Wells Fargo lowered the target price of LyondellBasell from $105.00 to $95.00.Five departments: Promote the listed specialized and innovative SMEs to upgrade their technology through mergers and acquisitions. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other five departments recently jointly issued the Notice on Launching the "One Chain in January" SME Financing to Promote National Bank Activities, which promoted the construction of SME financing, promoted a good ecology and helped the high-quality development of SMEs. According to the notice, the relevant departments will promote the listed specialized and innovative SMEs to upgrade their technology through mergers and acquisitions and further develop and grow.During the year, the amount of A-share repurchase has exceeded 160 billion yuan, which has become the mainstream, and the repurchase tide of A-share listed companies continues to heat up. Wind data shows that 2446 repurchase schemes have been implemented this year, involving more than 160 billion yuan, far exceeding the level of last year. Different from the past, the current wave of buybacks is characterized by great strength, short term, quick implementation and large number of cancelled buybacks. At the same time, with the support of special loans for stock repurchase, more and more listed companies join the buyback team. Ye Xiaojie, director of the Finance Department of Shanghai National Accounting Institute, said that share repurchase is a measure for listed companies to release positive signals, indicating that management recognizes the current value of stock investment and helps boost market confidence. For investors, share repurchase means that the number of shares circulating in the market is reduced, which helps to stabilize the stock price. (Securities Times)
The Houthi armed forces in Yemen claimed to have attacked two American destroyers and three frigates in the Gulf of Aden. On December 10, local time, the Houthi armed forces in Yemen issued a statement announcing military operations against a series of targets, including attacking "two American destroyers and three frigates" in the Gulf of Aden and attacking regional targets such as Jaffa in Israel.US President-elect Trump: Any individual or company that invests $1 billion or more in the United States will receive comprehensive and accelerated approval and permission.Jon Finer, US Deputy National Security Adviser: The new government will decide how to advance the Ukrainian issue.
Sycamore Partners is known to be negotiating to acquire Walgreens Boots, an American drugstore chain. According to informed sources, Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm, is negotiating to acquire Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, a troubled American drugstore chain. According to sources, Sycamore Partners has been discussing the privatization of Walgreens. The details are not made public, and the negotiations may end without results. Walgreens jumped 28%, the biggest one-day increase since at least 1980. Walgreens' share price fell by two-thirds in the year ending Monday, ranking the bottom of the S&P 500.The heads of the South Korean Police Department and Seoul Local Police Department were arrested urgently. According to Yonhap News Agency's report quoted by the special investigation team, the South Korean authorities arrested two heads of the police department without arrest warrants on suspicion of preventing them from entering or leaving the National Assembly during martial law. According to reports, Cho Ji-ho, director of the South Korean Police Department, and Kim Bong-sik, director of the Seoul Local Police Department, were "urgently arrested".A high-level Israeli delegation visited Cairo to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza. On the 10th local time, a high-level Israeli delegation was visiting Cairo, the Egyptian capital. This was conducted under the framework of Egyptian efforts to mediate the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza. The delegation will hold consultations with the Egyptian side on the ceasefire in Gaza and support for aid materials to enter the Gaza Strip. (CCTV)