Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Qualcomm closed fiscal 2025 with record QCT chip revenue and $44.3 billion in total sales, but a $5.7 billion non-cash tax charge tied to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act turned the quarter to a GAAP loss.

Six tonnes of Hokkaido scallops were shipped to China, the first Japanese seafood sent there since Beijing's total ban of August 2023, after China reopened to most prefectures.

Tesla shareholders meeting at Gigafactory Texas approved Elon Musk's 2025 CEO Performance Award with 75% support, while a proposal for Tesla to invest in xAI failed under Tesla's bylaws despite more votes for than against.

Starbucks' $29.95 teddy-bear-shaped glass Bearista Cold Cup went on sale with the 2025 holiday menu on 6 November and sold out within hours, with customers queuing before dawn and resale prices climbing to $300 or more.

Rosalía's fourth album, recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra and featuring Björk, Carminho and Yahritza y Su Esencia, debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 46,000 units, her first top 10, and is rated the best-reviewed album of 2025 on Metacritic.

Dan Trachtenberg's Predator: Badlands, told from a young Yautja's point of view with Elle Fanning as an android, opened in US theaters on 7 November 2025. It grossed over US$184 million worldwide.

Thailand's amended Alcoholic Beverage Control Act takes effect, making customers who drink in shops and restaurants between midnight and 11am or 2pm and 5pm liable to fines of up to 10,000 baht and banning celebrity and influencer alcohol marketing.

The stainless-steel Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 that set the 2016 record sold again at Phillips in Geneva on 8 November 2025 for CHF 14,190,000 (US$17.6 million). It is the most valuable vintage Patek Philippe wristwatch ever sold at auction.

On 10 November 2025 Warren Buffett converted 1,800 Class A shares into 2.7 million Class B shares for four family foundations, and in his Thanksgiving letter said he would stop writing Berkshire's annual report.

On 10 November 2025 Visa disclosed a proposed settlement with US merchants that would cut average credit interchange by 10 basis points for five years, cap standard consumer credit rates at 125 basis points and ease the honor-all-cards rule.

Nike and Palace Skateboards opened Manor Place, a free hub in an 1895 bathhouse near Elephant and Castle whose skatepark lifts on steel columns to reveal an underground football cage.

Equinix’s November 11, 2025 dateline confirms JH2 topping out. That release forecasts Q3 2027, while the current expansion directory lists Q1 2027. The conflicting forecasts are recorded; opening is unverified.

Waymo robotaxis began carrying public riders on Bay Area freeways such as the 101 and 280, as its service grew into one zone of more than 260 square miles from San Francisco to San José, with curbside rides at San José's airport.

On Holding's third-quarter 2025 net sales rose 24.9% to CHF 794.4 million with a record 65.7% gross margin and 22.6% adjusted EBITDA margin; it raised 2025 growth guidance to 34% and the stock jumped about 20%.

On 13 November 2025 Pfizer completed its acquisition of obesity biotech Metsera for US$65.60 per share in cash, an enterprise value of about US$7.0 billion, plus a contingent value right of up to US$20.65 per share.

On 13 November 2025, Red Cup Day, more than 1,000 Starbucks Workers United baristas at about 65 stores struck over staffing, pay and an unsettled first contract; Starbucks said the union represents about 4% of its partners.

Google’s November 14, 2025 investment announcement includes new Haskell County campuses, one co-located with solar and battery storage. This county-level pin represents the announced development; construction and opening are unverified.

On 14 November 2025 Walmart's board elected John Furner, 51, to succeed Doug McMillon as President and CEO effective 1 February 2026; McMillon retires on 31 January 2026 after more than a decade in the job.

A 377-metre, 1,004-room supertall hotel on Dubai Marina's waterfront opened as the world's tallest hotel, its curved concrete form engineered to shed wind loads on a coastal site.

The 19-kilometre, 20-station Line 1 returned to service end to end after a stage-by-stage closure for CRRC's System+ modernisation, which brought new trains, Siemens CBTC signalling and a rebuilt Observatorio station with 13 lifts. Railway Gazette puts the PPP concession behind the work at 32.2 billion pesos.

The 165th Hospices de Beaune charity wine auction, run by Sotheby's in the Halles de Beaune, reached a hammer total of €18,754,670 (€20,223,043 with fees), the third-highest in its history, with the Presidents' Barrel of Pommard 1er Cru Les Rugiens selling for €400,000.

Google releases Gemini 3 Pro in preview, which tops the LMArena leaderboard at 1501 Elo, scores 37.5% on Humanity's Last Exam, and launches with the Google Antigravity coding platform.

On 18 November 2025 US District Judge James Boasberg ruled that the FTC had failed to prove Meta holds a monopoly in social networking, so Meta keeps Instagram and WhatsApp; the FTC has since said it will appeal.