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Morgan Stanley lowered Macy's target price from $17.00 to $16.00.Commander-in-Chief of Russian Navy: The naval sub-group of Russian nuclear forces has been completely updated.Gobi Venture Capital announced in Shanghai that it will launch a $50 million venture capital fund to support Pakistan's technology start-ups. On December 12th, at the Pakistan Investment Summit held in Shanghai, Gobi Venture Capital, an Asian venture capital company, officially announced the launch of a $50 million fund Techxila Fund II to support Pakistan's start-ups, focusing on high-potential industries such as financial technology, e-commerce logistics and supply chain, health technology and SaaS. Gobi Venture Capital also signed a memorandum of understanding with Punjab Bank (BoP). (First Financial Reporter Qian Tongxin)

Huazhi Liquor Store: It is planned to distribute a cash dividend of 8.09 yuan for every 10 shares. Huazhi Liquor Store announced that the company's profit distribution plan for the first three quarters of 2024 has been approved by the shareholders' meeting. The company will distribute a cash dividend of RMB 8.09 to all shareholders for every 10 shares based on the existing total share capital of 417 million shares and the share capital of 408 million shares after 9,098,100 shares have been repurchased in the repurchase special securities account. The total amount of cash dividends actually distributed was 330 million. The distribution of rights and interests in date of record is December 19th, 2024, and the ex-dividend date is December 20th, 2024. This dividend does not involve bonus shares and capitalization of capital reserve.China Bank's RMB clearing volume in Australia exceeded 100 trillion yuan. According to Bank of China, recently, Bank of China Sydney Branch and Bank of China Hong Kong jointly held a RMB forum in Sydney to celebrate the 10th anniversary of being an Australian RMB clearing bank. As the only RMB clearing bank in the South Pacific at present, in the past ten years, China Bank has taken root in Australia and South Pacific, continuously expanded its clearing network, cooperated with four local banks and other financial institutions in Australia, and became the main channel for RMB clearing of local important banks, providing RMB clearing volume of more than 100 trillion yuan.According to Siemens, digital business revenue has more than doubled this year, reaching 1.7 billion euros, exceeding the commitment in 2021 ahead of schedule.

Market News: A Turkish delegation, including the Foreign Minister and the Director of the Intelligence Bureau, arrived in the Syrian capital.China has launched more than 97,000 online courses in massive open online course. The reporter learned from the Ministry of Education on December 12 that up to now, more than 30 online course platforms have been built in China, and more than 97,000 online courses have been launched in massive open online course, with 1.39 billion learners. The number of massive open online course and the number of learners in China rank first in the world. A total of 31,000 high-quality online courses have been launched on the Smart Higher Education Platform, with a total of 78,000 teachers participating in the lectures and more than 93 million visits, covering 183 countries and regions at home and abroad. (Xinhua News Agency)International coffee futures rose as high as 70% during the year. As of December 12, Beijing time, the price of US ICE coffee futures had risen by nearly 70% during the year, and once hit a high of 345.55 cents/pound on December 10, a record high. At the same time, the price of Arabica coffee futures on the New York Futures Exchange also reached $3.434 per pound, exceeding the record high set in 1977. As for the reasons for the soaring international coffee futures prices, a futures industry source revealed that the price increase of coffee beans was mainly due to weather changes and supply chain disruptions. Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer (accounting for one third of the world's output), has experienced severe drought and frost in recent years, resulting in a sharp decline in coffee production. (CBN)