Government of Sri Lanka: The final result of the bond exchange is expected to be announced on December 16th.Tigress Financial raised Wal-Mart's target price from $86.00 to $115.00.Important figures of the South Korean police were detained, and Zhao Zhihao, director of the South Korean Police Department, and Kim Fung-sik, director of the Seoul Police Department, were detained on the evening of 13th. It is reported that the Seoul Central District Court said that Zhao Zhihao and Jin Fengzhi had the possibility of destroying evidence, so they issued detention orders. According to South Korean police investigation, the two men concealed the fact that they had met with President Yin Xiyue before martial law. South Korean police arrested Zhao Zhihao and Jin Fengzhi on suspicion of civil strife in the early morning of 11th. According to Korean law, after the police urgently arrest the suspect, if there is no detention order, they must release him within 48 hours.
Ministry of Commerce: Innovate diversified consumption scenarios, expand service consumption, and actively develop the starting economy. On December 13, Wang Wentao, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, presided over a special meeting of the party group to convey the spirit of studying the Central Economic Work Conference, and study and deploy the implementation work. The meeting stressed that it is necessary to vigorously boost consumption. We will intensify efforts to expand the scope, implement the trade-in policy for consumer goods, innovate diversified consumption scenarios, expand service consumption, and actively develop the first-round economy. It is necessary to expand high-level opening to the outside world and stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment. We will expand independent opening and unilateral opening in an orderly manner, steadily expand institutional opening, and promote the free trade pilot zone to improve quality and efficiency and expand the reform mandate. Efforts should be made to stabilize trade in goods and actively develop service trade, green trade and digital trade. We will deepen the reform of foreign investment promotion system and mechanism, steadily push forward the opening of service industry, expand the pilot projects in the fields of telecommunications, medical care and education, and continue to build the brand of "Investing in China". Promote high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", deepen and implement, and improve the overseas comprehensive service system.This week, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange took self-regulatory measures against 171 abnormal securities trading behaviors, and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange released regulatory trends: 1. Regulatory trends of listed companies (December 6-December 12, 2024) From December 6 to December 12, the Exchange took disciplinary action against one violation, involving information disclosure and standardized operation violations; Supervision letters were issued for 9 violations, 3 related to information disclosure and standardized operation violations, and 6 related to securities trading violations. This week, 18 inquiry letters and 5 other letters were sent out. II. Market Trading Supervision Dynamics (December 9-December 13, 2024) From December 9 to December 13, the Exchange took self-regulatory measures against 171 abnormal securities trading behaviors, involving abnormal trading situations such as intraday bidding, false declaration, etc. Focus on monitoring "*ST Tongzhou" with abnormal stock price fluctuation recently; A total of 9 major events of listed companies were verified, and 3 clues of suspected illegal cases were reported to the CSRC. (Issued by Shenzhen Stock Exchange)Helping to build a new model of real estate development, the General Administration of Financial Supervision deployed key tasks. The General Administration of Financial Supervision said today (13th) that efforts should be made to prevent risks, strengthen supervision and promote development, and promote the sustained recovery of the economy, so as to provide more powerful financial support for the comprehensive completion of economic and social development goals and tasks. Effectively prevent and resolve risks in key areas. Continuously improve the quality and efficiency of financial supervision. Better serve the real economy and pick up. Promote the high-quality development of the banking and insurance industries.
Mckinsey agreed to pay $650 million to settle the criminal investigation of opioids by the U.S. Department of Justice. Mckinsey submitted a five-year deferred prosecution agreement to the federal court in Abingdon, Virginia, and agreed to pay $650 million to settle the criminal investigation of the U.S. Department of Justice on its work in guiding the opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharmaceutical to increase sales. According to court documents, Martin Elling, a former senior partner of McKinsey, agreed to plead guilty to obstruction of justice because he destroyed McKinsey's consulting records for Purdue Pharmaceutical. He will plead guilty on January 10th next year. Mckinsey has previously reached various settlement agreements totaling nearly $1 billion. The company had previously faced lawsuits in several States in the United States, and was accused of providing sales analysis and marketing advice to pharmaceutical companies such as Purdue Pharmaceutical and Johnson & Johnson, which contributed to the popularity of opioids.The Nasdaq 100 index rose 1% and the S&P 500 index rose 0.4%.Ukraine National Natural Gas Transportation Company: On December 14th, the Russian natural gas passing through Sujia border crossing point was 42.39 million cubic meters, and on December 13th, it was 42.33 million cubic meters.