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Market News: US President-elect Trump's Middle East envoy met with the Saudi Crown Prince on Wednesday local time.Today, the reference price of the original box of Feitian Maotai rose to 2270 yuan/bottle in 24 years. The latest wholesale reference price disclosed by the wine price today shows that on December 14th, the original box price of Feitian Maotai in 24 years was reported at 2270 yuan/bottle, up by 10 yuan from the previous day. In 24 years, the price of Feitian Maotai bulk bottles was reported at 2210 yuan/bottle, which was the same as the previous day.China calls on the Security Council to resume the blanket exemption from the travel ban for relevant personnel of the Afghan interim government as soon as possible. On December 13th, local time, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2763, extending the authorization of the Monitoring Team of the 1988 Sanctions Committee (Taliban Sanctions Committee) for 14 months. The Chinese representative expressed the hope that the team would continue to actively perform its duties as authorized by the resolution, provide strong support for the work of the Committee, support the monitoring team to strengthen contacts with the Afghan interim government, and look forward to the team's early visit to Afghanistan. Geng Shuang said that the resolution reaffirmed the necessity of reviewing the 1988 sanctions regime and stressed that the Security Council sanctions should help promote Afghan peace and stability. The Taliban has been in power for more than three years, the situation in Afghanistan is generally stable, and contacts between the outside world and the Afghan authorities are gradually expanding. China once again calls for timely adjustment of the sanctions mechanism according to the development and changes of the situation. As a first step, the Security Council should restore the blanket exemption from the travel ban for relevant personnel of the Afghan interim government as soon as possible, so as to create conditions and facilitate the international community to strengthen contacts and exchanges with Afghanistan.

Nasdaq 100 Index announced the annual adjustment results of constituent stocks: Palantir, MicroStrategy and Axon will be added to the index, while Illumina, supercomputer and Moderna will be removed.Report: The number of online stores opened by China enterprises in the United States has increased rapidly. According to the report released by SmartScout Insight, among the top 20 cities in terms of Amazon sellers, China city occupies 14 seats, showing the strong strength of China sellers on Amazon platform. The total number of Amazon sellers in China's top 20 cities reached 232,000, compared with 58,000 in the United States. In 2023, the number of sellers in China with sales exceeding $10 million increased by 30% year-on-year, and the number of sellers in China with sales exceeding $1 million also increased significantly.The latest research results support Harvard's discovery that Novo Nordisk's diet drug Ozempic is related to rare visual loss. The latest research shows that Novo Nordisk's best-selling diet drug Ozempic may increase the risk of a rare visual loss disease-nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). This finding supports similar findings published earlier by the Harvard team. A research team composed of the University of Southern Denmark, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the University of Copenhagen found that diabetic patients who used Ozempic were twice as likely to be diagnosed with NAION as other drugs. NAION occurs when the blood flow decreases and damages the optic nerve. The risk of eye conditions is still low; Patients should pay attention. Novo Nordisk Denmark's share price once fell more than 3.3%.

Wafer factory "bargains for orders"? Insiders: It's not so exaggerated that there is no need for drastic price reduction at present. Recently, some industry media reported that the Chinese mainland wafer foundry has overflowed its capacity and is striving for more IC design factory orders to return at a low price discount. A manager of Chinese mainland Head Wafer Factory told reporters that the actual situation was "not as serious as reported by the media, and not so exaggerated". The source said that since the fourth quarter of this year, the quotation of its wafer factory has been "stable at present". In the fourth quarter, product orders from display drivers, power management and other categories were "not bad", and the market demand was similar to that previously publicly disclosed. The independent control of the mainland market is still the main theme. It is understood that the fourth quarter is usually the "off-season" of the wafer foundry industry, and downstream customers will review the sales plan at the beginning of the year, and they are not willing to stock up and receive goods. A person from a consumer chip company in Chinese mainland said, "Fab factories generally adjust prices according to market supply and demand." Yang Shengxin, a senior analyst of Sigmaintell's semiconductor business unit, said in an interview that according to the observation of Sigma Intell, Chinese mainland's wafer factory decreased by about 5% in the fourth quarter of 2024, and concentrated on 12-inch products; The price of China Taiwan Province Wafer Factory has not changed significantly. (science and technology innovation board Daily)U.S. Department of Justice: new york suburban police station stripped and searched almost all the arrested persons. On December 13th, local time, CCTV reporter learned that the latest report of the U.S. Department of Justice showed that the suburban police station in new york often violated the citizens' rights, including illegal arrests and unnecessary strip searches and body cavity searches. It is reported that this report is one of 12 investigations conducted by the Ministry of Justice on local police agencies since 2021. According to the report, at least until the fall of 2022, the Mount Vernon Police Force will strip and search everyone who is arrested. Illegal strip searches and body cavity searches will last at least until 2023. Investigators said that although this practice was "restricted" during the investigation, it was not certain whether these practices had ended. (CCTV News)CICC: Give GM an initial rating that outperforms the broader market, with a target price of $65.