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Before the Bank of Japan's policy meeting, it released chaotic signals. Japanese traders were confused about when to raise interest rates. After the Bank of Japan officials' remarks and media reports sent different signals, traders have been confused about when the central bank might raise interest rates in the past week. This kind of confusion led to sharp fluctuations in the market's interest rate hike bets. The overnight index swap pricing showed that the probability of raising interest rates in December was 22%, which was significantly lower than 60% at the beginning of last week. This week, the yen fell from 150 last Friday to a low of 152.18 to the dollar, and the exchange rate was 151.73 at 10:40 Tokyo time. Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan, said in an interview last month that the interest rate hike was approaching. A few days later, a report by the news agency emphasized the concern of the central bank about raising interest rates prematurely. Tomaki Nakamura, a member of the Dove Policy Committee, said last week that he was not opposed to raising interest rates, but this month's policy decision must consider data factors.CEO of audi ag: I hope to keep pace with BYD in China. audi ag is in the stage of strategic stability and will enter the growth stage of new energy vehicles from 2026. Audi ag hopes to maintain its leading position in the China market and keep pace with BYD. On December 10th, 2024, Oliver Blume, CEO of German audi ag, made the above remarks in a speech at Tongji University. (Caixin. com)In response to MAC's refusal to lift the ban on group tours to mainland China, Democratic Progressive Party authorities deliberately confuse the audience and make excuses for refusing to lift the ban on group tours to mainland China, further exposing their confrontational nature of "independence", showing that they have no intention to promote cross-strait personnel exchanges and benefit the tourism industry and grassroots people in Taiwan Province, and arousing stronger dissatisfaction and opposition from the industry on the island and Taiwan Province compatriots. Adhering to the concept of "one family on both sides of the strait", we always respect, care for and benefit Taiwan Province compatriots, and always support the normalization of cross-strait personnel exchanges and cross-strait exchanges in various fields, including tourism. We warmly welcome Taiwan Province compatriots to visit the mainland for sightseeing, visiting relatives and friends, visiting and communicating, and studying and working.

South Korean police conducted a search on the presidential palace, and South Korean police conducted a search on the presidential palace on December 11, local time.Starbucks China responded to the new Chief Growth Officer: promoting the sustainable development of Starbucks brand in China. Recently, some media reported that the management of Starbucks China continued to adjust and hired CGO to manage the growth from digital marketing companies. In response to the above information, Sina Technology verified Starbucks, and the official response said: China is Starbucks' largest international market and an important engine for the company's future growth. In November, Starbucks China established the Chief Growth Officer (CGO) organization and appointed Tony Yang as the company's Chief Growth Officer (CGO). The establishment of CGO organization will continue to strengthen Starbucks' coffee leadership, accelerate the product innovation with coffee as the core, better refresh customers' Starbucks experience at various contacts through integrated marketing strategies, and promote the sustainable development of Starbucks brand in China. (Sina Technology)Business community: The melamine market with insufficient demand is mainly weak and volatile. According to the commodity market analysis system of business community, the price of melamine is weak and volatile recently. As of December 11th, the benchmark price of melamine in the business community was 6,412.5 yuan/ton, which was 0.12% lower than 6,420 yuan/ton at the beginning of this month. This week, the overall price of melamine showed a stable trend, although there were small fluctuations, but there was no sharp rise or fall. This week, the production capacity of the melamine industry remained relatively stable, and there was no large-scale increase or decrease in production, which helped to maintain the smooth operation of the market. Some melamine production enterprises may adjust their inventory to cope with the fluctuation of raw material prices, thus stabilizing the market price to some extent. This week, the demand for melamine in downstream industries such as plates and coatings remained stable, and there was no obvious increase or decrease, which supported the melamine market to some extent. In the future, enterprises need to pay close attention to market dynamics and policy changes and formulate reasonable business strategies to deal with potential market risks.

Hong kong stocks minimally invasive robots rose more than 13%. The company completed the placement of a total of 34.7 million shares, and the net proceeds from the placement were about HK$ 266 million.On December 10th, local time, US Secretary of State Blinken talked with Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdul Ati, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah and Jordanian Foreign Minister Assafadi respectively, focusing on the situation in Syria. In addition, Blinken and other leaders also discussed the implementation of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon.Institution: In the first half of 2024, the scale of China's edge cloud market increased by 21% year-on-year. Recently, the latest report "China Edge Cloud Market Tracking Research, 2024H1" released by International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that in the first half of 2024, the scale of China's edge cloud market totaled 5.48 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth rate of 21.0%. Among them, the market scale of edge public cloud services, edge exclusive cloud services and edge cloud solutions reached RMB 3.00 billion, RMB 970 million and RMB 1.50 billion respectively. Internet audio and video distribution and real-time interaction based on edge resources, edge game clothes, cloud terminals and cloud games, cloud network services, and lightweight IT architecture migration of local industry customers are the core driving forces for market growth in this period.