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TREE NEWS update: As of 5:00 a.m. on September 5, Nepal’s landslide disaster has killed 1,342 people, with 4,898 still missing. The figures mark an increase in casualties from the devastating event.

TREE NEWS update: S&P Dow Jones Indices announced changes to the S&P 100, S&P 500, and S&P MidCap 400, effective Sept. 21, 2026. The S&P 100 will add Palo Alto Networks, Arista Networks, SanDisk Networks, and Dell Technologies, while removing Nike, Colgate-Palmolive, and Honeywell Aerospace. The S&P 500 will include Bloom Energy, Illumina, and Everpure.

TREE NEWS update: Donations for relief after the Gyirong County landslide in Tibet have exceeded 660 million yuan ($90.5M) as of Sept. 5, China’s 11th Charity Day, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said. Of that, 14.7 million people donated 50.16 million yuan via online platforms. Since the start of the 14th Five-Year Plan, social donations for disaster relief have totaled over 20 billion yuan.

TREE NEWS update: A film titled “Bitcoin,” directed by Doug Liman and starring Gal Gadot, Casey Affleck, Pete Davidson, and Isla Fisher, is in post-production with a $70 million budget. The movie’s plot leans toward portraying self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright as Satoshi Nakamoto, a narrative likely to stir controversy in the crypto community. No major U.S. distributor has been announced yet.

TREE NEWS update: The US military has launched a large-scale leak investigation after highly sensitive classified information about advanced weapons stockpiles was disclosed by media. Dozens of officials, including some of the highest-ranking military officers, underwent polygraph tests this summer, including officials from US Central Command and other combatant commanders.

TREE NEWS update: A US federal judge on September 4 rejected a temporary restraining order sought by three Stars and Stripes journalists, allowing the Defense Department to proceed with their termination. Judge Trevor McFadden ruled that the plaintiffs had not shown their First Amendment rights were likely violated. The case involves publisher Max Lederer, editor Eric Slavin, and Middle East correspondent Lara Corte.

TREE NEWS reports: Market makers Wintermute and Galaxy Digital hold short positions worth approximately $99.82 million and $26.41 million respectively on Hyperliquid, with long positions around $5.12 million and $6.21 million. Combined shorts total about $126.2 million, while longs are $11.33 million. Over the past 30 days, Wintermute lost about $15.3 million and Galaxy Digital about $5.96 million.

TREE NEWS reports: Canada is seeing growing local opposition to data centers, complicating Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push to attract AI infrastructure investment. Ontario’s Oakville and Alberta’s Rocky View County have imposed one-year moratoriums, and Manitoba’s premier rejected a project near Winnipeg. Kevin O’Leary’s proposed 7.5 GW facility also faces resistance, while protests hit a Vancouver project backed by all government levels.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s bulk commodity market index rose in August, driven by recovering domestic and international demand and faster business activity. Entering the ‘golden September, silver October’ production peak, the market is expected to maintain steady growth. However, geopolitical risks, extreme weather, insufficient demand in some sectors, and rising raw material costs warrant increased counter-cyclical adjustments.

TREE NEWS update: Israeli airstrikes on multiple locations in southern Lebanon on January 4 killed at least five people and wounded 23. Three deaths and 23 injuries were reported in strikes on several towns, while two others died when a drone hit their motorcycle in Nabatieh. The Israeli military also conducted controlled explosions and shelling in the area.

TREE NEWS reports: Coatue Management is negotiating with startup MatX to form a joint venture that would finance purchases of memory and logic chips and chipmaker capacity, with discussions for a multi-billion-dollar injection, sources said. Coatue is also weighing participation in MatX’s next funding round, which could at least double its roughly $4 billion valuation. MatX has developed a chip capable of both AI training and inference.

TREE NEWS update: Iraq’s Oil Ministry said it will soon receive imported gasoline shipments to offset a domestic supply shortage. Demand has surged to 38 million liters per day from 33 million due to public concern. The shortage began days ago, with production exceeding 3 million barrels per day.

TREE NEWS update: The United States has promised Nvidia chip supply access as part of a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The move ties advanced semiconductor access to geopolitical diplomacy in the South Caucasus region.

TREE NEWS reports: Robert Cohen, credit head at DoubleLine Capital, is scouting for bargains in investment-grade bonds of large tech firms like Alphabet and Amazon following the AI-driven selloff. Cohen said he doesn’t need to call the market bottom, deeming both companies ‘very good credits’ worth buying if spreads widen significantly above reasonable levels.

TREE NEWS reports: Shipping costs on Middle East routes have surged over 50% since late July, with a 40-foot container from Shanghai to Dammam rising from about $6,600 to above $10,000. Logistics firms are adapting with multimodal transport, boosting such exports by 50%, says a Zhejiang-based company.

TREE NEWS reports: Shipping rates on Middle East routes have jumped over 50% since late July, with a 40-foot container from Shanghai to Dammam rising from around $6,600 to over $10,000. Logistics firms are adopting multimodal transport to cope, increasing such shipments by 50%.

TREE NEWS update: Anthropic, the AI company, is expected to publicly file its IPO prospectus in late September, with roadshow presentations potentially starting in mid-October. The timeline, reported by media, marks a key step toward a public listing for the firm.

TREE NEWS update: President Donald Trump touted August nonfarm payrolls on his social media platform, claiming the economy added 162,000 jobs. He said the figure was nearly three times the consensus forecast in a Bloomberg survey, which he attributed to economists suffering from ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome.’

TREE NEWS update: US average diesel retail price reached a record high of $5.848 per gallon on September 3, surpassing the previous peak of $5.819 set on June 17, 2022. The price is up from $3.7 per gallon a year earlier.

TREE NEWS update: President Trump confirmed on April 4 that his envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner will visit Russia and Ukraine, carrying a plan to “end the war.” Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said the Ukraine crisis “must be resolved” and that dispatching them to Moscow and Kyiv “could very well lead to a deal.”