The Baltic dry bulk freight index fell 0.38% to 1051 points.Guoyuan Securities: A special dividend plan was drawn up and announced by Guoyuan Securities. On December 13, 2024, the company held the 20th meeting of the 10th Board of Directors and the 11th meeting of the 10th Board of Supervisors, at which the Proposal on Special Dividend Plan was reviewed and approved. As of September 30, 2024, the accumulated undistributed profit of the company was 7.743 billion yuan, and the accumulated distributable profit of the parent company was 5.262 billion yuan. In order to enhance the investor's sense of gain and improve the investor's return level, the company has drawn up a special dividend plan: based on the existing total share capital of 4.364 billion shares, a cash dividend of 0.60 yuan will be distributed to all shareholders for every 10 shares, and a total cash dividend of 262 million yuan will be distributed. No bonus shares will be distributed, and capital will not be increased from the provident fund.IBM and Illinois will cooperate with universities and industry to establish the National Center for Quantum Algorithms in Chicago.
BYD Lian Yubo: It is estimated that BYD will sell 4.25 million vehicles in the whole year. On December 13th, BYD's chief scientist Lian Yubo said: "Up to now, BYD has sold more than 10 million new energy vehicles. By the end of this month, we can probably achieve the annual sales of 4.25 million vehicles. " He also mentioned: "There are still some challenges in industrial development. For example, the overall anti-risk ability of our industrial chain needs to be improved, and there are still breakthroughs in chips, operating technologies, industrial software and nuclear materials. We still need to strengthen research and achieve complete autonomy and controllability."The concept of bean curd set off the tide of research institutions to "break through" the threshold of listed companies, and the theme of artificial intelligence (AI) was once again hot in A shares. This time, bean bag concept stocks have become the "most beautiful" in the market after Kimi concept stocks and Zhipu concept stocks. With the warming of the market, the related listed companies with the concept of bean curd have also been "stepped through the threshold" by institutions. Recently, many Tik Tok bean bag concept stocks such as Zhongke Lanxun, Lexin Technology, Zhongke Chuangda and Haitian Ruisheng have been investigated by hundreds of institutions. (Securities Times)Guterres: Syria's credible, orderly and inclusive transitional arrangements must be supported. On December 12, local time, UN Secretary-General Guterres issued a statement through a spokesman, expressing deep concern about the recent extensive violations of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity. The statement specifically mentioned hundreds of air strikes by Israel against Syria, and said that there is an urgent need to alleviate violence in all aspects of Syria. Guterres said that the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement is still valid, and he condemned all actions inconsistent with the Agreement and called on the parties to the Agreement to fulfill their obligations, including ending all unauthorized presence in the separation zone. The statement stressed that while maintaining public order, it is necessary to support Syria's credible, orderly and inclusive transitional arrangements.
Canada is considering imposing tariffs on key resources exported by the United States, calling this a "last resort". It is reported that Canada is currently studying the imposition of export taxes on its main commodities exported to the United States, including uranium, oil and potash fertilizer. According to officials familiar with the internal discussions in the Canadian government, export tariffs will be Canada's last resort (if US President-elect Trump fulfills his promise to impose extensive tariffs). Retaliatory tariffs on American-made goods and export controls on some Canadian products will be more likely to be introduced first. But these officials said that if Trump decides to launch a full-scale trade war, Canada's export tax on goods is a practical choice. The Trudeau government may also propose to expand the power of export control.Trump said that he would use aid to Ukraine as a bargaining chip to force Russia to sit at the negotiating table. US President-elect Donald Trump said that he would use US support to Ukraine as a bargaining chip to force Russia to end the conflict through negotiations.Yunnan Nengtou: It is planned to invest in Yongning wind farm expansion project. Yunnan Nengtou announced that Maitreya Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary, plans to invest in Yongning wind farm expansion project (Maitreya area), with a total installed capacity of 230,000 kilowatts and a total investment of 1.323 billion yuan (including 6.9 million yuan in working capital). On the same day, it was announced that Honghe Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary, planned to invest in the Yongning Wind Farm Expansion Project (Luxi Area), with a total installed capacity of 235,000 kilowatts and a total investment of 1.395 billion yuan (including 7.05 million yuan in working capital).