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On December 10th, local time, US Secretary of State Blinken talked with Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdul Ati, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah and Jordanian Foreign Minister Assafadi respectively, focusing on the situation in Syria. In addition, Blinken and other leaders also discussed the implementation of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon.According to a survey conducted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore's GDP growth rate is expected to be 3.6% in 2024 (previously 2.6%) and 3.1% in the fourth quarter of 2024 (previously 2.2%).On December 10th, local time, US Secretary of State Blinken talked with Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdul Ati, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah and Jordanian Foreign Minister Assafadi respectively, focusing on the situation in Syria. In addition, Blinken and other leaders also discussed the implementation of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon.

South Korea's former defense minister tried to commit suicide in prison. The Korean Ministry of Justice disclosed details. According to Yonhap News Agency's report on the 11th, South Korea's former defense minister Jin Longxian attempted suicide in prison on the evening of 10th. In response, Shen Ronghai, head of the Department of Corrections of the Korean Ministry of Justice, said that at present, Jin Longxian "has no abnormal physical condition." According to the report, Shen Ronghai said on the 11th that at around 11: 52 last night (10th), before the arrest warrant was issued, the staff found him trying to connect clothes into a rope in the bathroom in an attempt to commit suicide. Shen Ronghai added that the staff immediately took action and opened the door, and then Jin Longxian gave up suicide. At present, Jin Longxian has been placed in the protection room, and according to the report, his physical condition is not abnormal for the time being. (Yonhap News Agency)Local regulators have found out the situation of institutions purchasing unlicensed financial information service products. The reporter was informed that some local securities regulatory bureaus are finding out the situation of institutions purchasing unlicensed financial information service products. The regulatory requirements require the securities fund and futures-related operating institutions within their jurisdiction to self-inspect the purchase of foreign financial information service products without the permission of the National Network Information Office. The main contents include a brief description of financial information service products, the contact telephone number and email address of foreign institutions, and so on. According to relevant regulations, the provision of financial information services by foreign institutions in China must be approved. Up to now, a total of 31 foreign institutions and 10 enterprises invested and established by foreign institutions in China have been licensed to provide financial information services. (Cailian)Sony group's share price hit a record high in intraday trading.

China Tiewu, etc. established the General Lugang International Logistics Company in Gansu. According to the enterprise search APP, recently, China Railway General Lugang International Logistics (Gansu) Co., Ltd. was established, with Ouyang Bing as the legal representative and a registered capital of 30 million yuan. Its business scope includes: domestic cargo transportation agents; International freight forwarder; Road freight transportation (excluding dangerous goods), etc. Enterprise equity penetration shows that the company is jointly held by China Railway General Supply Chain Technology Group Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Tiewu, and Lanzhou New District Lugang Logistics Co., Ltd.In 2024, the rating of brokerage investment banking business is nearing the end, and the results of 96 brokers will be released. The reporter was informed that the quality evaluation of brokerage investment banking business in 2024 is nearing the end, and the evaluation scores of investment banking business quality of 96 participating brokers in 2024 have been distributed to companies. After the brokers confirm, the association will start the formal scoring work. In September this year, the China Securities Association launched the quality evaluation of brokerage investment banking business in 2024, and initially determined the participating brokerage and investment banking projects. According to the preliminary statistics, about 68 brokers are expected to get extra points for supporting high-level science and technology in investment banking. (Cailian)Before the Bank of Japan's policy meeting, it released chaotic signals. Japanese traders were confused about when to raise interest rates. After the Bank of Japan officials' remarks and media reports sent different signals, traders have been confused about when the central bank might raise interest rates in the past week. This kind of confusion led to sharp fluctuations in the market's interest rate hike bets. The overnight index swap pricing showed that the probability of raising interest rates in December was 22%, which was significantly lower than 60% at the beginning of last week. This week, the yen fell from 150 last Friday to a low of 152.18 to the dollar, and the exchange rate was 151.73 at 10:40 Tokyo time. Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan, said in an interview last month that the interest rate hike was approaching. A few days later, a report by the news agency emphasized the concern of the central bank about raising interest rates prematurely. Tomaki Nakamura, a member of the Dove Policy Committee, said last week that he was not opposed to raising interest rates, but this month's policy decision must consider data factors.