10 New Global Business News: November 13 Edition

These stories come from company filings, official announcements, and regulators between November 3 and 13, 2026. Deals still need approvals unless marked closed, and criminal charges are allegations until proven in court.

Read the deal, then ask what it means for customers.

1 · Hancock Whitney and Trustmark

Announced November 12: an all-stock merger worth about $3.2 billion, with Trustmark shareholders getting 0.7463 Hancock Whitney shares per share. The combined bank would hold about $58 billion in assets. Closing is expected late in the first quarter of 2027, subject to approvals.

2 · Installed Building Products closes Old Dominion Group

Closed November 12, per its SEC filing: a $725 million base price, about $698 million in enterprise value.

3 · JD.com and Ceconomy

On November 3, JD.com received final EU approval for its roughly €2.2 billion deal for Ceconomy, owner of MediaMarkt and Saturn.

4 · China blocks part of SoftBank’s ABB Robotics deal

ABB confirmed on November 5 that China blocked the China portion of SoftBank’s roughly $5.4 billion ABB Robotics purchase, citing data and security concerns.

5 · Google Gemini 4 Hydrogen

Released November 12 at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens, with the same price across its 1 million token context.

6 · Anthropic Claude Meetings

A beta announced November 12 that brings Claude into Google Meet calls for Team and Enterprise customers. Notes and transcripts are free during the beta.

7 · Seedance 2.5 Flash pricing

BytePlus says the Seedance 2.5 Flash API launches November 15 at about $0.152 per second for 720p video, roughly 34% less than Seedance 2.5.

8 · Google and Samsung Intelligent Eyewear

Pre-orders opened November 12, from $395 through Warby Parker and $449 through Gentle Monster, with retail from December 10 in the US and South Korea.

9 · JPMorgan humanoid forecast

JPMorgan forecast on November 12 that 300,000 to 400,000 humanoid robots could be working in the US by 2030 and about 1.5 million by 2035.

10 · $129 million AI impersonation charges

The US Justice Department announced charges on November 5 against three people accused of using deepfaked voices and images of executives and lawyers to trick companies into wire transfers. These are allegations.

• Bank customers: watch for account changes if your bank is merging
• Builders: AI model prices keep falling, so retest your costs
• Finance teams: confirm every wire request by phone using a known number