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Wednesday, 11 November 2026 · 9 stories · about 4 min

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Video dilemmaAutos · Sweden · 0:45

Video transcript: Volvo's sales just fell 23%. From SEK 86.4B to 66.9B in one year. In China, sales nearly halved. You're the CEO. What's your call?

Sales are falling. Cut prices, or protect your margins?

Vote to see what Volvo actually did.

Source: Fleet News, Autoevolution
Video · Lesson from a lossSoftware · USA · 1:10

Video transcript: ServiceNow had a strong quarter. Then it forecast 18.5% growth. Wall Street wanted 19.8%. The stock fell 27% in one day. Lesson: markets pay for the future.

Why a good quarter cost ServiceNow 27%

It forecast 18.5% growth; Wall Street wanted 19.8%. Layoffs followed days later, its third round this year.

The lessonMarkets pay for the future, not the past.
Source: Salesforce Ben
Number of the dayTech · Australia · 10 Nov
22%

of Canva's workforce, 1,271 jobs, is being cut.

The design-software company points to slowing growth and the rising cost of running AI. Even AI winners are paying a price for it.

Source: RTTNews

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NewsDeals · China / Japan · 5 Nov

China blocks SoftBank's $5.4B deal to buy ABB's robotics unit

  • ABB says Beijing has prohibited the planned sale.
  • The $5.375 billion deal is now in doubt.
  • Robotics is a strategic industry for China.
Why it matters to youBig cross-border deals in "strategic" tech now need political approval too, not just a buyer and a price. If you sell or partner abroad, plan for that risk.
Source: RTTNews
Good newsAutos · Japan · 5 Nov

Same industry, opposite week: Toyota raises its profit outlook

Toyota's shares climbed after higher first-half results and an upgraded profit forecast, the same week Volvo announced more job cuts.

Think about itTwo carmakers, one market, opposite results. Scroll back up: what do you think made the difference?
Source: RTTNews
Where it's headingAutos · USA · 4 Nov

Tesla will wind down the Cybertruck to build more robotaxis

OutCybertruckEnds around mid-2027
InCybercabDriverless, at Giga Texas

The direction: carmakers are betting the money is in rides and software, not in selling more trucks. Factory space goes to the future product.

Source: RTTNews
AfricaStartups · Pan-African · 3 Nov
$684M
raised Jan–Sep 2026

African tech startups' funding for the first nine months was led by one big deal

Why it mattersWhen one deal makes up much of the total, the market is thinner than the headline suggests. Founders: investors are making fewer, bigger bets.
Source: OkayAfrica
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