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HSBC is studying plans to cut costs by at least $3 billion. On December 11th, it was reported that HSBC Holdings was studying plans to cut costs by at least $3 billion. According to people familiar with the matter, HSBC told managers last week that its reform would not be completed until June 2025. These people said that the total cost savings are still in progress, but executives hope that this work will help them reduce their expenses by at least $3 billion.Albertson terminated its merger with krogh and announced an increase in dividend and repurchase plan. albertson Company announced that it had exercised its right to terminate its merger agreement with krogh, because the US District Court in Oregon and the District Court in Washington issued an injunction on the proposed merger on December 10th. Vivek Sankaran, CEO of the company, commented: "In view of the recent decision of the federal and state courts to block the proposed merger between the company and krogh, we have made a difficult decision to terminate the merger agreement. We are very disappointed with the court's decision. " In addition, the board of directors of albertson Company plans to increase the quarterly cash dividend from $0.12 to $0.15 per share, and approved a stock repurchase plan of up to $2 billion.Broadcom US stocks rose 3.6% before the market, while Apple US stocks rose 0.3% before the market. In the news, Apple is cooperating with Broadcom around artificial intelligence (AI) chips.

OPEC Monthly Report: Russia slightly cut its oil production in November. On Wednesday, OPEC quoted data from second-hand sources as saying that Russia's crude oil production in November decreased slightly by 0.7 million barrels per day to about 8.99 million barrels per day. This is basically consistent with Russia's monthly production quota of 8.98 million barrels under the OPEC+agreement (including voluntary production reduction). Russia promised to cut production in October and November this year and from March to September next year to make up for the excess production since April. The output of Iraq and Kazakhstan has also been higher than the target, and they also promised to further reduce production to compensate for their excess production.Putin had a phone conversation with Hungarian President Orban on the situation in Ukraine.The Bank of Japan believes that the cost of waiting for the next rate hike is not high, but it is also open to raising interest rates this month. According to informed sources, Bank of Japan officials believe that there is almost no cost to wait before raising interest rates, and they are still open to raising interest rates next week, depending on data and market development. According to people familiar with the matter, even if the Bank of Japan decides to wait until January next year or a little longer before raising interest rates, the relevant authorities believe that this will not bring huge costs, because there are signs that there is little risk of inflation overshoot. According to people familiar with the matter, officials think it is only a matter of time before the next rate hike, because the economy and inflation are in line with their forecasts. According to people familiar with the matter, officials will make a final decision only after carefully evaluating the data and financial markets before announcing the policy decision in December. Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda and his committee will discuss next week whether it is necessary to raise the benchmark interest rate from 0.25%. Unlike the situation in July, the yen did not show a strong weakness, so the Bank of Japan believes that the risk of the yen pushing up inflation has weakened.

Pakistan KSE-100 index rose 0.5% to 109,693.20.Wanfang Development: A supplementary agreement on equity transfer of RMB 12.3 million was signed, and Wanfang Development announced that the company held the 66th meeting of the 9th Board of Directors on December 11th, 2024, at which the Proposal on the Progress of Selling a wholly-owned subsidiary and Signing a Supplementary Agreement was reviewed and approved. The Company signed Supplementary Agreement III to the Equity Transfer Agreement with Beijing Tianyuan and Beijing Baiyu, and Beijing Baiyu will pay the remaining equity transfer amount of RMB 12.3 million to the Company before December 31, 2025. As of the disclosure date of the announcement, Beijing Baiyu has paid 77.7 million yuan of equity transfer to the company, and the remaining 12.3 million yuan of equity transfer has not been paid. The company has transferred its 86.3333% equity of Beijing Tianyuan to Beijing Baiyu, so far, the company holds 13.6667% equity of Beijing Tianyuan.The China Securities Association held a plenary meeting of the professional committee on securities brokerage, wealth management and asset management, which was held in Beijing on December 3rd. The meeting stressed that the securities industry should focus on its main business, optimize supply, improve its value creation ability, form a diversified financial product and service system suitable for the needs of various investors, and implement the strategic layout of "five big articles"; Adhere to the customer-centered, practice the development concept of finance serving the country and finance serving the people, and correctly handle the relationship between functionality and profitability; Actively serve the national strategic needs, optimize product design, innovate service models, and provide more long-term financial support for the real economy. The meeting summarized the key work of the Committee in 2024 and discussed the work plan for 2025. In the next stage, the Committee will further play its role as a platform for communication, deliberation and handling affairs, unite industry consensus, guide the industry to focus on its main business, give full play to the functions of wealth managers, continuously improve its professional service capabilities, provide full chain services for investors' property preservation and appreciation, and help the high-quality development of the capital market.