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The Brazilian Senate approved the main text of the tax reform bill passed last year.Italian Finance Minister: GDP will increase by 0.7% in 2024.Trump: For me, the stock market is everything. US President-elect Trump rang the opening bell on the new york Stock Exchange on Thursday, and he was named the person of the year in 2024 by Time magazine. After ringing the bell, Trump said in an interview, "If you don't produce (goods) here (in the United States), you have to pay 21% tax. If you produce here, we will try to reduce the tax rate to 15%. You must produce your products in the United States. " Trump also attributed the recent rise in the stock market to his defeat of Biden (not Harris). "I have always said that for me, the stock market is everything. This is very important. " He also revealed that after returning to the White House, he will establish closer ties with some of the richest and most influential people.

Venezuela: This week, 103 people arrested after the July elections were released.Daiwa Securities SMBC Co., Ltd. downgraded Xinao Energy to Hold with a target price of HK$ 56.Ukrainian energy facilities were attacked by large-scale air strikes. Ukrainian President Zelensky said on the 13th that Ukrainian energy facilities were attacked by Russian missiles and drones again that morning. The Russian Defense Ministry announced on the 13th that the Russian army launched a large-scale attack on the energy infrastructure to ensure the operation of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex by using long-range space-based and sea-based high-precision weapons and attack drones, which was a response to Ukraine's attack on the Russian Taganrog military airport on the 11th using the US Army tactical missile system. Zelensky said on social media that 93 missiles were fired by Russian troops and 81 were intercepted by Ukrainian air defense fire. In addition, the Russian army also launched nearly 200 attack drones into Uzbekistan. DTEK, Ukraine's largest private power company, issued a statement on the morning of the 13th, saying that many thermal power plants under the company were seriously damaged by large-scale air strikes, and no casualties have been found. It is reported that this is the 12th round of large-scale air strikes launched by the Russian army against Ukrainian energy facilities this year. (Xinhua News Agency)

Hikvision: The controlling shareholder has obtained a commitment letter for a special loan of 120 million yuan to increase its holdings. Hikvision announced that the company recently received a notice from the controlling shareholder, CLP Hikvision, that CLP Hikvision has obtained a commitment letter for a special loan to increase its holdings issued by China Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. Hangzhou Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China will provide a loan fund of no more than 120 million yuan for CLP Hikvision Group to increase its shareholding in Hikvision by centralized bidding, and the loan period will not exceed 3 years.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.State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC): Actively expand effective investment, improve investment efficiency, and focus on the layout of a number of major projects with strong traction and long-term benefits. The Party Committee of the State Council SASAC held a special meeting. The meeting stressed that it is necessary to promote central enterprises to improve their ability to cope with cyclical fluctuations, continue to exert efforts in performance appraisal, quality improvement and efficiency improvement, and economic operation, and strive to simultaneously improve efficiency and efficiency indicators, and strive to achieve development with stronger scientific and technological attributes and greater driving role; Actively expand effective investment, improve investment efficiency, focus on "two" and "two new" layout of a number of major projects with strong traction and long-term benefits; We will do a better job in helping small and medium-sized enterprises, promote central enterprises to deepen strategic cooperation in the industrial chain, take the lead in paying off debts owed by private enterprises, and go all out to stabilize employment, supply and flow, so as to better help the national economy continue to pick up. It is necessary to promote the central enterprises to improve the supply capacity of common technologies, further highlight the key points and strengthen the key core technologies, especially in areas with large investment and long cycle; Further highlight the original innovation, explore and create a "policy enclave", strengthen the applied basic research, and deeply root the "root technology"; Further highlight the transformation of achievements, promote the construction of a number of major pilot projects by central enterprises, and constantly open up the "last mile" of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces, so as to better help high-level science and technology stand on its own feet. (SASAC)