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HSBC is studying plans to cut costs by at least $3 billion. On December 11th, it was reported that HSBC Holdings was studying plans to cut costs by at least $3 billion. According to people familiar with the matter, HSBC told managers last week that its reform would not be completed until June 2025. These people said that the total cost savings are still in progress, but executives hope that this work will help them reduce their expenses by at least $3 billion.Kremlin: Many people predict that Biden's administration will try to leave a difficult legacy by escalating tensions with Russia.Blonde Technology: Shareholders holding more than 5% of the shares plan to transfer 2% of the shares internally. Blonde Technology announced that as of the announcement date, Ms. Xiong Haitao, a shareholder, holds 122 million shares of the company, accounting for 4.64% of the company's total share capital; Ms. Xiong Haitao and her concerted actions hold a total of 216 million shares, accounting for 8.2% of the total share capital. Ms. Xiong Haitao plans to sign an agreement with Warburg Wanying Private Equity Fund to increase it as a concerted action, and plans to transfer no more than 52.73 million shares to it through block trading, that is, no more than 2% of the total share capital. After the transfer is completed, Huabao Wanying will entrust Ms. Xiong Haitao with the right to vote on the shares. This internal transfer does not involve market reduction, and the shareholding ratio remains unchanged, which does not affect the company's control.

Albertson terminated its merger with krogh and announced an increase in dividend and repurchase plan. albertson Company announced that it had exercised its right to terminate its merger agreement with krogh, because the US District Court in Oregon and the District Court in Washington issued an injunction on the proposed merger on December 10th. Vivek Sankaran, CEO of the company, commented: "In view of the recent decision of the federal and state courts to block the proposed merger between the company and krogh, we have made a difficult decision to terminate the merger agreement. We are very disappointed with the court's decision. " In addition, the board of directors of albertson Company plans to increase the quarterly cash dividend from $0.12 to $0.15 per share, and approved a stock repurchase plan of up to $2 billion.Health Yuan: Obtained the commitment letter of stock repurchase loan from financial institutions of no more than 238 million yuan. Health Yuan announcement, the company recently obtained the commitment letter of loan from Industrial Bank, with a loan amount of no more than 238 million yuan, no more than 90% of the upper limit of repurchase amount, and a loan period of no more than 36 months, which is specially used to repurchase shares of listed companies. The total amount of the company's actual loan and the amount of the repurchased funds shall not exceed the upper limit of the amount of this repurchase program. The commitment letter of the financial institution's stock repurchase loan obtained this time does not represent the company's commitment to the repurchase amount. The specific number of shares repurchased shall be subject to the actual number of shares repurchased at the expiration of the repurchase period.Traders increased their bets on the Fed's interest rate cut. After the CPI report was released, swap traders increased their bets on the Fed's interest rate cut before the end of 2025. They now predict that by that time, they will cut interest rates by 87 basis points, which means that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week. In 2025, there will be another two interest rate cuts of 25 basis points each time, which is less than the four times proposed by Fed officials in the latest quarterly bitmap in September.

In November, Sichuan CPI rose by 0.1% year-on-year, and the price increase of pork and fresh vegetables dropped from the previous month. On December 10, the data released by the Sichuan Survey Corps of the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the consumer price index (CPI) in Sichuan rose by 0.1% year-on-year, and the growth rate dropped by 0.1 percentage point from the previous month. It decreased by 0.7% from the previous month. From January to November, the consumer price of Sichuan residents decreased by 0.1% compared with the same period of last year. In terms of food, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol rose by 1.8% year-on-year in November, and the growth rate dropped by 1.1 percentage points from the previous month. Among them, the prices of pork and fresh vegetables increased by 15.2% and 14.0% year-on-year, respectively, and the growth rate dropped from last month; The price of fresh fruit changed from a year-on-year increase of 3.4% last month to an increase of 2.0%; The prices of eggs and aquatic products decreased by 1.6% and 0.6% respectively. From the ring comparison, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol decreased by 1.9% from 0.3% last month, mainly because the average temperature in November was higher than that in previous years, which was beneficial to the production, storage and transportation of agricultural products, and most fresh food prices were affected by the super-seasonal decline.The China Securities Association held a plenary meeting of the professional committee on securities brokerage, wealth management and asset management, which was held in Beijing on December 3rd. The meeting stressed that the securities industry should focus on its main business, optimize supply, improve its value creation ability, form a diversified financial product and service system suitable for the needs of various investors, and implement the strategic layout of "five big articles"; Adhere to the customer-centered, practice the development concept of finance serving the country and finance serving the people, and correctly handle the relationship between functionality and profitability; Actively serve the national strategic needs, optimize product design, innovate service models, and provide more long-term financial support for the real economy. The meeting summarized the key work of the Committee in 2024 and discussed the work plan for 2025. In the next stage, the Committee will further play its role as a platform for communication, deliberation and handling affairs, unite industry consensus, guide the industry to focus on its main business, give full play to the functions of wealth managers, continuously improve its professional service capabilities, provide full chain services for investors' property preservation and appreciation, and help the high-quality development of the capital market.Market news: Poland will promote common defense funds during its presidency of the European Union.