Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup: The credit card default incident did not bring any accidents.SOMO, Iraq's national oil marketing organization: Iraq will set the official selling price of Basra Intermediate crude oil sold to North America and South America in January next year at a discount of $1.5 per barrel. Iraq will set the official sales price of Basra Intermediate crude oil sold to Europe in January next year at a discount of $5.5/barrel compared with the spot Brent crude oil price.Guangzhou Automobile Group's second-generation intelligent robot was publicly unveiled. On December 8-9, the 2024 Pearl Bay International Climate Investment and Financing Conference with the theme of "Global Cooperation for a Green Future" was held in Nansha, Guangzhou. The appearance of the second-generation intelligent robot independently developed by Guangzhou Automobile Group at the conference attracted widespread attention. "Embodied intelligence" refers to an agent that has a body and supports interaction with the physical world, and is one of the frontier development directions of artificial intelligence technology. At present, the research and development of Guangzhou Automobile Robot has entered the third generation, and the new humanoid robot will be officially released at the end of this year, which is expected to become one of the important directions for the high-quality development of automobile industry and artificial intelligence industry. (Guangzhou Daily)
Huawei signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Huazhong Normal University. On December 10th, according to Huawei China official micro-news, Huazhong Normal University and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement in Sanya, Dongguan. According to the agreement, the two sides will establish a comprehensive cooperative relationship in ICT talent training, scientific research innovation and smart campus.Without the government's approval, the South Korean National Assembly passed the budget reduction bill for next year. On the 10th, the South Korean National Assembly held a plenary meeting and adopted a cut version of the 2025 budget with a total amount of 673.3 trillion won (about 3.41 trillion yuan). According to Yonhap News Agency, this is the first time that the South Korean National Assembly passed the budget without agreement between the ruling party and the opposition party. In the 300-seat parliament, 278 members voted on the budget, 183 were in favor, 94 were against and 1 abstained. The ruling National Power Party and some opposition party members voted against it. This budget is one of the focal points of the recent struggle between the ruling and opposition parties in South Korea and one of the factors inducing the current political chaos. The original budget proposed by the government was 677.4 trillion won, but the largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, demanded a reduction of 4.1 trillion won, mainly involving the government reserve fund, the special activity expenses of the presidential secretary's office and the national security office, the special work expenses and special activity expenses of the procuratorate and the supervision institute. (Xinhua News Agency)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.SOMO, Iraq's national oil marketing organization: Iraq set the official selling price of Basra Intermediate crude oil sold to Asia in January at a discount of $0.60/barrel compared with the average price of Oman/Dubai.The Israeli army said that 201 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza. On December 10th, local time, the Israel Defense Forces and the Government Territorial Activities Coordination Office under the Israeli Ministry of Defense issued a statement saying that on the 9th, 201 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza. According to the statement, 55 trucks entered Gaza directly through Gate 96. (CCTV News)