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The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index of Malaysia closed up 0.4% at 1,608.75.Market News: It is reported that Morgan Stanley will buy a mortgage loan from Santander Bank, worth about 900 million euros.TikTok for Business: Build a full-link training system and realize the integration of assessment and certification. Recently, TikTok for Business held the 2024 channel agent conference. At the meeting, TikTok for Business said that at present, TikTok for Business's service link has expanded from simple advertising to live broadcast with goods, short drama contracting, data co-construction and other aspects, and gradually formed a service model of combining e-commerce live broadcast with delivery, short drama distribution, contracting and delivery integration. In addition, TikTok for Business has also built a full-link training system to realize the integration of assessment and certification, and ensure the provision of high-quality services for enterprises going to sea.

The financial technology companies supported by Wal-Mart are valued at $2.5 billion. The traditional banking industry is under threat. Wal-Mart is injecting more funds into its newly-started financial start-ups, obtaining a valuation of $2.5 billion for this company, and indicating its ambition to further set foot in the financial services industry. According to informed sources, the world's largest retailer is jointly leading the financing of more than 300 million US dollars with investment company Ribbit Capital. This marks a new valuation for the company named One, in which Wal-Mart holds a majority stake. Wal-Mart has been providing products to many customers and employees in order to gain a greater foothold in the field of financial services. For the financial industry, the threat of Wal-Mart and other companies encroaching on its territory is getting closer and closer. Just last year, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon mentioned the competitive threat of Wal-Mart and other enterprises, pointing out that its hundreds of millions of customers and huge resources at its disposal were "extraordinary competitive advantages".Qin Xinghua, Anneng Logistics: Under the general tone of "Striving for Progress in Stability", the logistics industry is welcoming new opportunities for development. The Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing from December 11 to 12. The conference analyzed the current economic situation and deployed economic work in 2025. Qin Xinghua, founder, CEO and president of Anneng Logistics, said that this meeting has made various plans for economic work next year, and a comprehensive and systematic layout is of great significance to the overall improvement and sustainable development of the economy. The meeting put forward key measures such as "solidly promoting high-quality development", "expanding domestic demand in all directions" and establishing the implementation of "more active fiscal policy" and "moderately loose monetary policy", and finalized the general tone of "striving for progress while maintaining stability" for economic development in 2025. It is foreseeable that the economic and social development situation will be stable and good next year, and the high-quality development trend will become more prominent. "As an important link in the economic development chain, the logistics industry will usher in new development opportunities under this economic background." Qin Xinghua was encouraged by the development of the enterprise."High-end liquor" was actually produced in a small workshop in a ravine. The police cracked a case of manufacturing and selling fake liquor across three provinces. The so-called high-end liquor was actually produced in a small workshop where garbage was everywhere in a remote ravine, and the price from production to sale was dozens of times. The police in Fuzhou, Jiangxi Province cracked a case of manufacturing and selling counterfeit liquor across Hubei, Henan and Jiangxi, arrested five suspects at the scene and seized more than 30 boxes of high-grade liquor such as counterfeit Maotai, Wuliangye and Jiannanchun. (CCTV News)

Chinese researchers have developed a new type of implantable cranial nerve probe. The reporter learned from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences that Zhang Qiang, a researcher at the institute, and his collaborators have developed a new type of implantable hydrogel neural probe to realize long-term stable monitoring of cranial nerve signals, precise regulation of neural circuits, and preliminary exploration in the application of diagnosis and treatment of severe brain diseases. Related research results were recently published in the international academic journal Advanced Materials. (Xinhua News Agency)Spot gold fell below $2,680 per ounce, down 1.38% in the day. COMEX gold futures fell 2.00% in the day and are now reported at $2701.50 per ounce.Huatong Co., Ltd.: The sales revenue of live pigs in November was 410 million yuan. Huatong Co., Ltd. announced that in November 2024, the company sold 201,000 pigs, including 10,600 piglets. The sales revenue of live pigs reached 410 million yuan, an increase of 20.56% from the previous month. The average selling price of commercial pigs was 16.5 yuan/kg, down 4.07% from October. In addition, the number of chickens sold in November was 1,205,900, a decrease of 47.69% from the previous month and a year-on-year increase of 19.79%. Chicken sales revenue was 20,213,700 yuan, an increase of 23.65% from the previous month. Sales data are unaudited for investors' reference.