On December 11th, it was reported that the U.S. government was divided over the U.S. steel acquisition, and Biden considered blocking the transaction. It was reported that the U.S. Department of Defense, the Ministry of Finance and the State Council all believed that the Japanese Steel Company's $15 billion acquisition of American steel companies would not bring national security risks, but U.S. President Biden was expected to block the transaction. Earlier, some media quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Biden planned to block the acquisition of American steel companies later this month on the grounds of national security. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has been reviewing the proposed acquisition for most of this year, and the group must submit its decision to Biden before December 22 or 23.European Central Bank: It plans to stop reinvesting in the Emergency Anti-epidemic Bond Purchase Program (PEPP) by the end of 2024. Continue to reduce the emergency anti-epidemic bond purchase program (PEPP) by 7.5 billion euros per month.The turnover of Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing exceeded 1.5 trillion yuan, 52.2 billion yuan more than the previous day. Up to now, the turnover of Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing exceeded 1.5 trillion yuan, 52.2 billion yuan more than the previous day. Among them, the turnover of Shanghai Stock Exchange was 584.4 billion yuan, that of Shenzhen Stock Exchange was 899.8 billion yuan, and that of Beizheng 50 was 15.8 billion yuan.
US media: "Ukraine provides drones to Syrian opposition forces." According to Reuters's December 11th quote from Washington post, a few weeks before Syrian opposition forces launched an offensive and overthrew former President Bashar al-Assad, Syrian militants obtained about 150 drones and other secret support from Ukrainian intelligence personnel. Washington post quoted unnamed sources familiar with Ukrainian military activities as saying that four to five weeks ago, Ukrainian intelligence agencies sent about 20 drone operators and about 150 drones to help the "Syrian Sham Liberation Army". According to the report, the Russian Foreign Ministry said earlier that the Syrian opposition armed forces obtained drones from Ukraine and received operational training. The Russian Foreign Ministry did not provide evidence. At that time, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that it "categorically" denied this statement. (Reference message)New Cape: At present, the company's revenue from AI products is not high. The new Cape said on the interactive platform on December 12 that the company actively explored in the field of artificial intelligence and gradually established its own AI corpus to support the research and development of intelligent services and products. At present, the company's AI product revenue is not high, which will not have a significant impact on the company's performance.ECB: The appropriate monetary policy stance will be determined by data dependence and successive meetings. Inflation prospect, core inflation and its transmission will determine the interest rate path.
There are 695 listed companies in Jiangsu Province. According to the latest statistics of Jiangsu Listed Companies Association, there were 695 listed companies in Jiangsu Province by the end of November, including 15 new companies this year. Among the 695 companies, there are 216 main boards of Shanghai Stock Exchange, 110 in science and technology innovation board, 126 main boards of Shenzhen Stock Exchange (including one pure B-share), 196 Growth Enterprise Market and 47 North Stock Exchange. By geographical distribution, the total number of listed companies in Suzhou is far ahead in the province, reaching 219, 124 in Nanjing, 123 in Wuxi and 72 in Changzhou. In terms of A-shares, as of the end of November, there were 694 A-share listed companies in Jiangsu Province with a total market value of 6,745.231 billion yuan, accounting for 12.92% and 7.80% of the corresponding total of A-share listed companies respectively.ECB: Most indicators show that the inflation rate will stabilize at 2%.It is reported that the price of iPhone 18 Pro's further use of TSMC's 2nm chip will increase by 70%. It is reported that in 2026, the A20 Pro processor of iPhone 18 Pro will be produced by TSMC's 2 nm process for the first time, and the chip price will rise from the current 50 US dollars to 85 US dollars, with an increase of 70%. With the high cost, the price of iPhone 18 Pro may increase. (Taiwan Province Business Times)