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Gazprom: It will continue to deliver natural gas to Europe through Ukraine, with a delivery volume of 42.4 million cubic meters on Thursday.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 $15 billion acquisition of American steel companies would not bring national security risks, but U.S. President Biden was expected to block the transaction. Earlier, some media quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Biden planned to block the acquisition of American steel companies later this month on the grounds of national security. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has been reviewing the proposed acquisition for most of this year, and the group must submit its decision to Biden before December 22 or 23.CEO of Bank of America: The sales and trading business is expected to reach a new high in the fourth quarter, and the investment banking business income will jump. On December 11th, the CEO of Bank of America Brian moynihan said that with the "continuous growth" of transactions, the bank's investment banking business income in the fourth quarter may exceed US$ 1.4 billion, with a year-on-year increase of at least 25%. Moynihan also said that the sales and trading business in the fourth quarter should record a year-on-year growth again, achieving a medium-to-high single-digit growth. The bank also expects that the net interest income will continue to grow, which is expected to achieve the guiding target of $14.3 billion given earlier this year.

The scale of CSI A500ETF South (159,352) exceeded 18.7 billion yuan, and the first batch of 85 equity index funds were included in the catalogue of personal pension investment products, covering core indexes such as CSI A500. The main index of A shares rose, and CSI A500ETF South (159,352) rose by 0.88%. Yesterday, funds exceeding 1.9 billion yuan flowed into the south of CSI A500ETF, ranking first in its kind, and its latest scale exceeded 18.7 billion yuan, ranking second in its kind. The market is rising. In the news, the personal pension system will be extended to the whole country on December 15th, 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.Alleged of tax evasion, Adidas' German headquarters was raided for two days in a row. On December 11th, local time, criminal prosecutors and customs investigators raided Adidas' German headquarters for the second day in a row, which was an escalation of years of investigation on the sports brand's alleged tax evasion. The amount of tax evasion may exceed 1.1 billion euros. The European Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), headquartered in Luxembourg, said on the 11th that it was conducting a "criminal investigation" against a German sportswear trading enterprise group on the grounds that it was "suspected of tax evasion related to customs duties and import and sales taxes". Adidas said that this long-term investigation is unlikely to have "any significant financial impact".Informed sources: The main reason for the extreme flash crash is Baidu's divestment. Many people familiar with the extreme flash crash believe that the main reason is Baidu's divestment. Baidu insiders told that in October 2024, the company sent a financial team to make preparations for the follow-up investment of 3 billion yuan: "As a result, it was found that there were as many as 7 billion financial holes and it was decided not to continue investing." (Caixin)

More than 83,000 outdoor base stations have been built in Shanghai, and the China 5G Development Conference opened in Shanghai on the morning of December 12th. Chen Jie, vice mayor of Shanghai, revealed in his speech at the meeting that at present, Shanghai has built more than 83,000 outdoor 5G base stations and more than 10,000 3c5g-a base stations, which are at the leading level in China. Chen Jie said that facing the future, Shanghai will co-ordinate scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, seize the development opportunities of 5G and 5G-A, 6G, promote the construction of public service platforms in the communication industry, support enterprises to carry out research and development, test and verification, standard formulation and application demonstration of key technologies in the new generation of communication industry, and especially promote the construction and application of 5G-A synaesthesia integrated base stations to help the development of the communication industry in light of the development needs of new industries such as intelligent networked cars and low-altitude economy.Yijia released the chip-level game technology of "Fengchi Game Kernel" developed by OPPO, and Li Jie, president of China District, released the chip-level game technology of "Fengchi Game Kernel" developed by OPPO. Through the thorough reconstruction of the underlying kernel, the "Fengchi Game Kernel" can accurately balance the performance supply of the chip and the performance requirements of the game, and achieve a substantial upgrade in performance and game experience. For the underlying kernel of Android, more than 25,000 lines of original code are provided. In terms of game rendering pipeline reconstruction, it provides more than 34 thousand lines of original code. OPPO has applied for 254 patents based on the cumulative game optimization of Fengchi game kernel.Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin attended and delivered a speech at the high-level meeting of "Friends of Neutrality" in Turkmenistan. On December 11, 2024, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin attended and delivered a speech at the high-level meeting of "Friends of Neutrality" in Turkmenistan. Liu Bin pointed out that China is willing to join hands with Turkey, international organizations represented by the United Nations and other countries in the world to promote the construction of a beautiful world with lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness, tolerance, cleanliness and beauty. Representatives from Russia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Qatar and other countries and UN officials attended the meeting.