State Grid Xintong: Signed a letter of intent for equity acquisition with the controlling shareholder. State Grid Xintong announced that the company reviewed and approved the Proposal on Signing a Letter of Intent for Equity Acquisition between the Company and the Controlling Shareholder on December 9, 2024, and signed a Letter of Intent for Equity Acquisition with the controlling shareholder Xinshuang Group. It is planned to acquire 100% equity of Yili Technology, a subsidiary of Xinshuang Group, by cash agreement. Including 59.3% equity of Fujian Yirong Information Technology Co., Ltd. and 100% equity of Fujian Yili Power Technology Co., Ltd., excluding 56% equity of Fujian Netenergy Technology Development Co., Ltd. and 57% equity of Jiangxi Siji Zhiyun Digital Technology Co., Ltd. What is signed this time is only an intentional agreement, and the specific implementation will be determined by all parties through further consultation after due diligence, auditing, asset evaluation and filing by the state-owned assets supervision and administration department. This transaction constitutes a connected transaction, but it does not constitute a major asset restructuring.WTO: The global trade in goods grew moderately in the fourth quarter of 2024. On December 9, local time, the latest issue of "Barometer of Trade in Goods" released by WTO showed that the prosperity index of global trade in goods was 102.7, which was higher than the benchmark of 100. According to the analysis of WTO, global trade in goods continued to grow moderately in the fourth quarter of 2024, but the trade prospect in 2025 is still uncertain and may be affected by potential trade policy changes. (CCTV)The United States may cancel the identification of the terrorist organization of the Syrian "Sharm Liberation Organization". An anonymous senior official of the US government told the media on the 8 th that the US government does not rule out removing the Syrian "Sharm Liberation Organization" from the list of terrorist organizations recognized by the United States in order to establish closer ties with it. The official said at a media briefing organized by the US National Security Council on the 8th that the US side would "make a wise decision based on the actual situation and in a cautious and pragmatic manner" in the process of armed contact with a number of Syrian opposition groups, including the Sham Liberation Organization. The official said that the "Sharm Liberation Organization" is an important part of the transition process of the Syrian government. On the premise of meeting the interests of the United States, the US government intends to contact it in an appropriate way. In 2018, the US government identified the Sham Liberation Organization as a terrorist organization. (Xinhua News Agency)
US Department of the Interior: The oil and gas lease right of Alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will be sold on January 9, 2025.Market information: The International Monetary Fund has reached an agreement at the staff level, allowing Ecuador to obtain a loan of about 500 million US dollars, but it needs to be approved by the statement of the board of directors of the organization.The political turmoil in South Korea continued. Yin Xiyue was restricted from leaving the country. The opposition party pushed the impeachment case and the special inspection law. Due to the emergency martial law issued by South Korean President Yin Xiyue on the 3 rd of this month, the political situation in South Korea has recently fallen into continuous turmoil. South Korea's largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, submitted the "12.3 Yin Xiyue Civil Disturbance Special Inspection Law" to the National Assembly on the 9 th to investigate whether there were unconstitutional and illegal acts during President Yin Xiyue's declaration of emergency martial law. In addition, South Korea's Ministry of Justice also took measures to ban Yin Xiyue from leaving the country today, which is the first time that South Korea has taken measures to ban the current president from leaving the country. According to Yonhap News Agency, the Common Democratic Party, the largest opposition party in South Korea, submitted the "12.3 Yin Xiyue's Civil Disturbance Special Inspection Law" to the National Assembly on the 9th to investigate whether President Yin Xiyue violated the constitution or not during the process of declaring emergency martial law. At the same time, the Common Democratic Party also requested to deal with the "Jin Jianxit Inspection Law". Previously, the "Jin Jianxit Inspection Law" was passed at the plenary session of the National Assembly three times, and was rejected by Yin Xiyue's veto power. On the afternoon of the 7th, South Korea's National Assembly voted again on the "Jin Jianxit Inspection Law", but more than two-thirds of the votes required were not passed. The Common Democratic Party plans to push for a vote on the "Jinjianheit Inspection Law" and the "Civil Disturbance Special Inspection Law" at the plenary session of the National Assembly on the 12th and 14th, respectively. (CCTV)
New york CEO was killed in the street or made progress. A Pennsylvania man with a similar gun was questioned by the police. According to a person familiar with the matter, a man near Altoona, Pennsylvania, was being questioned by the local police for the shooting of Brian Thompson, an executive of UnitedHealth Group Inc in downtown new york. According to people familiar with the matter, the man was found to be carrying multiple false identities and a gun with a silencer similar to that used in the new york shooting. New york City Police Department agents are on their way to Pennsylvania to assist the local police in their investigation. The news program of National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) first reported this progress. Thompson, who was 50 years old, died after being shot in the back and legs outside the Hilton Hotel in downtown new york on Wednesday morning. Police said it was a targeted murder. The victim's largest medical insurance company in the United States was holding an investor day at the hotel, and Thompson was scheduled to give a speech that morning. Investigators said that the gunman fled the scene by electric bicycle after committing the crime, and then called a taxi on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Police said the suspect asked the driver to take him to the bus stop in Washington Heights, where he boarded a long-distance bus out of the city.European natural gas futures fell by about 3%. At the end of the European market on Monday (December 9), ICE British natural gas futures fell by 3.51% to 111.800 pence/kcal. TTF benchmark Dutch natural gas futures fell 2.96% to 45.075 Euro/MWh. According to Bloomberg data, at 21:33 Beijing time, it instantly dived from above 45 euros to 35.400 euros, and instantly rebounded to around 45 euros. ICE EU carbon emissions trading license (futures price) fell 2.62% to 66.52 euros/ton.The Dow Jones Industrial Average just broke through the 44,600.00 mark, and the latest report was 44,599.84, down 0.10% in the day.