Japan Life Insurance announced that it would spend $8.2 billion to acquire the life insurance company Resolution Life. On December 11th, Japan Life Insurance Mutual announced that it would spend about $8.2 billion to acquire the remaining 77% shares of the life insurance company Resolution Life. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2025. On the same day, Japan Life announced that it would acquire the remaining 20% shares of MLC Life Insurance from National Bank of Australia (NAB) and integrate MLC with Resolution Life.Jingmen, the Yiwei Lithium Energy Super Energy Storage Factory, was put into operation, with the largest production capacity in Central China. Following the opening and operation of Jingjing High-speed Railway, on December 10th, the Yiwei Lithium Energy 60GWh Super Energy Storage Factory project was officially put into operation in the new energy and new materials industrial park of Duodao District, Jingmen High-tech Zone, becoming a lithium battery production base with the largest production capacity and the longest industrial chain in Central China. The total investment of this project is 10.8 billion yuan, and the first phase covers an area of about 700 mu. It mainly produces MB56 large iron-lithium energy storage batteries, and its cell capacity and cycle times are 25% and 20% higher than those of the same industry products respectively, which are widely used in electric energy storage, ship energy storage and other fields. Taking an electric ship as an example, the voyage distance can be increased by about 40% by using MB56 battery, and the battery life can be extended by about two years.Institution: In the first half of 2024, the scale of China's edge cloud market increased by 21% year-on-year. Recently, the latest report "China Edge Cloud Market Tracking Research, 2024H1" released by International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that in the first half of 2024, the scale of China's edge cloud market totaled 5.48 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth rate of 21.0%. Among them, the market scale of edge public cloud services, edge exclusive cloud services and edge cloud solutions reached RMB 3.00 billion, RMB 970 million and RMB 1.50 billion respectively. Internet audio and video distribution and real-time interaction based on edge resources, edge game clothes, cloud terminals and cloud games, cloud network services, and lightweight IT architecture migration of local industry customers are the core driving forces for market growth in this period.
Afternoon comment: the three major indexes rose slightly in half a day, and the concept of Shanghai's state-owned enterprise reform lifted the tide of daily limit. The three major indexes opened lower and went higher in early trading and rose slightly in half a day. In terms of sectors, the concept of Shanghai's state-owned enterprise reform is on the rise, and Shanghai Material Trade, First Medicine and Shibei High-tech are collectively on the rise. The retail sector continued to be strong, with the daily limit of Youa, Zhongbai Group and Maoye Commercial. The concept of AI glasses is higher, and Tianjian shares and Star Technology both have a daily limit of 20cm; Insurance stocks continued to adjust, and Tianmao Group fell to an intraday limit; Sora concept stocks collectively adjusted back, and the word Huayang Lianzhong fell; Bank shares fluctuated lower, with Bank of Ningbo leading the decline. Overall, stocks rose more and fell less, with more than 3,500 stocks rising. On the disk, Shanghai's state-owned enterprise reform, AI glasses and retail sectors were among the top gainers, while insurance, Sora concept and banking sectors were among the top losers.Head of South Korea's senior public official crime investigation department: If the conditions are met, it will seek to arrest Yin Xiyue. The head of South Korea's senior public official crime investigation department said that if the conditions are met, the team will seek to arrest President Yin Xiyue or seek to issue an arrest warrant for him. On Wednesday, when answering questions raised by opposition lawmakers at the National Assembly meeting, Oh Dong-woon indicated that he had the intention to arrest Yin Xiyue.Yushi Technology: There is no factual basis for the company to be included in the "entity list". At present, the production and operation are normal. Yushi Technology issued a statement today: On December 10, 2024 (Beijing time), the Bureau of Industry and Security of the US Department of Commerce issued relevant announcements to include companies such as Yushi Technology in the entity list. There is no factual basis for this decision, and the company has never received any investigation and evidence collection work from any official US agency. We call on the US government to re-examine. Yushi Technology is an independent private enterprise. As a global provider of AloT products, solutions and full-stack capabilities, Yushi Technology has always adhered to the internationally accepted business ethics and compliance management concept since its establishment 13 years ago, abided by the duties of commercial companies and strictly abided by the laws and regulations of the countries where it operates. At present, the company's production and operation are normal, and this incident has no significant adverse impact on the company's operation. We have the ability to ensure continuous and stable product supply and high-quality technical support for global customers.
Hong kong stocks minimally invasive robots rose more than 13%. The company completed the placement of a total of 34.7 million shares, and the net proceeds from the placement were about HK$ 266 million.Pakistan KSE-100 index rose 0.5% to 109,693.20.Israeli military: In the past 48 hours, it has attacked Syria's "most strategic weapons reserves". The Israel Defense Forces said on the 11th that in the past 48 hours, the Israeli army has attacked Syria's "most strategic weapons reserves". According to Israeli media reports, the Israeli army has destroyed "70% to 80% of the strategic military capability of the Assad regime".