Tang Shikai, a member of the board of directors of Mercedes-Benz, will retire next year and is now in charge of the company's business in Greater China. Mercedes-Benz Group Co., Ltd. announced that Hubertus Troska, the current member of the board of directors in charge of the company's business in Greater China, will retire in 2025 as planned. He himself decided to take up a new position as a member of the board of directors of Mercedes-Benz Group Co., Ltd. and a special representative for China affairs from February 1, 2025 to promote the company's business system in the world's largest market. Tang Shikai will officially retire on July 31, 2025.Goldman Sachs: I don't agree that gold can't reach $3,000 under a strong dollar. Goldman Sachs said that we don't agree with the view that the price of gold can't rise to $3,000 per ounce by the end of 2025 when the dollar remains strong for a long time. We predict that gold will reach $3,000 per ounce by the end of 2025, and the reduction of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve (rather than the strengthening of the US dollar) is the downside risk of this prediction.SpaceX is valued at about $350 billion due to internal stock sales. According to an email sent to employees seen by the media, SpaceX and its investors have agreed to acquire the company's common stock of up to $1.25 billion at a price of $185 per share. This transaction values the rocket and satellite manufacturer owned by elon musk at about $350 billion.
Zhongzhou Special Materials: Shareholders have transferred and reduced their shares by more than 1%. Zhongzhou Special Materials announced that shareholders holding more than 5% have transferred their shares internally and reduced their shares by more than 1%. After the shareholder completed the internal transfer among the concerted parties, its shareholding ratio changed accordingly. At the same time, the shareholder reduced his shares through the secondary market, and the reduction ratio exceeded 1%. This share change is mainly for the adjustment of shareholding within the company's shareholders, and will not have a significant impact on the company's governance structure and daily operations.Zhejiang Alibaba Cloud has invested in Sealos, and Tianyancha App shows that recently, Sealos affiliated company Zhuhai Huanjie Cloud Computing Co., Ltd. has undergone industrial and commercial changes, adding Zhejiang Alibaba Cloud Computing Co., Ltd. as a shareholder, and the registered capital has increased from about 2.679 million RMB to about 3.349 million RMB. Zhuhai Huanjie Cloud Computing Co., Ltd. was established in March 2022, and its legal representative is Fang Haitao. Its business scope includes computer software and hardware and auxiliary equipment wholesale, computer software and hardware and auxiliary equipment retail, cloud computing equipment technical services, etc. Now it is jointly held by Fang Haitao, Hangzhou Fanjie Enterprise Management Partnership (Limited Partnership) and the above-mentioned new shareholders. Official website shows that the company focuses on developing and providing cloud native ecological products and services.CF40 Research: Three Channels to Expand Domestic Demand. An article published by Guan Wei of China Financial Forty Forum (CF40) pointed out that the expansion of total demand, whether it is to expand consumption or investment demand, should be implemented on credit growth. When credit goes up, residents, enterprises and governments have more money in their pockets, so do expenditures and incomes, as well as profits and investments. At present, there are three main ways to expand credit: first, fiscal policy is exerted and the government borrows money; Second, the monetary policy will exert its strength and reduce the policy interest rate; The third is to stabilize the real estate market, and there can be no further sharp decline. In terms of finance, maintain the intensity of fiscal expenditure in a broad sense, and moderately increase the fiscal deficit to 4% in 2025. In terms of monetary policy, we should take reducing the real interest rate as an important goal, continue to implement "strong interest rate reduction", and timely reduce the interest rate of structural monetary policy tools below the policy interest rate level. In terms of the property market, it will ease the current cash flow pressure faced by real estate enterprises and promote the real estate to stop falling and stabilize from both ends of supply and demand.
Shenzhen Holdings: Auditor replacement: PricewaterhouseCoopers resigned and Ernst & Young took over. On December 10th, Shenzhen Holdings (00604.HK) announced that according to Rule 13.51(4) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, PricewaterhouseCoopers agreed to resign as the auditor of Shenzhen Holdings with effect from December 10th, 2024. At the same time, the board of directors of Shenzhen Holdings decided to appoint Ernst & Young as the new auditor of the company, which will also take effect from December 10, 2024 until the end of the next annual general meeting.Trump appointed TOM BARRACK as the US ambassador to Turkey.Nikkei futures opened down 95 points at 39,290 on the Singapore Stock Exchange.