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Mastercard Stock Climbs on New Tech, Stablecoin Push and Partnerships

Mastercard (MA) Today: Poland Hubs, Live Nation SA, Upward Deal, RS2 Issuing & Dividend — Nov 7, 2025

Published: Friday, November 7, 2025 Summary: Mastercard (NYSE: MA) made headlines today with an expansion of its professional services footprint in Poland, a new live‑entertainment partnership in South Africa, startup and issuer developments in embedded finance, and the payment of its quarterly dividend. Here’s everything investors, partners, and readers need to know. Key takeaways (Nov 7, 2025) Europe: new Professional Services Hubs in Poland Marking 30 years in Poland, Mastercard announced the development of Professional Services Hubs in Warsaw and Gdańsk to accelerate innovation across consulting, analytics, AI, cybersecurity and open finance. Warsaw plans to double its specialist workforce to
7 November 2025
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Sweetgreen (NYSE: SG) Cuts 2025 Outlook, Sells Spyce Robotics to Wonder for $186.4M After Weak Q3 — 11/7/2025

Sweetgreen (NYSE: SG) Cuts 2025 Outlook, Sells Spyce Robotics to Wonder for $186.4M After Weak Q3 — 11/7/2025

What happened Sweetgreen reported third‑quarter FY2025 revenue of $172.4 million, down 0.6% year over year. Same‑store sales fell 9.5%, driven by an 11.7% drop in traffic and product mix, partly offset by 2.2% of price increases. Digital remained a majority of sales (61.8%), with 35.3% coming through owned digital channels. Restaurant‑level profit margin compressed to 13.1% from 20.1% a year ago, and adjusted EBITDA swung to ‑$4.4M from +$6.8M. The company opened six net new restaurants in the quarter. Business Wire Management cut full‑year guidance, now expecting $682–$688M in revenue, comps of ‑8.5% to ‑7.7%, restaurant‑level margins of 14.5%–15%, and
7 November 2025
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Palantir Stock Skyrockets 150% – Inside the AI Defense Giant’s Epic 2025 Rally

Palantir (PLTR) adds two AI deals today—Stagwell marketing platform and Spain’s Valoriza—after blowout Q3: stock, guidance and what to watch (Nov. 6, 2025)

Key takeaways What’s new on November 6 1) Stagwell partnership: AI platform for marketers Palantir and Stagwell unveiled a joint product effort that pairs Palantir Foundry with Stagwell’s Code and Theoryorchestration layer and The Marketing Cloud data to give large brands a centralized, privacy-aware hub for campaign planning, audience alignment, and AI agents that automate complex marketing workflows. Early MVP adoption is underway via Stagwell’s media agency Assembly, with a broader opt‑in rollout planned. Stagwell CEO Mark Penn said the opportunity could scale to “hundreds of millions of dollars” over time, while Palantir CEO Alex Karp said the collaboration should make marketing “more dynamic.”  PR Newswire Why it matters: It’s another
6 November 2025
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Schwab to Acquire Forge Global in $660 Million All‑Cash Deal, Accelerating the Race to Retail Access for Private Shares (Nov. 6, 2025)

Schwab to Acquire Forge Global in $660 Million All‑Cash Deal, Accelerating the Race to Retail Access for Private Shares (Nov. 6, 2025)

The deal at a glance Schwab will acquire all of Forge’s issued and outstanding common shares for $45 in cash per share. The companies expect to close in the first half of 2026, subject to customary approvals. Forge’s two largest shareholders—Motive Capital and Deutsche Börse—have signed support agreements backing the transaction. Business Wire According to the announcement, Forge operates a marketplace and associated infrastructure that has facilitated more than $17 billion in trades of private‑company shares. Schwab scheduled a webcast at 8:30 a.m. ET today to discuss the transaction. Business Wire Why it matters Private companies—from AI leaders to space and
6 November 2025
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Denny’s Stock Soars on Buyout Bombshell – $620 M Deal, Q3 Misses & What’s Next

Denny’s Stock Soars on Buyout Bombshell – $620 M Deal, Q3 Misses & What’s Next

Stock Price & Recent Performance Denny’s stock was under pressure for most of 2025 before the buyout news. The share price started the year in the mid-single digits and drifted lower amid uninspiring financial results and sector-wide challenges. In fact, DENN hit a 52-week low of $2.85 earlier in the year marketbeat.com, reflecting investors’ pessimism about growth prospects. By late October, the stock was trading around the $4 mark, not far from where it stood five years ago, and well off the 52-week high of $7.73 marketbeat.com reached in late 2024. In the week heading into earnings, DENN even dipped
4 November 2025
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DroneShield Stock Skyrockets 40%: What’s Behind the Surge and What’s Next?

DroneShield’s Wild Ride: 400% Defense-Tech Surge, October Crash, and a $25 Million Deal – What’s Next?

From 10× Surge to 30% Plunge: DroneShield’s Rollercoaster Few stocks illustrate 2025’s defense-tech frenzy better than DroneShield. The Sydney-based counter-drone specialist entered the year as a little-known penny stock (around A$0.60), then rode a wave of war-driven demand to an all-time high of A$6.70 in October businessnewsaustralia.com. By early autumn, DroneShield had gained well over 1000% in 2025 – a stunning rise fueled by investor excitement over its anti-drone systems and booming military orders. “Drones are and remain a huge theme, and the fight against them even more so,” noted one market observer, explaining the hype behind DroneShield’s story finanztrends.de.
3 November 2025
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Jack’s Donuts Bankruptcy Shakes Indiana – 64-Year-Old Doughnut Chain Faces Uncertain Future

Jack’s Donuts Bankruptcy Shakes Indiana – 64-Year-Old Doughnut Chain Faces Uncertain Future

Chapter 11 Filing and What It Means Jack’s Donuts – an Indiana-based donut chain founded in 1961 – stunned local fans and franchisees by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in late October 2025 whatnow.com. Chapter 11 is a form of bankruptcy that allows a business to reorganize its finances under court supervision rather than liquidate entirely wrtv.com. In practical terms, this means Jack’s Donuts is not closing its doors. The company will continue operating while it restructures debt and crafts a turnaround plan under oversight of the bankruptcy court. According to federal court records, Jack’s Donuts of Indiana Commissary,
31 October 2025
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Starbucks (SBUX) Brewing Gains? CEO’s Shake-Up & $5B China Deal Fuel Stock Rally

Starbucks Rebound? Q4 Sales Jump for First Time in 2 Years, Sending Stock Soaring

Starbucks’ surprisingly strong Q4 sales and its renewed focus on customers suggest its “Back to Starbucks” strategy is gaining traction abcnews.go.com ts2.tech. Still, higher costs (coffee-bean prices, tariffs on imports) cut into margins reuters.com. The company suspended guidance, with CFO Smith saying new forecasts will come at an investor event in January reuters.com. In the meantime, analysts note that if Starbucks can sustain this momentum – by winning back customers and controlling costs – the stock may have further room to run. As one UBS analyst put it, investors are watching for an inflection in sales trends next year ts2.tech.
29 October 2025
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Paramount Slashes 1,000 Jobs as New CEO Eyes $60 B Warner Bros. Takeover

Paramount Slashes 1,000 Jobs as New CEO Eyes $60 B Warner Bros. Takeover

Layoffs Under Ellison’s New Regime Just two months after Skydance Media’s $8+ billion takeover of Paramount Global, the combined company – now Paramount Skydance Corp. – is undertaking one of the entertainment industry’s largest recent staff reductions reuters.com theguardian.com. On Wednesday (Oct. 29), CEO David Ellison kicked off the first phase: roughly 1,000 layoffs across U.S. operations spanning film, TV, streaming, and corporate units reuters.com. Additional cuts bringing the total to about 2,000 jobs eliminated are expected in the coming weeks abcnews.go.com. Ellison, 40, assumed leadership of Paramount Skydance after orchestrating the merger in August, which made him the latest Hollywood mogul
29 October 2025
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Etsy Stock Plunges as CEO Quits – Depop Exec Takes Over to Revive Growth

Etsy Stock Plunges as CEO Quits – Depop Exec Takes Over to Revive Growth

A Leadership Shake-Up to Navigate an “Inflection Point” Etsy’s CEO transition comes at a pivotal moment for the 18-year-old online marketplace. Josh Silverman has led Etsy since 2017, steering it through a period of rapid pandemic-era growth followed by recent turbulence. His departure, effective end of this year, was announced just ahead of Etsy’s Q3 earnings and caught many by surprise. The company simultaneously unveiled that Kruti Patel Goyal, its current President and Chief Growth Officer, will assume the CEO role on January 1, 2026 moneycontrol.com businessoffashion.com. Goyal will also join Etsy’s board upon taking over. Goyal is a familiar
29 October 2025
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Tesla’s Trillion-Dollar Gamble: Musk’s Epic Pay Deal Divides Investors – What You Need to Know

Tesla’s Trillion-Dollar Gamble: Musk’s Epic Pay Deal Divides Investors – What You Need to Know

With the $1 trillion compensation package and a potential CEO transition dominating headlines, Tesla finds itself at a crossroads. Below, we unpack the latest developments, market reaction, expert opinions and what’s next for the EV giant. The Vote on Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package Tesla’s extraordinary CEO pay plan ties Musk’s compensation to an almost-unprecedented set of growth targets. It would grant Musk up to 12% of Tesla’s stock if the company hits an $8.6 trillion market cap by 2035 – a jump of nearly 8× today’s value. Meeting these goals also requires delivering robotaxis, humanoid Optimus robots, and other ambitious milestones
29 October 2025
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22nd Century Group (XXII) Soars After $9.5M Windfall, Expands Low-Nicotine Cigarette Rollout

22nd Century Group (XXII) Soars After $9.5M Windfall, Expands Low-Nicotine Cigarette Rollout

$9.5M Insurance Settlement Sparks Rally 22nd Century Group (NASDAQ: XXII) received a substantial $9.5 million cash payout this week from an insurance settlement tied to a November 2022 incident at its Grass Valley facility. The settlement, for business interruption claims, provides a non-recurring cash windfall that immediately bolsters the company’s balance sheet. Shares of XXII surged 39% in post-market trading on Tuesday to about $2.10 on the news benzinga.com, reflecting renewed investor optimism after the stock languished near all-time lows. (Even after the bounce, the micro-cap remains roughly 90% below its year-ago levels.) Management hailed the insurance proceeds as a
29 October 2025
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