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It is reported that Blackstone Group may withdraw from its bid for Bausch & Lomb, an eye care company. People familiar with the matter said that Blackstone Group may withdraw from its joint bid for Bausch & Lomb. Earlier, it was reported that Blackstone and TPG (Detai Capital) jointly bid for Bausch & Lomb, an eye care company. At present, negotiations are still in progress. If Bausch & Lomb is willing to accept a lower price, or TPG finds another private equity investment group as a trading partner, the transaction may still be completed.Huaneng International and others set up a new energy company in Nanjing with a registered capital of 164 million yuan. According to Sky Eye App, Huaneng (Nanjing Jiangning) New Energy Co., Ltd. was recently established, with the legal representative of Wang Changbin and a registered capital of 164 million yuan. Its business scope includes power generation business, power transmission business, power supply (distribution) business, construction project supervision, wind power generation technical services, energy storage technical services, solar power generation technical services, and investment activities with its own funds. According to shareholder information, the company is jointly owned by Huaneng International Power Jiangsu Energy Development Co., Ltd. and Sino-Singapore Green Investment Private Co., Ltd. under Huaneng International (600011).IBM's new optical technology can greatly speed up the training of AI models. IBM announced the development of a new optical technology, which can train AI models at the speed of light and save energy greatly. The company said that by applying this breakthrough to the data center, the energy saved by training an AI model is equivalent to the energy consumption of 5,000 American families in one year.

During the year, the enthusiasm of securities firms for issuing bonds was less than that of the same period last year. Adequate capital is an important condition for securities firms to develop innovative business, enhance market competitiveness and prevent risks. In order to supplement working capital and support business development, this year, brokers have raised more than 1.2 trillion yuan by issuing bonds. The data shows that since the beginning of this year, as of December 10th (according to the starting date of issuance), 67 securities firms have issued a total of 644 bonds, with the total amount of bonds issued reaching 1,224.727 billion yuan. On the whole, compared with the same period of last year, the number of bonds issued by brokers has dropped by 13.56% this year, and the total issuance has dropped by 13.58%. Zhu Keli, executive director of China Information Association, said, "Since the beginning of this year, the' enthusiasm' of securities companies to issue bonds is not as good as last year, which shows that securities companies are more cautious and calm in their attitude towards issuing bonds and actively respond to policy calls such as taking the road of capital-saving and high-quality development. In the future, brokers should further balance the development of light and heavy capital business, reasonably determine the scale and frequency of debt issuance financing, improve the efficiency of capital use and develop more steadily. " (Securities Daily)CITIC Securities: As the Spring Festival approaches, consumption is expected to usher in a new round of rebound and repair. CITIC Securities Research Report said that the Politburo meeting held on December 9, 2024 once again made it clear that expanding domestic demand is the key policy direction for the coming year, "expanding domestic demand in all directions" and "vigorously boosting consumption", expressing positive and igniting market expectations. After experiencing a rapid rebound in September, the consumer sector generally pulled back in October-November because the short-term consumption data has not yet reflected the effectiveness of the policy and the policy strength in the coming year is unclear. We believe that as the Spring Festival approaches, the top-down emphasis on domestic demand and policy expectations are heating up, and consumption is expected to usher in a new round of rebound and repair. On the policy side, in addition to the "trade-in policy", we believe that there is still a package of consumption promotion toolboxes available, such as subsidies for first-time car buyers, maternity subsidies, and the issuance of state-subsidized catering and tourism coupons. We suggest that the consumption allocation should be progressive from both offensive and defensive to flexible varieties, with both offensive and defensive features: consumer Internet, dairy products with low valuation and high return, mass catering, etc., and flexibility: catering supply chain, alcohol, human resources services, hotels, etc., with obvious pro-cyclical characteristics, considering the consumption allocation demand driven by expectations first.The retail sector moved up for 8 days and 5 boards of Zhongbai Group, while the retail sector moved up for 8 days and 5 boards of Zhongbai Group, with the daily limit of Youa shares, and Dashang shares, wenfeng shares, Xujiahui and Jiajiayue rose rapidly.

The aquaculture sector oscillated to raise Huaying Agriculture's daily limit, the aquaculture sector oscillated to raise, Huaying Agriculture's daily limit, Tianyu Bio and Chuangye International's previous daily limit, and Zhongshui Fishery, Minhe Shares and Xiaoming Shares followed suit.The concept of quantum technology was active at the beginning of Fudan Fuhua 2 board, and the concept of quantum technology was active at the beginning. Starlight, Geer Software and Fudan Fuhua had daily limit, and Guo Dun Quantum, Jida Zhengyuan and Feilixin collectively opened higher.The weighted share price index of Taiwan Stock Exchange fell 1% to 22,893.62 points.