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Rocket Lab Soars to New Heights After Mega Launch Deal – What’s Next for the Space Stock?

Rocket Lab Soars to New Heights After Mega Launch Deal – What’s Next for the Space Stock?

Rocket Lab’s Stock Hits New High on Latest Launch Deal Rocket Lab’s shares have been on a tear in 2025, and the momentum hit a fever pitch this week. On October 8, the stock jumped around 7% to roughly $66 in pre-market trading Benzinga – a fresh all-time high – after the company announced an exciting new launch contract. The surge continued a stunning run-up over the past year: Rocket Lab’s stock is up about 700% year-over-year, recently hovering near its 52-week high ts2.tech. Even a mid-September wobble (when a $750 million at-the-market share offering plan briefly knocked shares down ~12%)
8 October 2025
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Verizon Goes to Space: AST SpaceMobile Deal Signals End of Dead Zones – Stock Rockets on Breakthroughs

Verizon Goes to Space: AST SpaceMobile Deal Signals End of Dead Zones – Stock Rockets on Breakthroughs

Space Meets Cell Towers: Verizon and AST SpaceMobile’s Bold Pact In a move that could eliminate mobile dead zones, Verizon has struck a definitive agreement with AST SpaceMobile to beam cellular service from space across the U.S. starting in 2026 businesswire.com. Announced on October 8, this partnership will integrate AST’s satellite network with Verizon’s terrestrial 4G/5G network, effectively allowing Verizon customers’ phones to connect via satellite when they venture beyond cell tower range businesswire.com businesswire.com. “Through our definitive commercial agreement with Verizon, we are working to deliver space-based cellular broadband coverage from space across the continental United States,” said AST
8 October 2025
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XRP Whales Spark $500M Crypto Shakeout as Price Crashes – Will Ripple’s Token Soar Next?

XRP Whales Spark $500M Crypto Shakeout as Price Crashes – Will Ripple’s Token Soar Next?

XRP Slides Under $3.00 as Crypto Markets Pull Back After a strong start to “Uptober,” XRP’s rally hit a wall in the first week of October 2025. On Oct. 7, the price of XRP sank below the psychological $3.00 level, catching many bulls off guard ts2.tech. The token fell from around $3.07 at its intraday peak to roughly $2.85 by day’s end ts2.tech, a ~4% drop in 24 hours. This decline came amid a broader crypto market pullback – Bitcoin slid about 2.4% that day and other major altcoins like Ethereum also dipped a few percent ts2.tech. The sudden risk-off move
8 October 2025
Silver Near $50 – Is a New Record Imminent? Inside 2025’s Soaring Silver Surge

Silver Near $50 – Is a New Record Imminent? Inside 2025’s Soaring Silver Surge

Silver Soars to 14-Year Highs, Closing in on Record Levels Silver’s price has exploded upward in 2025, putting the vaunted $50 per ounce milestone within sight. As of October 8, 2025, spot silver trades around $48.8/oz investing.com – territory not seen since 2011. Just days earlier it touched $47.8, the loftiest price in over 14 years ts2.tech. This puts silver only a few percentage points below its all-time nominal high of ~$49.50 (set in April 2011) ts2.tech. The metal’s ascent this year has been stunning: silver is up roughly 60–65% year-to-date investing.com, after starting 2025 in the low $30s. By
8 October 2025
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90% Plunge to 1000% Upside? Acurx Pharmaceuticals (ACXP) Stock Sees EMA Boost & Bold Analyst Predictions

90% Plunge to 1000% Upside? Acurx Pharmaceuticals (ACXP) Stock Sees EMA Boost & Bold Analyst Predictions

Current News & October 2025 Updates EMA Positive Opinion: A major recent catalyst for Acurx came on September 30, 2025, when the EMA’s Paediatric Committee issued a positive opinion on the Pediatric Investigation Plan (PIP) for Acurx’s lead drug, ibezapolstat, in Clostridioides difficile infectioninvesting.com. This essentially means European regulators agree with Acurx’s plan to study ibezapolstat in children, a prerequisite for future marketing approval in Europe. As the company noted, the PIP approval “ensur[es] necessary data are obtained to support the drug’s authorization and use in pediatric populations.”investing.com This news helped lift ACXP stock from about $4.18 to $4.60 at the end of that weeknasdaq.com, reflecting investor optimism about Acurx’s
8 October 2025
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Confluent, Inc. (CFLT) – Will a Real‑Time Data Pioneer Become a Takeover Target? (October 8 2025)

Confluent (CFLT) Stock Surges on Takeover Rumors – What’s Next for the Data Streaming Pioneer?

Latest News and Developments Confluent’s headquarters in Silicon Valley. The company’s rumored sale exploration has made headlines, spurring a surge in its stock price as investors speculate on a potential acquisition. The biggest recent news for Confluent came on October 8, 2025, when a Reuters exclusive reported that the company is exploring a sale after receiving takeover interestreuters.com. According to the report, multiple private equity firms and tech companies approached Confluent, prompting it to work with an investment bank on a possible dealreuters.com. This development reflects how valuable real-time data streaming has become in the age of AI – Confluent’s technology is seen as a
8 October 2025
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QuantumScape (QS) Stock Skyrockets 14% on Solid-State EV Battery Breakthrough – Can the Rally Continue?

QuantumScape’s High-Voltage Surge: Solid-State Battery Breakthrough Sends QS Stock Soaring (Oct 2025 Update)

QuantumScape’s Recent Surge – News Sparks a Rally QuantumScape’s stock went into “blast-off” mode at the start of October 2025 following a series of positive announcements. After trading flat around $12–$13 through mid-September, QS broke out sharply on the news. It jumped 18% on Sept 18, then another +18.4% on Oct 1, hitting an intraday high of $16.49 by Oct 3 (just above its prior 52-week peak)ts2.tech. The stock closed Oct 3 at $15.92 – capping a roughly 30% gain in one week and nearly +172% year-to-date performancets2.tech. This breathtaking rally far outpaced the broader market and made QS one of 2025’s top tech stock movers. What drove the
8 October 2025
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EU’s 50% Steel Tariff Shocker Spurs “Existential” UK Crisis Amid Market Rally

EU’s 50% Steel Tariff Shocker Spurs “Existential” UK Crisis Amid Market Rally

EU’s New Tariff Plan: Protecting Steel or Protectionism? In a dramatic trade salvo, the European Commission announced plans on Oct 7 to impose a 50% tariff on steel imports exceeding reduced quota levelstheguardian.comtheguardian.com. This effectively doubles the current 25% duty that had been in place – a jump Brussels openly frames as matching the tough U.S. “Trump tariffs” on steeltheguardian.com. Under the proposal, the EU’s existing safeguard quotas (which allow a certain tonnage of foreign steel in tariff-free) would be slashed by 47% to about 18.3 million tonnes annually, a volume last seen in 2013theguardian.com. Any imports above that modest quota would face the hefty 50% tariff – “a high price
8 October 2025
Tesla’s ‘Affordable’ EV Gamble Backfires – Stock Sinks as Cheaper Models Disappoint Investors

Tesla’s ‘Affordable’ EV Gamble Backfires – Stock Sinks as Cheaper Models Disappoint Investors

Tesla Debuts “Affordable” Models to Revive Sales Tesla unveiled new budget-friendly trims of its two top-selling vehicles – the Model Y crossover and Model 3 sedan – in an effort to boost sagging sales. The announcement on October 7 introduced “Standard Range” versions of the Model Y (starting at $39,990) and Model 3 ($36,990)theguardian.com. These prices are roughly 15% lower than Tesla’s previous base models, marking a significant adjustment aimed at a wider swath of buyers. However, some immediately questioned just how “affordable” these Teslas really are. The new starting prices still hover closer to $40k than the sub-$30k level many consider true mass-market territory. In fact, the discounts amount
8 October 2025
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OpenAI’s AMD Mega-Deal Sparks an AI “Mega-Blob” – 6GW of Chips, a 10% Stake, and a $100B Bet

OpenAI’s AMD Mega-Deal Sparks an AI “Mega-Blob” – 6GW of Chips, a 10% Stake, and a $100B Bet

A $100 Billion+ Chip Deal: OpenAI’s Bet on 6 GW of AMD GPUs OpenAI’s new partnership with AMD, announced on October 6, 2025, is staggering in scope – even by the outsized standards of the AI industry. OpenAI will buy up to 6 gigawatts of AMD’s Instinct data center GPUs over the next several years ts2.tech. To put that in perspective, 6 GW of computing is on the order of hundreds of thousands of high-end chips, enough to fill multiple giant data centers devoted entirely to artificial intelligence workloads ts2.tech. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, said AMD will be a “core strategic compute partner” providing the massive
8 October 2025
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BTQ Technologies (BTQ) Stock Surges on Quantum Security Buzz: Latest News, Analysis & Forecasts

BTQ Technologies (BTQ) Stock Surges on Quantum Security Buzz: Latest News, Analysis & Forecasts

Company Overview BTQ Technologies (based in Vancouver, Canada) is a young player at the intersection of quantum computing and cybersecurity. Founded in 2021, BTQ’s mission is to safeguard critical networks and blockchain applications against future quantum attacksts2.techstocktwits.com. The company is developing post-quantum cryptography solutions – encryption tools designed to withstand decryption by quantum computers – and even designing custom hardware to accelerate these quantum-resistant algorithmsts2.tech. For example, BTQ is working on a specialized chip architecture to speed up post-quantum encryption for uses like digital payments and secure communications. After operating as a private/Canadian-listed firm (it went public on a Canadian exchange in 2023 amid growing
8 October 2025
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Alibaba’s 2025 Tech Rally: AI Gold Rush, Stock Soars & What’s Next for 9988.HK

Alibaba’s 2025 Tech Rally: AI Gold Rush, Stock Soars & What’s Next for 9988.HK

Stock Performance & Recent News Rally to Multi-Year Highs: Alibaba’s stock has staged a remarkable comeback in 2025. After two difficult years, the shares rebounded with powerful momentum this year, fueled largely by optimism around the company’s tech initiatives and a brighter Chinese policy environment. By early October, 9988.HK had climbed to about HK$183 per share, marking its highest level since 2021ts2.tech. This represents roughly an 85–90% gain year-to-datets2.tech – a stark outperformance versus the broader market (for context, the NYSE Composite was up only ~12% over the same period)ts2.tech. The rally accelerated in late September, when a series of bullish catalysts converged. On September 24, CEO
8 October 2025
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Turkey’s Gas Revolution: Erdogan’s LNG Pivot Threatens Russia & Iran’s Energy Grip

Turkey’s Gas Revolution: Erdogan’s LNG Pivot Threatens Russia & Iran’s Energy Grip

Turkey’s Gas Pivot: LNG Deals and Domestic Production Turkey is undertaking a strategic overhaul of its gas supply. Once overwhelmingly dependent on pipeline gas from Russia and Iran, Ankara is now doubling down on alternative sources. State energy company BOTAŞ has struck a flurry of long-term LNG deals with a range of suppliers. In September, it signed a landmark 20-year agreement with Mercuria to import about 4 bcm of U.S. LNG annually starting in 2026 tradingview.com. This single deal will total roughly 70 bcm over two decades. Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar hailed it as a “milestone” for Turkey’s energy security,
8 October 2025
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Tilray Stock Skyrockets 300% on Cannabis Reform Hopes – Is TLRY’s Rally Sustainable?

Tilray Stock Skyrockets 300% on Cannabis Reform Hopes – Is TLRY’s Rally Sustainable?

Tilray’s Stock Price Soars on Reform Speculation Tilray’s stock has been on a tear in recent months, staging a stunning turnaround from penny-stock levels. The share price has quadrupled since early July – rising from well under $0.5 to around $1.7 by early October Nasdaq. Year-to-date, TLRY is up ~22% (as of Oct. 8) after being down over 20% mid-year Talkmarkets Hi Plainscoop. This rebound has rescued Tilray from the brink of a Nasdaq delisting – the company had even sought a compliance extension when its shares languished below $1 in the summer Hi Plainscoop. The rally hit overdrive in late September 2025. On September 29, Tilray
8 October 2025
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Tilray Stock Skyrockets 300% on Cannabis Reform Hopes – Will TLRY’s Rally Last?

Tilray Stock Skyrockets 300% on Cannabis Reform Hopes – Will TLRY’s Rally Last?

Recent News & Stock Performance (October 2025) Tilray’s stock has been on a wild ride in early October 2025, propelled by a flurry of cannabis policy news. In the first week of October, TLRY jumped over 8% in one day (Oct 7) after an apparent breakthrough in U.S. marijuana reform sentimentnasdaq.comnasdaq.com. The trigger: several prominent Republican senators voiced unexpected support for easing federal cannabis laws, and former President Donald Trump – now in his second term – signaled openness to rescheduling marijuana. MarijuanaMoment reports that in late September, Trump shared a video touting CBD’s health benefits for seniors, and GOP
8 October 2025
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374Water (SCWO) Stock Surges on PFAS Tech Buzz: Will This ‘Forever Chemicals’ Slayer Fuel a Cleantech Rally?

374Water (SCWO) Stock Surges on PFAS Tech Buzz: Will This ‘Forever Chemicals’ Slayer Fuel a Cleantech Rally?

Company Overview: “Destroying” Waste with Supercritical Water 374Water Inc. (NASDAQ: SCWO) is a North Carolina-based cleantech company that has developed a novel waste-processing system called AirSCWO (Air-Assisted Supercritical Water Oxidation). This technology uses supercritical water (high-temperature, high-pressure water) to oxidize and break down organic waste – including sewage sludge, industrial waste, and PFAS-laced materials – into harmless end products Nasdaq Nasdaq. The process yields clean water, mineral solids, and heat energy, essentially offering a “closed-loop” waste-to-energy solution that leaves no persistent pollutants Nasdaq Nasdaq. 374Water’s mission is to eradicate “forever chemicals” and other tough waste streams that traditional methods can’t
8 October 2025
Zeta Network Group (ZNB) Skyrockets on Crypto Pivot – What’s Behind the 200% Surge?

ZNB Stock Skyrockets 250% on Bitcoin Partnership – Can the Crypto Rally Last?

Latest News: Bitcoin Partnership Spurs Explosive Rally Zeta Network Group made headlines on October 7, 2025 by unveiling a new partnership with SOLV Foundation, a multi-chain Bitcoin staking and finance platform. The news was a game-changer for ZNB’s stock: shares surged over 200% in pre-market trading, briefly exceeding $5 per sharecoincentral.com. This strategic tie-up aims to put Zeta’s dormant Bitcoin holdings to work. According to the company’s release, ZNB will deposit its Bitcoin treasury assets into SOLV’s $2.5 billion Total Value Locked platform to earn yield and gain transparency via a regulated custodianinvesting.comprnewswire.com. In practice, Zeta is shifting from simply holding
8 October 2025
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AI‑Powered Future: ABB Stock Soars After Mega Robotics Deal – What Investors Need to Know Now

AI‑Powered Future: ABB Stock Soars After Mega Robotics Deal – What Investors Need to Know Now

Key Facts (as of 8 Oct 2025) Metric Value Evidence Stock price ~58.46 CHF per share (closing price 7 Oct 2025digrin.com) with a forecast fair opening on 8 Oct of ~58.68 CHFstockinvest.us. The stock had risen in seven of the prior ten trading days, gaining ~2.38 % over two weeksstockinvest.us. Digrin, StockInvest Market cap ≈US$135 billioncompaniesmarketcap.com. CompaniesMarketCap Trailing P/E ratio ~32.4×companiesmarketcap.com (up from 25× at end‑2024). CompaniesMarketCap Dividend yield (TTM) ≈1.53 % with an annual dividend of US$1.13 per ADRcompaniesmarketcap.com. ABB has paid a dividend for 22 consecutive yearscompaniesmarketcap.com. CompaniesMarketCap Major news (late Sept – 8 Oct 2025) ABB announced SoftBank would buy its Robotics division for US$5.4 billion, reversing a planned spin‑offnew.abb.com. The 7,000‑employee
8 October 2025
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Confluent, Inc. (CFLT) – Will a Real‑Time Data Pioneer Become a Takeover Target? (October 8 2025)

Confluent, Inc. (CFLT) – Will a Real‑Time Data Pioneer Become a Takeover Target? (October 8 2025)

Stock Price & Short‑Term Performance Confluent trades on the NASDAQ under ticker CFLT. According to the company’s historical price lookup, the stock closed at $21.26 on 6 Oct 2025 and dropped to $20.73 on 7 Octinvestors.confluent.io. Technical analysis from StockInvest.us notes the stock fell 2.49 % on 7 Oct, trading between $20.12 and $21.33, and it has declined in six of the last ten sessionsstockinvest.us. Volume was ~7 M shares, lower than earlier sessions, suggesting reduced riskstockinvest.us. The near‑term outlook is cautious: the share price is in a falling short‑term trend with predicted downside of almost 19 % if the trend persists. However, both short‑ and long‑term
8 October 2025
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From Tennis Ball Launchers to Tokenized Equities: What Connexa Sports (YYAI) – Now AiRWA – Means for Investors in 2025

From Tennis Ball Launchers to Tokenized Equities: What Connexa Sports (YYAI) – Now AiRWA – Means for Investors in 2025

Stock Price & Recent Performance A micro‑cap stock in free‑fall After trading between $1 and $3 for much of August 2025, Connexa Sports’ share price crashed when it announced a $500 million joint‑venture with crypto exchange JuCoin to build the AiRWA real‑world‑asset (RWA) platform. The combination of extreme volatility, negligible support levels and negative technical indicators means YYAI is behaving like a speculative penny stock rather than an established sports‑technology player. Macrotrends & long‑term view Historical data compiled by Macrotrends shows the magnitude of the decline: the share price averaged $1.4475 in 2025, opened the year at $1.27, reached a high
8 October 2025
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MARA stock jumps 22% into weekend as bitcoin whipsaws; Monday risk test looms

MARA stock jumps 22% into weekend as bitcoin whipsaws; Monday risk test looms

7 February 2026
MARA shares jumped 22.4% to $8.24 Friday, trading higher after hours, as the company moved $87 million in bitcoin to major custodians. About 82.4 million MARA shares changed hands. Bitcoin hovered near $68,928 Saturday. A MARA filing showed its general counsel had shares withheld for taxes on vested stock units, not an open market sale.
Apple stock (AAPL) set for Monday test as memory-chip crunch revives iPhone price question

Apple stock (AAPL) set for Monday test as memory-chip crunch revives iPhone price question

7 February 2026
Apple shares closed up 0.8% at $278.12 Friday, then slipped 0.3% after hours. A global DRAM shortage is raising component costs, putting pressure on Apple’s pricing ahead of its Feb. 24 shareholder meeting. CEO Tim Cook said memory prices will rise “sharply” but gave no details on possible iPhone price hikes. Investors await signals before next week’s U.S. inflation data.
Roivant stock surges on brepocitinib skin-disease data; what to watch into Monday

Roivant stock surges on brepocitinib skin-disease data; what to watch into Monday

7 February 2026
Roivant shares surged 22.4% to $25.82 after Phase 2 data showed its drug brepocitinib outperformed placebo in cutaneous sarcoidosis, with no serious adverse events. The company plans a Phase 3 trial in 2026 and has filed for FDA approval in dermatomyositis. Quarterly revenue reached $2 million, with a $313.7 million loss. Cash holdings stood at $4.5 billion.
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