New World Development sold Artisan Lab in Kowloon, Hong Kong for HK$ 620 million. Sing Tao Daily quoted an unnamed insider as saying that New World Development sold Artisan Lab in San Po Kong, Kowloon for HK$ 620 million. This 22-storey building was completed in 2022, with a floor area of about 120,000 square feet.Argentine President Millai: Argentina will abolish capital controls next year.Shenzhen Holdings: Auditor replacement: PricewaterhouseCoopers resigned and Ernst & Young took over. On December 10th, Shenzhen Holdings (00604.HK) announced that according to Rule 13.51(4) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, PricewaterhouseCoopers agreed to resign as the auditor of Shenzhen Holdings with effect from December 10th, 2024. At the same time, the board of directors of Shenzhen Holdings decided to appoint Ernst & Young as the new auditor of the company, which will also take effect from December 10, 2024 until the end of the next annual general meeting.
Syrian opposition forces claimed to have taken control of the eastern Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor. According to Al Jazeera and Arabiya TV, on the 10th local time, Hassan Abdel Ghani, commander of Syrian opposition forces, said that "the eastern Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor has been completely controlled".More support policies for specialization and innovation are brewing. According to the data of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, up to now, China has cultivated a total of 14,600 "little giant" enterprises with specialization and innovation, and more than 140,000 small and medium-sized enterprises with specialization and innovation. Over 80% of the "Little Giant" enterprises are located in strategic emerging industrial chains such as integrated circuits and aerospace, and the number of enterprises in future industry-related fields such as artificial intelligence and low-altitude economy is nearly 5,000. The reporter was informed that the relevant departments will study and formulate guidance on building a mechanism to promote the development and growth of specialized and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises, issue guidance on cultivating high-quality enterprises, continue to increase support for the cultivation of specialized and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises, and promote the "expansion, quality improvement and strong chain" of specialized and innovative groups. (Economic Information Daily)GM will withdraw from the driverless taxi business, and the Cruise self-driving car division of GM will withdraw from the driverless taxi business. According to a statement on Tuesday, Cruise and GM's technical team will be combined to focus on developing autonomous driving and advanced driver safety technology for GM's future sales models. GM said that it will no longer provide funds for the development of self-driving taxis "considering the large amount of time and resources needed to expand its business scale and the increasingly fierce competition in the self-driving taxi market". The company said that giving up the development of self-driving taxis will save it more than $1 billion in annual costs.
Greedy was elected as the representative word of Taiwan Province in 2024, and the voting results of Taiwan Province 2024 representative word were announced on the 10th. The word "Greedy" ranked first with 8736 votes and was elected as the representative word of this year. The word "dou" and "cheat" are ranked second and third respectively. This annual representative voting activity in Taiwan Province is sponsored by United Daily News. People from all walks of life are invited to recommend it, and then the people vote by telephone, SMS and online. A total of 57 candidate words were collected this year, and the top 10 were ranked as greed, struggle, fraud, resilience, earthquake, financing, danger, security and electricity in the order of votes. (Xinhua News Agency)Russia said it had fought against the Ukrainian ammunition depot and repulsed Russia's repeated attacks. On the 10th local time, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian army had taken control of a settlement in Donetsk on the same day, and attacked the Ukrainian ammunition depot, electronic warfare base stations, armored vehicles and other targets. Russian air defense forces shot down several rockets and dozens of drones of the Ukrainian army. In addition, the Russian army continued to crack down on Ukrainian personnel and equipment in Kursk region, Russia. On the same day, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces issued a war report, saying that as of the afternoon of the 10th, the Ukrainian army had nearly 100 battles with the Russian army in Kharkov, Kupyansk, Hongliman and other areas. The Ukrainian army continued to hold its ground and repelled many Russian attacks.Policy combination boosts confidence, and public offering: China's assets will usher in a further increase in valuation. On December 9, the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting to analyze and study the economic work in 2025. A number of public offerings said that the meeting sent a very positive signal. At present, the economy is resilient, the investor structure is constantly optimized, and the market activity continues to increase. China assets may have an opportunity to raise their valuations again. From the perspective of funds, Jing Shun Great Wall Fund analyzed that the current A-share market is in the most active stage since 2015, and there are many potential bulls in the market. Policy expectations are expected to drive incremental funds into the market, forming a resonance between emotions and funds. (SSE)