Institution: Sweden's weak economic data highlights the need to further loosen monetary policy. Torbjorn Isaksson, chief analyst of Nordic United Bank, said that the weak economic data in October highlighted the fragility of Sweden's recovery and needed to further loosen monetary policy to support growth. He said that the decline occurred after the sharp decline in September, indicating that the fourth quarter started very weakly. Isaksson said that household consumption fell by 0.3% in the month, which was disappointing and would be a concern of the Swedish central bank. At the same time, the production of the commercial sector decreased by 0.8% in that month, the production of the construction sector increased, and the manufacturing orders remained basically unchanged. "Overall, the October data is weaker than we expected."European Central Bank: Foreign exchange reserves increased by 500 million euros to 327.4 billion euros.Fitch: It is expected that the Tax Reduction and Employment Act will be extended in 2017, which may increase tariffs on Canada, restrict immigration and re-promote deregulation. It is expected that the economic growth in the United States and Canada will slow down slightly, inflation will fall, and policy interest rates will continue to be lowered.
Without the government's approval, the South Korean National Assembly passed the budget reduction bill for next year. On the 10th, the South Korean National Assembly held a plenary meeting and adopted a cut version of the 2025 budget with a total amount of 673.3 trillion won (about 3.41 trillion yuan). According to Yonhap News Agency, this is the first time that the South Korean National Assembly passed the budget without agreement between the ruling party and the opposition party. In the 300-seat parliament, 278 members voted on the budget, 183 were in favor, 94 were against and 1 abstained. The ruling National Power Party and some opposition party members voted against it. This budget is one of the focal points of the recent struggle between the ruling and opposition parties in South Korea and one of the factors inducing the current political chaos. The original budget proposed by the government was 677.4 trillion won, but the largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, demanded a reduction of 4.1 trillion won, mainly involving the government reserve fund, the special activity expenses of the presidential secretary's office and the national security office, the special work expenses and special activity expenses of the procuratorate and the supervision institute. (Xinhua News Agency)Exposing the MacBookPro without bangs was launched in 2026. According to the report of Omdia, a research institute, Apple plans to make a major design update for the MacBook Pro in 2026, when OLED screens will be introduced and a new appearance without bangs will be adopted. This will also be the biggest design change of the MacBook Pro since 2021. The 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro will adopt a hole-digging front camera design to replace the existing Liu Haiping design. Before 2026, there will be no major revision of the MacBook Pro.In 6 years, Beijing 12345 received 150 million cases, and the satisfaction rate of Beijing 12345 received 97%. The 2024 Beijing reform forum will be held at the National Convention Center from December 18 to 19. On December 10th, the reporter learned from the press conference held by the Information Office of Beijing Municipal People's Government that the annual theme of this year's forum is "People-oriented Modernization of Urban Governance", and a number of theoretical research results will be released at the conference, and the Beijing Declaration on Modernization of Urban Governance (2024) will also be released. The reform of handling complaints immediately has gone through six years, and a group of people are anxious to solve the problem efficiently. In the past six years, the 12345 hotline has received 150 million complaints from the masses and enterprises, and the settlement rate of appeals has increased from 53% to 97%, and the satisfaction rate of appeals has increased from 65% to 97%, further enhancing the people's sense of acquisition, happiness and security. (Beijing Daily)
China Mobile cooperated with Huawei to complete the first commercial deployment of 5G EasyMacro high-precision positioning for subway tunnels in China. On December 10th, according to Huawei's official news in China, in response to the requirements for positioning capability of communication industry in China's 14th Five-Year Plan, China Mobile Design Institute and Shanghai Mobile Company cooperated with Huawei to successfully realize the first commercial deployment of 5G EasyMacro (EM) high-precision positioning solution in Shanghai subway tunnel. As an important network capability in vertical industry, the successful deployment of 5G high-precision positioning in subway tunnel scene marks a major breakthrough in 5G private network positioning technology.Lvkang Biochemical: The transaction price of selling 9.7768% equity of Pucheng Rural Credit Cooperative was 23.27 million yuan. Lvkang Biochemical announced that the company held the board of directors and the board of supervisors on December 9, 2024, and deliberated and passed the proposal of selling 9.7768% equity of Pucheng Rural Credit Cooperative. The equity will be transferred to Fujian Putan Thermal Energy Co., Ltd. at a transfer price of 23.27 million yuan. After the transaction is completed, the company will no longer hold the equity of Pucheng Rural Credit Cooperative. The transaction still needs to be approved by the financial supervision department and submitted to the shareholders' meeting for deliberation.Michael Del Pozzo, president of Hershey's American candy business, will leave his post and return to his old club Pepsi. On December 10th, local time, American chocolate manufacturer Hershey (NYSE: HSY) announced that Michael Del Pozzo, president of American candy business, will leave his post on December 12th, 2024. Michele Buck, President and CEO of Hershey, will take the leading position in the candy business in the United States, and the company will look for successors from internal and external candidates. Del Pozzo will return to PepsiCo and take up a new leadership position.
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