JPMorgan Chase executive Lake: Even if the leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau changes, risks still exist.Walgreen, a chain pharmacy, is in talks to sell itself to private equity fund Sycamore Partners. Walgreen's US stocks rose to 5.99% in the short term, which triggered the suspension.Allianz's investment in national pension has been approved, and the pace of foreign investment in China's insurance market has accelerated. The State Financial Supervision and Administration recently approved the change of registered capital of national pension, and agreed that Allianz Investment Co., Ltd. will subscribe for 2% of the shares of national pension for about 284 million yuan, becoming the first foreign shareholder of national pension, thus increasing the registered capital of national pension to about 11.378 billion yuan. Since the beginning of this year, a number of foreign investors have increased the insurance market in China. Analysts said that this aspect shows that China's insurance industry has further deepened its opening to the outside world, providing a more relaxed policy environment for foreign investors to overweight China's insurance market; On the other hand, it shows that it has confidence in the development of insurance industry in China and will attract more foreign-funded institutions to enter the insurance market in China. (SSE)
Jon Finer, US Deputy National Security Adviser: (When asked about the Russian-Ukrainian conflict) We have been working hard to strengthen Ukraine before the end of this government.In the first 11 months, there were 682,000 foreign trade business entities with import and export performance in China. China continued to open to the outside world at a high level, and the majority of foreign trade entities innovated and developed, promoting the "stable quality and quantity" of foreign trade. According to customs statistics, there were 682,000 foreign trade business entities with import and export performance in China.US President Biden: Now companies are returning to the United States to invest and create jobs here. I think this is their proper position. Of course, this economic growth is not without cost. The whole world is facing a surge in inflation due to the epidemic and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. We acted quickly to reduce inflation to the pre-epidemic level with the joint efforts of the two parties. Wages have risen, but there are still too many working-class and middle-class families struggling because of the high prices of housing, food and daily necessities. At the same time, although the inflation rate continues to decline, we are entering a new stage of economic recovery. With the result of this election coming, we are also facing a turning point.
Ukraine said that Russia attacked the IAEA convoy, and Russia called the rotation of observers at the nuclear power plant to provide protection. On December 10th, local time, Ukrainian President Zelensky said on social media that Russia attacked a convoy of the IAEA with a drone, and a car was hit, but there were no casualties. At present, the Russian side has no response to this statement. Earlier in the day, the Zaporoze nuclear power plant and the Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement saying that the observers of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Zaporoze nuclear power plant completed routine personnel rotation that day. The Russian Ministry of Defence and the Russian National Guard provided security for the rotation.Apple will provide Globalstar satellite connection for smart watches, and Apple plans to provide Globalstar satellite communication function on smart watch devices. Future models will provide blood pressure testing tools, and the new watch will adopt MediaTek for the first time. The share price of Globalstar US stocks jumped, with an increase of as high as 21%.The London Metal Exchange said it would revise Part 6 of the LME rulebook, namely the original nickel special contract rules.