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Strata Skin Sciences (SSKN) Stock Surges on Laser-Therapy Breakthrough – Buy, Hold or Sell?

Strata Skin Sciences (SSKN) Stock Surges on Laser-Therapy Breakthrough – Buy, Hold or Sell?

Strata’s XTRAC® excimer laser (pictured above) is a targeted UVB therapy device used to treat localized skin conditions like psoriasis, vitiligo, and eczema biospace.com globenewswire.com. By customizing UV dose to each patient’s lesion, XTRAC spares healthy skin and enables precision treatment (often via a fee-per-treatment partnership model rather than equipment sales) globenewswire.com biospace.com. Company Background STRATA Skin Sciences, Inc. is a medical tech company specializing in dermatologic treatments. Its core product is the XTRAC® 308nm Excimer Laser – a handheld UVB laser used in doctors’ offices to zap diseased skin with high-intensity, targeted light. XTRAC is FDA-cleared for conditions like
14 October 2025
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Astria Therapeutics Stock Skyrockets 53% After $700M Buyout – What’s Next?

Astria Therapeutics Stock Skyrockets 53% After $700M Buyout – What’s Next?

Latest News & Developments On Oct. 14, 2025, Astria was swept into the headlines by a surprise $700+ million takeover. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals announced a definitive merger agreement to acquire Astria for $8.55 in cash plus 0.59 shares of BioCryst stock per Astria share (≈$13.00 total) marketscreener.com reuters.com. This values Astria at roughly $920M equity and $700M enterprise stocktitan.net. The Boards of both companies approved the deal, which is expected to close in Q1 2026 (subject to approvals) stocktitan.net. Astria CEO Jill Milne will join BioCryst’s board post-merger stocktitan.net. Market reaction: News of the deal caused Astria’s stock to jump sharply.
14 October 2025
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Brazil’s Soybean Bonanza: Record 178M Ton Crop Sparks Global Market Frenzy

Brazil’s Soybean Bonanza: Record 178M Ton Crop Sparks Global Market Frenzy

Record Harvest and Acreage Surge Brazil is poised for a soybean supercrop. Conab’s October report forecasts roughly 177.64 million tons in 2025/26, about 6 Mt above last year’s output tradingview.com. This would shatter previous records. Conab notes the extra supply comes from a slight bump in area – about 49.0 M hectares (121.1 M acres) of soybeans, ~3.6% more than last year tradingview.com. (FarmProgress confirms 121.2 M acres, +3.7% farmprogress.com.) In the field, planting is already far advanced: Paraná state has seeded ~31% of its soy area, and even Mato Grosso ~19% tradingview.com. In practice, this means Brazilian farmers have committed far more land
14 October 2025
Domino’s Pizza Stock Sizzles After Earnings Beat – Analysts Predict Further Upside

Domino’s Pizza Stock Sizzles After Earnings Beat – Analysts Predict Further Upside

Stock Price and Recent Trend Domino’s stock has been trading in a roughly $405–$415 range in early Oct 2025. On Oct 13 it closed at $408.26 investing.com reuters.com. As of Oct 14 midday it remained around $408 (Reuters data, Oct 14) reuters.com. Over the past week DPZ dipped to ~$405 (Oct 9 low) then rallied back to ~$408 by Oct 13 investing.com. Year-to-date, DPZ is about –6% (2025) benzinga.com, underperforming some peers but rebounding on recent news. Its 52-week trading range is $397.12 – $500.55 reuters.com. The stock’s forward P/E is ~23, with a PEG around 2.2 reuters.com. Domino’s has
14 October 2025
Nova Minerals (ASX:NVA) Soars on $43M US Critical Minerals Boost – Gold-Antimony Play to Watch

Nova Minerals (ASX:NVA) Soars on $43M US Critical Minerals Boost – Gold-Antimony Play to Watch

Sources: Nova Minerals official releases and filings novaminerals.com.au globenewswire.com; market news (Investing.com, OilPrice, Stocktwits, SmallCaps, SimplyWallSt) ca.investing.com oilprice.com stocktwits.com smallcaps.com.au simplywall.st; ASX trading data intelligentinvestor.com.au; technical data (Investing.com) investing.com investing.com; analyst reports novaminerals.com.au novaminerals.com.au. Each cited source provides background and verification for the above analysis.
14 October 2025
JDZG Stock Rockets 6% – Is JIADE Ltd the Next EdTech Play?

JDZG Stock Rockets 6% – Is JIADE Ltd the Next EdTech Play?

Market Performance JDZG has been volatile and mostly sliding over 2025. After peaking in mid-2024, it traded around $6–7 early 2025, then plunged to under $2. In recent days it rebounded: closing $1.77 on Oct 10 and jumping to $1.88 on Oct 13 (Monday) markets.financialcontent.com. Over the past week the stock ranged roughly $1.76–1.88 markets.financialcontent.com. This small-cap stock trades on very light volume and has no dividend or analyst coverage. Price metrics are mixed: trailing P/E (ex-extra items) is extremely low (~4.3x) and P/Sales about 2.9x reuters.com, reflecting the depressed share price. Its market cap is only a few million
14 October 2025
Cyngn (CYN) Stock Soars 500% on Nvidia Tie-Up – Bull Run or Bubble? Latest News, Forecasts & Risks

Cyngn (CYN) Stock Soars 500% on Nvidia Tie-Up – Bull Run or Bubble? Latest News, Forecasts & Risks

Company Overview and Business Model Figure: Cyngn’s DriveMod kit retrofits industrial vehicles (tuggers/forklifts) for self-driving operation. Cyngn (NASDAQ:CYN) is a Mountain View, CA firm offering autonomous industrial vehicle solutions. Its core product, DriveMod, is an add-on kit that converts standard tuggers and forklifts into self-driving machines prnewswire.com. For example, DriveMod tuggers can haul up to 12,000 lb and run indoors/outdoors with a ~2-year payback prnewswire.com. The Enterprise Autonomy Suite bundles DriveMod hardware with software (Cyngn Insight fleet management, teleoperation, AI analytics) to help factories and warehouses boost efficiency investors.cyngn.com seekingalpha.com. Cyngn targets large industrial markets (Logistics, Manufacturing, Mining). Its IR materials
14 October 2025
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Salesforce Unleashes AI Agents to Fix a $7B Problem – Will CRM Stocks Soar?

Salesforce Unleashes AI Agents to Fix a $7B Problem – Will CRM Stocks Soar?

Salesforce’s latest AI push – unveiled at its Oct 2025 Dreamforce conference – centers on Agentforce, a framework of “autonomous AI agents” embedded throughout Salesforce products venturebeat.com. With 12,000+ customers already using Agentforce in 2024 reuters.com tekedia.com, the company is betting these agents will break the cycle of stalled pilots. In a press briefing, co-founder CTO Parker Harris said “we are truly in the agentic AI era,” predicting that “40% of the work in the Fortune 1000 is probably going to be done by AI, and it’s going to be humans and AI actually working together” venturebeat.com. Salesforce frames Agentforce 360
14 October 2025
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Olive Garden ‘Holiday Shutdown’ Hoax Debunked – Shocking Thanksgiving 2025 Weather Forecast Revealed

Olive Garden ‘Holiday Shutdown’ Hoax Debunked – Shocking Thanksgiving 2025 Weather Forecast Revealed

Rumors vs. Reality at Olive Garden On social media and clickbait sites (notably a Sun tabloid story), claims circulated that Olive Garden would “close all 900 of its restaurants” on Thanksgiving and Christmas calcoasttimes.com. In truth, Olive Garden’s official policy has long been to close every location on those holidays – a practice explicitly noted on the chain’s FAQ page olivegarden.com. As CalCoast Times reports, the viral shutdown story is baseless: “Contrary to viral reports, Olive Garden is not closing all 900 restaurants nationwide in a two-phase shutdown” calcoasttimes.com. Industry observers emphasize this isn’t a new development, but simply the
14 October 2025
Superwood vs Steel: How This “10x-Strong” Wood Could Revolutionize Construction

Superwood vs Steel: How This “10x-Strong” Wood Could Revolutionize Construction

What is Superwood and Who’s Behind It? “Superwood” is not a sci-fi material but the latest engineered timber from InventWood, a Frederick, MD startup. Based on a breakthrough by Prof. Liangbing Hu (Univ. of Maryland), Superwood is ordinary wood (or even bamboo) transformed into a super-strong material timesofindia.indiatimes.com inc.com. After Hu’s 2018 Nature paper on transparent wood, he spent years refining the process. In 2021 InventWood spun out of academia, and today it holds 140+ patents on wood densification. InventWood CEO Alex Lau says the treated wood “behaves like wood but is much stronger and lighter,” envisioning buildings that are
14 October 2025
Hanwha Ocean’s High-Stakes Turnaround: Shares Drop on China Sanctions – But New Submarine & Green Ship Deals Light the Way

Hanwha Ocean’s High-Stakes Turnaround: Shares Drop on China Sanctions – But New Submarine & Green Ship Deals Light the Way

Market Reaction & China Sanctions On Oct. 14, Chinese authorities banned Chinese entities from working with five Hanwha Ocean subsidiaries in the U.S. (including its Philadelphia shipyard and related firms)reuters.com. Beijing accused these affiliates of “assisting… U.S. investigative activities” that threatened China’s securityreuters.com. The move was widely seen as retaliation in the broader U.S.–China maritime trade dispute. Hanwha Ocean’s share price in Seoul instantly slid about 9% intraday, closing roughly 6% lower on Oct. 14apnews.com. (Peer HD Hyundai Heavy also fell over 4%reuters.com.) Hanwha Ocean reacted by saying it is “closely reviewing” the potential business impact of the Chinese measures.
14 October 2025
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Wall Street’s Bitcoin Flip: Citi Targets 2026 Crypto Custody as JPMorgan Greenlights Client Trading—Here’s What Just Changed (and What Happens Next)

Wall Street’s Bitcoin Flip: Citi Targets 2026 Crypto Custody as JPMorgan Greenlights Client Trading—Here’s What Just Changed (and What Happens Next)

What happened in the last 48 hours Two of America’s biggest banks clarified their digital‑asset roadmaps. Citi said it is on track to offer crypto custody in 2026 for asset managers and other institutional clients. “We’re hoping that in the next few quarters, we can come to market with a credible custody solution,” said Biswarup Chatterjee, Citi’s global head of partnerships and innovation, in remarks first reported by CNBC and summarized by CoinDesk. CoinDesk JPMorgan separately confirmed it will let clients trade Bitcoin and crypto, while eschewing in‑house custody for now. “We’re going to be involved in the trading of
14 October 2025
Citigroup Earnings Soar, Shares Rally – But Mexico Unit and Data-Governance Woes Linger

Citigroup Earnings Soar, Shares Rally – But Mexico Unit and Data-Governance Woes Linger

Record Third-Quarter Results Citigroup delivered a blowout third-quarter 2025 report. The bank said net income climbed 16% from a year ago, to $3.8 billion (EPS $1.86)reuters.com. Citi specifically noted “record revenue” across all five business segmentsreuters.com. Banking division revenue jumped 31.3% to $2.1 billionreuters.com, and markets revenue rose 16.7% (to $5.6 billion) on strong fixed-income tradingreuters.com. These gains offset a $726 million charge for the Banamex salereuters.com. Notably, heavy dealmaking fueled the surge. Reuters reports that global M&A volumes hit ~$1.26 trillion in Q3 (up 40% yoy)reuters.com. In line with that, analysts had expected a strong quarter; one TS2.tech analysis observed that “analysts expect huge
14 October 2025
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Aqua Metals (AQMS) Rockets on Battery-Recycling Breakthroughs and Strategic Deals

Aqua Metals (AQMS) Rockets on Battery-Recycling Breakthroughs and Strategic Deals

Company and Technology Overview Aqua Metals is a pre-revenue “moonshot”-type company that has been known for recycling lead-acid batteries with its AquaRefining™ technology, and is now pivoting to lithium-ion batteries.ts2.tech Its patented process shreds spent Li-ion batteries into “black mass” and uses only water and electricity (no furnaces or toxic acids) to extract lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese and copper. The result, the company says, is very pure battery materials with far lower emissions than traditional smeltingts2.techts2.tech. For example, Aqua Metals recently reported it produced lithium carbonate with under 30 ppm fluorine – meeting stringent battery-grade specifications – and over a metric
14 October 2025
BlackRock’s GIP Poised for $38B AES Power Grab – AI-Fuelled Demand Sparks Takeover Frenzy

BlackRock Soars: Crypto ETFs, AI Funds and Mega M&A Propel Assets to Record $13.5T

BlackRock’s latest earnings and moves underscore its market heft and broad strategy. CEO Larry Fink observed that “record demand” across the firm’s businesses — from technology-driven funds to private credit and ETFs — powered the quarterreuters.com. In particular, strong flows into lower-cost index and cash products (helped by the Fed’s recent rate cut) drove the fee bump. An analyst noted that all of BlackRock’s new private-market businesses (HPS, Preqin, GIP) “made healthy contributions” to Q3 resultsreuters.com, validating BlackRock’s aggressive M&A in 2025. Larry Fink said the unified public-private platform positions BlackRock well for what he expects will be a strong
14 October 2025
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J&J Makes Bold Move: Orthopedics Spin-Off (“DePuy Synthes”) Announced – 2025 Forecast Raised

J&J Makes Bold Move: Orthopedics Spin-Off (“DePuy Synthes”) Announced – 2025 Forecast Raised

Background: J&J’s Three-Way Split Strategy Johnson & Johnson, a healthcare conglomerate, historically consisted of consumer health, pharmaceutical (Innovative Medicine), and medical technology divisions. In 2023 J&J spun off its consumer products (Tylenol, Band-Aid, Neutrogena, etc.) into a new public company, Kenvue (KVUE). Now it is moving a second business out: the orthopedics arm of its MedTech division. The spin-off means J&J will remain focused on pharmaceuticals and higher-growth medical devices, while DePuy Synthes (named after J&J’s long-time orthopedics brand) inherits the hip/knee/shoulder implant and surgical tools business reuters.com jnj.com. Spin-offs are commonly used to allow each entity to pursue tailored
14 October 2025
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Goldman Sachs Q3 Earnings Soar on Deal-Making Frenzy – Record Revenue Ignites Bank Stock Rally

Goldman Sachs Q3 Earnings Soar on Deal-Making Frenzy – Record Revenue Ignites Bank Stock Rally

Dealmakers Drive Historic Q3 Results Goldman’s third quarter was powered by a surge in advisory work and underwriting. Investment banking fees jumped 42% year-on-year to $2.66 billion reuters.com, well above forecasts. Advisory fees alone were up 60%, as Goldman guided or underwrote numerous high-profile deals. Global M&A volume has been booming – about $3.43 trillion of deals announced in the first nine months (with nearly half in the U.S.), the most since 2015 reuters.com. Goldman participated in marquee transactions, from design-software IPOs like Figma to major fintech listings like Sweden’s Klarna, underscoring the dealmaking revival reuters.com. This pipeline lifted Goldman’s revenues across
14 October 2025
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Binance Airdrops Euler’s $EUL – Crypto World Erupts with DeFi Frenzy

Binance Airdrops Euler’s $EUL – Crypto World Erupts with DeFi Frenzy

Binance’s Surprise EUL Airdrop Event On Oct 13, 2025 Binance shocked the crypto community by announcing a retroactive airdrop of Euler (EUL) tokens to loyal BNB holders binance.com blockchainmagazine.net. The official Binance support announcement (51st “HODLer Airdrops” project) described Euler (EUL) as a “DeFi Super App” combining lending, trading, custom markets and deep liquidity binance.com. Users who had subscribed their BNB to Binance’s Simple Earn (Flexible or Locked) or On-Chain Yields products between Oct 4–6 became eligible. Using random hourly snapshots of balances, Binance will deliver 543,657 EUL tokens (2% of EUL’s 27.18M supply) into users’ spot wallets binance.com blockchainmagazine.net.
14 October 2025
$5B Brookfield Deal Sends Bloom Energy Stock Soaring – Fuel-Cell Future of AI

$5B Brookfield Deal Sends Bloom Energy Stock Soaring – Fuel-Cell Future of AI

Brookfield’s AI Infrastructure Bet On Oct. 13 (market hours), Bloom and Brookfield jointly announced the partnership via BusinessWire and press reports investor.bloomenergy.com. Under the agreement, Brookfield (a $1+ trillion asset manager) commits up to $5 billion to fund Bloom’s fuel cells at AI data centers worldwide investor.bloomenergy.com datacenterdynamics.com. Bloom becomes Brookfield’s preferred on-site power provider for its new “AI factories” – purpose-built data centers where power and compute are designed in concert investor.bloomenergy.com datacenterdynamics.com. A spokesperson confirmed the first European AI factory site will be announced by year-end investor.bloomenergy.com datacenterdynamics.com. Brookfield’s dedicated AI Infrastructure strategy already includes multi-billion dollar data-center and clean-power
14 October 2025
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Wells Fargo Soars: Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates and Asset Cap Lift Fuels Rally

Wells Fargo Soars: Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates and Asset Cap Lift Fuels Rally

Record Q3 Earnings and Guidance Wells Fargo’s third-quarter results, released Oct. 14, topped forecasts and energized its outlook. The bank reported $5.59 billion net income (versus $5.11 billion a year ago) on revenue of about $21.4 billionreuters.com. Earnings per share of $1.66 handily beat analysts’ $1.53 forecastreuters.com. CEO Charlie Scharf highlighted that Wells saw the highest quarterly loan growth in over three years, saying “we grew our balance sheet… Credit performance was strong”reuters.com. With strong results, Wells raised its target for return on tangible common equity (ROTCE) to 17–18%, up from a previous ~15% goalreuters.comreuters.com. The bank’s profitability benefited from higher net interest
14 October 2025
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Tower Semiconductor stock jumps again on Nvidia optics tie-up as earnings near

Tower Semiconductor stock jumps again on Nvidia optics tie-up as earnings near

8 February 2026
Tower Semiconductor shares rose 7.7% to $139.04 Friday after announcing a collaboration with Nvidia on AI data-center networking. The stock touched $141 intraday and gained another 1% after hours. Investors await Tower’s Feb. 11 earnings for details on its silicon photonics work. No financial terms or shipment timeline were disclosed.
Longsys Electronics stock heads into Monday after new guarantees; what 301308 investors watch next

Longsys Electronics stock heads into Monday after new guarantees; what 301308 investors watch next

8 February 2026
Longsys disclosed new guarantees for a 100 million yuan Hong Kong loan and a $9 million Brazil credit line, bringing its total approved guarantee quota to 11 billion yuan and outstanding guarantees to 5.81 billion yuan. The company said all guarantees are for consolidated subsidiaries and within approved limits. Shares closed at 288 yuan Friday, down 1.6%. China inflation and credit data are due this week.
MACOM stock price steadies near highs into Monday after earnings pop and fresh filings

MACOM stock price steadies near highs into Monday after earnings pop and fresh filings

8 February 2026
MACOM shares rose 3.5% to $235.87 Friday after the company reported fiscal Q1 revenue of $271.6 million and raised its full-year data center growth outlook to 35–40%. Fidelity’s FMR LLC disclosed a 10.7% stake, while shareholder Susan Ocampo filed to potentially sell up to 100,000 shares. Stifel raised its price target to $255. MACOM expects to repay $161 million in convertible notes in March.
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