Centaline Property: The price of second-hand houses in Hong Kong dropped by 0.6% on a weekly basis. Centaline Property said on its website that in the week from December 2 to 8, the leading index of Central Plains cities, which measures the price of second-hand houses in Hong Kong, fell by 0.6% to 137.59.20% of the wildfires in California, which have burned more than 1,600 hectares, have been initially controlled. On December 12, local time, it was learned that 20% of the wildfires in Malibu, a coastal city in Los Angeles County, southern California, have been initially controlled, and local officials lifted some mandatory evacuation orders on the same day and allowed a certain number of people to return home. The wildfire has burned about 1,664 hectares of land, causing about 6,300 people to evacuate and about 22,000 people to be affected by the fire. Local officials said that wildfires also destroyed four houses, and another six houses were damaged. The California Fire Department said that nearly 2,000 firefighters are protecting buildings in the fire area and strengthening fire boundary control. (CCTV News)US Secretary of State Blinken: discussed the ceasefire in Gaza with Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan. Blinken: All parties reached a broad consensus on what we want to see in Syria. We discussed the necessity of continuing efforts to crack down on the extremist organization "Islamic State". We have seen encouraging signs in the past few weeks that a ceasefire in Gaza is possible.
Ali launched the e-commerce app "Tao" in Japan: in the future, it will expand its staff to explore the local market. On December 12, Alibaba Group held a briefing on the e-commerce app "Tao" launched for the Japanese market. The company said that it will expand its staff in the future and fully explore the Japanese market. According to reports, the APP was launched in October, selling more than 3 million kinds of goods such as clothing, groceries and digital related products. It also has the function of recommending goods by artificial intelligence (AI) according to consumers' preferences. The goods are mainly delivered from China after the consumer places an order, and arrive in Japan a few days later. (Interface News)Ge Yu, former assistant general manager of China Xinbao Shandong Branch, was examined and investigated. The website of the State Supervision Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reported on December 13th that according to the news of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team of the State Supervision Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in China Export Credit Insurance Company and the Supervision Committee of Liaoning Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, Ge Yu, former member of the Party Committee and assistant general manager of Shandong Branch of China Export Credit Insurance Company, was suspected of serious violation of discipline and law. At present, he is being examined by the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team of the State Supervision Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in China Export Credit Insurance Company and supervised by the Supervision Committee of Dandong City, Liaoning Province.Zhongwei Semiconductor launched the cost-effective touch MCU-CMS79FT72xB series, and Zhongwei Semiconductor (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. continued to improve the resources of the 8-bit MCU product lineup and launched the cost-effective touch MCU-CMS79FT72xB. CMS79FT72xB series MCU has built-in 26-channel touch key detection circuit, working voltage is 2.5V~5.5V, working temperature range is -40℃~85℃, and it integrates ADC, LED, PWM, USART, LVD and other modules. Provide SOP16, SOP20 and SOP28 packages, which can flexibly meet the applications of household appliances, kitchen and bathroom appliances, household appliances, personal care and so on. At present, the CMS79FT72xB series has been mass-produced in Q4 of 2024, and the sample application has been opened. (Medium-micro semiconductor)
Citigroup: The target price of Illumina is lowered from $190 to $165, and the rating is lowered from "buy" to "neutral".Shanghai Electric established a new company including machinery and equipment sales business. According to the enterprise search APP, Shanghai Dixi New Energy Co., Ltd. was established with Ye Can as its legal representative and registered capital of 1 million yuan. Its business scope includes: power generation business, power transmission business and power supply (distribution) business; Installation, maintenance and testing of power transmission, power supply and power reception facilities; Mechanical equipment sales; Mechanical and electrical equipment sales, etc. Enterprise survey shows that the company is wholly owned by Shanghai Electric New Energy Development Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Shanghai Electric.On the 13th, caustic soda dropped by 3.03%, and the latest main contract positions changed as follows. According to the exchange data, as of December 13th, the main contract caustic soda 2501 closed, with a turnover of 57,100 lots. The position data showed that the top 20 seats were clear, and the difference position was 1,383 lots. The total contract turnover of caustic soda futures was 94,800 lots, an increase of 27,900 lots over the previous day. The first 20 seats in the contract held 71,100 lots, an increase of 2,202 lots over the previous day. Short positions in the top 20 seats of the contract were 72,700 lots, an increase of 1,157 lots over the previous day. (Sina Futures)