The European Central Bank may no longer mention the need to adopt a "restrictive" policy to curb inflation. The financial market has completely digested the expectation that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, and the possibility of a larger rate cut is close to zero. Any adjustment of the ECB's future guidance may be minimal. It may no longer mention the need to adopt "restrictive" policies to curb inflation, which is an implicit signal that interest rates will at least fall to the so-called neutral level. Lorenzo Codogno of LC Macro Advisors said: "In view of the great uncertainties in international geopolitics and policies, it is still appropriate to rely on data and determine the appropriate level and duration of restrictions one after another."Yunnan Baiyao and others set up the equity fund of TCM Big Health Innovation. The enterprise search APP shows that recently, Yunnan TCM Big Health Innovation Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership) was established with a capital contribution of 7 billion yuan, and its business scope includes: engaging in equity investment, investment management, asset management and other activities with private equity funds. Enterprise investigation shows that the enterprise is jointly held by Yunnan Baiyao and BOC International Investment Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of BOC Securities.Russia said it would not make concessions on the Ukrainian issue and hoped to make contact with the US. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Zacharova said at a regular press conference on the 11th local time that Russia would not make concessions on the Ukrainian issue in response to the negotiation proposal put forward by US President-elect Trump on the 8th, and hoped to make contact with the US, but so far it has not received any "serious suggestions" from the team of US President-elect Trump. Zacharova also said that the recent statement of Ukrainian President Zelensky showed that "achieving peace is not a priority for Ukraine". Zelensky reiterated a few days ago that Uzbekistan will not sign any kind of peace agreement without security guarantee.
NFL Miami Dolphins officially won the strategic investment from Cai Chongxin. On December 11th, local time, Miami Dolphins and stephen ross, Chairman of the Board of Directors, announced the strategic investment from Ares Management funds(Ares) and Brooklyn Nets owners Cai Chongxin and Oliver Weisberg. In addition to the Miami Dolphins, the deal also includes iconic assets such as Hard Rock Stadium and F1 Miami Grand Prix. Ares will get 10% of the shares, while Cai Chongxin and weisberg will jointly hold 3% of the shares, and the final agreement has yet to be completed. The NFL (National Football League) approved the sale of the minority non-controlling interest of the Dolphins at the league meeting that day. The transaction is expected to be completed in the next few days.The resumption of trading of Hong Kong stocks Xinwei International soared by over 80%. In the news, Zhan Peizhong, the controlling shareholder, was convicted, which did not affect the takeover offer of Fuheng Group.The net outflow of the main market exceeded 10 billion.
The warm winter of second-hand houses has arrived: in November, house prices in Chengdu, Shenzhen rebounded first, and second-hand houses once again played a leading indicator of market warming. On December 11th, the Middle Finger Research Institute released a map of housing prices of second-hand houses in the top ten cities in November 2024, showing that in November, the average price of second-hand houses in Baicheng fell by 0.57% from the previous month, which was 0.03 percentage points lower than that of the previous month. The second-hand housing market in first-tier cities is more active. The average price of second-hand housing in the top ten cities dropped by 0.17% month-on-month, and the decline was narrowed by 0.16 percentage points from last month. Among them, the prices of second-hand houses in Shenzhen and Chengdu rose by 0.21% and 0.12% respectively, breaking the overall decline of 100 cities for seven consecutive months. Experts in the industry said that under the blessing of the policy of "buying houses and reducing taxes", it is expected that the transaction of second-hand houses in core cities will continue to be high, and prices are expected to continue to adjust. (beijing business today)The Nikkei index rose above 40,000 points, and the US CPI data supported the Fed's interest rate cut expectations. The Japanese stock market climbed with the technology stocks, and the US inflation met expectations, which supported the Fed's interest rate cut expectations this month. After the yen weakened late yesterday, the shares of export enterprises also rose. The Topix index rose 1.2% to 2,783.63 points, and the Nikkei 225 index rose 1.7% to 40,038.02 points. The index rose above 40,000 points for the first time since October 15th.OpenAI apologizes for the downtime of ChatGPT: Some services are restored, and Sora is still in a state of paralysis. On the morning of December 12, Beijing time, OpenAI confirmed that its chat robot ChatGPT is experiencing a worldwide downtime, and ChatGPT, Sora and API are affected. The company updated the accident report and said that it had found out the cause of the outage, was trying to restore normal service as soon as possible, and apologized for the outage. At 9: 50 Beijing time on the 12th, the company further updated the accident report and said that it was continuing to carry out remedial work. API and ChatGPT services are partially restored, and Sora is still in a state of paralysis.