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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".Zhaowei, Shenwan Hongyuan Securities: Macroeconomic policies pay more attention to cooperation with key areas such as stable employment and scientific and technological innovation. zhaowei, chief economist of Shenwan Hongyuan Securities, said that in terms of macroeconomic regulation and control, this meeting continued the tone of Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party in December, emphasizing "being more active and promising" and "improving the overall effectiveness of policies". The meeting mentioned "strengthening the coordination of fiscal, monetary, employment, industrial, regional, trade, environmental protection, supervision and other policies and reform and opening-up measures", on the one hand pointing to the follow-up fiscal and monetary policies or strengthening coordination and supporting steady growth; On the other hand, it points to "forming synergy" among multiple departments, and macro policies pay more attention to cooperation with key areas such as stable employment and scientific and technological innovation. (CSI Taurus)Galaxy Entertainment: Lv Yaodong was appointed as the chairman of the board of directors. On December 13, Galaxy Entertainment announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that Lv Yaodong, the executive director of Yinhe Entertainment, was appointed as the vice chairman of the board of directors since February 1997 and is now appointed as the chairman of the board of directors, which will take effect on December 13, 2024.

Sony has registered the trademark of space robot. According to media reports, on December 13th, TGA award ceremony was held, and AstroBot won the annual game award. This game was developed by Team ASOBI and released by Sony Interactive Entertainment. According to Tianyancha's intellectual property information, in May 2020, Sony Interactive Entertainment Co., Ltd. applied for registration of two "cosmic robots" trademarks. At present, the educational and entertainment trademarks have been successfully registered, and the scientific instrument trademarks are displayed as "revocation/invalidation application under review". However, according to the trademark documents, a company's application for invalidation of such trademarks has been rejected. In addition, in November 2019, Sony applied to register two trademarks of "Cosmic Robot Search and Rescue Action", which are internationally classified as educational entertainment and scientific instruments. At present, they have all been rejected and are in an invalid state.Singapore Straits Times Index closed at 3,810.35.The plan for Indonesian civil servants to move to the new capital was postponed until April next year. On December 13th, local time, Diana Kusu Mastu, Deputy Minister of Public Works of Indonesia, said that the Indonesian government planned to move civil servants to the new capital Nusantara in April 2025. The construction of necessary infrastructure, including residential buildings, is under way, and the current construction progress has exceeded 60%. (CCTV News)

Yiling Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.: The application for clinical trial of Lianhua Yuping Granule was approved, and Yiling Pharmaceutical announced that Beijing Yiling, a wholly-owned subsidiary, received the Notice of Approval for Clinical Trial of Drugs approved and issued by National Medical Products Administration on December 12, 2024, and agreed to carry out clinical trial of Lianhua Yuping Granule for qi deficiency syndrome of common cold.Beijing Stock Exchange plans to carry out the fifth network-wide test of trading support platform optimization tomorrow. On December 13th, the office of Beijing Stock Exchange and the office of National Stock Transfer Company issued a notice to carry out the fifth network-wide test of trading support platform optimization on December 14th. The participating institutions are Beijing Stock Exchange, National Stock Transfer Company, China Clearing, Shenzhen Stock Connect, securities companies, fund companies and information providers.Syrian Human Rights Watch: Israel attacked military facilities in central Syria. On December 13, local time, Syrian Human Rights Watch said that the Israeli army launched an attack on military targets in the Mesyaf area of Hama province in central Syria and the rural area of Homs city in Homs province. (CCTV News)