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AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS) is racing to build a commercial satellite network capable of competing with SpaceX and its dominant Starlink service. SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) already operates a fully functioning satellite network, making AST SpaceMobile’s path to competition a genuinely difficult undertaking. A series of launch disruptions forced AST SpaceMobile to push its 45-satellite deployment…
RTX Corporation (RTX) has emerged as one of the most searched-for stocks on Zacks.com, signaling growing investor curiosity about the aerospace and defense giant. Over the past month, RTX shares have returned -9.2%, underperforming the Zacks S&P 500 composite, which posted a gain of +1.3% over the same stretch. The broader Zacks Aerospace – Defense…
Rising Treasury yields are sending shockwaves through the U.S. economy, threatening to raise borrowing costs for millions of Americans already under financial pressure. The 10-year note yield hit 5.125% this week, a level not seen since before the global financial crisis, while the 2-year note climbed more than 13 basis points past 4.9%. Traders are…
Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said Tuesday that persistently high inflation could earn his vote for higher interest rates at the next policy meeting. “If inflation appears not to be moderating sufficiently, then I think we should act decisively to raise rates,” Barr said in prepared remarks at the Second Chance Lending Forum in Washington….
D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) is aggressively expanding its quantum computing footprint through a combination of government funding, new partnerships, and commercial deployments. The company has executed a definitive agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce, providing access to up to $100 million in funding under the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act. This agreement is based on…
Prediction markets are giving Democrats a significant edge in upcoming midterm elections, with fuel costs increasingly cited as the defining issue driving voter sentiment. Kalshi speculators currently place Democratic odds of winning the Senate at 55%, while Polymarket puts those chances even higher, at 59%. Democratic odds first surpassed Republican odds on Senate control back…
Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola are locked in a fierce dispute over fisheries management ahead of the 2026 Alaska Senate election. The central flashpoint is bycatch, the unintended capture of salmon and other nontarget species in nets used by large trawling vessels harvesting pollock and other groundfish in the Bering Sea and…
D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) has experienced sharp and dramatic price swings in recent years, forcing a critical question for prospective investors today. The core issue is whether the current market price around US$17.56 is meaningfully supported by the company’s underlying book value. Over the past three years, D-Wave Quantum has delivered a very large share price…
In the world of stock market timing, few windows carry as much significance for risk-tolerant investors as the opening week of corporate earnings season. According to columnist Mark Hulbert, mid-October represents one of the rare periods when betting on high-beta stocks may actually pay off for traders willing to take on added risk. High-beta stocks…
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, says federal agencies have failed to share investigative findings with his office. The Department of Homeland Security has not handed over findings from its probes into the January killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis, despite repeated congressional requests. Pretti,…