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Stock Market News 29 October 2025

New Fortress Energy Seeks U.K. Lifeline to Dodge Bankruptcy – Shares Crash as $9 B Debt Weighs

New Fortress Energy Seeks U.K. Lifeline to Dodge Bankruptcy – Shares Crash as $9 B Debt Weighs

Deep Dive: $9 B Debt Crunch Drives Unconventional Plan New Fortress Energy – a company founded by billionaire Wes Edens – grew rapidly in recent years as an integrated gas-to-power provider, building liquefied natural gas terminals, floating LNG (FLNG) facilities, and power plants from the Americas to Asia. But that breakneck expansion came at a cost: nearly $9 billion in debt piled up on its balance sheetnews.bloomberglaw.com. When several major projects hit delays and cost overruns, NFE’s revenues and cash flows fell short, making it increasingly difficult to meet its heavy debt obligationsnews.bloomberglaw.com. The company even suspended its dividend late last year
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Plug Power (PLUG) Stock’s 170% Hydrogen Rally Hits a Wall – Can PLUG Bounce Back?

Plug Power (PLUG) Stock’s 170% Hydrogen Rally Hits a Wall – Can PLUG Bounce Back?

Roller-Coaster Stock Performance Plug Power’s stock has been on a wild roller coaster in recent weeks. After languishing near $1.50 in late summer, PLUG launched into an eye-popping rally – surging roughly 170% in about three months to a new peak around $4.58 by early October ts2.tech. This hydrogen-fueled spike far outpaced the broader market and was amplified by a classic short squeeze: with roughly one-third of Plug’s float sold short, each burst of positive news forced bearish traders to buy shares to cover, turbocharging the uptrend ts2.tech. Explosive trading volumes accompanied the climb as momentum buyers piled in. However,
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Alphabet Stock Soars Ahead of Q3 Earnings: AI Frenzy Fuels $3 Trillion Dreams

Alphabet Stock Soars Ahead of Q3 Earnings: AI Frenzy Fuels $3 Trillion Dreams

Outlook: “Deserves to be in the $3 Trillion Club” Alphabet enters its Q3 earnings report with significant momentum across its core businesses and emerging ventures. Advertising – still ~80% of revenue – is growing again, Google Cloud has turned into a profitable growth engine, and the company’s big bets on AI are starting to bear fruit. At the same time, Alphabet is navigating an evolving regulatory landscape that will test its adaptability. Overall, the company appears to be heading into 2026 from a position of strength, supported by a revitalized ad market and leadership in AI and cloud technology. In
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Fed Cuts Rates Amid Data “Fog” – Stocks Hit Record Highs as More Easing Likely

Fed Cuts Rates Amid Data “Fog” – Stocks Hit Record Highs as More Easing Likely

Fed Cuts Rates Despite Missing Data The Federal Open Market Committee’s October 28–29 meeting concluded with a widely anticipated quarter-point rate cut, bringing the target interest rate down to roughly 3.8%ts2.tech. Economists were nearly unanimous in predicting this movereuters.com, as the Fed had telegraphed an easing bias in advance. It marks the second reduction in 2025, following an initial cut in September. The Fed is proceeding with caution, however. Officials describe an “increasingly cloudy” economic outlookapnews.com – a haze compounded by the absence of government data during the ongoing shutdown. Since October 1, key indicators like the monthly jobs report
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UnitedHealth Stock Rallies After Bold Strategy Overhaul – Is 2026 a Turning Point?

UnitedHealth Stock Rallies After Bold Strategy Overhaul – Is 2026 a Turning Point?

UnitedHealth’s recent earnings and strategic shifts have drawn close market attention. The company’s Q3 2025 results beat expectations, enabling a tighter outlook. Its revenue for Q3 rose 12% to $113.2 billion unitedhealthgroup.com, with adjusted profit of $2.92 per share. That exceeded estimates and allowed management to raise full-year profit guidance. On Oct. 28, UnitedHealth said it now sees 2025 net EPS of at least $16.25 (from $16.00 prior) reuters.com – above the roughly $16.20 analysts had forecast. As portfolio manager Daniel Barasa of Gabelli Funds noted, “the results, the EPS guidance increase, and management commentary were all highly encouraging,” potentially signaling
29 October 2025
PECO Pumps $10K Grants into Parks & $12K to Heroes – Energy Stocks Rally?

PECO Pumps $10K Grants into Parks & $12K to Heroes – Energy Stocks Rally?

PECO’s twin announcements underscore a trend where utilities blend community support with clean-energy goals. Green Region grants (via PECO and Natural Lands Trust) will fund everything from new trails to tree planting. Kwashie emphasizes the broader payoff: green spaces “support local sustainability goals… and reinforce our dedication to building a cleaner, brighter future” philadelphia.today. Nonprofit applicants can match PECO funds with grant or donated dollars to expand parks, forests and climate-resilient landscapes across suburban Philadelphia. Likewise, PECO’s First Responders Day awards – part of a $120K pledge across its service area – honor emergency personnel with practical support. For example,
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NVIDIA’s Stock Soars to New Highs – Analysts Eye Further Gains

Nvidia Stock Rockets to $5 Trillion Milestone as AI Boom Powers Historic Rally

Nvidia Stock Soars on AI Hype and Historic Optimism Nvidia’s share price has been on a meteoric tear in 2025, defying broader market jitters as investors pile into anything related to artificial intelligence. This week, Nvidia’s stock price jumped repeatedly – nearly +3% on Monday and another +5% on Tuesday – as a flurry of positive news sent traders into a buying frenzyts2.tech. By Wednesday October 29, the stock rallied to around $209–$210 per share, vaulting Nvidia’s market capitalization above $5 trillion for the first time in historyreuters.com. For context, no company had ever before reached the $5 trillion mark – Nvidia
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Stride (LRN) Stock Plummets 50% After Earnings—Guidance Shocks Investors

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. Enrollments grew 11.3% YoY (to 247,700 students), led by 20% growth in Career Learning programs Benzinga. 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
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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 $195investing.com, after hitting an intraday peak near $198. The stock is up roughly 300% in 2025ts2.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 billionts2.techts2.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 (~£750M–£1.5B)ts2.tech, a new Boeing defense
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Microsoft Stock Soars on AI and Cloud Frenzy – Analysts Eye $600+ Price Targets

Microsoft Stock Skyrockets on AI Hype, Nears $4 Trillion as Big Earnings Hit

Microsoft’s Earnings: Strong, But Is the AI Hype Justified? As Microsoft’s first-quarter results roll in, the company is demonstrating robust growth and profitability even amid its heavy investment spree. Profit margins remain healthy for now, and the company returned substantial cash to shareholders (over $9 billion last quarter via dividends and buybacks) – showing it can reward investors while spending aggressivelyts2.tech. On the earnings call, analysts will be laser-focused on Azure’s growth rate and forward guidance. Microsoft had guided to ~37% Azure growth for this quarter, above consensus forecastsreuters.com, and early numbers suggest AI workloads are indeed driving a meaningful revenue
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Microsoft Azure “Cloud Crash” Leaves Thousands Stranded – Can MSFT Stock Weather the Storm?

Microsoft Azure “Cloud Crash” Leaves Thousands Stranded – Can MSFT Stock Weather the Storm?

Outage Details and Scope Early Wednesday morning, users worldwide began encountering errors with Microsoft cloud services. Tech sites like TechRadar noted a “major outage” affecting numerous platforms – Azure login failures were “knocking out Microsoft 365 services and even Minecraft”techradar.com. Tom’s Guide reported that around 9 a.m. PT simultaneous issues struck Azure, Microsoft 365, Xbox Live and moretomsguide.com. Outage-tracker DownDetector (https://downdetector.com) logged spikes of nearly 10,000 incident reports across Microsoft’s offerings. In some regions, employees could not access work applications at all, and Microsoft’s own support portal showed widespread “investigating” alerts. According to Downdetector (a crowd-sourced outage aggregator), the scale was
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Accenture’s Name Change Secret & AI Leap: How “Accent on the Future” Ignited 25 Years of Growth – and What’s Next for Its Stock

Accenture’s Name Change Secret & AI Leap: How “Accent on the Future” Ignited 25 Years of Growth – and What’s Next for Its Stock

“Accent on the future”: The 2000 Rebrand Breakthrough In late 2000 Andersen Consulting, under pressure from a legal split with Arthur Andersen, raced to find a new brand. A worldwide naming contest – dubbed “brandstorming” – called on 65,000 employees to submit and vote on options emegypt.net economictimes.indiatimes.com. Landor Associates and Accenture partners sifted through some 550 candidates (51 legally cleared) and distilled them to 50 finalists emegypt.net. At an October 2000 meeting (partially recorded on video), the name Accenture won by a landslide emegypt.net. It was chosen for its modern, professional ring – a blend of AC (from Andersen
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Morgan Stanley Jumps Into Pre-IPO Trading – CEO Ted Pick’s First Big Deal Targets Startup Shares

Morgan Stanley Jumps Into Pre-IPO Trading – CEO Ted Pick’s First Big Deal Targets Startup Shares

Private Markets Boom as Startups Stay Private Longer Morgan Stanley’s EquityZen acquisition comes amid a broader private-market boom on Wall Street. In recent years, cash-rich startups have delayed going public, creating an “iceberg” of hidden value in the private markets. Firms like OpenAI, SpaceX and TikTok-parent ByteDance now hold valuations rivaling the largest public companies, blurring the line between Silicon Valley and the stock market reuters.com. This trend has two big side effects: investors are eager to get in early on the next breakout tech firm, and startup employees are seeking ways to cash out some of their stock awards
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Disney Deal Rockets Fubo Stock 29% – What’s Next as Sports Streaming Soars?

Disney Deal Rockets Fubo Stock 29% – What’s Next as Sports Streaming Soars?

Disney Alliance Transforms Fubo’s Outlook FuboTV’s combination with Disney’s Hulu Live marks a game-changing alliance in the streaming wars. The merger, announced in January and now completed in late October, instantly scales up Fubo’s business. The combined entity boasts nearly 6 million subscribers, making it the 6th largest pay-TV provider in the U.S. (behind only giants like YouTube TV) investing.com. Under the deal, Disney took a ~70% ownership stake, while existing Fubo shareholders retain ~30% investing.com. “Together with Disney, we’re creating a more flexible streaming ecosystem that gives consumers greater choice, while driving profitability and sustainable growth,” said Fubo co-founder
29 October 2025
Intel Stock Skyrockets on AI Deals and Q3 Earnings Beat, Hitting Two-Year High

Intel Stock Skyrockets on AI Deals and Q3 Earnings Beat, Hitting Two-Year High

Q3 2025 Earnings Fuel Stock Rebound Intel’s third-quarter 2025 results provided the clearest evidence yet that the beleaguered chip giant’s turnaround plan is gaining traction. The company swung back to profit in Q3, reporting $13.7 billion in revenue and $0.23 in adjusted EPS – a surprise upside compared to analyst forecasts of roughly breakeven ts2.tech. It marked a dramatic improvement from the year-ago period, when Intel was deep in the red (Q3 2024 saw a massive $16 billion net loss) ts2.tech. Gross margins also rebounded to 40% (vs ~36% expected), reflecting the impact of steep cost cuts and operational efficiencies reuters.com. Wall
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SoFi Stock Skyrockets 230% YTD on Blowout Q3 Earnings and Raised Outlook

SoFi Stock Skyrockets 230% YTD on Blowout Q3 Earnings and Raised Outlook

Soaring Stock Performance in 2025 SoFi’s stock has been on a tear in 2025, skyrocketing about 230% year-to-date ts2.tech. The share price recently hit the low $30s, marking a fresh all-time high (briefly touching $30.30 on Oct. 27) ts2.tech. This meteoric rise has swelled SoFi’s market capitalization to roughly $36 billion reuters.com. By comparison, SoFi traded in the single digits late last year; the incredible 2025 rally reflects a dramatic turnaround in investor sentiment. Several factors have fueled the climb. First, financial performance has improved markedly – SoFi moved into profitability this year, a milestone for the once-unprofitable fintech. The company’s evolution
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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
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Shocking Auto News: Group 1 Automotive Ditches Jaguar Land Rover UK Dealers – Shares Tumble

Shocking Auto News: Group 1 Automotive Ditches Jaguar Land Rover UK Dealers – Shares Tumble

Group 1’s Exit – Company’s View Group 1 Automotive (a Fortune 250 dealer group) said it is divesting its entire UK JLR franchise network. In a statement accompanying its Q3 results, Group 1 explained that “persistent economic headwinds” in the UK have made the market challengingam-online.com. CEO Daryl Kenningham noted that while the U.S. business was “outstanding” in Q3, “the U.K. market remains challenging, with softer industry volumes and continued BEV-related margin pressure”am-online.com. The company’s UK CEO, Mark Raban, told staff the move is aimed at aligning Group 1’s portfolio with its “long-term growth ambitions” – and stressed it is “not a reflection on the
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Adidas Stock Sinks 5% on Tariff Woes – Samba Sneaker Craze Could Be the Silver Lining

Adidas Stock Sinks 5% on Tariff Woes – Samba Sneaker Craze Could Be the Silver Lining

Adidas’ third-quarter update (announced Oct. 29) showed the German sportswear maker is still growing globally despite trade headwinds. Group sales hit €6.63 billion – a new quarterly high – up 3% from a year agoreuters.com. But in North America (its second-biggest market) sales fell 5% on the year, largely because the euro surged against the dollarreuters.com. In fact, Adidas said the strong euro shaved about €300 million off its sales. On a currency-neutral basis, NA revenues were roughly flat (+1%), versus +8% overallreuters.com. Gulden told analysts the US tariffs (on Chinese, Vietnam, etc., imports) will cut around €120 million from 2025 operating profitreuters.comm.investing.com –
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DroneShield Stock Skyrockets 40%: What’s Behind the Surge and What’s Next?

Droneshield alert: Stock plunges after 1000% revenue jump – What investors need to know now

Stock Crashes After Beating Forecasts DroneShield, an Australian specialist for anti-drone systems, surprised investors in October 2025 with outstanding quarterly figures — triggering a veritable market storm. According to Wallstreet-Online, the stock fell by over 12% in Sydney and more than 10% on German exchangeswallstreet-online.de. By the morning of October 29, losses stood at around 6% (Wednesday morning)wallstreet-online.de. In figures: the share traded about €0.50 lower than the previous day, at around €2.55 (Tradegate)wallstreet-online.de. At first, the setback seemed puzzling – DroneShield had just announced Q3 revenue of A$93 million, up more than 1,000% year-over-yearinv3st.de. For the first nine months
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Amazon stock (AMZN) slides on $200 billion AI capex plan — what Wall Street watches next week

Amazon stock (AMZN) slides on $200 billion AI capex plan — what Wall Street watches next week

7 February 2026
Amazon shares fell 5.6% to $210.32 on Friday after the company forecast 2026 capital spending would jump to $200 billion, up more than 50% from 2025. The drop came as the Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time. Amazon reported fourth-quarter net sales up 14% to $213.4 billion and operating income at $25 billion. Trading in Amazon was volatile, with 179 million shares changing hands.
Bitcoin price wobbles below $69,000 on weekend — what matters before Monday’s reopen

Bitcoin price wobbles below $69,000 on weekend — what matters before Monday’s reopen

7 February 2026
Bitcoin fell 1.1% to $68,917 Saturday after volatile trading, while Ether held near $2,036. U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs saw $330.7 million in net inflows on Feb. 6, reversing outflows the previous day. Strategy shares rebounded after hitting a low of $111.27 Thursday. Traders are watching Monday’s U.S. market open and the upcoming inflation report for direction.
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