Stock Market News 15 October 2025

Transit Shutdown: What Happened This Morning Philadelphia’s regional PATCO Speedline (operated by the DRPA) sputtered to a halt at the worst possible time – the Wednesday morning commute. At about 8:30 a.m., PATCO announced all trains were suspended due to a power failure linked to PSE&G inquirer.com fox29.com. (“PSE&G” is the New Jersey utility that supplies electricity to the line.) By 8:35 a.m. news outlets like NBC10 and FOX29 confirmed the shutdown, noting there was no timetable for service restoration inquirer.com fox29.com. PATCO (which carries roughly 34,000 riders per weekday patch.com) said crews were on site but could not say when trains

Lawsuit Outcome and Court Ruling Humana (the second‐largest Medicare Advantage insurer) sued CMS in July after its star rating unexpectedly plunged. The insurer argued that CMS unfairly flagged three interpreter calls as failures (with no callback allowed), causing a 4.5-to-3.5 star drop reuters.com healthcaredive.com. On Oct. 14, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor (Northern Texas) rejected Humana’s arguments reuters.com. He found that CMS had acted “in accordance with its guidelines” and did not act arbitrarily fiercehealthcare.com. In particular, the judge upheld CMS’s no-callbacks policy for those language-line test calls as lawful healthcaredive.com. The case was dismissed “with prejudice,” meaning Humana can’t

Guggenheim’s Bullish Outlook On Oct. 15, Guggenheim’s Taylor Manley initiated coverage of Uber (NYSE: UBER) with a Buy and a $140 price target investing.com tipranks.com. Manley praised Uber’s “industry-leading network, technology, and brand equity,” noting that Uber’s global multi-platform network (rideshare, Eats, Freight, etc.) is now three times larger than any rival investing.com. With trailing revenue up ~18% year-over-year, Guggenheim sees Uber’s scale as a huge moat. The note emphasizes two growth engines: Analyst benches have mixed but improving views. Wells Fargo and Sanford Bernstein have recently upped targets into the $110–130 range, and even Uber’s September results surprised on