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Walgreen, a chain pharmacy, is in talks to sell itself to private equity fund Sycamore Partners. Walgreen's US stocks rose to 5.99% in the short term, which triggered the suspension.Allianz's investment in national pension has been approved, and the pace of foreign investment in China's insurance market has accelerated. The State Financial Supervision and Administration recently approved the change of registered capital of national pension, and agreed that Allianz Investment Co., Ltd. will subscribe for 2% of the shares of national pension for about 284 million yuan, becoming the first foreign shareholder of national pension, thus increasing the registered capital of national pension to about 11.378 billion yuan. Since the beginning of this year, a number of foreign investors have increased the insurance market in China. Analysts said that this aspect shows that China's insurance industry has further deepened its opening to the outside world, providing a more relaxed policy environment for foreign investors to overweight China's insurance market; On the other hand, it shows that it has confidence in the development of insurance industry in China and will attract more foreign-funded institutions to enter the insurance market in China. (SSE)Ryan McNerney, CEO of Visa: Consumers are "in good shape", especially in the United States.

Macron hopes to avoid holding new French parliamentary elections before the end of his presidency in 2027. A French official familiar with the matter revealed that President Macron hopes to avoid holding parliamentary elections before the end of his presidency. Last week, Banier's government was dismayed to step down because it failed to pass a vote of no confidence in parliament. Macron plans to appoint a new prime minister within 48 hours, the official said. Holding parliamentary elections again is widely regarded as an option for Macron to break the political deadlock. French political parties have been expecting to hold another vote next summer.The Israeli military claimed to have attacked Syria's strategic weapons stockpiles. According to the statement of the Israel Defense Forces, in the past 48 hours, the Israel Defense Forces attacked most of Syria's strategic weapons arsenals to prevent them from falling into the hands of terrorists. Navy ships attacked two naval facilities in Syria and dozens of sea-to-sea missiles were destroyed. Air defense batteries, airports and dozens of weapons production bases in Damascus, Homs, Tartus, Latakia and Baal Milla were attacked. Many strategic weapons were destroyed, including Scud missiles, cruise missiles and other missiles, drones, fighter planes, attack helicopters, radars, tanks and hangars.The report shows that the current situation in the Arctic intensifies global warming. On December 10th, local time, according to the latest report released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Arctic region is experiencing significant climate change, and its warming rate is two to four times that of the global average. 2024 was recorded as the second hottest year in the Arctic history, and the melting of permafrost transformed the region from a "carbon sink" to a "carbon source", releasing a lot of methane and carbon dioxide, further aggravating global warming. The report pointed out that the ecosystem and natural environment in the Arctic region are undergoing profound changes, with the continuous reduction of snow and sea ice, the intensification of tundra greening, and the significant increase in the number and scale of wildfires. (CCTV)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 occurred in Andre Yanov Islands, which was officially determined by China Seismological Network. At 02: 04 on December 11th, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 occurred in Andre Yanov Islands (51.05 degrees north latitude and 177.10 degrees west longitude) with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.Biden: We have restored full employment and successfully reduced inflation. US President Biden: We have restored full employment and successfully reduced inflation, and achieved a soft landing that most people think is unlikely to happen. Next month, my government will end and a new one will begin. Most economists believe that the new government will inherit a fairly strong economy, and at least for now, the economy is undergoing a fundamental transformation. It has laid a more solid foundation for sustainable and broad-based high productivity growth. I sincerely hope that the new government can retain and further develop this achievement on this basis. We have created more than 16 million new jobs, which is the largest number of new jobs in any presidential term in American history. This is the lowest average unemployment rate among all governments in the past 50 years. The stock market hit a record high. I wish I owned a lot of stocks. Worst of all, I admit that for 36 years, I have been listed as the poorest person in Congress.During the year, the amount of A-share repurchase has exceeded 160 billion yuan, which has become the mainstream, and the repurchase tide of A-share listed companies continues to heat up. Wind data shows that 2446 repurchase schemes have been implemented this year, involving more than 160 billion yuan, far exceeding the level of last year. Different from the past, the current wave of buybacks is characterized by great strength, short term, quick implementation and large number of cancelled buybacks. At the same time, with the support of special loans for stock repurchase, more and more listed companies join the buyback team. Ye Xiaojie, director of the Finance Department of Shanghai National Accounting Institute, said that share repurchase is a measure for listed companies to release positive signals, indicating that management recognizes the current value of stock investment and helps boost market confidence. For investors, share repurchase means that the number of shares circulating in the market is reduced, which helps to stabilize the stock price. (Securities Times)