During the year, the allocation of 2 trillion yuan "hidden debt" replacement quota was completed, and the scale of six provinces exceeded 100 billion yuan. On December 11, the Beijing Municipal Finance Bureau announced in the evening that it planned to issue the eleventh batch of local bonds in 2024 on December 18, in which Beijing local government refinancing special bonds (38), (40) and (42) were used to replace the existing hidden debt, totaling 4.7 billion yuan, which will be held in December. So far, the distribution of the implicit debt quota of 2 trillion yuan replacement stock this year has all been announced. In some areas, a three-year special debt limit for local governments to replace hidden debts in stock has been issued at one time, and it is planned to be implemented in three years. It is understood that after the issuance of refinancing special bonds for replacing hidden debts, part of the raised funds have been used to replace hidden debts such as policy bank loans of city investment companies. In addition, some professionals believe that there may be a lot of funds used to repay interest or debts due. In the past two months, the early payment of urban investment bonds has not increased significantly. The active promotion of debt conversion has further strengthened the expectation of city investment bonds, and city investment projects in some areas have become "hot cakes" in the eyes of financial institutions. (21 Finance)Hongjiu Fruit: Jiang Zongying, the controlling shareholder and executive director, pledged 21 million H shares of the company. Hongjiu Fruit (06689) announced that the company had learned that Ms. Jiang Zongying, the controlling shareholder and executive director of the company, had pledged the company's shares on December 11, 2024. Because the company failed to return the relevant funds to the subscriber within the time limit stipulated in the termination agreement, Ms. Jiang pledged 21 million H shares of the company to the subscriber as the company's subsequent refund of the relevant funds to the subscriber.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)
Yin Zhongyu, Federal Reserve Securities: Industrial M&A will always have the opportunity to cross-border M&A and will never be supported on a large scale. Yin Zhongyu, assistant to the president of Federal Reserve Securities and head of the M&A business department, pointed out that M&A has ushered in a rare policy window. For industrial M&A, the policy window has always been there. "In particular, industrial M&A focusing on new productivity has always been the direction encouraged by the regulatory authorities, and there will always be opportunities. However, for buying and selling shells and cross-border restructuring, related risks need to be vigilant, and cross- (21 Finance)Commander-in-Chief of Russian Navy: NATO increases its military activities in the Arctic.Piper Sandler lowered the target price of Adobe from 635.00 to 600.00.
Australia's ASX 200 index narrowed to 0.1%, and the Australian dollar increased. The just released Australian employment data was better than expected.Truck manufacturer Paccar recalled more than 220,000 American cars due to electronic system problems. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Thursday that truck manufacturer Paccar recalled 220,972 cars in the United States because there was a problem with the electronic control unit (ECU), which might affect the systems related to braking and stability control. NHTSA said that the recalled vehicles included some Peterbilt and Kenworth cars produced in 2021-2025.Tiankang Bio: Tiankang Bio (002100) announced on the evening of December 12 that Tiankang Bio (stock code: 874339), a holding subsidiary of the company, intends to apply for public offering of shares to unspecified qualified investors and listing on the Beijing Stock Exchange. As of the disclosure date of the announcement, Tiankang Bio's public offering of shares to unspecified qualified investors and listing on the North Stock Exchange are under counseling.