German Foreign Ministry spokesperson: I hope to provide consular assistance to German citizens arrested in Russia, but I don't have much hope.Syrian opposition forces announced the lifting of the curfew in Damascus. The Sham Liberation Organization, which currently controls the Syrian capital Damascus, issued a statement on the afternoon of the 11th local time, informing Damascus to lift the curfew and calling on local residents to return to their jobs and contribute to the construction of the city. Earlier, the organization announced that a curfew was imposed in Damascus, the capital of Syria. (CCTV News)Russian central bank survey: the average key interest rate in 2024 is expected to be 17.5%, compared with the previous forecast of 17.3%. The average key interest rate in 2025 is expected to be 21.3%, compared with the previous forecast of 18%.
Polish and Estonian Prime Ministers held talks to discuss regional security and other issues. Polish Prime Minister Tusk met with Estonian Prime Minister michal in Warsaw on December 11th, local time. The two countries discussed the issues of aid to Ukraine, regional security and cooperation, and Poland's taking over the rotating presidency of the European Union. Michal pointed out at a news conference that it is necessary for NATO member countries to spend more than 2.5% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on defense, and Estonia has already exceeded 2% of GDP in 2022. Michal pointed out that NATO countries are still lacking in air defense and ammunition production capacity, which must be solved quickly. Tusk said that he shared the same attitude with michal on regional security and aid to Ukraine, and he hoped that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine could be ended in a way acceptable to all. (CCTV News)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.France urges Israel to withdraw from the Syrian buffer zone.
Analyst Anna: It is expected that the CPI report in November will show the core inflation rate of 0.3% for the fourth consecutive month. This is consistent with the annual inflation increase of more than 3%, which is higher than the Fed's target of 2%. Since the middle of the year, the anti-inflation process of core CPI seems to have stagnated. There is no doubt that this will be a topic to be discussed at the FOMC meeting in December.Apple introduced Siri with ChatGPT, and on Wednesday, Apple released software updates for iPhone, iPad and Mac, including Siri with ChatGPT. This is also a major victory for OpenAI, because it shows its most important products to millions of iPhone users.S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 index futures continued their pre-market gains after the data was released.
Strategy guide 12-14
Strategy guide
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