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CITIC Bank: Redemption of open-ended capital bonds. CITIC Bank announced that from December 9 to December 11, 2019, it issued RMB 40 billion of open-ended capital bonds (hereinafter referred to as "current bonds"), and on December 12, 2019, it issued the Announcement of China CITIC Bank Corporation on the Completion of Issuance of Open-ended Capital Bonds. According to the relevant provisions of the prospectus of this issue, this issue has the issuer's conditional redemption right, and the issuer has the right to redeem this issue in whole or in part on the interest payment date of the fifth year of this issue, that is, December 11, 2024. As of the date of this announcement, with the approval of the State Financial Supervision and Administration, the Bank has exercised the right of redemption and redeemed the bonds in full.ADB approved a loan of US$ 200 million for power infrastructure construction in Pakistan.Market News: Apple is cooperating with Broadcom around artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Apple chips may be ready for production in 2026.

Analysts commented on the US CPI in November: the data is in line with expectations, and there may be four interest rate cuts next year. Brian Jacobsen, chief economist of Annex Wealth Management, said: "There is nothing unexpected in the CPI report, and everything is in line with expectations. Housing cost is still the main driver of inflation. With the employment report and inflation report, nothing can stop the Fed from cutting interest rates by 25 basis points next week. What will be exciting is the summary of the Fed's economic forecast. There may be four interest rate cuts in 2025, and inflation will eventually fall to the target level. "HSBC is studying plans to cut costs by at least $3 billion. On December 11th, it was reported that HSBC Holdings was studying plans to cut costs by at least $3 billion. According to people familiar with the matter, HSBC told managers last week that its reform would not be completed until June 2025. These people said that the total cost savings are still in progress, but executives hope that this work will help them reduce their expenses by at least $3 billion.Pinduoduo stocks fell more than 3% before trading.

Blonde Technology: Shareholders holding more than 5% of the shares plan to transfer 2% of the shares internally. Blonde Technology announced that as of the announcement date, Ms. Xiong Haitao, a shareholder, holds 122 million shares of the company, accounting for 4.64% of the company's total share capital; Ms. Xiong Haitao and her concerted actions hold a total of 216 million shares, accounting for 8.2% of the total share capital. Ms. Xiong Haitao plans to sign an agreement with Warburg Wanying Private Equity Fund to increase it as a concerted action, and plans to transfer no more than 52.73 million shares to it through block trading, that is, no more than 2% of the total share capital. After the transfer is completed, Huabao Wanying will entrust Ms. Xiong Haitao with the right to vote on the shares. This internal transfer does not involve market reduction, and the shareholding ratio remains unchanged, which does not affect the company's control.The "12.9" forest fire in Yajiang, Ganzi, Sichuan Province was caused by a short circuit of high-voltage transmission lines. At 20: 00 on December 11th, the reporter learned from the "12.9" forest fire disposal headquarters in Yajiang County that the entire fire site had been extinguished and the smoke spots had been cleared. After consultation and judgment by the headquarters, the fire site entered the guard stage in an all-round way, and some fire-fighting teams were being evacuated in an orderly manner. It was preliminarily found that the fire was caused by short circuit of high voltage transmission line under the action of strong wind. (CCTV News)India's new central bank governor: policy stability is very important and will try to maintain policy continuity.