Song Zhexie, Samsung Semiconductor: I feel the great potential of the semiconductor market in China and I am very willing to grow with China customers. At the Shanghai IC Industry Development Forum 2024 held today, Song Zhe Xie, general manager of Samsung Semiconductor Foundry Greater China, said that the semiconductor industry in China is not only growing in scale, but also improving the development quality of the whole industry from the product upgrading and process evolution of Samsung semiconductor customers. The development of new quality productivity is helping the semiconductor market in China to flourish. In the cooperation with customers in China, I feel the great potential of the semiconductor market in China, and I am very willing to grow with customers in China, and provide diversified solutions to meet the needs of customers in China to enhance the competitiveness of products.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.OPEC Monthly Report: Russia slightly cut its oil production in November. On Wednesday, OPEC quoted data from second-hand sources as saying that Russia's crude oil production in November decreased slightly by 0.7 million barrels per day to about 8.99 million barrels per day. This is basically consistent with Russia's monthly production quota of 8.98 million barrels under the OPEC+agreement (including voluntary production reduction). Russia promised to cut production in October and November this year and from March to September next year to make up for the excess production since April. The output of Iraq and Kazakhstan has also been higher than the target, and they also promised to further reduce production to compensate for their excess production.
Jinfei Kaida: The controlling shareholder plans to increase the company's shares by RMB 50 million to RMB 100 million. Jinfei Kaida (002863) announced on the evening of December 11th that the controlling shareholder Jinfei Holdings plans to increase the company's shares by RMB 50 million to RMB 100 million. Jinhua Branch of China Construction Bank Co., Ltd. issued the "China Construction Bank Loan Commitment Letter" to Jinfei Holdings on December 10th, promising to provide Jinfei Holdings with a special loan of no more than 90 million yuan for stock increase, with a loan period of 3 years.The public security organs cracked down on the illegal and criminal activities of the network water army according to law. The Ministry of Public Security attached great importance to cracking down on and rectifying the illegal and criminal activities of the "network water army". Relying on the special action of "Net Net 2024", it made an all-out attack, focusing on prominent illegal and criminal activities such as disinformation and drainage, public opinion extortion, brushing and evaluation, and paid deletion of posts, and deployed public security organs across the country to carry out the crackdown and rectification work. Since the beginning of this year, more than 900 cases have been detected, and more than 5,000 suspects have been arrested. Through phased strikes, the space for illegal and criminal activities of the "network water army" has been fully squeezed, and the network public order has been effectively maintained. Today, the Ministry of Public Security announced 10 typical cases of cracking down on "network water army" crimes according to law. (Guangming Daily)Modern Investment: Xu Qing, the independent director of the company, was subject to disciplinary review and supervision investigation. According to the announcement of Modern Investment, Xu Qing, the independent director of the company, was suspected of serious violation of discipline and law, and is currently subject to disciplinary review by the Disciplinary Committee of Hunan Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and supervision investigation by Zhuzhou Municipal Supervision Committee. Xu Qing did not hold any other positions in the company except as an independent director, chairman of the Nomination Committee of the Board of Directors, member of the Strategy Committee of the Board of Directors and member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, and did not participate in the daily operation and management of the company. The company will pay attention to the subsequent progress and fulfill its information disclosure obligations in a timely manner in strict accordance with relevant regulations.
Macy's fell 8.2% before the market, and the company lowered its profit outlook after discovering accounting errors.R&F Properties announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that the High Court ordered that the hearing of R&F Hong Kong's petition be postponed until December 16, 2024.Pinduoduo stocks fell more than 3% before trading.