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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 $1 billion. The company had previously faced lawsuits in several States in the United States, and was accused of providing sales analysis and marketing advice to pharmaceutical companies such as Purdue Pharmaceutical and Johnson & Johnson, which contributed to the popularity of opioids.TSMC rose more than 4%, and its first factory in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, was close to mass production. TSM.US rose more than 4% at the beginning of the session to US$ 199.98. According to industry sources, TSMC is committed to integrating CoWoS and SiPh, and seeks to launch co-packaged optical devices (CPO) in 2026. In addition, Apple cooperates with Broadcom to develop AI chips, and TSMC's advanced process will welcome big orders again. It is also worth noting that it is reported that TSMC's first factory in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan is close to mass production.Bosch has reached a preliminary agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce, and will receive a chip subsidy of 225 million U.S. dollars. On December 13, local time, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it has reached a preliminary agreement with Bosch, a German auto parts supplier, to provide it with a subsidy of up to 225 million U.S. dollars for producing silicon carbide power semiconductors in California. This fund will support Bosch's planned investment of $1.9 billion to transform its manufacturing plant in Roseveare, California to produce silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors. The US Department of Commerce will also provide Bosch with about $350 million in government loans.

The Ministry of Commerce held a special meeting of the party group to emphasize the need to vigorously boost consumption. On the 13th, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao presided over a special meeting of the party group to convey the spirit of studying the Central Economic Work Conference and to study, deploy and implement the 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 improve the overseas comprehensive service system.The import price of the United States rose for the second consecutive month. Due to the rising fuel cost, the import price of the United States unexpectedly rose in November, rising for the second consecutive month, and geopolitical tensions pushed up the fuel price. According to data released by the US Department of Labor on Friday, US import prices rose by 0.1% month-on-month in November, which was the same as that of last month. Economists had expected a drop of 0.2%. The US Department of Labor said that the main reason for the increase in import prices in the United States last month was the increase in fuel prices. Due to the increasing tension in the Middle East, the price of imported oil rose by 0.4% in November, after a cumulative decline of 12% from July to October. The data shows that non-oil prices rose by 0.2%.Tigress Financial raised Wal-Mart's target price from $86.00 to $115.00.

Nasdaq China Jinlong Index fell more than 2% in the day, while Nasdaq China Jinlong Index fluctuated lower, falling more than 2% in the day. Shells fell more than 5%, while iQiyi, New Oriental and Jinshan Cloud fell more than 4%.Lianchuang Optoelectronics: It is planned to terminate the acquisition of Lianchuang Superconductor's equity. Lianchuang Optoelectronics announced that the company originally planned to realize the merger of Lianchuang Superconductor through capital increase and acquisition of a small number of equity. However, during the reply, it was found that there were significant differences between the financial data of Lianchuang Superconductor in 2023 and the 2023 annual report disclosed by Yinggu, the parent company of Ningxia Xuying, which mainly involved the issue of revenue recognition. In addition, the validity period of Lianchuang Superconducting Audit Report and Asset Appraisal Report will expire soon, and it needs to be re-audited and re-evaluated if the transaction continues. By the end of October 2024, Lianchuang Superconductor had achieved an operating income of 45.2084 million yuan, a net profit of-13.1177 million yuan and a net profit of-14.7016 million yuan, which was far from the annual target of the 2024 performance forecast data calculated in the previous asset appraisal report. Based on the principle of prudence, in order to protect the interests of listed companies and investors, the company intends to decide to terminate the above transactions.Huatai Research gave JD.COM Group the initial rating of H-share purchase with a target price of HK$ 182.73.