CITIC Bank: Redemption of open-ended capital bonds. CITIC Bank announced that from December 9 to December 11, 2019, it issued RMB 40 billion of open-ended capital bonds (hereinafter referred to as "current bonds"), and on December 12, 2019, it issued the Announcement of China CITIC Bank Corporation on the Completion of Issuance of Open-ended Capital Bonds. According to the relevant provisions of the prospectus of this issue, this issue has the issuer's conditional redemption right, and the issuer has the right to redeem this issue in whole or in part on the interest payment date of the fifth year of this issue, that is, December 11, 2024. As of the date of this announcement, with the approval of the State Financial Supervision and Administration, the Bank has exercised the right of redemption and redeemed the bonds in full.Albertson terminated its merger with krogh and announced an increase in dividend and repurchase plan. albertson Company announced that it had exercised its right to terminate its merger agreement with krogh, because the US District Court in Oregon and the District Court in Washington issued an injunction on the proposed merger on December 10th. Vivek Sankaran, CEO of the company, commented: "In view of the recent decision of the federal and state courts to block the proposed merger between the company and krogh, we have made a difficult decision to terminate the merger agreement. We are very disappointed with the court's decision. " In addition, the board of directors of albertson Company plans to increase the quarterly cash dividend from $0.12 to $0.15 per share, and approved a stock repurchase plan of up to $2 billion.German Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: Berlin will hold the Weimar Triangle Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Thursday, and representatives from Italy, Spain, Britain and the European Union will also attend.
The public security organs cracked down on the illegal and criminal activities of the network water army according to law. The Ministry of Public Security attached great importance to cracking down on and rectifying the illegal and criminal activities of the "network water army". Relying on the special action of "Net Net 2024", it made an all-out attack, focusing on prominent illegal and criminal activities such as disinformation and drainage, public opinion extortion, brushing and evaluation, and paid deletion of posts, and deployed public security organs across the country to carry out the crackdown and rectification work. Since the beginning of this year, more than 900 cases have been detected, and more than 5,000 suspects have been arrested. Through phased strikes, the space for illegal and criminal activities of the "network water army" has been fully squeezed, and the network public order has been effectively maintained. Today, the Ministry of Public Security announced 10 typical cases of cracking down on "network water army" crimes according to law. (Guangming Daily)India's NIFTY metal index rose by 1.25%.Market News: US Secretary of State Blinken will travel to Jordan and Turkey for talks on the Syrian issue on Wednesday.
The probability of the Bank of Japan raising interest rates this month doesn't seem to increase the strength of the US/Japan again. Justin Low, an analyst at Forexlive, a financial website, said that the possibility of the Bank of Japan raising interest rates this month was very low from the beginning, and earlier today, the ratio was about 30%. There has just been a sudden report that some policy makers of the Bank of Japan may support raising interest rates in December, but they also think it is unnecessary to rush because they think the cost of waiting for raising interest rates is "very small". After this news, the possibility of the Bank of Japan raising interest rates further dropped to about 23%. This, in turn, led to buying against the yen, while the yen fell. In the initial reaction, USD/JPY once fell to a low of 150.99, but then rose to around 152.30.Putin had a phone conversation with Hungarian President Orban on the situation in Ukraine.Jinfei Kaida: The controlling shareholder plans to increase the company's shares by RMB 50 million to RMB 100 million. Jinfei Kaida (002863) announced on the evening of December 11th that the controlling shareholder Jinfei Holdings plans to increase the company's shares by RMB 50 million to RMB 100 million. Jinhua Branch of China Construction Bank Co., Ltd. issued the "China Construction Bank Loan Commitment Letter" to Jinfei Holdings on December 10th, promising to provide Jinfei Holdings with a special loan of no more than 90 million yuan for stock increase, with a loan period of 3 years.