Stories from Friday, November 13, 2026

• Canada gave Stellantis 30 days to address the Brampton plant sale

  Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says the automaker is on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars, without naming a figure, after it agreed to sell the idle Ontario plant.

  Opinion · Nov 13, 2026, 1:11 PM EST · Connor O'Brien

• H&R unitholders reject a sale to GO REIT and a group that includes a Blackstone affiliate

  The REIT terminated the agreement immediately, with no termination fee payable to the consortium. One of the buyers is a company controlled by the CEO's family.

  Equities · Nov 13, 2026, 12:45 PM EST · Marcus Rodriguez

• Producer prices rose 6.5% in the year through October, the largest 12-month increase since November 2022

  The index rose 0.3 percent in October, seasonally adjusted, after a 1.4 percent advance in September. That was against a Dow Jones consensus for a 0.4 percent increase, CNBC said.

  Macro · Nov 13, 2026, 12:40 PM EST · James Mitchell

• Bitcoin falls below $70,000 for the first time since August

  It was at $69,172, down 4.64% as of Nov 13, 8:14 AM ET. Dow Jones Newswires said it is on track for a sixth weekly loss.

  Crypto · Nov 13, 2026, 11:45 AM EST · Jennifer Walsh

• Oil is headed for a second weekly decline as the U.S. focuses on its Iran blockade, Reuters says

  President Donald Trump said a deal with Iran was not necessary to end the war. Iran's military said four oil tankers were hit in the Strait of Hormuz; Reuters could not immediately verify the accounts.

  Macro · Nov 13, 2026, 10:21 AM EST · James Mitchell

• Nvidia agreed to buy about $10 billion of Anthropic stock in a placement tied to the IPO

  The private placement is contingent on the offering; the IPO is not contingent on the placement. Quartz reported that an Anthropic spokesperson declined to comment and Nvidia did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

  Startups · Nov 13, 2026, 10:05 AM EST · Marcus Rodriguez

• China opposes a reported US plan to block remote access to American computing power

  Mao Ning said such measures disrupt global industrial and supply chains and serve no party's interests, and pointed to leaders' common understandings rather than saying a new bill would violate a trade agreement.

  Politics · Nov 13, 2026, 8:40 AM EST · Marcus Rodriguez