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TREE NEWS update: OpenAI has disbanded its in-house robotics team, the company confirmed. The unit’s dissolution ends the firm’s dedicated effort to build robotic hardware, though no reason for the decision or details on reassignment of staff were given. OpenAI had previously backed robotics startups and pursued embodied AI research.

TREE NEWS update: Google said Gemini will integrate Google Wallet into its personal intelligence app. The move brings the company’s payments and digital wallet service into its AI assistant. No further details on timing or supported features were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: Barclays will cut approximately 200 jobs in its investment banking division. The reduction affects the UK bank’s corporate and investment banking unit. No further details on timing or specific teams were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: Arm Holdings’ US-listed ADR extended its decline to 8%, marking a sharp selloff in the chip designer’s shares. The move reflects a steep intraday drop for the SoftBank-backed semiconductor firm, with no further details immediately available. Arm’s ADRs trade on Nasdaq and are closely watched as a barometer for semiconductor and AI-related equities.

TREE NEWS reports: International copper fell 0.48% in overnight trading, with Shanghai copper down 0.62%, Shanghai aluminum down 0.18%, Shanghai zinc down 1.05% and Shanghai nickel down 1.47%. Shanghai lead was the sole gainer, rising 1.37%, while Shanghai tin slipped 0.31%. Alumina dropped 2.32% and aluminum alloy edged down 0.02%, with stainless steel down 0.25%.

TREE NEWS reports: The UK 10-year gilt yield rose 3.9 basis points to 5.338% in late European trading on Friday, November 13, bringing its weekly gain to 18.3 basis points. The two-year yield slipped 0.1 bps to 4.972% but added 20.5 bps over the week, while the 30-year rose 16.7 bps on the week to 5.780%. The 2s/10s spread narrowed 2.272 bps on the week to +36.372 bps.

TREE NEWS update: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule amendments to make executive and director compensation disclosure requirements more principles-based and materiality-driven. The proposal aims to give investors clearer, more concise and less complex compensation disclosures. No date was given for when the amendments might be finalized.

TREE NEWS reports: Nvidia approached Arm Holdings CEO Rene Haas as part of its search for a chief executive, the Financial Times reported. The contact came during Nvidia’s process of looking for a CEO. No further details on the nature or outcome of the approach were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: ICE UK natural gas futures fell 2.73% to 224.350 pence per therm in late European trading on Friday, November 13, closing the week up 5.86%. The TTF Dutch benchmark fell 5.46% to 89.597 euros per megawatt-hour, still up 3.09% for the week. ICE EU carbon allowance futures dropped 2.64% to 87.99 euros per tonne, a weekly gain of 1.66%.

TREE NEWS update: Novo Nordisk said its weight-loss drug Frehemgo has been approved in Saudi Arabia and is currently under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other regulators. The company disclosed the Saudi approval alongside the ongoing FDA and other regulatory reviews.

TREE NEWS update: The U.S. Department of Justice and the CFTC have sided with Kalshi in its dispute with Arkansas, arguing federal law gives the CFTC exclusive authority over the company’s event contracts. The agencies asked a judge to block Arkansas from enforcing state law against Kalshi, escalating a turf war over prediction markets.

TREE NEWS update: AstraZeneca has cut 600 sales positions in the United States, the pharmaceutical company’s latest workforce reduction in its home market. The move affects sales staff across the US commercial organisation. No financial terms or timing beyond the headcount figure were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: Nvidia board director Mark Stevens sold nearly $1 billion of the company’s shares across three tranches in the third quarter of 2026, making him one of the largest insider sellers in the US AI sector, SEC filings show. The sales ran from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 at $220–$226 a share for $411 million, Sept. 3–4 at $227–$234 for about $236 million, and Sept. 18 at roughly $220 for about $300 million. Stevens, a director from 1993 to 2006 who later rejoined the board, still holds a large Nvidia stake.

TREE NEWS update: Microsoft said the service disruption stemmed from a problem in an earlier network capacity upgrade that surfaced after a recent network change. The company said it has resolved the root issue and is continuing to restore service for remaining customers and regions. Microsoft did not specify how many customers or which regions were affected.

TREE NEWS reports: The MSCI Nordic Countries Index held roughly steady at 411.25 points, with the Nordic industrials sector posting the steepest decline among the index’s ten sectors. Nokia fell 4.5%, the weakest performance among Nordic stocks.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin fell about 4% on the day and held below $70,000 as stocks slipped, despite October’s US producer price index (PPI) reading coming in below expected levels. The market reaction to the cooler inflation print was tepid, with the largest cryptocurrency unable to hold the $70,000 mark.

TREE NEWS reports: Independent testers have reproduced a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows, dubbed ‘SignDrop,’ that can grant system rights. Exposure depends on specific Windows builds and CLFS settings, and disabling the affected hardening measure carries its own risk. No patch has been released.

TREE NEWS reports: Hyperliquid’s share of open interest across its platform and eight major centralized rivals reached 11.7%, leapfrogging Bybit, Kraken and OKX as its Q3 positions grew 80%. The decentralized perpetuals exchange now ranks among the largest venues by open interest.

TREE NEWS update: Twenty One Capital CEO Rapha Zagury told shareholders the firm’s $1.09 billion third-quarter net income came from a fair-value gain on its 43,514 BTC rather than from business operations. Its 10-Q filing shows a $186.5 million loss over the first nine months of the year and no binding deal for Elektron.

TREE NEWS reports: Greenwoods Asset Management Hong Kong opened new positions in Nvidia and Alibaba Group in the third quarter and increased its stake in TSMC by 892,210 shares, a Bloomberg review of its 13F filing shows. The hedge fund also added 669,130 shares of Atour and 317,830 shares of H World, while cutting 405,500 shares of Full Truck Alliance. It built a 47,300-ADS position in Alibaba and exited Qifu Technology and Trip.com.