The FBI director said that his resignation was the best way to avoid friction. Christopher Babers, the FBI director who decided to resign, explained his decision, saying that it was the best way to avoid further friction against the background of criticism from President-elect Trump who was seeking to appoint his cronies as the head of the intelligence department. The FBI quoted Lei as saying: "My purpose is to continue to focus on our mission-the irreplaceable work we do on behalf of Americans every day. I think this is the best way to avoid getting the FBI involved in more friction. " He added that the decision to resign was not easy for him.A former employee of Adebio was sentenced and involved in AstraZeneca employees' insurance fraud case. A former employee of the genetic testing company Aidebio, which worked closely with AstraZeneca, committed medical insurance fraud together with AstraZeneca sales staff during his tenure in the company. He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and fined for fraud, and I pleaded guilty. A judgment obtained shows that Ma, a former employee of Aide Bio involved in the case, conspired with AstraZeneca employees to tamper with the genetic test report during his tenure. He began to accept public security investigation in September 2021 and was sentenced in August 2023. However, on December 9, 2024, the company replied that "there is no problem (cooperation with AstraZeneca), which has no impact on us and has nothing to do with us" and denied that any employees were involved. (financial magazine)The International Monetary Fund reviewed the funding of 808.5 million US dollars for Cô te d 'Ivoire, and the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has completed the review of its loan arrangement with Cô te d 'Ivoire. The IMF indicated that about $808.5 million could be allocated under the EFF/ECF and RSF arrangements immediately after the review.
This year, the amount of M&A transactions involving listed companies in Hong Kong has reached 38 billion US dollars, which has triggered a rare bidding war. This year is expected to be the busiest year for M&A transactions involving listed companies in Hong Kong in the past decade, with industries ranging from skin care products to logistics real estate, and the bidding war has also warmed up. It is reported that China Mobile's bid for Hongkong Broadband may face competition from American private equity firm I Squared Capital. Bi Hua, chairman of Fenmei Packaging, is negotiating with Qihao Capital to jointly counter the privatization offer of Shandong Xinjufeng. The data shows that the scale of M&A transactions for listed companies in Hong Kong has reached $38 billion this year, the highest level since 2017, including the merger of Guotai Junan Securities and Haitong Securities, a smaller competitor, to become the largest brokerage firm in China.Yuan Jianlin, the former deputy director-level cadre of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress in Southwest Guizhou Province, was "double-opened". The website of the State Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reported on December 12 that according to the news of the Guizhou Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, with the approval of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee, the Guizhou Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision conducted a case review and investigation on Yuan Jianlin, the former deputy director-level cadre of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress in Southwest Guizhou Province. Yuan Jianlin seriously violated the party's political discipline, integrity discipline and work discipline, constituted a serious duty violation and was suspected of accepting bribes, and did not converge or stop after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which was serious in nature and had a bad influence and should be dealt with seriously. According to the Regulations on Disciplinary Actions in the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Supervision Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Law on Administrative Actions of Public Officials in People's Republic of China (PRC) and other relevant regulations, Yuan Jianlin was decided to be expelled from the Party after being studied at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and reported to the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee for approval. The Guizhou Provincial Supervisory Committee gave him the punishment of dismissal from public office; Terminate the qualification of representatives of the Eighth Congress of Southwest Guizhou; Collect their illegal income; The suspected crime was transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution, and the property involved was transferred together.At the close of early trading, the main contracts of domestic futures rose more and fell less. Fuel oil rose by nearly 4%, coke, Shanghai nickel, low sulfur fuel oil (LU), SC crude oil and coking coal rose by over 2%, and glass, sugar, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and alumina rose by over 1%. In terms of decline, the European line of container transportation fell by more than 2%, and pigs fell by more than 1%.
Tsinghua University National Key Laboratory Base was established in Changping National Heavy Base at the end of the first phase. At present, Changping District is cooperating with Tsinghua University to build Tsinghua Nankou National Heavy Base, revitalizing the industrial remains of the "three major factories" in Nankou Town through urban renewal, and undertaking more than 14 national key laboratories in Tsinghua University. It is expected to be put into use in 2025, which will be the largest and most concentrated national key laboratory research base outside the main campus of Tsinghua University. Among them, two laboratories, Intelligent Green Vehicle and Transportation and New Power Operation and Control, will be completed and unveiled at the end of December this year. (Beijing Daily)Personal pension is fully implemented. The first batch of 85 equity index funds are included in the investment scope. The personal pension system will be extended to the whole country on December 15, and product expansion has also become the focus. Today, the CSRC has included the first batch of 85 equity index funds in the catalogue of personal pension investment products, including 78 products that track various broad-based indexes and 7 products that track dividend indexes, including ordinary index funds, index enhancement funds and ETF-linked funds such as Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 Index, CSI A500 Index and Growth Enterprise Market Index. The investment style of index funds is clear and the rate level is low, so the inclusion of related products is conducive to enriching investors' choices. Related products also implement preferential rates to actively benefit investors.Market News: Mossad leaders visited Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday to hold a Gaza negotiation meeting with Qatar's Prime Minister.