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Market News: Russian President Vladimir Putin will extend the ban on the sale of petroleum and petroleum products against the crude oil price ceiling until June 30, 2025.China Football Association: All the three-level professional leagues in 2024 have achieved the expected goals. At the media briefing held on the 13th, Yang Xu, vice chairman of China Football Association, gave a briefing on the overall situation of the three-level professional leagues in 2024. Yang Xu said that all the events in the Super League, China A and China B have achieved the expected goals, the technical and tactical level has been steadily improved, the competition discipline has been significantly improved, and the ball market and attention have continued to improve. Yang Xu said that in 2024, the competitive level of the league has improved significantly. Among them, the core technical data such as the average net game time, average running distance, high-intensity running distance and total goals in the Super League are higher than those in the 2023 season and the 2019 season before the epidemic, and the quality of the league has rebounded in an all-round way. In addition, the average playing time and scoring rate of U21 players in the third-level professional league have been significantly improved. (Xinhua News Agency)China and the United States renewed the agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between the two governments. On December 13, 2024, representatives of the Chinese and American governments exchanged notes and signed the Protocol on Amending and Extending the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the Two Governments, which extended the Agreement for five years from August 27, 2024. (Ministry of Science and Technology)

Huawang Technology: Zhang Yancheng, the director, plans to reduce the company's shares by no more than 0.3443%. Huawang Technology announced that Zhang Yancheng, the company's director and senior manager, plans to reduce the company's shares by no more than 1.6 million shares through centralized bidding on the Shanghai Stock Exchange within three months after the announcement date, accounting for 0.3443% of the company's total share capital. The reduction price will be determined according to the market price. Zhang Yancheng currently holds 6,671,700 shares of the company, accounting for 1.4357% of the company's total share capital.The Brazilian Senate approved the main text of the tax reform bill passed last year.The winning bid rate of US 30-year bonds is 4.535%, which is higher than the pre-issuance transaction rate. The US Treasury continued to issue US$ 22 billion of 30-year bonds, with a winning bid rate of 4.535%. The pre-issuance transaction rate was 4.523% when the tender closed at 1 pm new york time. The proportion of primary dealers was 14.4%, which was higher than the previous one. The proportion of direct bidders was reduced to 19.1%, and the proportion of indirect bidders was increased to 66.5%. The bid multiple is 2.39 times, which is lower than the average of 2.42 times in the past six renewal transactions.

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.Apple is said to start producing a key wireless chip currently provided by Broadcom next year. Apple's ambition to use self-developed components on its equipment will include switching to Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connection chips developed by itself from next year, which will replace some components currently provided by Broadcom. According to informed sources, this chip code-named Proxima has been developed for several years, and now it is planned to start the first batch of production in 2025. Like other self-developed chips of Apple, Proxima will be produced by its partner TSMC. This plan is independent of Apple's much-anticipated plan to replace the Qualcomm wireless modem, but the two parts will eventually work together. People familiar with the matter said that Apple's goal is to develop an end-to-end wireless solution that is tightly integrated with other components and more energy-efficient.IBM and Illinois will establish a national quantum algorithm center with universities and industries in Chicago. On December 12th, local time, IBM and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced that they would cooperate to establish a new national quantum algorithm center in the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) in Chicago. The center is jointly supported by IBM and other quantum computing pioneers, including the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and will be supported by IBM's next-generation quantum computer, IBM Quantum System Two, which the company plans to deploy in Chicago next year.