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Swedish Finance Minister: What I am most worried about now is not American tariffs, but low productivity.Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup: The bank's systems and technologies have never been fully integrated.Repeated calls for performance compensation exceeding 500 million yuan failed. On December 10th, Runbang Co., Ltd. (002483.SZ, share price of 5.57 yuan, market value of 4.938 billion yuan) disclosed that the company recently filed a lawsuit with Wang Chunshan, a performance compensation obligor, to the Intermediate People's Court of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, which was accepted. It is worth mentioning that Runbang shares received a letter of inquiry before, and the CSI Small and Medium Investor Service Center asked the company to explain what specific measures have been taken to solve the unfulfilled performance commitments in 2023 and the current progress, as well as the reasons why judicial measures have not been taken to recover. According to the announcement, on February 20, 2019, Runbang shares purchased 73.36% equity of Hubei CNPC Youyi Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "CNPC Environmental Protection") by way of issuing shares, with 990 million yuan in equity transfer price and 9 individuals and enterprises including Wang Chunshan as the counterparty. On the same day, Runbang Co., Ltd. and Wang Chunshan, the performance promise party, signed the Performance Compensation Agreement, and since then, both parties have successively signed two supplementary agreements. Wang Chunshan, as the performance promisor, promised that the net profit of the target company (whichever is lower before and after deducting the non-recurring gains and losses) under the consolidated income statement audited by an accounting firm entrusted by a listed company in compliance with the securities law from 2019 to 2023 should not be less than 130 million yuan, 50 million yuan, 160 million yuan, 190 million yuan and 218 million yuan respectively. (per meridian)

Luoyang Molybdenum Industry: Luo Yunxiang was elected as the employee representative supervisor. Luoyang Molybdenum Industry (03993) announced that the seventh board of supervisors of the company recently received a written resignation report from Mr. Li Hongwei. Mr. Li Hongwei applied to resign as a supervisor of the company due to job adjustment.Hong Kong held an insurance forum to share the advantages of a global risk management center, and the Hong Kong Insurance Regulatory Authority held the 2024 Asian Insurance Forum at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on the 10th. Focusing on "Meeting the Challenges of Global Market Fluctuation", the forum brought together more than 400 professionals from insurance, banking and asset management, regulators, law enforcement agencies and related institutions to share the advantages of Hong Kong as a global risk management center and explore the prospects and challenges of global financial markets. (Xinhua News Agency)Ukraine National Natural Gas Transportation Company: On December 11th, the nominated amount of Russian natural gas at Sudzha border crossing was 42.39 million cubic meters, while on December 10th, it was 42.34 million cubic meters.

SOMO, Iraq's national oil marketing organization: Iraq will set the official selling price of Basra Intermediate crude oil sold to North America and South America in January next year at a discount of $1.5 per barrel. Iraq will set the official sales price of Basra Intermediate crude oil sold to Europe in January next year at a discount of $5.5/barrel compared with the spot Brent crude oil price.A fire-related department near a university in southern California issued a mandatory evacuation order. On December 10, local time, the reporter of the General Desk was informed that a large bush fire broke out near the center of Malibu in southern California in the early morning of the 10 th, which now threatens buildings including the landmark Malibu pier in the city. Relevant departments issued a mandatory evacuation order. The nearby Pepperdine University cancelled classes on the 10th, and students took refuge in the campus. The California Fire Department said that the fire has grown to more than 1,600 acres (about 6.5 square kilometers), and the area has almost tripled in one hour. The local fire department did not know whether the bush fire was caused by human factors. (CCTV News)Reuters survey: 93 out of 103 economists believe that the Federal Reserve will cut the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 4.25%-4.50% on December 18th.