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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar: Qatar will soon reopen its embassy in Syria.Gan Wei responded to the Jia Yueting incident for the first time, saying that Jia Yueting didn't go to the United States to avoid debts. Recently, Jia Yueting's ex-wife, actor and film producer Gan Wei responded to "1.2 billion yuan in seven days" for the first time on social media, saying that no matter what difficulties you encounter, don't give up hope. In the video, Gan Wei said, "At its most glorious time, LeTV had a market value of over 150 billion, but its market value can only be seen there. Later, Jia Yueting set up a debt group. It took more than ten days to face all creditors and all the media. No matter how hard the heart is, it is still afraid. " In addition, she also said that Jia Yueting didn't go to the United States to avoid debts. "When Mr. Jia went to the United States, he didn't avoid debts. When he developed the FF91 automobile business in the United States, he had to go to a meeting once a month, and the clothes he brought were for a week." (Sina Technology)US officials said that the United States is focused on providing Ukraine with the air defense system it needs to defend against Russian missiles and drones.

Sina Navigation: The project won the bid of 145 million yuan. Sina Navigation announced that the company recently received the bid-winning notice of "2024 GNSS/MET water vapor observation station procurement project" with the bid-winning amount of 145 million yuan. If the formal contract is signed and implemented smoothly, it will have a positive impact on the company's operating performance. At present, the company and the tenderer have not signed a formal contract, and the total project amount and specific implementation contents shall be subject to the formal contract.Analysts commented on the US CPI in November: the data is in line with expectations, and there may be four interest rate cuts next year. Brian Jacobsen, chief economist of Annex Wealth Management, said: "There is nothing unexpected in the CPI report, and everything is in line with expectations. Housing cost is still the main driver of inflation. With the employment report and inflation report, nothing can stop the Fed from cutting interest rates by 25 basis points next week. What will be exciting is the summary of the Fed's economic forecast. There may be four interest rate cuts in 2025, and inflation will eventually fall to the target level. "*ST Masters: It is planned to sell some accounts receivable to Shenzhen Pickup Investment for 60 million yuan. *ST Masters announced that the company plans to transfer the accounts receivable with book value of 16,697,800 yuan (original book value of 171 million yuan) to Shenzhen Pickup Investment Partnership (limited partnership) for 60 million yuan. According to the regulations, the transaction constitutes a related party transaction and does not constitute a major asset reorganization, which needs to be submitted to the company's shareholders' meeting for consideration and approval. The accounts receivable to be transferred this time are all due to the daily business of the company, mainly due to the overdue accounts receivable formed by providing engineering services to the debtor.

Where to go: This year, the number of passengers who bought their first air ticket on the platform increased by 41% year-on-year. According to the data released by Qunar.com today, in 2024, the number of passengers who bought their first air ticket increased by 41% year-on-year, with the highest growth rate in Shanghai, Beijing, Yunnan, Fujian and Hubei. The number of residents in cities below the third tier where they bought their first air ticket increased by 35% year-on-year, a record high of nearly five years. From the perspective of age structure, young people under the age of 18 have become the main group where to buy their first air ticket, with a year-on-year increase of over 50%. Students aged 19-23 and young people aged 24-33 are the main growth forces. At the same time, the platform data shows that the number of passengers who left the country by plane for the first time in 2024 increased by 220% year-on-year, and the number of residents in third-tier cities and below who left the country by plane for the first time increased by 2.5 times. The most popular destinations for first-time outbound travel are Hongkong, China, Bangkok, Thailand and Kuala Lumpur.Traders increased their bets on the Fed's interest rate cut. After the CPI report was released, swap traders increased their bets on the Fed's interest rate cut before the end of 2025. They now predict that by that time, they will cut interest rates by 87 basis points, which means that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week. In 2025, there will be another two interest rate cuts of 25 basis points each time, which is less than the four times proposed by Fed officials in the latest quarterly bitmap in September.HSBC is studying plans to cut costs by at least $3 billion. On December 11th, it was reported that HSBC Holdings was studying plans to cut costs by at least $3 billion. According to people familiar with the matter, HSBC told managers last week that its reform would not be completed until June 2025. These people said that the total cost savings are still in progress, but executives hope that this work will help them reduce their expenses by at least $3 billion.