TREE NEWS update: Eli Lilly said its oral weight-loss drug Foundayo significantly reduced breathing interruptions during sleep in obese adults with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea, meeting the primary goal of a late-stage clinical trial. At week 52, Foundayo cut the number of breathing interruptions by up to 44% on average, as measured by the diagnostic scale used to assess sleep apnea severity.
TREE NEWS update: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said she hopes the United States will increase pressure on Russia and impose further sanctions following the US midterm elections. On European security, Kallas said the EU should lead efforts under its treaties. She also said Russia has been feigning negotiations and has shown no goodwill, and that some EU states are expected to share details on suspected fake bomb threats in the coming days.
TREE NEWS reports: The global airline ETF rose 4.35% in early US trading, leading sector ETFs, while the consumer discretionary ETF and the internet-stock index ETF each gained 2.2%. The energy sector ETF fell 1%.
TREE NEWS update: Bitmine bought another 9,587 ETH last week, a purchase worth about $20 million, bringing the company closer to its target of holding 5% of Ethereum’s circulating supply. Chairman Tom Lee said the move aligns with his outlook for a tokenization and AI “supercycle.”
TREE NEWS update: Nvidia shares fell 8.8% in early US trading, hitting an intraday low not seen since March, after CEO Jensen Huang acknowledged an extramarital affair and the board announced an investigation. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index slipped 1.1%, while Google A shares rose 2.8% on plans to launch two new TPU chips, TPU 8tx and 8i Max, next year. AMD, Amazon, Broadcom, Meta and Microsoft each gained at least 2%, and the Dow rose 1.2%.
TREE NEWS reports: The S&P 500 opened 45.38 points higher, up 0.62% at 7,422.24. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 357.28 points, or 0.70%, to 51,643.01, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 198.02 points, or 0.81%, to 24,777.44.
TREE NEWS update: A worker at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was killed in a drone strike on November 9, the International Atomic Energy Agency said, with a second employee at the nearby Zaporizhzhia Thermal Power Plant also killed in a drone attack the same day. The deaths follow the killing of another Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant employee in a drone strike just days earlier, the IAEA said.
TREE NEWS update: Telegram founder Pavel Durov said more than 700,000 wallets were created on the messaging app in 48 hours. The figure comes from the Gram explorer’s creation count, which includes wallets that have no onchain transactions, a different measure from active wallets.
TREE NEWS update: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Baghaei said on November 9 that the lifting of US sanctions and an end to the war are preconditions for starting negotiations. The statement sets out Tehran’s terms for any talks with Washington.
TREE NEWS update: Two migrant boat incidents off Greece killed 20 people, Greek authorities said on the 9th. A boat found south of Crete early that morning left 12 dead, while a separate coast guard rescue operation recovered eight more bodies.
TREE NEWS update: Strategy bought 1,036 bitcoin last week while spending $188.3 million to repurchase Stretch preferred shares at about $99.76 each, Michael Saylor’s company disclosed. It sold no preferred stock even after the shares touched $100 intraday on Nov. 4. The buyback outlay exceeded the capital deployed into bitcoin.
TREE NEWS update: The China-Turkey Green Development Business Forum was held in Istanbul on the 9th, co-hosted by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey. Nearly 300 representatives from the political and business circles of both countries attended to discuss deepening mutually beneficial cooperation in green fields.
TREE NEWS update: International Telecommunication Union Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin said on the 9th in Doha, Qatar, that countries must strengthen dialogue and cooperation to bridge the digital divide and build a digital future that benefits everyone, as artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies bring both opportunities and challenges.
TREE NEWS reports: Tokenized stocks can now settle atomically with their payment leg, but custody arrangements and conversion into bank dollars remain separate steps in the process. A stock token and its cash payment can change hands together on-chain, yet the underlying shares still sit with a custodian and the cash must still be converted into fiat before it reaches a bank account.
TREE NEWS update: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng and Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz jointly attended the China-Turkey Green Development Business Forum in Istanbul on November 9, 2026, and both delivered speeches. The forum was held on the sidelines of Han’s visit to Turkey. No further details on agreements or attendees were disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: Ji Kunpeng, executive director of Power Development Group and chairman of Ningxia Power Mining Co., died on the morning of Nov. 7, 2026, at age 41 after a sudden illness, the company said in an obituary posted on its WeChat official account. The notice identified his roles at the group and its Ningxia mining subsidiary.
TREE NEWS update: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on July 9 that Supreme Leader Mojtaba has ordered an end to the country’s “neither war nor peace” status. Pezeshkian said Iran is willing to negotiate but will not yield to coercion or bullying. The remarks were reported by Iranian and Qatari media.
TREE NEWS update: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on November 9 that security issues are the main topic of the Abu Dhabi talks on Ukraine, following a meeting with his Peruvian counterpart. He said the talks, as described by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, will focus on the security of Russia, Ukraine and the region, and that Moscow welcomes Washington’s position on security guarantees. Participants will also discuss a set of principles that could be adopted at the concluding stage of a comprehensive settlement.
TREE NEWS update: Nvidia unveiled GR00T 2, Isaac Lab 3.0 and a new open benchmark at the CoRL conference. The announcements cover the company’s robot foundation model, its robotics simulation framework and a benchmarking suite for evaluating robot learning. No further details on capabilities, availability or pricing were disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: Meta is building a sales team to sell AI products to small and mid-sized businesses and has partnered with consultancies and systems integrators including Accenture, Deloitte and IBM to promote and deploy the products. The move aims to turn its massive AI spending into a new revenue stream, with the company planning up to $145 billion in capital expenditure this year alone.
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