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Temu Owner PDD Holdings Beats Profit Forecasts but Warns of Slower Growth as Stock Slides on Q3 2025 Results

Temu Owner PDD Holdings Beats Profit Forecasts but Warns of Slower Growth as Stock Slides on Q3 2025 Results

PDD Holdings reported Q3 2025 revenue of RMB 108.28 billion, up 9% year over year, marking a slowdown from previous growth rates. Net income rose 17% to RMB 29.33 billion, beating analyst forecasts. Shares fell as investors reacted to cooling revenue growth amid fierce competition from Alibaba and JD.com. Operating cash flow jumped to RMB 45.66 billion from RMB 27.52 billion a year earlier.
Why Verizon’s Bold 5G & AI Bets Could Spark a Telecom Revolution – And What It Means for Investors (VZ, Oct 6 2025)

Verizon Stock Today (VZ) on November 18, 2025: Price Action, 15,000 Job Cuts, Dividend Yield and Analyst Outlook

Verizon shares traded around $41.23 midday Tuesday, up 0.5%, as investors reacted to new institutional buying and continued fallout from a 15,000-job layoff plan. Volume reached 6.5 million shares, below recent averages. The stock’s dividend yield stands near 6.7%, with a P/E ratio around 8–9. Institutional filings show steady accumulation, with about 62% of the float now held by large investors.
18 November 2025
AT&T Stock Faces Crucial Test: 5G Spectrum Gamble, Fiber Expansion & Earnings Loom

AT&T Stock Today (T): Price Holds Up as Settlement Deadline Arrives and Vanguard Boosts Its Stake — November 18, 2025

AT&T shares are trading around $25.56, up 0.3% in late-afternoon trading, outperforming major U.S. indices amid a global sell-off. Vanguard has increased its stake to 661.4 million shares, while today marks the deadline for AT&T’s $177 million data-breach settlement. Trading volume stands near 9.4 million shares. The company maintains a quarterly dividend of $0.2775 per share.
18 November 2025
Can-Fite BioPharma (CANF) Soars on 9-Year Liver Cancer Survival Breakthrough with Namodenoson – November 18, 2025

Can-Fite BioPharma (CANF) Soars on 9-Year Liver Cancer Survival Breakthrough with Namodenoson – November 18, 2025

Can-Fite BioPharma shares surged over 30% Tuesday after reporting a patient with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma remained cancer-free for nine years on its drug Namodenoson. The company also began enrolling patients in a pivotal Phase III trial for the treatment in Israel, Europe, and the U.S. Namodenoson holds Orphan Drug and Fast Track designations.
Medtronic (MDT) Soars as Q2 FY26 Earnings Beat Expectations and 2026 Outlook Is Raised on Pulsed Field Ablation Strength

Medtronic Stock Jumps Above $100 After Q2 FY26 Beat and Raised Outlook on 18 November 2025

Medtronic shares jumped 4–5% to around $100–101 late Tuesday morning, hitting a three-year high after the company beat fiscal Q2 2026 earnings and revenue forecasts and raised its full-year outlook. Revenue rose 6.6% to $9.0 billion, with adjusted EPS of $1.36 topping analyst estimates. The rally pushed Medtronic’s market cap to about $129 billion. Demand for heart and diabetes devices drove the gains.
Medtronic (MDT) Soars as Q2 FY26 Earnings Beat Expectations and 2026 Outlook Is Raised on Pulsed Field Ablation Strength

Medtronic (MDT) Soars as Q2 FY26 Earnings Beat Expectations and 2026 Outlook Is Raised on Pulsed Field Ablation Strength

Medtronic reported Q2 FY26 revenue of $8.96 billion, up 6.6% year over year, and non-GAAP EPS of $1.36, beating Wall Street estimates. Shares rose 4–5% intraday. Cardiac ablation revenue jumped 71% globally, with 128% growth in the U.S. The company raised its full-year outlook after its fourth straight quarter of beating consensus EPS.
Netflix Stock Soars to Record Highs Amid Bold Deals and Streaming War Shake-Up

Netflix Stock Today, November 18, 2025: NFLX Rises After 10‑for‑1 Split as Wall Street Recalibrates Targets

Netflix shares rose 1.2% to around $111.60 on November 18, 2025, following a 10-for-1 stock split that took effect Monday. Q3 revenue climbed 17% to $11.5 billion, but profit missed forecasts after a $619 million Brazil tax charge. Options trading surged, and speculation grew over a possible Warner Bros. Discovery deal. Barclays and JPMorgan both trimmed their price targets.
18 November 2025
Palantir (PLTR) Today: Stock Slips as Valuation Debate Heats Up—Fresh Analyst Notes, $455B Market-Cap Talk, and What’s Next (12.11.2025)

Palantir Stock Today (PLTR): Price, News and Analysis for November 18, 2025

Palantir shares fell 2–3% to around $167 on November 18, extending a weeklong slide that leaves the stock nearly 20% below its early-November record high. The drop comes amid persistent concerns over extreme valuations, with trailing P/E ratios near 1,700x and price-to-sales above 100x, despite strong business performance. Major investors remain divided, and trading volume topped 20 million shares.
18 November 2025
VTI vs. SCHB on November 18, 2025: What’s Moving Vanguard’s Total‑Market ETF Today—and Which “Total Stock” Fund Has the Edge?

VTI vs. SCHB on November 18, 2025: What’s Moving Vanguard’s Total‑Market ETF Today—and Which “Total Stock” Fund Has the Edge?

VTI fell 1.04% Monday and is down 2.11% over five days as tech-valuation concerns and anticipation of Nvidia earnings drove U.S. futures and benchmarks lower. The ETF saw $170 million in net inflows over five sessions, with Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft as top holdings. SCHB completed a 3-for-1 split on Oct. 10, 2024. Both VTI and SCHB charge 0.03% but track different indexes and differ in holdings and assets.
Stock Market Today (Nov. 18, 2025): Nasdaq slides as AI trade stumbles; Tesla, Palantir, SMCI pace tech losses ahead of Nvidia earnings; Disney ends YouTube TV blackout

Stock Market Today (Nov. 18, 2025): Nasdaq slides as AI trade stumbles; Tesla, Palantir, SMCI pace tech losses ahead of Nvidia earnings; Disney ends YouTube TV blackout

U.S. stocks fell for a fourth straight session Tuesday, with the Dow down nearly 500 points intraday and the Nasdaq off up to 1.5% as investors sold AI-linked shares and weighed fading odds of a December Fed rate cut. Tesla, Palantir, and Super Micro Computer posted notable declines. Nvidia’s earnings report Wednesday looms, with options markets bracing for a 7% swing. A Cloudflare outage briefly disrupted major tech services, adding to sector jitters.
Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon (AMZN) Downgraded to Neutral by Rothschild & Co Redburn on AI Capex Concerns — Stocks Slip on Nov. 18, 2025

Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon (AMZN) Downgraded to Neutral by Rothschild & Co Redburn on AI Capex Concerns — Stocks Slip on Nov. 18, 2025

Rothschild & Co Redburn downgraded Microsoft and Amazon to Neutral from Buy on Tuesday, citing concerns over capital intensity and slower AI monetization. Analyst Alex Haissl cut Microsoft’s price target to $500 and left Amazon’s at $250. Both stocks fell over 3% intraday, underperforming the market. The move contrasts with widespread bullish sentiment among Wall Street peers.
AMD’s AI Mega-Deal Sparks Stock Surge – Inside the OpenAI Partnership, New Chips & Showdown with Rivals

AMD Stock Today, November 18, 2025: AI Supercomputer Win, Citi “King of the Hill” Call Clash With 5% Selloff

AMD shares fell 5.6% to $226.95 at Tuesday’s close, despite a new European supercomputer contract and upbeat analyst commentary. The drop made AMD one of the biggest drags on the Nasdaq-100, as tech stocks broadly declined on macroeconomic worries and valuation concerns. Trading volume reached 18.5 million shares, below last week’s levels. AMD remains up about 100% over the past year.
Novo Nordisk (NVO) Stock Tanks as Weight-Loss Empire Faces Boardroom Coup and Fierce Rivalry

Novo Nordisk Stock Today (Nov 18, 2025): $199 Wegovy/Ozempic Intro Offer Drives Focus; Controlling Shareholder Sells ConvaTec Stake; NVO Edges Lower

Novo Nordisk cut U.S. self-pay prices for Wegovy and Ozempic and launched a $199 two-month introductory offer for new patients. Shares fell 1.9% to $47.55 intraday as investors weighed pricing pressure and governance changes. Novo Holdings exited its 7.8% stake in ConvaTec in London. Trading volumes reached about 7.9 million shares by 16:12 UTC.
Merck (MRK) Jumps as Oral PCSK9 Data Power Momentum; New Keytruda Diagnostic Cleared — What’s Moving the Stock Today (Nov. 12, 2025)

Merck (MRK) Stock Today, Nov 18, 2025: Shares Jump on Winrevair Phase 2 Win as Cidara Deal Builds Flu Portfolio

Merck shares rose about 3%–4% Tuesday after the company said its drug Winrevair met the main goal in a Phase 2 study for combined post- and precapillary pulmonary hypertension due to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Merck plans to advance the drug to Phase 3 trials. The update follows last week’s $9.2 billion deal to acquire Cidara Therapeutics.
Pfizer’s Q3 Shocker: Earnings Beat, Outlook Raised, and a $7 Billion Obesity Drug Gambit

Pfizer Stock Today (Nov. 18, 2025): PFE steadies near $25 as Pfizer launches multi‑tranche bond sale to help fund Metsera deal

Pfizer launched a U.S. dollar bond sale aiming to raise at least $5 billion to help fund its recent Metsera acquisition, which closed Nov. 13 for up to $10 billion. The offering may include up to seven tranches, with early talks on a 40-year note at about 125 basis points over Treasuries. Pfizer shares traded near $25.11 as of 16:12 UTC, little changed on the day.
Micron (MU) Stock Skyrockets to Record High on AI Frenzy – Analysts See More Upside

Micron Stock Today (Nov 18, 2025): MU Slides ~5.8% as Risk-Off Mood Hits Tech; HBM4 Supply Chatter, Zacks Highlight and Vanguard Stake in Focus

Micron Technology shares fell 5.8% to $228.00 by 16:11 UTC Tuesday, tracking a broader tech selloff ahead of Nvidia’s earnings and amid new supply-chain headlines. The stock opened at $235.24 and ranged between $225.70 and $241.75 intraday. A DigiTimes Asia report on Samsung’s HBM4 outlook and sector volatility pressured memory chipmakers. Micron closed Monday at $241.95.
18 November 2025
Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG) Stock Today – November 18, 2025: AI Bubble Warnings, Buffett’s Big Bet and a Fresh Wall Street Upgrade

Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG) Stock Today – November 18, 2025: AI Bubble Warnings, Buffett’s Big Bet and a Fresh Wall Street Upgrade

Alphabet shares fell about 2% midday Tuesday to $279–$280 amid a broader tech selloff. CEO Sundar Pichai warned in a BBC interview that no company, including Alphabet, is immune if an AI bubble bursts. Berkshire Hathaway’s recent multi-billion-dollar stake and a Loop Capital upgrade to Buy with a higher target continued to drive market interest. Alphabet’s market cap neared $3 trillion after hitting record highs last week.
18 November 2025
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