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Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup: Holiday spending on branded credit cards increased year-on-year, and consumers performed well.Citigroup's chief financial officer said that investment banking fees may increase by 25% to 30% year-on-year. Income guidance is maintained at the high end of the range of $80 billion to $81 billion.Sharp and KDDI reached a consensus on starting the AI data center in 2025. On December 9, Sharp announced that it had reached a consensus with Japanese telecom giant KDDI, and strived to fully start the AI data center transformed from a factory in 2025. Including Datasection, which is engaged in system development and OEM, and Supermicro, USA, the negotiation between the four companies will be concluded. Four companies reached a consensus in June this year to coordinate the establishment of an operating company and the procurement of a graphics processor (GPU) for generative AI learning and inference.

Swedish Finance Minister: I'm a little worried about the stability of American debt.Chen Hui, general manager of CPIC Property & Casualty Insurance, was approved. Recently, CPIC Property & Casualty Insurance, a subsidiary of China CPIC, announced that the State Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau approved the qualification of general manager of Chen Hui China Pacific Property Insurance Co., Ltd. on November 27th, 2024. According to the data, Chen Hui was born in February 1969. He is currently the director, general manager, compliance officer and chief risk officer of CPIC Property Insurance. Chen Hui used to be assistant and deputy general manager of CPIC Property & Casualty Beijing Branch, general manager of CPIC Property & Casualty Hebei Branch, general manager and human resources director of CPIC Property & Casualty Human Resources Department. Prior to this, Chen Hui worked in Beijing Coal Corporation.Villeroi, Governor of the Bank of France: No matter what the political situation is, France needs to rectify its public finances.

According to the report, the community for the aged is getting more and more popular. How can the "coordination of insurance and support" go further? Under the impact of multiple changes, the traditional concept of providing for the aged has begun to be challenged. Which way of providing for the aged has become a new choice at present? A report was unveiled. The White Paper on Urban Commercial Pension in China 2025 released on December 8th shows that when asked whether to consider living in an old-age community, 59.9% of the respondents are willing to live in an old-age community without being taken care of. The reasons for the growing popularity of the old-age community include that it can not only provide professional services, rich activities and comfortable environment, but also meet the needs of modern family relations. It is noteworthy that, at present, insurance companies have produced another innovative model based on the mainstream model of "large policy+occupancy rights", namely "large policy+occupancy rights+service payment". (beijing business today)Market news: Russia resumes passenger railway traffic with North Korea.The opening of Yunnan Guanlei Port passed the national acceptance, and on December 10th, the opening of Yunnan Guanlei Port passed the national acceptance. It marks that the location advantage of the Lancang-Mekong River connecting the six countries will be further highlighted, effectively helping the "Belt and Road" construction to achieve new breakthroughs in Southeast Asia. The national inspection team consists of the General Administration of Customs, the Ministry of Transport, the State Administration of Immigration and the Joint Staff of the Central Military Commission. After on-site inspection, listening to reports, reading materials and centralized review, the inspection team thought that the infrastructure and inspection facilities at the port of Guanlei were perfect, in line with national standards, and had all the conditions for formal opening, and unanimously agreed to pass the inspection and sign the national inspection minutes. Located in Mengla County, Guanlei Port is the first port for Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and other ASEAN countries to enter China via Mekong River, with a designed annual cargo capacity of about 150,000 tons and a designed annual passenger transport capacity of about 100,000 passengers.