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Albertson terminated its merger with krogh and announced an increase in dividend and repurchase plan. albertson Company announced that it had exercised its right to terminate its merger agreement with krogh, because the US District Court in Oregon and the District Court in Washington issued an injunction on the proposed merger on December 10th. Vivek Sankaran, CEO of the company, commented: "In view of the recent decision of the federal and state courts to block the proposed merger between the company and krogh, we have made a difficult decision to terminate the merger agreement. We are very disappointed with the court's decision. " In addition, the board of directors of albertson Company plans to increase the quarterly cash dividend from $0.12 to $0.15 per share, and approved a stock repurchase plan of up to $2 billion.R&F Properties announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that the High Court ordered that the hearing of R&F Hong Kong's petition be postponed until December 16, 2024.The Bank of Japan believes that the cost of waiting for the next rate hike is not high, but it is also open to raising interest rates this month. According to informed sources, Bank of Japan officials believe that there is almost no cost to wait before raising interest rates, and they are still open to raising interest rates next week, depending on data and market development. According to people familiar with the matter, even if the Bank of Japan decides to wait until January next year or a little longer before raising interest rates, the relevant authorities believe that this will not bring huge costs, because there are signs that there is little risk of inflation overshoot. According to people familiar with the matter, officials think it is only a matter of time before the next rate hike, because the economy and inflation are in line with their forecasts. According to people familiar with the matter, officials will make a final decision only after carefully evaluating the data and financial markets before announcing the policy decision in December. Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda and his committee will discuss next week whether it is necessary to raise the benchmark interest rate from 0.25%. Unlike the situation in July, the yen did not show a strong weakness, so the Bank of Japan believes that the risk of the yen pushing up inflation has weakened.

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.The public security organs cracked down on the illegal and criminal activities of the network water army according to law. The Ministry of Public Security attached great importance to cracking down on and rectifying the illegal and criminal activities of the "network water army". Relying on the special action of "Net Net 2024", it made an all-out attack, focusing on prominent illegal and criminal activities such as disinformation and drainage, public opinion extortion, brushing and evaluation, and paid deletion of posts, and deployed public security organs across the country to carry out the crackdown and rectification work. Since the beginning of this year, more than 900 cases have been detected, and more than 5,000 suspects have been arrested. Through phased strikes, the space for illegal and criminal activities of the "network water army" has been fully squeezed, and the network public order has been effectively maintained. Today, the Ministry of Public Security announced 10 typical cases of cracking down on "network water army" crimes according to law. (Guangming Daily)Huichuan Technology: Small-load six-axis robots have been sold in large quantities, and large-load six-axis robots have begun to be sold in large quantities. Huichuan Technology said on the interactive platform that the company has greatly expanded the products and applications of six-axis robots, and the small-load six-axis robots have been sold in large quantities, and the large-load six-axis robots have begun to form mass sales.

Five members of South Korea's ruling party supported the impeachment of Yin Xiyue. Kim Jae-sub, a member of South Korea's ruling National Power Party, announced through live television that he would no longer abide by the ruling party's position of opposing the impeachment of President Yin Xiyue and would vote in favor of the next presidential impeachment case. At present, five members of South Korea's ruling party have indicated that they will support the impeachment of President Yin Xiyue. There are 300 seats in South Korea's National Assembly, and the impeachment case of the President must obtain at least 2/3, that is, at least 200 members vote in favor before it can pass the National Assembly and enter the trial stage of the Korean Constitutional Court. At present, South Korea's parliament, including the largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, has 192 seats in the opposition camp and 108 seats in the ruling party. On the premise that all members of the opposition camp voted for impeachment, only eight members of the ruling party voted for it, and Yin Xiyue's impeachment case will pass the parliament. At present, three members of parliament from the ruling party need to vote for impeachment. (CCTV International News)Kremlin: Actions in the Golan Heights and the buffer zone are unlikely to help stabilize the situation in Syria.Sina Navigation: The project won the bid of 145 million yuan. Sina Navigation announced that the company recently received the bid-winning notice of "2024 GNSS/MET water vapor observation station procurement project" with the bid-winning amount of 145 million yuan. If the formal contract is signed and implemented smoothly, it will have a positive impact on the company's operating performance. At present, the company and the tenderer have not signed a formal contract, and the total project amount and specific implementation contents shall be subject to the formal contract.