In the direction of pan-consumption, there were more than 50 stocks with daily limit, and the concept of big consumption continued to strengthen. Retail, food, home, ice and snow industries and other branches set off a wave of daily limit, and Zhongbai Group, Youhao Group, Huifa Food, Panda Dairy, Wole Home and Meike Home exceeded 50 stocks with daily limit.The employees of Extreme Vietnam accused CEO Xia Yiping of being suspected of corruption. For the predicament of Extreme Vietnam, some employees of Extreme Vietnam accused Xia Yiping of being suspected of corruption in the circle of friends. He said, "When I asked to organize the media competitive presentation according to the procurement process, he forced the suppliers to come in; When his supplier was not shortlisted, he refused to sign the framework; When his people took a few pages of A4 paper, they asked me to examine and approve all the muddled accounts before I took office. When I witnessed with my own eyes, he specially approved the supplier designated by his people who paid ten times the market price. " In the intimate colleague circle, some employees also said, "Before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, if Xia Yiping resigned himself, the money could still be transferred to the Jidu account, and Jidu could still revitalize all the situations. However, Xia Yiping is determined not to resign, and then he will drag everyone with him. After Baidu sent a new financial controller to audit the company in October, it discovered Xia Yiping's corruption, private giving and receiving behavior, purchasing various designated suppliers and pocketing his own money. Therefore, Xia Yiping was asked to resign on his own. " The above statement has not been confirmed by the extreme Vietnamese side. (Sina Technology)European Central Bank: It plans to stop reinvesting in the Emergency Anti-epidemic Bond Purchase Program (PEPP) by the end of 2024. Continue to reduce the emergency anti-epidemic bond purchase program (PEPP) by 7.5 billion euros per month.
The Nikkei 225 index closed up 1.21% at 39,849.14.On December 11th, it was reported that the U.S. government was divided over the U.S. steel acquisition, and Biden considered blocking the transaction. It was reported that the U.S. Department of Defense, the Ministry of Finance and the State Council all believed that the Japanese Steel Company's $15 billion acquisition of American steel companies would not bring national security risks, but U.S. President Biden was expected to block the transaction. Earlier, some media quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Biden planned to block the acquisition of American steel companies later this month on the grounds of national security. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has been reviewing the proposed acquisition for most of this year, and the group must submit its decision to Biden before December 22 or 23.The European Central Bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points, warning that economic growth will slow down. The European Central Bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 3%, and warned that economic growth will be weaker than its previous forecast. This is the fourth time that the European Central Bank has cut interest rates since June, bringing the benchmark interest rate to its lowest level since March 2023. At the same time, the European Central Bank warned that the euro zone economy will only grow by 1.1% in 2025, lower than its forecast of 1.3% in September. It was widely expected that the European Central Bank would cut interest rates. Investors expect that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates more than the Federal Reserve next year, because it is widely expected that the economic growth of the euro zone will lag behind that of the United States. The euro zone's export-dependent economy is also vulnerable to Trump's threat to impose tariffs of up to 20% on all American imports.
"39 people were pardoned and nearly 1,500 people were commuted", White House: Biden announced "the largest single-day commutation action in modern history", CBS, NBC and other media reported that the White House issued a statement on the 12th local time, saying that US President Biden announced that he would pardon 39 Americans convicted of non-violent crimes and commute the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who were released at home during the COVID-19 epidemic. According to the White House statement, this move represents "the largest single-day commutation action in modern history" in the United States. According to the statement, Biden said that he will take more relevant measures in the next few weeks and will continue to review petitions for pardon and commutation. (World Wide Web)South Korea's finance ministers and Japan's finance ministers held an online meeting, and the two sides reiterated the importance of the partnership between the two countries.Vassilis, a foreign exchange strategist, quickly commented on the ECB's resolution: the euro fell to a new low because the ECB gave up the "restrictive policy" part of the statement, but this does not mean that the policy language is downright dovish. Bonds in the euro zone are in a moderate trend.