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Nearly 20,000 people were evacuated due to the spread of mountain fires in southern California. A mountain fire broke out in Malibu, Los Angeles County, southern California on the evening of the 9th, and the fire spread rapidly. As of the evening of the 10th, the fire area has exceeded 1,100 hectares, nearly 20,000 people have been evacuated, and some buildings have been damaged by the fire. At present, no casualties have been reported.Changhong Meiling: It plans to use its own idle funds not exceeding 6.35 billion yuan to invest in wealth management products. Changhong Meiling announced that in order to improve the efficiency of the company's use of funds, increase the company's cash assets income, and maximize the interests of shareholders, the company and its subsidiaries (excluding Zhongke Meiling Cryogenic Technology Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries) will use their own idle funds not exceeding 6.35 billion yuan (this amount can be used in a rolling way) to invest and purchase products with high safety, good liquidity and a term of less than one year.Jiangsu Guoxin: Guoxin Bindian's 1000MW unit was officially put into production. Jiangsu Guoxin announced that a 1000MW secondary reheat ultra-supercritical coal-fired generator set newly built by its holding subsidiary Guoxin Bindian completed its 168-hour full-load trial operation and was officially put into operation on December 11, 2024.

It is reported that Walgreens Boots Alliance is negotiating to sell itself to a private equity company, which will delist the drugstore chain. The company's share price has been declining for nearly ten years. According to informed sources, Wobolian and Sycamore Partners have been discussing a deal, which may be completed as early as early next year, provided that the negotiations do not break down. It is reported that the market value of Wobolian peaked at more than 100 billion US dollars in 2015, but it has shrunk to about 7.5 billion US dollars since then.AKIRA AMARI, a former Japanese parliamentarian, said that relying on TSMC alone for high-end chips is the biggest risk.The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council introduced the situation of the 2024 Shanghai-Taipei Twin Cities Forum. The Taiwan Affairs Office held a regular press conference. Spokesperson Zhu Fenglian said that it is understood that the 2024 Shanghai-Taipei Urban Forum will be held in Taipei on December 17, and Shanghai will send a delegation to Taiwan to attend the forum. With the theme of "Smart Governance for a Sustainable Future", the forum will promote the interactive exchanges between the two cities in terms of friendly transportation, river governance and humanistic cities. During the forum, the two cities will also sign a memorandum on exchanges and cooperation. We hope the forum will be successful.

The Ukrainian military said it attacked the oil depot in the Bryansk region of Russia.In response to the inclusion of the Spring Festival in the intangible cultural heritage of mankind, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council held a regular press conference this morning. Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that the Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival of the Chinese nation, an important moment to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and the most important cultural symbol in the hearts of Chinese children. Compatriots on both sides of the strait belong to the Chinese nation, descendants of the Chinese people and China people, and deeply understand that the Spring Festival contains the value pursuit of peace, harmony and harmony of the Chinese nation and Chinese civilization. In another 50 days, we will welcome the Spring Festival in year of the snake, the lunar calendar. We sincerely wish people on both sides of the strait to celebrate the Spring Festival together and carry forward the colorful Spring Festival culture together.On the 11th, the glass fell by 1.20%, and the latest main contract positions changed as follows. According to the exchange data, as of December 11th, the main contract glass 2501 closed, up or down by -1.20%, with a turnover of 365,200 lots. The position data showed that the top 20 seats were clear, and the difference position was 73,552 lots. The total turnover of glass futures contracts was 754,900 lots, a decrease of 1,229,700 lots from the previous day. The first 20 seats in the contract held 600,900 lots, an increase of 3,641 lots over the previous day. Short positions in the top 20 seats of the contract were 707,300 lots, an increase of 13,900 lots over the previous day. (Sina Futures)