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Navan’s $6.5B IPO Set for Takeoff – TravelTech Unicorn Aims High, But Will It Deliver?

Navan’s $6.5B IPO Set for Takeoff – TravelTech Unicorn Aims High, But Will It Deliver?

Navan is a Palo Alto–based travel and expense management platform (formerly TripActions) that has expanded beyond corporate travel booking into payments and expense software. Its October IPO marks one of the first large travel-tech listings in 2025, aiming to capitalize on a rebounding business-travel market. In its S-1 filing, Navan projects about $537 million in revenue for 2024 (up from roughly $329M in H1 2025) ts2.tech, although it remains unprofitable due to high interest costs. At the proposed pricing, Navan would trade at roughly 13.8× trailing sales (8× 2026 forecast) ifre.com, well above peer multiples (SAP’s Concur is about 7.9×
21 October 2025
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Liberty Energy’s Rollercoaster: LBRT Surges on Earnings Despite Oilfield Headwinds

Liberty Energy’s Rollercoaster: LBRT Surges on Earnings Despite Oilfield Headwinds

Stock Performance: From Slump to Sudden Surge ts2.techLiberty Energy’s stock has seen a dramatic swing in recent weeks. After grinding lower for most of 2025 – at one point down over 40% year-to-date – LBRT caught a bid in October, climbing roughly 15% during the month ts2.tech. The rally accelerated on October 17 when the company’s latest earnings sparked a burst of buying. Intraday, LBRT shares jumped into the mid-$15 range, marking a one-day gain of more than 20%. Even with that pop, Liberty’s stock is a far cry from where it started the year (above $20). The one-year total
17 October 2025
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Nebius (NBIS) Stock Rockets on $17B Microsoft AI Deal – Explosive Growth & Outlook Revealed

Nebius Group (NBIS) Skyrockets 350% on AI Deal, Then Stumbles – What’s Next for This Cloud Newcomer?

Nebius Stock’s Wild 2025 Ride – From $14 to $130+ 🚀 Nebius Group’s logo on display – the AI cloud upstart has seen its stock skyrocket in 2025 amid major deals. Few stocks captured the AI frenzy of 2025 like Nebius Group. This Amsterdam-headquartered cloud upstart – born from the breakup of Russia’s Yandex – has seen its Nasdaq-listed shares soar by triple digits. Year-to-date, NBIS has climbed roughly +350%, far outpacing broader tech indices ts2.tech. The stock hit an all-time high around $132-$135 in early October, a stunning jump from just ~$14 a year ago ts2.tech. As one analysis
17 October 2025
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Oracle’s ‘Truly Awesome’ AI Cloud Quarter Sends Stock Soaring 36%, Making Ellison World’s Richest

Oracle’s $300B AI Cloud Bet Sends Stock Soaring – Trillion-Dollar Dreams Awaken

Oracle Stock Update: Riding High on AI Frenzy Oracle headquarters building. Oracle’s stock has been a standout performer in 2025 amid a frenzy for AI-related cloud services. Oracle’s stock price is hovering near $304 per share as of October 17, 2025, after a year of extraordinary gains driven by optimism around the company’s foray into artificial intelligence cloud services ts2.tech. It closed at $303.98 on October 16 ts2.tech, essentially flat on the day, capping off a volatile few weeks. Just last month, Oracle shares touched a record intraday high of about $345.69 (on Sept. 10) following announcements of unprecedented AI
17 October 2025
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Linkage Global (LGCB) Stock Doubles on Funding Lifeline – Can the E-Commerce Underdog Sustain the Rally?

Linkage Global (LGCB) Stock Doubles on Funding Lifeline – Can the E-Commerce Underdog Sustain the Rally?

Stock Price Volatility Amid Funding News Linkage Global’s stock has been on a rollercoaster, catapulting upward in recent sessions. On Thursday Oct. 16, LGCB nearly doubled in pre-market action, reaching around $3 per share stockanalysis.com. This spike followed an after-hours leap the prior evening, catching traders’ attention as one of the top gainers on the market’s momentum radar chartmill.com. Such extreme volatility is not unprecedented for LGCB – just days earlier, the thinly traded stock had also spiked over 100% intraday to ~$3.33 before pulling back rttnews.com. The sudden rallies appear to be driven by speculative enthusiasm around the company’s
16 October 2025
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Novo Nordisk’s Surprise $2.1B Rare-Disease Acquisition Deal: What You Need to Know

Novo Nordisk’s Surprise $2.1B Rare-Disease Acquisition Deal: What You Need to Know

Deal Details: Novo Licenses Omeros’s MASP-3 Inhibitor On Oct. 15, Novo Nordisk and Seattle-based Omeros announced a definitive asset purchase and license agreement. Under the terms, Novo gains exclusive global rights to zaltenibart (OMS906) for all indications. Omeros will receive $340 million up front and near-term milestones, plus up to $2.1 billion total with development and sales milestones and tiered royalties novonordisk.com. Reuters reported Novo would pay “up to $2.1 billion” for the experimental drug reuters.com. The deal is structured as a licensing asset purchase, not a full acquisition, and is expected to close in Q4 2025 marketscreener.com novonordisk.com. Novo’s Chief Scientific
15 October 2025
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ZIM Stock Rebounds as Shipping Giant Navigates Trade Turbulence

ZIM Stock Rebounds as Shipping Giant Navigates Trade Turbulence

Stock Rebound Off Lows ZIM’s share price has shown signs of life after a prolonged slide. On October 14, the stock surged about 5% intraday, closing at approximately $13.36 (up from $12.72 the prior day) intellectia.ai. This pop extends a short-term rebound from early October, when ZIM scraped a 52-week low just above $11 marketbeat.com amid heavy selling. Even with the recent rally, the stock is still trading in the mid-teens – a far cry from its $30+ highs within the past year marketbeat.com. Year-to-date performance remains bleak. ZIM has shed roughly 40% of its value since January, reflecting broader
14 October 2025
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BLS International Faces Govt Ban: Shares Plunge 18% – Analysts See 100% Upside?

MEA’s Shocking 2-Year Ban on BLS International – Visa Outsourcer’s Future in Doubt

MEA Ban Details and Reasoning Late on Oct 9 the Indian government quietly issued the order debaring BLS International from new MEA contracts ts2.tech. The company disclosed this in an Oct 11 exchange filing. The MEA order cites “complaints and legal proceedings” by visa applicants but gives no specifics ts2.tech businesstoday.in. BLS is banned from bidding on any fresh tenders from the External Affairs Ministry or Indian missions abroad until late 2027 businesstoday.in ndtvprofit.com. In practice, all existing visa/passport processing centers run by BLS will keep operating normally – they remain governed by their original contracts ts2.tech businesstoday.in. Industry watchers
14 October 2025
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Rocket Lab Rockets to New Heights on Huge Japan Deals – Is the Boom Sustainable?

Rocket Lab Rockets to New Heights on Huge Japan Deals – Is the Boom Sustainable?

Rocket Lab’s dramatic rise reflects both tech execution and a booming small-satellite market. As of early Oct 2025, RKLB trades near $70 (Nasdaq close $66.42 on Oct 9 stockanalysis.com), compared to the low-$50s in late September stockanalysis.com. The company’s Electron rocket has delivered reliable launches for dozens of customers (governments and commercial) this year. Founder Sir Peter Beck calls it “the world’s most frequently launched orbital small rocket” globenewswire.com. Investors and partners point to Electron’s track record: iQPS’s CEO noted that four SAR satellites launched in 2025 “reaffirmed our confidence in the rocket’s reliability,” giving them comfort to book 3
10 October 2025
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AI Data-Center Gold Rush: Applied Digital Rockets on $11B Contracts and Blows Past Q1 Forecasts

AI Data-Center Gold Rush: Applied Digital Rockets on $11B Contracts and Blows Past Q1 Forecasts

Overview: Dallas-based Applied Digital (NASDAQ: APLD) designs and operates high-performance data centers and cloud colocation – recently pivoting from crypto-mining hosting to AI and HPC (high-performance computing) workloads ts2.tech. Its flagship Polaris Forge campus in North Dakota was even named “Best Data Center in the Americas 2025” by Datacloud ts2.tech. In an AI-driven cloud boom, demand for such specialized capacity is running far ahead of supply, giving APLD a unique niche reuters.com ts2.tech. Q1 Results (Aug 31, 2025): Applied Digital’s Q1 (fiscal) was nothing short of a breakout quarter. Revenues jumped 84% YoY to $64.2 million stocktitan.net, thanks largely to tenant
10 October 2025
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Palo Alto Networks’ AI-Fueled Surge: Stock Soars on Cybersecurity Boom, Bold Forecasts & Big Deals

Palo Alto Networks’ AI-Fueled Surge: Stock Soars on Cybersecurity Boom, Bold Forecasts & Big Deals

Sources: Palo Alto Networks and CyberArk deal coverage – Reuters reuters.com reuters.com; Q4 2025 earnings and guidance – Reuters reuters.com, Futurum futurumgroup.com futurumgroup.com; Analyst ratings and price targets – StockAnalysis stockanalysis.com stockanalysis.com; Competitive landscape – Bullish Bears bullishbears.com bullishbears.com; Unit 42 threat intel news – ts2.tech ts2.tech; Expert quotes – Reuters reuters.com, Breakingviews reuters.com; Stock performance data – Yahoo/Benzinga hotcandlestick.com.
8 October 2025
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Ford Stock Plunges as Devastating Supplier Fire and Recalls Turn 2025 Into a Nightmare

Ford Stock Plunges as Devastating Supplier Fire and Recalls Turn 2025 Into a Nightmare

Fire at Key Supplier Sparks Ford Stock Plunge Ford’s shares were hammered in early October after a “devastating” late-night fire at a crucial supplier raised alarms about production delays. The fire broke out on Sept. 16 at Novelis’s Oswego, New York plant – a facility that produces roughly 40% of the aluminum sheet used by the U.S. auto industry markets.chroniclejournal.com. Novelis, a subsidiary of Hindalco, is Ford’s primary source of aluminum for its vehicles. Critically, Ford’s flagship F-Series pickup trucks rely heavily on aluminum bodies, a design choice made to save weight but now a glaring vulnerability. The blaze “caused catastrophic damage to the factory’s hot
7 October 2025
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