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Lithium Americas (LAC) Soars as US Govt Takes 5% Stake – Analysts Weigh In on EV Lithium Boom

Lithium Americas Stock Soars on Government ‘White Gold’ Deal – Can the Rally Last?

Government Stake Fuels a Lithium Americas Rally Shares of Lithium Americas exploded to multi-year highs in late September after news broke that Washington was eyeing an equity stake in the company. On Sept. 24, Reuters reported that the Trump administration (in negotiations over a DOE loan) was considering taking up to a 10% ownership of LACreuters.com. The market reaction was immediate – LAC closed that day at C$8.37 in Toronto (~US$6.03 in New York) after jumping almost 90% in one sessionreuters.comreuters.com. This marked a stunning reversal for a stock that had languished near all-time lows (around $2–3) just weeks prior.
14 October 2025
Quantum-Powered Pop! SEALSQ Corp (LAES) Stock Rockets on Latest Breakthroughs and Deals

Quantum Stock Frenzy: SEALSQ (LAES) Soars on Post-Quantum Deals – Analysts Sound Alarm

LAES Stock Skyrockets on Quantum Deal Frenzy SEALSQ’s stock has been on a tear in October, buoyed by a string of strategic announcements that tapped into investor excitement over post-quantum cybersecurity. The shares surged from the $4–5 range in late September to around $6–7 by mid-October, including a 39.7% spike on Oct. 9 alonets2.tech. On Oct. 14, LAES jumped another ~10% intraday to about $6.70benzinga.com, briefly testing the $7 level. This powerful momentum has driven LAES to its highest territory in months, far above its summer lows (the stock traded under $1 as recently as 2024)benzinga.com. Traders note massive volume
14 October 2025
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Intuitive Machines (LUNR) Shoots for the Moon: Stock Soars on Space Race Buzz and NASA Deals

Intuitive Machines (LUNR) Shoots for the Moon: Stock Soars on Space Race Buzz and NASA Deals

Stock Price Skyrockets on Investor Enthusiasm Intuitive Machines’ stock price is in liftoff mode this week. On Tuesday (Oct. 14, 2025), LUNR shares surged over 16% intraday to about $14.28marketbeat.com, dramatically higher than last week’s ~$12 levelbloomberg.com. This jump caps a strong run in recent weeks – the stock has gained roughly 19% over the last 10 trading days alone amid improving sentiment and trading momentumintellectia.ai. At around $14, Intuitive Machines is trading well above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages (both near $10)americanbankingnews.com, signaling a bullish technical breakout. Investor excitement is clearly elevated. Trading volumes have spiked alongside the
14 October 2025
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Tesla Rival BYD Eyes Spain for Next EV Factory as European Sales Soar

Tesla Rival BYD Eyes Spain for Next EV Factory as European Sales Soar

BYD Bets on Spain for Third European Plant BYD (Build Your Dreams) has rapidly become a global electric vehicle powerhouse, and its next big move could be building a factory in Spain. Reuters reports that BYD – China’s #1 automaker by sales – views Spain as the “top candidate” for its third European car plant, as the company seeks to expand its foothold on the continent Reuters. The new plant would follow BYD’s first two European production sites: one under construction in Hungary (though mass production there was recently pushed to 2026) and another planned in Türkiye (Turkey) slated to
14 October 2025
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AST SpaceMobile Stock Skyrockets on Verizon Deal and Satellite Breakthroughs – What to Know

AST SpaceMobile Stock Skyrockets on Verizon Deal and Satellite Breakthroughs – What to Know

ASTS Stock Soars to Record Highs AST SpaceMobile’s stock has been on a tear, more than tripling in 2025 amid excitement around its satellite-to-cellphone technology. The rally hit overdrive in early October: on October 1–2, ASTS leapt about 16% per day, breaking out from the $40s to close above $66. By October 7, shares hit the mid-$70s – a fresh 52-week high around $74.77. The momentum continued into this week as ASTS nearly touched $99 on October 14 (a new intraday record of $98.59). As of midday Oct. 14, the stock hovered just under $97 (up ~8% on the day),
14 October 2025
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BCE Stock’s Wild Ride: Dividend Drama, Bold Turnaround Plan & Analyst Predictions

BCE Stock’s Wild Ride: Dividend Drama, Bold Turnaround Plan & Analyst Predictions

Stock Price Check: Recent Movements As of October 14, 2025, BCE Inc.’s stock is trading around the mid-C$33 range after a period of extreme volatility. It closed at C$33.41 on the Toronto Stock Exchange, notching a slight decline on the daystockchase.com. This price marks a modest recovery from the C$28.73 low reached earlier in the year, but shares remain nearly 30% below their 12-month peak of C$46.62marketbeat.com. In other words, Bell’s stock is still deep in the hole relative to where it stood a year ago. Such turbulence reflects shifting investor reactions to recent developments. In the past week, anticipation
14 October 2025
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Urban-gro Stock Skyrockets on Flashy Merger Deal – Is This the Cannabis Builder’s Comeback?

Urban-gro Stock Skyrockets on Flashy Merger Deal – Is This the Cannabis Builder’s Comeback?

Merger with Flash Sports & Media Sparks Stock Surge Urban-gro’s announcement of a planned merger with Flash Sports & Media sent its battered stock soaring on October 14. The company revealed it signed a binding LOI to combine with Flash, a private sports-media firm, in what is effectively a reverse mergertipranks.com. Under the proposal, Flash will be absorbed into new Urban-gro subsidiaries, and Flash’s shareholders will receive new Urban-gro shares (unregistered) equal to 19.99% of UGRO’s pre-merger common stock, plus a new series of preferred shares that convert to common upon shareholder approvalsec.govsec.gov. Once the dust settles, Flash’s owners would
14 October 2025
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Caterpillar Stock Soars to Record High After $650 Upgrade and Strategic Deals

Caterpillar Stock Soars to Record High After $650 Upgrade and Strategic Deals

Stock Soars on Upbeat News and Market Momentum Caterpillar’s stock price surged on Tuesday, buoyed by positive analyst commentary and strategic news. The stock climbed about 4.5% intraday to as high as $528.45ainvest.com, before settling slightly below that level by the closing bell. This marks Caterpillar’s highest share price ever, extending a rally that has seen the industrial icon’s stock nearly double from its 52-week lows. The strong move came on a day when the broader market was mixed – the Dow Jones index rose about 0.7% while tech stocks lagged – underscoring Caterpillar’s company-specific momentumts2.tech. Analysts said investors piled
14 October 2025
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Orla Mining’s Gold Rush in 2025: Surging Prices, New Discoveries and What Investors Need to Know

Orla Mining (ORLA) Stock Skyrockets on Gold Boom and Big Discoveries – Will the Rally Continue?

Stock Hits New High on Strong Quarter In New York, Orla’s U.S.-listed shares (NYSE: ORLA) similarly jumped. The stock traded around $13.5 USD by afternoon, up roughly +17% on the dayfinance.yahoo.com. This continued a remarkable run for Orla’s investors. Even before this latest spike, the gold miner’s stock had already climbed nearly 150% year-to-date, and about 200% higher than a year agofinance.yahoo.com. Such performance dramatically outpaces the gold mining sector overall – for context, the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index and many large gold producers are up only a few dozen percent in the same period. Orla’s market capitalization now
14 October 2025
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Roblox Stock Soars 200% – Could a $300 Target Be Next? Experts Weigh In

Roblox Stock Soars 200% – Could a $300 Target Be Next? Experts Weigh In

Roblox’s Meteoric Rise in 2025 Roblox’s share price has exploded in 2025, reflecting renewed enthusiasm for the company’s “metaverse” gaming platform and a surge in tech stocks generally. As of mid-October, RBLX trades around $128, having delivered an astounding 214% return over the past year Investing. For context, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are up only modestly this year, making Roblox a standout gainer. The company – which operates a massively popular user-generated gaming universe – has ridden a wave of improving metrics and investor optimism. Roblox now boasts over 400 million monthly active users, roughly twice the combined user
14 October 2025
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BCE’s Bold Plan: Bell Slashes Costs & Invades Telus Territory – What It Means for Investors

BCE’s Bold Plan: Bell Slashes Costs & Invades Telus Territory – What It Means for Investors

Bell Invades Telus Territory – A New Era of Competition Bell’s decision to resell fibre internet in Western Canada using Telus’s network is a landmark strategic U-turn. For years, Bell fought against mandated wholesale access to broadband networks, warning it would deter investmentiphoneincanada.ca. Telus, conversely, lobbied for these rules and quickly took advantage by expanding into Eastern Canada over Bell’s linesiphoneincanada.ca. Now, faced with the reality of the regulator’s decision, Bell is adopting an “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” approachiphoneincanada.ca. Under the CRTC’s wholesale fibre policy, large telcos must sell network access to competitors at regulated rates to
14 October 2025
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Powell’s High-Stakes Speech Spurs Markets – Fed Signals More Rate Cuts in 2025

Powell’s High-Stakes Speech Spurs Markets – Fed Signals More Rate Cuts in 2025

Sources: Fed Chair Powell NABE speech coverage (CNBC/WSJ/AP)apnews.comreuters.com; Reuters analysis of Fed outlook and expert quotesreuters.comreuters.com; Associated Press report on Powell’s remarks and Fed policy shiftapnews.comapnews.com; Dow Jones Market summary and global market reactionfastbull.comreuters.com; TS² TechStock news digest on Fed and market trendsts2.techts2.tech.
14 October 2025
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Shell’s $2 Billion Nigeria Gas Gamble Ignites LNG Boom Amid $8 B Investment Surge

Shell’s $2 Billion Nigeria Gas Gamble Ignites LNG Boom Amid $8 B Investment Surge

Shell Greenlights $2 B Offshore Gas Project in Nigeria Royal Dutch Shell has greenlit a $2 billion offshore gas development in Nigeria’s Niger Delta waters, partnering with indigenous firm Sunlink Energies. The project – known as the “HI” gas field – marks a significant final investment decision (FID) for Shell’s Nigeria portfolioreuters.com. Once operational, the HI field is expected to pump out 350 million standard cubic feet of gas per day at peak, roughly 60,000 barrels of oil equivalent in energy termscompressortech2.comcompressortech2.com. This gas will be funneled to the Nigeria LNG (NLNG) plant on Bonny Island, a joint venture export facility where
14 October 2025
Astera Labs Stock Soars on AI Momentum: Is This High-Flying Chip Innovator Still a Buy in 2025?

Astera Labs (ALAB) Stock Skyrockets on AI Boom – Nvidia & AMD Partnerships Fuel Frenzy

Stock Rally & Market Sentiment Astera Labs has emerged as a hot AI infrastructure stock in 2025. After its mid-2023 IPO at ~$36, ALAB surged through 2024 and 2025, briefly topping $262 (Sept 18, 2025) before a broader tech sell-off in Octoberts2.tech. On Oct 14 the stock fell roughly 14% intraday (trading near $170) amid market volatilityainvest.com. Despite pullbacks, ALAB remains up dramatically YTD (over 250%). The run-up reflects extreme market enthusiasm for AI “picks-and-shovels” stocks, but also high valuation concerns. Astera now trades at ~347× forward EPS and ~42× forward salests2.technasdaq.com – higher multiples than peers. This lofty pricing
14 October 2025
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Ericsson Stock Surges on Profit Beat and Mega 5G Deals – What Investors Need to Know

Ericsson Stock Surges on Profit Beat and Mega 5G Deals – What Investors Need to Know

Solid Q3 Results and Margin Expansion Ericsson’s third-quarter report (Oct. 14) painted a picture of profitable execution despite a modest sales decline. Net sales eased 9% year-on-year to SEK 56.2 billion (–1% organic), but gross margins surged to ~48% (adjusted) thanks to efficiency gainsericsson.com. Management cited “operational excellence” and cost cuts for this improvement. Importantly, adjusted EBITA leapt to SEK 15.5 billion, nearly 150% above last year, yielding a 28.1% EBITA marginericsson.com. This was bolstered by the August divestiture of iconectiv (a numbering-plan subsidiary), which generated a one-time capital gain of SEK 7.6 billionericsson.com. Including that gain, reported net income was SEK 11.3 billion (SEK 3.33 per share)ericsson.com. CEO Börje
14 October 2025
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Trilogy Metals (TMQ) Stock Soars After U.S. Govt Deal – Critical Minerals Boom Brewing?

Trilogy Metals Surges After U.S. Backs Alaskan Copper Project – 200% Rally and Road Permit Reversal

Trilogy Metals CEO Tony Giardini (in press release photo) described the U.S. investment as “a significant milestone” for domestic critical mineralstrilogymetals.com. The Oct. 6, 2025 deal has the Pentagon buying 8.215 million Trilogy units (each a share+¾ warrant) for $2.17 eachtrilogymetals.com. Along with the funding, President Trump ordered the 211-mile Ambler access road – long debated and previously blocked – to be permittedts2.techreuters.com. Kaleb Froehlich of Ambler Metals (the Trilogy–South32 JV) said the partnership “represents a strong vote of confidence in the Ambler Mining District” and is “a major step forward for domestic mineral development”reuters.com. In short, the U.S. government move
14 October 2025
Arista Networks (ANET) Stock Explodes on AI-Driven Growth – Will It Hit New Highs?

Arista Networks Surges on AI Networking Demand, NVIDIA Rivalry Sparks Caution

Arista Networks, long known for its data-center Ethernet switches and software, has become one of the highest-flying tech stocks amid the AI boom. Its gear – the “traffic controllers” of cloud computing – is favored by major hyperscalers and enterprises for low-latency, high-speed networking. In its latest report, Arista booked a 30% revenue jump to $2.205B, beating estimates, and boosted 2025 revenue guidance by ~50% relative to prior plansts2.tech. CEO Jayshree Ullal told investors that the surge in AI/cloud investment is a “once-in-a-lifetime” tailwind, and reaffirmed Arista’s goal of hitting roughly $10B in sales by 2026ts2.techfinimize.com. Industry analysts echo the
14 October 2025
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Incredible Rally: Bitfarms (BITF) Stock Jumps 148% YTD Amid Crypto Boom & AI Pivot

Bitfarms (BITF) Stock Soars 148% on Bitcoin Boom and AI Pivot – CFO Shake-Up, Data-Center Plans Power Rally

Bitfarms’ recent stock surge has coincided with an explosive rally in cryptocurrencies and a strategic shift toward high-performance computing (HPC) facilities. As of Oct. 14, 2025, Bitfarms shares trade near $4.50 (USD) on Nasdaq, up from about $1.00 at the start of 2025ts2.techts2.tech. This +148% YTD move (≈+440% over 6 months) has been fueled by record Bitcoin prices, aggressive share buybacks, and new project announcements. For example, on October 10 the stock jumped ~16% to a new 52-week high after Bitfarms disclosed the conversion of its $300M financing into a project loan for the Panther Creek HPC/AI campusts2.techinvestor.bitfarms.com. By mid-October,
14 October 2025
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Nasdaq 2026 Breakout? Netflix, Meta and AI Stocks Poised for Stock-Split Frenzy

Nasdaq 2026 Breakout? Netflix, Meta and AI Stocks Poised for Stock-Split Frenzy

Nasdaq’s Bull Run: Strong and Still Growing Wall Street’s three-year bull market is not fading – it’s strengthening. The S&P 500 is up nearly 90% since its October 2022 low reuters.com, and tech leaders have led the charge. As LPL’s Jeff Buchbinder notes, if a recession doesn’t hit soon, bull markets often stretch well beyond three years reuters.com. Historian Howard Silverblatt observes prior bulls averaged ~5 years; we’re just entering Year 4 reuters.com. Tech and AI remain the engines: Reuters highlights that “optimism over AI has been a major theme… driving tech stocks such as Nvidia to stratospheric heights” reuters.com. Carson
14 October 2025
Ferrero’s Sweet Ticket to Youth: Tic Tac TWO X Ticketmaster Promo Electrifies Airport Shoppers

Ferrero’s Sweet Ticket to Youth: Tic Tac TWO X Ticketmaster Promo Electrifies Airport Shoppers

Ferrero’s initiative reflects a broader trend of making travel retail more experiential. As Salvagno notes, Tic Tac TWO’s launch “represents an exciting new chapter” and a way to “better connect with different consumer profiles” by blending innovation and fun gtrmag.com. Industry experts say this approach is timely: m1nd-set CEO Peter Mohn emphasizes that Millennials currently dominate spending, but Gen Z will soon lead. “With the right mix of experiences, service and digital-first approaches, retailers can harness Millennial spending today while building loyalty with Gen Z tomorrow,” he explains asianhospitality.com. In other words, Tic Tac’s pairing with Ticketmaster and mobile loyalty messaging taps
14 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

KLA stock price jumps 8% as chip rebound lifts KLAC — what to know before Monday

KLA stock price jumps 8% as chip rebound lifts KLAC — what to know before Monday

8 February 2026
KLA Corp shares surged 8.4% to $1,442.95 Friday, leading gains in chip-equipment stocks after Amazon announced a major increase in capital spending. About 1.6 million KLA shares traded as the PHLX semiconductor index rose 5.7%. KLA’s board declared a $1.90 quarterly dividend, payable March 3 to holders as of Feb. 17. Applied Materials and Lam Research also rallied sharply into the close.
CBA share price: Commonwealth Bank stock steadies after ASX selloff as earnings loom

CBA share price: Commonwealth Bank stock steadies after ASX selloff as earnings loom

8 February 2026
Commonwealth Bank of Australia closed Friday down 0.23% at A$158.91, outperforming a 2.03% drop in the S&P/ASX 200. Investors await CBA’s half-year results on Feb. 11 and commentary from CEO Matt Comyn. The Reserve Bank’s recent cash-rate hike to 3.85% and upcoming mortgage repricing are in focus. CBA flagged A$68 million in provisions and A$53 million in non-recurring income items.
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