Li Ziyuan: The plan to reduce the holdings of directors, supervisors and senior managers has not been completed. Li Ziyuan announced the change. On October 1, 2024, the company disclosed the Announcement on the Plan to Reduce the Holdings of Some Directors, Supervisors and Senior Managers of Zhejiang Li Ziyuan Food Co., Ltd. Zhu Wenxiu and other six directors, supervisors and senior managers plan to reduce their holdings by centralized bidding, which does not exceed 1,190,607 shares, and does not exceed 1% of the company's total share capital. As of December 12, 2024, the above-mentioned directors, supervisors and senior managers reduced their holdings of 813,400 shares through centralized bidding. At present, the share reduction plan has not been completed.Yiwangyichuang: Shareholder Zhang Fan plans to reduce his shareholding by no more than 1%. Yiwangyichuang announced that shareholder Zhang Fan, who holds more than 5% of the company's shares, plans to reduce his shareholding by centralized bidding and/or block trading, and the number of shares to be reduced is no more than 2,369,400, accounting for 1.00% of the company's total share capital. The reduction period is from January 6, 2025 to April 4, 2025. The price range of reduction will be determined according to the market price and trading method at the time of reduction. The reason for Zhang Fan's reduction is based on his own capital demand, and the shares come from the shares issued before the initial public offering, the shares transferred due to equity distribution and the shares transferred by agreement.International coffee futures rose as high as 70% during the year. As of December 12, Beijing time, the price of US ICE coffee futures had risen by nearly 70% during the year, and once hit a high of 345.55 cents/pound on December 10, a record high. At the same time, the price of Arabica coffee futures on the New York Futures Exchange also reached $3.434 per pound, exceeding the record high set in 1977. As for the reasons for the soaring international coffee futures prices, a futures industry source revealed that the price increase of coffee beans was mainly due to weather changes and supply chain disruptions. Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer (accounting for one third of the world's output), has experienced severe drought and frost in recent years, resulting in a sharp decline in coffee production. (CBN)
China Bank's RMB clearing volume in Australia exceeded 100 trillion yuan. According to Bank of China, recently, Bank of China Sydney Branch and Bank of China Hong Kong jointly held a RMB forum in Sydney to celebrate the 10th anniversary of being an Australian RMB clearing bank. As the only RMB clearing bank in the South Pacific at present, in the past ten years, China Bank has taken root in Australia and South Pacific, continuously expanded its clearing network, cooperated with four local banks and other financial institutions in Australia, and became the main channel for RMB clearing of local important banks, providing RMB clearing volume of more than 100 trillion yuan.This round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict has caused more than 44,800 deaths in the Gaza. On the afternoon of December 12, the health department in Gaza issued a statement saying that since the new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out on October 7 last year, 44,835 Palestinians have been killed and 106,356 others have been injured by Israeli military operations in the Gaza. (CCTV News)Polish Prime Minister: There is no plan to send troops to Ukraine after the ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. On December 12, local time, Polish Prime Minister Tusk said after meeting with French President Macron that the decision on whether to send troops to Ukraine after the ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine will be made by Poland itself. At present, Poland has no such plan. In addition, Baussac, deputy speaker of the Polish House of Representatives, said at a news conference that sending troops to Ukraine was not in the interests of Poland, the EU and NATO. He expressed firm opposition to this. Baussac said that the Polish government should clearly and directly state its position and refuse to send troops to Ukraine. Polish Prime Minister Tusk said on the 10th that peace talks on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict may start this winter. Tusk said at the government meeting that Poland will take over the rotating presidency of the European Union in January next year, when Poland will play an important role in the negotiations on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. He said that peace talks may start this winter, and Poland will participate in the arrangement of the political agenda and even lead the development of the situation during the negotiations. (CCTV News)
Yin Zhongyu, Federal Reserve Securities: Industrial M&A will always have the opportunity to cross-border M&A and will never be supported on a large scale. Yin Zhongyu, assistant to the president of Federal Reserve Securities and head of the M&A business department, pointed out that M&A has ushered in a rare policy window. For industrial M&A, the policy window has always been there. "In particular, industrial M&A focusing on new productivity has always been the direction encouraged by the regulatory authorities, and there will always be opportunities. However, for buying and selling shells and cross-border restructuring, related risks need to be vigilant, and cross- (21 Finance)Guotai Junan: The long-term incremental "option" brought by humanoid robots is expected to help the valuation of the rare earth sector rise. When looking forward to the strategy of the rare earth sector in 2025, Guotai Junan said that the market had expected that with the slowdown in the growth of core demand power such as new energy vehicles and wind power in the future, the demand for rare earth markets is under downward pressure. However, we expect that the rising consumption of magnetic materials for new energy vehicles and the warming demand for wind power are still expected to support the basic demand growth, and the demand for equipment renewal that began to land in 2024 is expected to become a new driving force for rare earth demand. On the supply side, an orderly pattern of domestic supply has been established, with many overseas planning increments but slow actual volume, and continuous supply-side constraints. In addition, the long-term incremental "options" brought by humanoid robots are also expected to help the valuation of the plate rise.Kweichow Moutai: The company will hold a briefing on the third quarter of 2024 from 15: 00 to 16: 00 on Tuesday, December 17, 2024.