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Deutsche Bank: There is little hope that the British economy will rebound at the end of the year. Sanjay Raja, an economist at Deutsche Bank, wrote in a research report that the British economy will face more twists and turns in the future. Data released on Friday showed that Britain's GDP contracted again in October from the previous month, which surprised the market. Raja said that business surveys predict that economic activity will further weaken in the last few months of this year. In his research report, he reminded investors that the uncertainty in taxation and expenditure, coupled with the reduction in retail and service consumption caused by bad weather, added more resistance to Britain's fragile economic recovery.Anhui procuratorate prosecuted Huawei Yu, the former deputy general manager of Anhui Investment Group Holding Co., Ltd., for allegedly accepting bribes. According to the highest inspection news, a few days ago, Huawei Yu, the former party member and deputy general manager of Anhui Investment Group Holding Co., Ltd., was suspected of accepting bribes, and the Huainan Municipal People's Procuratorate filed a public prosecution with the Huainan Intermediate People's Court according to law after the jurisdiction designated by the Anhui Provincial People's Procuratorate. The case is being further processed. At the stage of examination and prosecution, the procuratorial organ informed the defendant Huawei Yu of his litigation rights according to law, interrogated the defendant according to law and listened to the opinions of defenders. The People's Procuratorate of Huainan City charged that the defendant Huawei Yu, as a national staff member, used the convenience of his position and the convenience of his authority or position to seek benefits for others through the actions of other national staff members, and illegally accepted other people's property alone or in collusion with others. The amount was extremely huge, so he should be investigated for criminal responsibility for accepting bribes according to law.Citigroup: Raise the target price of Autozone from $3,500 to $3,900, and maintain the "buy" rating.

The launch of Global Development Report 2024 was held in Beijing Foreign Ministry: China is willing to deepen development cooperation with all parties. On the 13th, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning held a regular press conference, and Mao Ning said that the release of Global Development Report is an important measure to implement global development initiatives. This is the third annual report issued by relevant Chinese institutions, aiming at rallying international consensus focusing on development and exploring ideas and cooperation paths to meet global development challenges. As the largest developing country in the world, China is willing to deepen development cooperation with all parties, accelerate the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and benefit the people of more countries. (CCTV News)Zhonglu Co., Ltd.: The total amount of taxes and late fees paid is 15,430,100 yuan. Zhonglu Co., Ltd. announced that the company, as a limited partner of Zhonglu Advantage, received its cash asset distribution according to the resolution of Zhonglu Advantage Partner Meeting. In view of the above-mentioned asset allocation matters, the company strictly abides by the relevant regulations and adopts the principle of "tax after distribution". As required, it has declared and paid enterprise income tax of 11,770,500 yuan and late payment fee of 3,659,500 yuan, totaling 15,430,100 yuan. The late payment fee paid by the company will be included in the current profit and loss in 2024, which is expected to affect the company's net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies in 2024 by about 3,659,500 yuan.Wuzhong, Jiangsu; Dobutamine Hydrochloride Injection and Paramivir Injection are planned to win the bid for the national centralized drug procurement. Jiangsu Wuzhong announced that in the national centralized drug procurement, the bid price of Dobutamine Hydrochloride Injection and Paramivir Injection is 3.58 yuan and 7.47 yuan respectively. The procurement cycle of the two products is until December 31, 2027, and they are supplied to Fujian, Anhui, Jilin, Hubei, Beijing, Inner Mongolia and other provinces and cities respectively. Winning the bid will help to expand the sales of related products, improve market share and brand influence, and have a positive impact on the company's future business performance.

Namibia's GDP in the third quarter increased by 2.8% year on year.The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology decided to set up the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence Standardization Technical Committee, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology decided to set up the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence Standardization Technical Committee, numbered MIIT/TC1, which is mainly responsible for the compilation and revision of industry standards in the fields of artificial intelligence evaluation and testing, operation and maintenance, data set, basic hardware, software platform, large model, application maturity, application development management and artificial intelligence risk. The first Technical Committee of Artificial Intelligence Standardization of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology consists of 41 members, and the secretariat is undertaken by China Information and Communication Research Institute.Villeroi, Governing Committee of the European Central Bank: Interest rates will be cut several times next year. Francois Villeroy de Galhau, a member of the Board of Governors of the European Central Bank, said that the European Central Bank will further reduce borrowing costs in 2025, and there is still a way to go before monetary policy is no longer restrictive. "There will be more interest rate cuts next year, and many times," he said on BFM Business TV on Friday He added that the central bank did not promise the specific interest rate trajectory in advance, but was "quite satisfied with the financial market forecast". The current expectation of the swap market is to cut interest rates by about 120 basis points by the end of next year.