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.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)In the first ten months, Jiangsu's ship exports exceeded 60%, ranking first in the country. According to Nanjing Customs statistics, from January to October this year, Jiangsu exported 85.84 billion yuan of all kinds of ships, ranking first in the country in terms of export scale, with a year-on-year increase of 63.2%. The exports of three main ship types, namely, tankers, container ships and bulk carriers, increased by 179.5%, 91% and 16.2% respectively.
It will increase to 6 flights per week, and the route between China Eastern Airlines Shanghai and Riyadh will be encrypted soon. According to China Eastern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines will encrypt the direct flight route between Shanghai and Riyadh from February 21, 2025, from 3 flights per week to 6 flights per week.Guan Qingyou: I am optimistic about the stock market by cutting interest rates and lowering the RRR. For example, Guan Qingyou, president and chief economist of the Financial Research Institute, said that lowering the RRR and raising interest rates will definitely happen, and from the downward trend of previous interest rates, it should be faster. Regarding the current market conditions, Guan Qingyou said that different subjects have different judgments on the market trend in one or two trading days, but he is still optimistic, and said that the positive impact of the current policy change on the capital market cannot be underestimated. Combining industrial structure and policy orientation, Guan Qingyou said that consumer companies, technology companies, and mergers and acquisitions involving the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries to emerging formats are all his optimistic directions. In addition, for the economic growth target in 2025, Guan Qingyou believes that "the target of 5% can still be contested". He also said that 2025 will be better than 2024. "In 2025, the adjustment of policies will bring more increments to the market and industry." (sohu finance)The survey shows that the European Central Bank is expected to cut interest rates for the fourth time this year to provide support for the economy, and the European Central Bank is bound to cut interest rates for the fourth time this year, loosening the troubled euro zone economy with the inflation rate approaching 2%. According to the survey, all the respondents except one analyst predicted that the European Central Bank would cut the deposit interest rate by 25 basis points to 3% again on Thursday. Only JPMorgan Chase is expected to cut interest rates by more than 50 basis points, believing that the recent data show that economic growth and inflation are weakening.
Bank of America Securities lowered the Adobe target price from $640.00 to $605.00.ECB: There is no pre-commitment to a specific interest rate path. The investment portfolio of the asset purchase plan declines at a controllable and predictable rate.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.