US President-elect Trump: Any individual or company that invests $1 billion or more in the United States will receive comprehensive and accelerated approval and permission.EIA: The net import of crude oil in the United States will drop by 20% in 2025. The us energy information administration (EIA) said on Tuesday that it is expected that the net import of crude oil in the United States will drop by 20% to 1.9 million barrels per day next year, which will be the lowest level since 1971, suggesting that the output of the United States will increase and the demand of refineries will decrease. EIA said in its Short-term Energy Outlook in December that the US oil production is expected to increase from 13.24 million barrels per day in 2024 to 13.52 million barrels per day in 2025. EIA also said that the crude oil processing capacity of refineries will be 16 million barrels per day in 2025, a decrease of 200,000 barrels per day compared with 2024. EIA now predicts that the average spot price of Brent crude oil in 2025 will be $73.58 per barrel, which is lower than the previous forecast of $76.06 per barrel. The average spot price of crude oil in the United States is $69.12 per barrel, which is lower than the last forecast of $71.60 per barrel.The heads of the South Korean Police Department and Seoul Local Police Department were arrested urgently. According to Yonhap News Agency's report quoted by the special investigation team, the South Korean authorities arrested two heads of the police department without arrest warrants on suspicion of preventing them from entering or leaving the National Assembly during martial law. According to reports, Cho Ji-ho, director of the South Korean Police Department, and Kim Bong-sik, director of the Seoul Local Police Department, were "urgently arrested".
During the year, the amount of A-share repurchase has exceeded 160 billion yuan, and "cancellation" has become the mainstream. Wind data shows that 2,446 repurchase schemes have been implemented this year, involving more than 160 billion yuan, far exceeding the level of last year. Different from the past, the current wave of buybacks is characterized by great strength, short term, quick implementation and large number of cancelled buybacks. At the same time, with the support of special loans for stock repurchase, more and more listed companies join the buyback team. Not only are there a large number of listed companies participating in the repurchase, but the "efficiency" of this round of repurchase is also high, and the short term and quick implementation have become a point of view. At the same time, write-off repurchase has become the mainstream. In addition to Hikvision, Kweichow Moutai plans to implement a share repurchase plan with its own funds of 3 billion to 6 billion yuan, and the repurchased shares will be used to cancel and reduce the registered capital of the company. In addition, companies such as Wuxi PharmaTech, Jiu 'an Medical, and Yili Co., Ltd. disclosed repurchase plans with a ceiling of more than 1 billion yuan, and all of them were used for capital reduction and cancellation. (Securities Times)Wells Fargo lowered the target price of LyondellBasell from $105.00 to $95.00.Apple will provide Globalstar satellite connection for smart watches, and Apple plans to provide Globalstar satellite communication function on smart watch devices. I am preparing to develop a blood pressure monitoring tool for Apple Watch, which may be launched in 2025. The new watch will adopt MediaTek for the first time. The share price of Globalstar US stocks jumped, with an increase of as high as 21%.
The State Council said: The Syrian authorities have the responsibility to ensure and destroy any chemical weapons they find.The State Council said: The Syrian authorities have the responsibility to ensure and destroy any chemical weapons they find.Shanghai Digital Exchange participated in drafting the Declaration of ITU CxO Conference to promote the facilitation of global data cross-border flow. On December 11th, the reporter learned from Shanghai Data Exchange that the Institute was recently invited to attend the CxO Roundtable held by ITU-T in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to discuss the formulation of international standards in the field of information and communication with more than 20 corporate executives from more than 10 countries around the world. The ITU CxO Declaration, which was jointly drafted by Shanghai Data Exchange, was adopted at the meeting. The meeting also considered the briefing on the key achievements of the World Telecommunication Standardization Plenary Session (WTSA-24) held in New Delhi, India in October 2024. (SSE)