Nearly 20,000 people were evacuated due to the spread of mountain fires in southern California. A mountain fire broke out in Malibu, Los Angeles County, southern California on the evening of the 9th, and the fire spread rapidly. As of the evening of the 10th, the fire area has exceeded 1,100 hectares, nearly 20,000 people have been evacuated, and some buildings have been damaged by the fire. At present, no casualties have been reported.Tianyuan Environmental Protection and Huawei signed a strategic cooperation agreement, and Tianyuan Environmental Protection and Huawei signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Shenzhen. According to the agreement, Tianyuan Environmental Protection and Huawei will adhere to the principle of "complementary advantages, mutual benefit and win-win, long-term cooperation and common development" and explore innovative cooperation paths around intelligent optical storage, low-carbon artificial intelligence intelligent calculation, digital construction and application of comprehensive smart energy. In the development of large-scale photovoltaic and energy storage projects, the two sides will build a national-level "photovoltaic intelligent operation and maintenance" demonstration benchmark and explore a grid-type energy storage application model project. By establishing a long-term and stable all-round cooperative relationship, we will deepen cooperation and exchanges and promote the high-quality development of the industry. (Tianyuan Environmental Protection)Huize released its Q3 results in 2024, and the number of insured customers exceeded 10 million. On December 10th, HUIZ.US, an insurance e-commerce service platform, released its unaudited Q3 results report in the third quarter of 2024 (hereinafter referred to as "Q3") before the opening of the US stock market. The data shows that during Q3, Huixuan contributed a total premium of 2.06 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), a total revenue of 370 million yuan and a net profit of 18.7 million yuan. After experiencing rapid growth since the reform and opening up, China's economy is entering a new normal of medium-speed development. In 2024, opportunities and challenges coexist in the insurance industry. Q3 financial report data shows that Huixuan's accumulated insured customers have exceeded 10 million.
The Israeli army has launched more than 350 attacks in Syria. According to the news of Syrian Human Rights Watch on December 11th, local time, up to now, Israel has launched more than 352 attacks in Syria, destroying military facilities in 13 provinces in Syria. On the 10th local time, the Israel Defense Forces issued a statement saying that up to now, the Israeli military has cracked down on 320 strategic targets in Syria and destroyed weapons that may fall into the hands of hostile forces. According to Israeli military estimates, more than 70% of Syria's military forces have been destroyed.It is reported that Walgreens Boots Alliance is negotiating to sell itself to a private equity company, which will delist the drugstore chain. The company's share price has been declining for nearly ten years. According to informed sources, Wobolian and Sycamore Partners have been discussing a deal, which may be completed as early as early next year, provided that the negotiations do not break down. It is reported that the market value of Wobolian peaked at more than 100 billion US dollars in 2015, but it has shrunk to about 7.5 billion US dollars since then.Tucker Carlson, a former Fox News host, is reported to have entered the paid content field. On December 11th, according to informed sources, Tucker Carlson will launch his own subscription streaming service. The former Fox News host officially entered the paid content field several months after he released the video on X. The service, called Tucker Carlson Network, is expected to go live on Monday, with a cost of $9 per month and $72 per year. Initially, it will only be available through Carlson's website. It is reported that Carlson and his team discussed launching Tucker Carlson Network through X, but X didn't act quickly enough to provide the technology they needed to operate the subscription service.
The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council introduced the situation of the 2024 Shanghai-Taipei Twin Cities Forum. The Taiwan Affairs Office held a regular press conference. Spokesperson Zhu Fenglian said that it is understood that the 2024 Shanghai-Taipei Urban Forum will be held in Taipei on December 17, and Shanghai will send a delegation to Taiwan to attend the forum. With the theme of "Smart Governance for a Sustainable Future", the forum will promote the interactive exchanges between the two cities in terms of friendly transportation, river governance and humanistic cities. During the forum, the two cities will also sign a memorandum on exchanges and cooperation. We hope the forum will be successful.Zhengshang Institute: Xinfengming Jiangsu Xintuo New Materials Co., Ltd. was added as the designated short fiber delivery warehouse. Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange announced on the 11th that after research, Xinfengming Jiangsu Xintuo New Materials Co., Ltd. was added as the designated short fiber delivery warehouse, and the short fiber futures delivery business was started from the date of announcement, with the daily minimum delivery speed of 1,000 tons/day and the premium of 0 yuan/ton.On the 11th, alumina fell by 3.61%, and the latest main contract positions changed as follows. According to the exchange data, as of December 11th, the main contract alumina 2502 closed, with a volume of 174,600 lots. The position data showed that the top 20 seats were net, and the difference position was 10,936 lots. The total turnover of alumina futures contracts was 452,500 lots, an increase of 77,000 lots over the previous day. The first 20 seats in the contract held 264,800 lots, a decrease of 4,558 lots from the previous day. The short positions in the top 20 seats of the contract were 215,500 lots, a decrease of 1,290 lots from the previous day. (Sina Futures)