cryptocurrency profits, Top stories

Villagers: I am very assured that the income is also very good. The reporter learned from China Grain Storage Group that this year, China Grain Storage and its related enterprises increased the scale of domestic corn storage and storage in 2024 in major corn producing areas such as Northeast China. Up to now, China Grain Storage has set up more than 340 purchasing warehouses in major corn producing areas, which has actively played a role in stabilizing the market and stabilizing expectations. Guo Shiliang, a villager from Liufenzi Village, Ming 'an Town, Urad Qianqi, Bayannur City: I am very relieved, and my income is also very good. It provides us with a lot of convenience services. It is very convenient to unload grain on the same day and settle accounts on the same day without queuing. (CCTV News)The chairman of Japan's trade union called on the government to speed up its efforts to raise wages, and the chairman of Japan's Metal Workers' Union urged the government to speed up the pace of wage increase, while expressing concern about the premature tightening measures taken by the Bank of Japan. Akihiro Kaneko, president of the Board of Directors of the Japan Metal Workers' Union, said that we need to see the situation improve this year when talking about the government's measures to help small and medium-sized enterprises pass on costs to consumers through the supply chain. If we put off this effort for five or ten years, there will never be any improvement. Kaneko's remarks come as Japan prepares for annual wage negotiations, which will culminate this spring. In next year's negotiations, the union announced a record target of a monthly salary increase of 12,000 yen (US$ 79) or more. Kaneko said that we need to send a clear message that our salary increase target (this year) is higher.Scott Richardson, Chief Operating Officer of Celanese, will be promoted to CEO. Celanese, a chemical company, announced on December 10th local time that Scott Richardson, the current Chief Operating Officer of Celanese, has been appointed as CEO since January 1st, 2025, and will join the board of directors of the company. Richardson will succeed Lori Ryerkerk, who will resign as president, CEO and Celanese director at the end of the year. Edward Galante has been elected as an independent director of Celanese since 2013, and he will be the chairman of Celanese board, which will take effect after Ryerkerk leaves office.

The cement building materials sector rose sharply, Yatai Group had a daily limit in the afternoon, and Honglu Steel Structure, Fujian Cement, Jinyu Group, hangxiao and Tianshan were among the top gainers.Hong Kong stocks continued to fall in the afternoon, and the Hang Seng Science and Technology Index fell by 1%, which once rose by more than 1%. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.5%.Japan Space Agency: H3 5 rocket with QZS-6 satellite was launched on February 1st.

The Mammal Area of the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Park will be reopened. Many monkeys in the park were infected with bacteria and died. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced that the Mammal Area of the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Park will be reopened on December 13th. On 14 October, the LCSD closed the mammal area in response to the death of monkeys infected with bacteria in the park, and immediately took a number of prevention and control measures, including comprehensive cleaning and disinfection of the cages; Arrange employees who take care of animals to wear protective equipment to remind employees to pay attention to their health; The bacterial test results of the employees concerned were all negative, and the test results of soil and water samples nearby were all negative. At present, the health status of mammals and staff caring for animals in the park is normal, and the LCSD will reopen the mammal area of the park. (Voice of Greater Bay Area)Australia's S&P/ASX200 index closed down 39.40 points, or 0.47%, at 8353.60 points on Wednesday, December 11th.Microsoft is reported to have hired several DeepMind employees for the new AI health department. Mustafa Suleyman, the head of Microsoft consumer artificial intelligence and co-founder of DeepMind, is forming a new team focusing on consumer health. Dominic King, the former head of DeepMind health department, was hired as the vice president of Microsoft AI's new health team in London. He also poached DeepMind's clinical research scientist and Christopher Kelly, a neonatal intensive care doctor at Evelina Children's Hospital in London, and two other colleagues he worked with during DeepMind.