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UPS Delivers Earnings Surprise as Stock Soars – But Will Its 7.5% Dividend Survive?

UPS Stock Skyrockets 18% After Crushing Q3 Earnings – What’s Next?

UPS Stock Performance and Trends After a rough year, UPS stock has found fresh life. On Oct. 28, the day UPS released Q3 results, the shares initially surged into the low $100s – about an 18% jump from the prior close ts2.tech. By the end of that day, UPS was up roughly 8–9% stockstotrade.com. The rally partly recouped earlier losses: in early October the stock had traded as low as the low-$90s, down about 28% from its January levels reuters.com investopedia.com. On Oct. 29, the momentum continued gently; UPS closed at $97.40, about 1.1% higher google.com google.com. (For context, the
29 October 2025
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eBay Stock Surges on Strong Q3 Results but Cautions for Holiday Season

eBay Stock Surges on Strong Q3 Results but Cautions for Holiday Season

Stock Price & Recent Performance eBay’s share price has enjoyed a robust run-up. In late October 2025, EBAY traded just below its 52-week peak (about $101.15 investing.com). On Oct. 29, the stock closed around $99.3, after hitting an intraday high above $101 investing.com. Trading volume has been moderate (roughly 4–6 million shares/day). The stock is now roughly double its level from mid-2024 – up on the order of +50–60% year-to-date (2025) simplywall.st. By comparison, broader tech indices like the Nasdaq-100 are up around +19% YTD ts2.tech, highlighting eBay’s strong relative gain. Investors attribute the rally to renewed optimism about eBay’s
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Meta’s Q3 Showdown: Can AI Spend and Ad Growth Drive Another Rally?

Meta’s Stock Plunges 6% After Shocking Q3 Earnings: AI Costs and $15B Tax Bombshell

Meta’s Q3 report was thus a mixed bag: revenue and ad metrics were strong, but headline profit was crushed by accounting nuances. As a press release noted, higher ad impressions (+14%) and prices (+10%) and growing daily users drove the top line stocktitan.net stocktitan.net. Operating income was healthy ($20.535 billion, ~40% margin) stocktitan.net. But the outsized tax charge – tied to new U.S. tax rules – depressed reported net income to just $2.71 billion and EPS $1.05 stocktitan.net. Management explained the charge arose from a valuation allowance on deferred taxes; excluding it, Q3 net income would have been $18.64 billion (EPS $7.25) stocktitan.net
29 October 2025
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Stride Stock Crashes on Weak Guidance After Earnings Beat – What’s Next for LRN?

Stride (LRN) Stock Plummets 50% After Earnings—Guidance Shocks Investors

Earnings Beat Overshadowed by Weak Outlook Stride, Inc. (NYSE: LRN) delivered strong fiscal Q1 2026 results (ended Sept. 30, 2025), but a conservative outlook triggered a sharp selloff. The company reported revenue of $620.9 million, beating the $613.7M analyst consensus, and diluted EPS of $1.40, above the $1.13 estimate benzinga.com. Enrollments grew 11.3% YoY (to 247,700 students), led by 20% growth in Career Learning programs benzinga.com. CEO James Rhyu noted “strong enrollment growth” to start the year but cautioned that growth rates will moderate ts2.tech. These results continued Stride’s string of double-digit growth quarters. However, forward guidance disappointed investors. Management
29 October 2025
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Palantir Stock Skyrockets on Massive UK AI-Defense Pact – Could PLTR Eclipse Oracle by 2030?

Palantir (PLTR) Stock Skyrockets to Record High on AI and Defense Deals – Bulls vs. Bears Clash

Key Facts: – Price Surge: As of Oct. 29, 2025, PLTR closed around $195 investing.com, after hitting an intraday peak near $198. The stock is up roughly 300% in 2025 ts2.tech, making it one of the year’s hottest tech winners. – Market Cap: At these levels Palantir’s market value is on the order of $400–425 billion ts2.tech ts2.tech – rivaling or exceeding legacy defense giants (e.g. Lockheed, Northrop) ts2.tech. – Major Deals: 2025 has seen a flurry of big contracts and partnerships. Highlights include a 10-year U.S. Army program (up to $10B) and a UK Ministry of Defence AI pact
29 October 2025
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Kraft Heinz Stock Hits Lows Despite Q3 Earnings Beat – What’s Next for KHC?

Kraft Heinz Stock Hits Lows Despite Q3 Earnings Beat – What’s Next for KHC?

Q3 Earnings: Profit Beats, Sales Slip Slightly 📊 Kraft Heinz delivered a mixed third quarter, posting better-than-expected profits but a slight revenue miss. Net sales for Q3 2025 came in at $6.24 billion, down about 2.3% from a year ago, as the company faced soft consumer demand gurufocus.com. Organic sales (which exclude currency and M&A effects) declined 2.5%, reflecting lower volumes across key product lines. Notably, North America – Kraft Heinz’s largest market – saw organic sales tumble 3.8% year-over-year news.kraftheinzcompany.com. The company managed only a ~0.4 percentage point uptick in pricing in North America, which was not enough to
29 October 2025
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Caterpillar’s Stock Rally Roars: AI Boom, $650 Target Fuel All-Time High

Caterpillar Stock Hits Record High on AI Data Center Boom – Experts Warn It’s “Priced for Perfection”

Record Rally on Strong Demand and Big Upgrades Caterpillar’s stock has been on fire. In mid-October, CAT surged on news of a major analyst upgrade and strategic announcements. On Oct. 14 the stock hit an intraday peak around $528.45, its highest-ever level ts2.tech. “Today’s jump added roughly $10 billion to Caterpillar’s market value in a single session,” noted one market report ts2.tech. Over the past year the shares have rallied from the mid-$200s to the mid-$500s, nearly doubling since their 52-week low ts2.tech investopedia.com. This has made CAT one of the Dow Jones’s top performers in 2025, outpacing even Nvidia
29 October 2025
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Meta’s Q3 Showdown: Can AI Spend and Ad Growth Drive Another Rally?

Meta’s Q3 Showdown: Can AI Spend and Ad Growth Drive Another Rally?

Meta’s Q3 Preview: Riding the AI Wave Meta will release its Q3 2025 earnings Wednesday after the close. Wall Street’s consensus sees ~$49.5 billion revenue and ~$6.7 EPS businessinsider.com ig.com. That implies roughly 22% organic growth – fueled by a rebound in ad spending and AI-driven ad targeting. (By comparison, in Q2 Meta reported $47.52B revenue, +22% YoY ig.com.) Management guided Q3 revenue at $47.5–50.5B ts2.tech, so analysts’ estimates are near the top end of that range. Investors will scrutinize advertising trends in the quarter. Meta’s business is still 98% ads, and “AI-powered recommendation models drove 5% more conversions on
29 October 2025
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NMDC Steel’s Profit Rally Short-Lived as Q2 Loss Triggers 7% Stock Slide

NMDC Steel’s Profit Rally Short-Lived as Q2 Loss Triggers 7% Stock Slide

Q2 Earnings: From Profit to Loss in One Quarter Just a quarter after celebrating its maiden profit, NMDC Steel Ltd swung back to loss in the second quarter of FY26. The state-run steel maker — recently spun off from iron ore mining giant NMDC — posted a net loss of ₹115 crore for Q2 (July–Sept 2025) ndtvprofit.com. This is a stark turnaround from Q1 FY26 (Apr–Jun), when NMDC Steel had earned a modest ₹25.6 crore net profit ndtvprofit.com, its first profitable quarter since inception. According to the company’s exchange filing on Wednesday, the bottom-line was dragged down by a sharp drop in margins even as sales
29 October 2025
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Intel Stock Skyrockets on AI Hype and $15B Lifeline – Can the Rally Last?

Intel Stock Skyrockets on AI Hype and $15B Lifeline – Can the Rally Last?

Intel’s stock is trading near 2-year highs (~$38 per share) after recent earnings and strategic investments lifted investor confidence ts2.tech ts2.tech. Intel’s shares have climbed about 85–90% so far in 2025, dwarfing the S&P 500’s ~6% gain ts2.tech reuters.com. Much of the recent rally came after the Oct. 23 earnings report: analysts were surprised to see Intel return to profitability and beat on margins and EPS. The stock jumped roughly 7–9% in after-hours trading on earnings day ts2.tech. (According to Reuters, “Intel’s stock has risen nearly 90% in 2025, outperforming Nvidia,” one report notes reuters.com.) As of Oct. 27, INTC was
28 October 2025
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Record Highs: Trade Deal Hopes Fuel Stock Market Surge to Fresh Peaks

Record Highs: Trade Deal Hopes Fuel Stock Market Surge to Fresh Peaks

Trade Deal Hopes Ignite Global Rally Global stock markets are surging on mere hopes of a U.S.-China trade peace. Over the weekend, high-level talks yielded “significant advances” toward an agreement to resolve the long-running trade war ts2.tech. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described a “very substantial framework” now in place, and China’s negotiator Li Chenggang said both sides reached a preliminary consensus toward a deal ts2.tech ts2.tech. While no agreement is signed yet, the prospect of a truce has been enough to send markets to new heights torre.news. Presidents Trump and Xi are slated to meet Thursday (Oct. 30) in
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CarTrade Tech Stock Skyrockets on Blowout Q2 Results – Can the Rally Keep Going?

CarTrade Tech Stock Skyrockets on Blowout Q2 Results – Can the Rally Keep Going?

Blowout Q2 Earnings Drive Rally CarTrade Tech (which operates CarWale, BikeWale, OLX India and other auto marketplaces) reported a stellar Q2 (July–Sept) that far outpaced a soft market. The Economic Times noted the company’s consolidated net profit more than doubled to ₹64.1 crore (up 109% YoY) economictimes.indiatimes.com. Revenue from operations grew ~25% to ₹193.4 crore economictimes.indiatimes.com. Even as sales surged, expense growth remained modest (only +5.3% YoY on a ₹142.2cr base economictimes.indiatimes.com), reflecting operational leverage. These factors lifted EBITDA sharply (CarTrade reported a near-doubling of EBITDA YoY). CarTrade credited several drivers for the jump. The core Consumer Group (selling new
28 October 2025
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