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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.France urges Israel to withdraw from the Syrian buffer zone.Syrian armed opposition leader Golani: We will not pardon those who participated in the torture and killing of detainees. They will be hunted down in Syria and asked to hand over the fugitives.

CPOPC: The price of palm oil is expected to fluctuate in the range of RM 4,000-5,000 in 2025. It is reported that the Council of Palm Oil Producers (CPOPC) predicts that the price of palm oil may fluctuate in the range of RM 4,000-5,000 per ton in 2025, driven by the stagnant production in major markets, especially Indonesia and Malaysia. Deputy Secretary-General CPOPC pointed out that the current price level around RM5,000 per ton may be temporary, mainly affected by the continuous floods in Malaysia, which boosted the bullish sentiment in the market. Due to the aging plantations, unpredictable weather and limited expansion to new plantations, it is expected that the cessation of production will tighten global supply and further push up prices.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)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.

The Ministry of Finance successfully issued the sixth issue of RMB 6 billion treasury bonds in 2024 in Hong Kong. On December 11th, the Ministry of Finance of People's Republic of China (PRC) issued the sixth issue of RMB 6 billion treasury bonds in 2024 in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for institutional investors, which was widely welcomed by investors, with a subscription multiple of 3.58 times. Among them, the two-year (additional issuance) is 2 billion yuan, and the issue price is 100.62 yuan, corresponding to the issue interest rate of 1.70%; 3-year (additional issuance) 2 billion yuan, the issue price is 101.28 yuan, corresponding to the issue interest rate of 1.70%; 5-year (additional issuance) 2 billion yuan, the issue price is 102.41 yuan, corresponding to the issue interest rate of 1.80%.Xia Yiping issued an internal letter: the company will merge duplicate departments and cut unprofitable projects. Xia Yiping, CEO of Extreme Vietnam, communicated with all employees through video conference, frankly indicating that the company is currently experiencing difficulties, and the company needs to adjust immediately and enter the 2.0 stage of entrepreneurship. The management will go all out to tide over the difficulties with all employees. In the letter sent on the same day, Xia Yiping said that Jiyue Automobile will do well in four aspects when it enters the stage of entrepreneurship 2.0: insisting on long-term investment in core technologies to maintain its leading edge; Strengthen sales and service capacity building to cope with fierce market competition; Merge departments and posts with duplicate functions, change inefficient internal workflow, and cut projects that cannot improve financial performance in the short term. (Auto has a style)At the opening of the night session, the main contract of No.20 glue rose by nearly 2%, and the main contracts of low sulfur fuel oil (LU) and coking coal rose by over 1%. In terms of decline, the main contract of alumina fell by more than 1%, and the main contract of palm oil and soybean meal fell by nearly 1%.