The catalyst was clearly the Oct. 22 Q3 earnings release. Vertiv reported net sales of $2.676 billion, up 29% from
22 October 2025
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Oklo Stock Soars 500% on $2B Nuclear Fuel Deal – Breakthrough or Bubble?

Oklo Stock Soars 500% on $2B Nuclear Fuel Deal – Breakthrough or Bubble?

Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) is a California-based advanced nuclear startup whose stock has surged about 500–650% in 2025 finviz.com ts2.tech. It went public via a SPAC with Sam Altman’s AltC Acquisition in May 2024, raising ~$306 million oklo.com reuters.com. In mid-October 2025 Oklo announced a major fuel partnership: Europe’s newcleo will invest up to $2 billion (with Sweden’s Blykalla as a potential co-investor) to build advanced nuclear fuel factories in the U.S. oklo.com investorsobserver.com. The company has also inked 20-year power purchase agreements to supply clean power to oil producer Diamondback Energy (50 MW) and data-center firm Wyoming Hyperscale (100 MW) datacenterfrontier.com oklo.com.
22 October 2025
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GM Stock Skyrockets 15% on Earnings Beat – EV Pivot & Tariff Tailwinds

GM Stock Skyrockets 15% on Earnings Beat – EV Pivot & Tariff Tailwinds

Strong Q3 Results Propel Stock Rally General Motors stunned investors with better-than-expected third-quarter 2025 results, triggering a huge stock pop. GM reported $2.80 adjusted EPS (beats ~$2.30 consensus) on roughly $48.6 B in revenue ts2.tech. The market had feared a big hit from tariffs and slowing demand, but GM’s cost controls and premium pricing offset lower volumes. After the results, GM raised its full-year guidance sharply – now forecasting $9.75–$10.50 EPS and $12–$13 B EBIT for 2025 ts2.tech. Analysts note GM achieved this by “delivering on commitments” and finding efficiencies even amid market shifts ts2.tech. Investors rewarded the news: GM stock surged
22 October 2025
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AT&T Beats Q3 Forecast with 405K New Subs – Is Its 5G Bet Paying Off?

AT&T Beats Q3 Forecast with 405K New Subs – Is Its 5G Bet Paying Off?

In its Oct. 22 earnings release, AT&T (NYSE:T) reported solid Q3 results highlighted by strong subscriber growth, even as revenue growth stayed modest. The telecom giant earned $30.7 billion in revenue (up 1.6% year-on-year prnewswire.com) and GAAP EPS of $1.29 prnewswire.com. Adjusted EPS was $0.54, in line with analyst estimates prnewswire.com. Crucially, AT&T added 405,000 postpaid wireless customers in Q3, far above the ~334,000 additions analysts had expected reuters.com. This subscription surge drove AT&T’s stock up about 4% in pre-market trading reuters.com. The results underscore the resilience of AT&T’s core wireless and broadband businesses. Much of the upside came from iPhone
22 October 2025
Bahrain’s First Solar Power Plant: 150MW Tender to Power 6,300 Homes & Slash 100,000t CO₂

Bahrain’s First Solar Power Plant: 150MW Tender to Power 6,300 Homes & Slash 100,000t CO₂

First Ever Saudi-Funded Solar Tender in Bahrain Bahrain’s EWA formally launched the tender on Oct. 16, 2025 for the kingdom’s first utility-scale PV plant renewablesnow.com. President Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed called it “one of the most prominent strategic projects” for Bahrain’s clean energy push renewablesnow.com. The detailed tender documents specify a Bilaj Al Jazayer Solar IPP of at least 100 MWac (150 MWdc), allowing scale up to the originally announced 150 MW. Bids from experienced developers are due by Dec 28, 2025 taiyangnews.info. The winning bidder will sign a long-term power purchase/operation deal under a Build-Own-Operate (BOO) model pv-tech.org taiyangnews.info. In practice, the private
22 October 2025
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Stocks to Buy Today (Oct. 22, 2025): Top Picks as Markets Near Record Highs

Stocks to Buy Today (Oct. 22, 2025): Top Picks as Markets Near Record Highs

Market News & Today’s Financial Outlook Stocks are starting today on cautiously optimistic footing. Futures were little changed this morning after a batch of earnings delivered both relief and warnings. Netflix shocked investors with a rare earnings miss, sending its stock down ~6–7% in pre-market tradingreuters.com. And chipmaker Texas Instruments sank nearly 9% after issuing a bleak sales forecast, which in turn dragged down other semiconductor namesreuters.com. Those disappointments put a slight chill on Nasdaq futures. “We’re at a bit of a point of indecision, where nobody feels particularly strongly about anything,” noted Michael Green of Simplify Asset Management, observing
22 October 2025
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Shocking Rate Decision in Indonesia Sparks Market Jitters and Forecast Frenzy

Shocking Rate Decision in Indonesia Sparks Market Jitters and Forecast Frenzy

Central Bank Shocks Markets by Holding Rates Steady Indonesia’s central bank sprang a surprise on October 22 by keeping its key interest rate unchanged at 4.75%, defying widespread expectations of a rate cut. This decision – announced at the conclusion of Bank Indonesia’s Board of Governors meeting – caught markets off guard, as most forecasters had penciled in a fourth consecutive cut. Economists polled before the meeting overwhelmingly predicted a 25 basis-point reduction to 4.50%reuters.com. In fact, a Wall Street Journal survey found six out of seven economists expected a cut, given the benign inflation backdrop and efforts to spur
22 October 2025
Investors Beware: 7 Stocks to Avoid on October 22, 2025 Amid Alarming Warnings

Investors Beware: 7 Stocks to Avoid on October 22, 2025 Amid Alarming Warnings

Tech & Media Stocks Under Fire Even market darlings are showing cracks. Netflix (NFLX) shocked Wall Street this week with an earnings miss – a rarity for the streaming leader. An unexpected Brazilian tax dispute dragged down Netflix’s Q3 profit, causing its shares to tumble 6–7% in pre-market tradingreuters.com. The company slightly raised its year-end forecast, but that wasn’t enough to calm investorsreuters.com. The stumble highlights how high expectations leave zero margin for error in richly valued tech names. Analysts note that with stocks priced “for perfection,” any surprise expense or growth slowdown can send them reelingts2.tech. Netflix’s slip has
22 October 2025
Vertiv (VRT) Stock Skyrockets on AI Boom – Will the Rally Continue?

Vertiv (VRT) Stock Skyrockets on AI Data-Center Boom – Will the Rally Continue?

Vertiv’s Recent Run-up Vertiv’s stock has soared in 2025, outpacing its peers and sector. After years of steady growth, the share price accelerated in the summer and early fall on booming AI/data-center demandts2.technasdaq.com. By Oct 9 the stock briefly reached about $180stockstotrade.com, trading near its 52-week high. The stock remains in the high-$170s, roughly up half from year-start levelsnasdaq.com. This comes amid broad enthusiasm for companies supplying cooling and power gear for fast-growing data centers. Over the past few days, Vertiv has consolidated slightly, but trading volume has picked up on earnings news. As of Oct 22, the consensus pre-market
22 October 2025
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YYAI (AiRWA) Stock Goes on Wild Ride: Crypto Pivot Sparks Insider Buying & FOMO Frenzy

YYAI (AiRWA) Stock Goes on Wild Ride: Crypto Pivot Sparks Insider Buying & FOMO Frenzy

Company Background and Pivot AiRWA Inc. (formerly Connexa Sports Technologies, ticker YYAI) made its name in sports technology – for example, selling the Slinger Bag portable tennis ball launcher and acquiring AI coaching firms like Gameface and PlaySight ts2.tech. CEO Mike Ballardie had steered the company toward sports-AI (stroke analysis, video coaching) and wearables, a market growing 23% annually ts2.tech ts2.tech. However, in mid-2025 Connexa dramatically shifted strategy into Web3. In late August 2025 it quietly filed an SEC joint-venture indicating that it and Singapore-based JuCoin Capital would each put up $250M to launch AiRWA Exchange, a cryptocurrency platform for
22 October 2025
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Boeing Wins $461M US Army Chinook Deal – Heavy-Lift Boost and Stock Surge

Boeing Wins $461M US Army Chinook Deal – Heavy-Lift Boost and Stock Surge

What’s the Boeing-Chinook Deal? On Oct. 21 Boeing confirmed it won two Army contracts to produce nine CH-47F Block II helicopters reuters.com marketscreener.com. The awards (Lots 4 and 5) are valued at $461 million and “bring the total number of Block II aircraft under contract to 18” reuters.com marketscreener.com. Boeing spokesman Heather McBryan (VP of Cargo Programs) emphasized that “the rapid succession of contracts indicates that the Chinook will continue to play an important role in the U.S. Army’s family-of-systems, particularly in a contested logistics environment” marketscreener.com. Boeing delivered the first Block II aircraft in mid-2024 and six total are now
22 October 2025
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Winn-Dixie’s Big Rebrand: Grocer Abandons Alabama to Focus on Florida Boom

Winn-Dixie’s Big Rebrand: Grocer Abandons Alabama to Focus on Florida Boom

Winn-Dixie Co. Rebrand and Store Divestitures On Oct. 21, Southeastern Grocers (SEG) announced it will drop the Southeastern Grocers name and unify under the Winn-Dixie brand in early 2026, concentrating on its Florida market grocerydive.com pulseratings.com. In a press release Hucker explained, “For a century, Winn-Dixie has proudly called Florida home… as we enter our next century as The Winn-Dixie Company… we are accelerating growth where our roots run deepest” businesswire.com. The plan is to pump capital into Florida stores – remodeling dozens, expanding liquor stores, and improving customer services (delivery apps, return kiosks, etc.) businesswire.com mainstreetdailynews.com. To fund this
22 October 2025
GE Vernova Stock Poised for Explosive Rally After $5.3B Deal and AI-Powered Energy Boom

GE Vernova Stock Poised for Explosive Rally After $5.3B Deal and AI-Powered Energy Boom

GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV) – the energy spinoff of GE – is set to report Q3 results on Oct. 22 amid a flurry of bullish catalysts. The company announced on Oct. 21 it will pay $5.275 billion for the remaining 50% of transformer maker Prolec GE, fueling its fastest-growing Electrification segment gevernova.com reuters.com. At the same time, GE Vernova’s nuclear division struck a global alliance with Samsung/Hitachi to deploy its 300 MWe BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) – including a proposed five-unit deal in Sweden ts2.tech ts2.tech. These deals come as U.S. power demand is surging (driven by AI data centers
22 October 2025
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Palantir (PLTR) Rockets 300% on AI Frenzy – Analysts Sound Bubble Alarm

Palantir (PLTR) Rockets 300% on AI Frenzy – Analysts Sound Bubble Alarm

With Q3 earnings (Nov. 3) looming, investors will watch whether Palantir can sustain this torrid pace or if profit-taking ensues. The company’s defense and AI momentum is real – Saxo’s Jacob Falkencrone notes Palantir is “becoming an indispensable partner for enterprises in the AI revolution” reuters.com – but the stock’s stratospheric run also leaves little margin for error. As one strategist put it, “the stock is trading at what is frankly an absolutely wild valuation”, so any slowdown or market rotation could trigger a sharp pullback qz.com. Sources: Recent reports from TechStock² (TS2) and Reuters detail Palantir’s massive AI/defense contracts
22 October 2025
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Hungarian Astronaut Builds Super-Muscles with Futuristic EMSCULPT NEO Device

Hungarian Astronaut Builds Super-Muscles with Futuristic EMSCULPT NEO Device

Inside the Space-Ready Workout Astronauts face rapid muscle and bone loss in zero gravity, so Hungary’s new space traveler Kapu built an astronaut-specific fitness program. As BTL’s press release explains, EMSCULPT NEO was added to Kapu’s intensive training to counteract the muscle atrophy of orbit prnewswire.com. “Studies show astronauts lose up to 30% of muscle mass in orbit,” notes Dr. Nóra Sydó of Budapest’s Semmelweis University, who led Kapu’s training prnewswire.com. Dr. Sydó – also doctor to Hungary’s Olympic swim team – reports that with EMSCULPT NEO, medical tests showed “muscle hypertrophy, improved body composition and increased cardiopulmonary fitness” beyond
22 October 2025
Tesla Stock on a Knife’s Edge: $900 Target & Netflix Impact Ahead of Q3 Earnings

Tesla Stock on a Knife’s Edge: $900 Target & Netflix Impact Ahead of Q3 Earnings

Market Overview: Tech in Focus, Futures Flat U.S. stocks ended mixed on Oct. 21, with the Dow up about 0.47% (close ~46,925) and the Nasdaq down ~0.16% investing.com. Tech and growth shares have been choppy; notably, Netflix shares plunged on Tuesday after-hours. Netflix reported Q3 revenue of $11.51 B (matching estimates) but EPS of $5.87, well below the $6.97 Wall Street forecast investing.com. The shortfall – due largely to a one-time Brazilian tax dispute – sent NFLX stock down roughly 5.6% in after-market trading investing.com. Other big names (e.g. Coca-Cola, GM) beat estimates, but with indexes near highs and valuations stretched,
22 October 2025
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Salmonella Scare: FDA Upgrades Egg Recall to ‘Highest Risk’ — Are Your Eggs Affected?

Salmonella Scare: FDA Upgrades Egg Recall to ‘Highest Risk’ — Are Your Eggs Affected?

Egg supplies and prices remain the backdrop to this story. 163 million U.S. poultry have died from avian flu since 2022, cutting the egg-laying flock by ~11% vs. 2019 reuters.com. Consumers have seen sticker shock – in some cities eggs cost $8–$10 per dozen reuters.com. This summer’s massive recall (over 6 million eggs from one farm) is partly why the FDA reclassified it at the top risk level newsweek.com foodnetwork.com. How to stay safe: Food-safety experts stress vigilance with eggs. Salmonella is “a leading cause of foodborne illness” in the U.S. foodpoisoningnews.com. The FDA and CDC advise thoroughly cooking eggs
22 October 2025
Samsung’s Galaxy XR Launch: 4K Mixed-Reality Headset with Gemini AI and Half-Price Vision Pro

Samsung’s Galaxy XR Launch: 4K Mixed-Reality Headset with Gemini AI and Half-Price Vision Pro

Samsung is pitching Galaxy XR as a Vision Pro rival. As Reuters notes, the $1,799 price is about half of Apple’s Vision Proreuters.com, making XR “a strong contender in the premium VR segment,” according to Counterpoint analyst Flora Tangreuters.com. Industry observers believe Google’s deep AI integration adds significant value: Moor Insights analyst Anshel Sag points out that Google’s software might add “$1,000” of perceived value by unlocking Gemini capabilitiesreuters.com. (By comparison, Samsung’s Galaxy XR runs on Qualcomm’s high-end XR2+ Gen2 chip and is built with 6 pass-through cameras and color passthrough for mixed reality – specs on par with or
22 October 2025
Eurostar’s €2B Train Order: 50 New Double-Deck TGVs to Revolutionize European Rail

Eurostar’s €2B Train Order: 50 New Double-Deck TGVs to Revolutionize European Rail

Eurostar’s Growth Strategy and New Routes Europe’s rail giants see strong demand. Eurostar CEO Gwendoline Cazenave noted that “customers want to go further by rail than ever” and that the new trains will open “direct trains between London and Germany, and between London and Switzerland for the first time”mediacentre.eurostar.com. Indeed, Eurostar – coming off a record 19.5 million passengers in 2024 – is investing €2 billion to buy up to 50 new TGV units, a 30% capacity hike. These will supplement the existing 17 e320 trains, growing the fleet to 67 unitsmediacentre.eurostar.comtourmag.com. Eurostar is explicitly targeting routes that were previously impossible: for
22 October 2025
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SpaceX Moon Mission in Jeopardy: Musk Clashes with Trump Official After NASA Opens Lander Bids

SpaceX Moon Mission in Jeopardy: Musk Clashes with Trump Official After NASA Opens Lander Bids

NASA’s acting chief Sean Duffy has announced he will open the Artemis III lunar-lander contract to competition after SpaceX’s delays ts2.tech. Competing firms like Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin and a Lockheed Martin–led team are now eyeing the first crewed Moon mission, slated for 2028 to beat China’s 2030 lunar goal ts2.tech reuters.com. SpaceX’s Starship has made progress (recent test flights met key objectives ts2.tech ts2.tech) but the program is still behind earlier schedules kesq.com ts2.tech. On Oct 21, Elon Musk erupted on X (Twitter), calling Duffy “Sean Dummy,” questioning his space credentials (mocking the secretary’s past as a tree-climbing champion kesq.com)
22 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

Data Center Stocks Surge Into the Weekend: Digital Realty, Equinix and Vertiv Set Up a Big Week Ahead

Data Center Stocks Surge Into the Weekend: Digital Realty, Equinix and Vertiv Set Up a Big Week Ahead

7 February 2026
Digital Realty, Equinix, and Vertiv shares surged Friday, with Vertiv up 10% and Digital Realty rising 4.1%, as investors rotated back into AI-linked data center stocks. The move followed Amazon’s $200 billion and Alphabet’s $175–185 billion 2026 capex targets. Digital Realty set 2026 core FFO guidance at $7.90 to $8.00 per share. Wall Street ended the week broadly higher, led by chipmakers.
Quantum computing stocks bounce hard: IonQ, Rigetti, D‑Wave rally as traders reset for a data-heavy week

Quantum computing stocks bounce hard: IonQ, Rigetti, D‑Wave rally as traders reset for a data-heavy week

7 February 2026
IonQ, Rigetti, D‑Wave, and Quantum Computing Inc shares surged 15–21 percent Friday, erasing losses from the previous session. The rebound followed a Wall Street rally that sent the Dow above 50,000 for the first time. IonQ remains under scrutiny after a short-seller report questioned its Pentagon contract revenue. Investors await delayed U.S. jobs and inflation data next week.
Defense and space stocks rally, but Trump’s buyback-dividend squeeze is the next test

Defense and space stocks rally, but Trump’s buyback-dividend squeeze is the next test

7 February 2026
U.S. space and defense stocks rose Friday, with sector ETFs gaining up to 4.8% and Lockheed Martin up 2.4%. Investors are awaiting a Pentagon list that could restrict buybacks and dividends at underperforming contractors under a Trump executive order. Companies named would have 15 days to submit remediation plans. Lockheed’s board approved a $3.45 per share dividend for Q1 2026.
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