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Kaitou Macro: There is no end in sight for the industrial difficulties in the euro zone. Jack Allen-Reynolds, a macro economist at Kaitou, said in a report that the stagnation of industrial production in the euro zone in October shows that its industrial sector is still weak and will continue to struggle. In fact, he said, without Ireland's data, the G-20' s constant production data would look much worse, or it would drop by 0.5% month-on-month, while Ireland's data is notoriously unstable. Allen-Reynolds said that the output in October excluding Ireland decreased by 2.8% compared with the same period of last year, which was 18% lower than the output level of energy-intensive industries before the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. He said that automobile production is 17% lower than the pre-epidemic level. Although the production performance of other industries is not so bad, the latest survey shows that the overall industrial production continues to decline.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.Spot palladium fell more than 2.00% in the day and is now reported at $957.09 per ounce.

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%.The Stoxx Europe 600 index fell to an intraday low of 0.5%.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.

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.Market News: The European Central Bank will release the data of the Emergency Anti-epidemic Bond Purchase Program (PEPP) once a month from January 8 next year.Market news: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva entered the semi-intensive care unit for recovery after surgery.