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 $2 billion.Five members of South Korea's ruling party supported the impeachment of Yin Xiyue. Kim Jae-sub, a member of South Korea's ruling National Power Party, announced through live television that he would no longer abide by the ruling party's position of opposing the impeachment of President Yin Xiyue and would vote in favor of the next presidential impeachment case. At present, five members of South Korea's ruling party have indicated that they will support the impeachment of President Yin Xiyue. There are 300 seats in South Korea's National Assembly, and the impeachment case of the President must obtain at least 2/3, that is, at least 200 members vote in favor before it can pass the National Assembly and enter the trial stage of the Korean Constitutional Court. At present, South Korea's parliament, including the largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, has 192 seats in the opposition camp and 108 seats in the ruling party. On the premise that all members of the opposition camp voted for impeachment, only eight members of the ruling party voted for it, and Yin Xiyue's impeachment case will pass the parliament. At present, three members of parliament from the ruling party need to vote for impeachment. (CCTV International News)UN Secretary-General Guterres: I fully believe that the Syrian people can choose their own destiny.
Beijing Auto: BAIC Investment and Hyundai Motor invested US$ 1.095 billion in Beijing Hyundai. Beijing Auto announced that on December 11, 2024, BAIC Investment and Hyundai Motor entered into an agreement, and both parties agreed to jointly invest US$ 1.095 billion in Beijing Hyundai according to the proportion of their respective registered capital, and both parties invested US$ 548 million respectively. The capital injection will be carried out in stages. After the capital injection is completed, the registered capital of Beijing Hyundai will increase to US$ 4.074 billion, and Beijing Hyundai will still be owned by BAIC Investment and Hyundai Motor respectively, and will continue to be accounted for as a joint venture of the Company.India's new central bank governor: we must be vigilant and flexible to the challenges we face.Song Zhexie, Samsung Semiconductor: I feel the great potential of the semiconductor market in China and I am very willing to grow with China customers. At the Shanghai IC Industry Development Forum 2024 held today, Song Zhe Xie, general manager of Samsung Semiconductor Foundry Greater China, said that the semiconductor industry in China is not only growing in scale, but also improving the development quality of the whole industry from the product upgrading and process evolution of Samsung semiconductor customers. The development of new quality productivity is helping the semiconductor market in China to flourish. In the cooperation with customers in China, I feel the great potential of the semiconductor market in China, and I am very willing to grow with customers in China, and provide diversified solutions to meet the needs of customers in China to enhance the competitiveness of products.
3 Lianban Huifa Food: Zhenghechang Investment reduced its shareholding by 1 million shares today, and the reduction plan has not yet been completed. On November 8, 2024, the company disclosed the Announcement on Shareholder Reduction Plan of Huifa Food, and the shareholder Zhenghechang Investment Co., Ltd. plans to reduce its shareholding by centralized bidding, not exceeding 2,446,400 shares, not exceeding 1% of the company's total share capital; The reduction of holdings through block trading shall not exceed 4,892,800 shares, and shall not exceed 2% of the company's total share capital. The planned reduction period is from November 29, 2024 to February 27, 2025. On December 11th, 2024, Zhenghechang Investment Co., Ltd. reduced its shareholding by 1 million shares through centralized bidding. At present, the shareholder's shareholding reduction plan has not been completed.Traders increased their bets on the Fed's interest rate cut. After the CPI report was released, swap traders increased their bets on the Fed's interest rate cut before the end of 2025. They now predict that by that time, they will cut interest rates by 87 basis points, which means that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week. In 2025, there will be another two interest rate cuts of 25 basis points each time, which is less than the four times proposed by Fed officials in the latest quarterly bitmap in September.Jinfei Kaida: The controlling shareholder plans to increase the company's shares by RMB 50 million to RMB 100 million. Jinfei Kaida (002863) announced on the evening of December 11th that the controlling shareholder Jinfei Holdings plans to increase the company's shares by RMB 50 million to RMB 100 million. Jinhua Branch of China Construction Bank Co., Ltd. issued the "China Construction Bank Loan Commitment Letter" to Jinfei Holdings on December 10th, promising to provide Jinfei Holdings with a special loan of no more than 90 million yuan for stock increase, with a loan period of 3 years.