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Starbucks (SBUX) Brewing Gains? CEO’s Shake-Up & $5B China Deal Fuel Stock Rally

Starbucks (SBUX) Brewing Gains? CEO’s Shake-Up & $5B China Deal Fuel Stock Rally

Starbucks stock trades in the mid-$80s (Nasdaq: SBUX) after a recent bounce; it remains down about 9–10% over the past year ts2.tech simplywall.st. CEO Brian Niccol has launched a $1 billion “Back to Starbucks” turnaround – closing roughly 1% of U.S./Canada stores (several hundred locations) and cutting ~900 corporate jobs ts2.tech reuters.com. Q3 FY2025 results (ended July) were weak: EPS $0.50 (missing consensus) and profit plunged ~47% YOY on higher costs ts2.tech marketbeat.com. Wall Street is cautiously optimistic: ~⅔ of analysts rate SBUX a Buy, with an average 12‑month target around $100–105 (roughly 17–20% above current prices) ts2.tech stockanalysis.com. Labor tensions
18 October 2025
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Quantum Stocks (IonQ, Rigetti, D-Wave, Quantum Computing Inc) Surge 700–6,000% – Bubble or Breakthrough? (Oct. 13, 2025)

Rigetti’s Quantum Stock Rollercoaster: RGTI Soars 5,000% Amid Quantum Computing Hype, Then Stumbles – What’s Next?

Stock Soars to Record High, Then Sees Wild Swings Rigetti’s stock price has been on a breathtaking run in 2025, riding a wave of enthusiasm for quantum computing. At the start of the year, RGTI shares traded for under $1. By mid-October, the stock had rocketed into the mid-$50s ts2.tech. It closed at a record $56.34 on October 15, 2025 ts2.tech – marking an almost 50-fold increase from a year ago. In just the past week, Rigetti exploded from the mid-$40s to new highs, including a ~25% surge in a single day (Oct. 13) ts2.tech. This frenetic rally has lifted
18 October 2025
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Beyond Meat Stock CRASH: 60% Plunge After Shocking Debt Swap Stuns Investors

Beyond Meat’s Shocking Collapse: BYND Stock Crashes Below $1 Amid Debt Deal Chaos

Key Facts – October 18, 2025 Stock Nosedives into Penny Territory Just a few years ago, Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) was a Wall Street darling; now it’s a penny stock cautionary tale. The company’s shares cratered below $1 this week after an early debt-restructuring announcement spooked the market. On Monday (Oct. 13), BYND opened around $0.84 – down nearly 60% from its prior close – following news of a drastic debt-for-equity swap ts2.tech. By mid-week, the stock hit record lows in the $0.50–$0.60 range, and it closed Friday at roughly $0.65 markets.businessinsider.com. This marks an astonishing fall from its 2019
18 October 2025
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Cisco’s $2B AI Windfall: New Tech, Stock Surge & What’s Next for CSCO

Cisco Rides AI Wave as Stock Nears Year-High – What’s Next for CSCO?

CSCO Stock Near 2025 Highs After Steady Climb Cisco’s stock is trading at $69 as of Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, putting it just a few dollars shy of its 1-year peak marketbeat.com. This marks a strong run for the networking giant – shares have risen about 30% over the past year, easily outperforming the broader market. In the week leading up to Oct. 17, CSCO gained roughly 2%, reflecting optimism around the company’s recent announcements and financial results. The stock’s 12-month high is $72.55 and the low is $52.11 marketbeat.com, so current prices indicate investors have driven the stock toward
17 October 2025
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Kezar Life Sciences Stock Soars 40% After FDA Setback Sparks Strategic Shake-Up

Kezar Life Sciences Stock Soars 40% After FDA Setback Sparks Strategic Shake-Up

FDA Setback Triggers Strategic Review Kezar Life Sciences revealed a major regulatory setback for its lead drug and immediately pivoted to consider strategic alternatives. In an October 16 press release, the South San Francisco company announced it failed to reach alignment with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the design of a pivotal trial for zetomipzomib in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) ca.investing.com. The FDA abruptly canceled a Type C meeting that was scheduled for Q4 2025 to discuss Kezar’s proposed Phase 3 trial, and instead requested a new standalone study to characterize zetomipzomib’s pharmacokinetics in patients with severe liver impairment
17 October 2025
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SLB Stock Q3 Beat, $4B Buybacks & Oil Swoon: Will Schlumberger (SLB) Rebound?

SLB Stock Q3 Beat, $4B Buybacks & Oil Swoon: Will Schlumberger (SLB) Rebound?

Q3 Earnings Recap: Resilient Results Amid Oil Slowdown SLB’s third-quarter 2025 results, released on Oct 17, showed better-than-expected profitability even as industry conditions softened. The company earned $0.69 per share (adj.) for Q3, topping estimates of $0.66 tipranks.com. Revenue came in at $8.93 billion, essentially on target tipranks.com. Both metrics were down modestly from a year ago (EPS was $0.89, revenue $9.16 B in Q3 2024) as global drilling activity has cooled. CEO Olivier Le Peuch described the quarter as “resilient,” noting SLB expanded its EBITDA margins and generated $1.8 B in free cash flow, thanks to efficiency gains investing.com investing.com. North America
17 October 2025
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Fossil Group (FOSL) Stock’s Wild 2025 Ride: Skyrockets on Turnaround Hopes, Stumbles on Debt Fears

Fossil Group (FOSL) Stock’s Wild 2025 Ride: Skyrockets on Turnaround Hopes, Stumbles on Debt Fears

Fossil Stock’s Rollercoaster 2025 Performance Fossil Group’s stock has been on a wild ride in 2025, with dramatic swings that grabbed Wall Street’s attention. After years of decline, FOSL shares staged a comeback this year – up over 60% year-to-date, vastly outperforming the broader apparel/accessories sector nasdaq.com. The rally hit a fever pitch in mid-October: on October 15, Fossil’s stock skyrocketed 41.5% in a single day, hitting $3.89 intraday (a multi-year high) and closing at $3.75 stockinvest.us. This surge was seemingly out of nowhere, and traders scrambled to pinpoint the cause. As it turned out, a confluence of positive news
16 October 2025
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HPE Stock Soars and Dips: Inside Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Wild October Ride

HPE Stock Soars and Dips: Inside Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Wild October Ride

Stock Performance and Current Price HPE’s stock has been on a strong run in 2025, gaining double digits amid optimism around the company’s cloud and AI initiatives. As of October 16, shares hover near $25, roughly 0.2% higher than the prior day’s close marketbeat.com. This price is around the average analyst price target for HPE, suggesting the stock is fairly valued for now marketbeat.com. Notably, HPE recently traded at its 52-week high of $26.44 marketbeat.com before pulling back on tempered guidance. The stock’s 50-day moving average around $23.5 reflects an uptrend in recent months marketbeat.com, though its lofty year-to-date gains
16 October 2025
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Adaptimmune (ADAP) Sees Wild Stock Surge Amid Cash Crunch – Biotech Turnaround or Last Gasp?

Adaptimmune (ADAP) Sees Wild Stock Surge Amid Cash Crunch – Biotech Turnaround or Last Gasp?

Stock Price Rollercoaster in 2025 Adaptimmune’s stock has been on a wild ride this year, with extreme price swings in recent weeks grabbing headlines. After languishing in penny-stock territory for months, ADAP suddenly caught fire in late September 2025. On September 19, shares opened at a mere $0.08 but skyrocketed 98% by day’s end to $0.16, then jumped another 30% after-hours to ~$0.20 ts2.tech. This stunning one-day move – without any company-specific catalyst – was accompanied by an enormous volume of 705+ million shares traded (versus ~60 million on an average day) ts2.tech. Market observers noted Adaptimmune as one of
16 October 2025
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First Horizon (FHN) Stock Shocker: CEO’s Merger Hint Sends Shares Tumbling 13%

First Horizon (FHN) Stock Shocker: CEO’s Merger Hint Sends Shares Tumbling 13%

Stock Performance and Recent Trend According to market reports, FHN shares traded around $20 on Oct 15, 2025 after the selloff bloomberg.com. This was down ~13% from Wednesday’s open near $23.02 marketbeat.com. (FHN had just hit its 52-week high ~$23.63 earlier in October marketbeat.com.) The share price briefly touched an intraday low of $19.99 bloomberg.com. For perspective, that is the steepest one-day drop since regulators derailed TD Bank’s planned $13.4 billion merger with FHN in May 2023 bloomberg.com. FHN’s 50-day and 200-day moving averages were near $22.5 and $20.7 respectively marketbeat.com, so the plunge pushed the stock back towards longer-term support
16 October 2025
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Arista Networks (ANET) Stock Explodes on AI-Driven Growth – Will It Hit New Highs?

Arista Networks Stock Soars on AI Hype – NVIDIA Rivalry Raises Eyebrows

Stock Surge Fueled by AI Data-Center Boom Arista’s stock has been on a tear. From late 2024 into October 2025, ANET soared roughly 59% ts2.tech, vastly outpacing broader indices. Investors have flocked to the company as a beneficiary of surging AI and cloud infrastructure spending. Arista makes the high-speed switches and routers that serve as the “traffic controllers” in modern data centers. Hyperscale customers (like Meta, Microsoft and other cloud providers) have ramped up orders for Arista’s AI-optimized gear, betting it can handle the low-latency, high-throughput needs of new AI models. This surge in demand was reflected in Arista’s latest
15 October 2025
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Sable Offshore Corp (SOC) Stock Plummets on Legal Setback – What’s Next for the Embattled Oil Driller?

Sable Offshore Corp (SOC) Stock Plummets on Legal Setback – What’s Next for the Embattled Oil Driller?

Legal Ruling Triggers Stock Plunge Sable Offshore’s stock cratered on Oct. 15 after a critical court ruling went against the company. In Santa Barbara Superior Court, Judge Thomas Anderle issued a tentative decision denying Sable’s petition to overturn a state order blocking its pipeline repairs reuters.com reuters.com. The ruling, which Sable called a “major setback,” means California’s cease-and-desist order remains in force, preventing the firm from reactivating its onshore pipeline for now. Investors reacted swiftly. SOC shares tumbled ~26% in pre-market trading on the news reuters.com, and the stock opened the day in free-fall. By afternoon Oct. 15, SOC hovered
15 October 2025
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