Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup: I feel very good about this year's revenue performance. Citigroup is expected to achieve the high end of the revenue guidance range in 2024, and plans to increase the stock repurchase scale after the bank's capital prospects are further clarified. "It is my top priority to return more of Citi's capital to investors," Mark Mason, chief financial officer of Citigroup, said at a conference organized by Goldman Sachs on Tuesday. "I am well aware of our trading level compared with our peers." Mason also said that the bank expects to reach the high end of the income guidance of $80 billion to $81 billion this year. "So it feels very good," he said. Mason said that spending may also be at the high end of the range. This shows that the bank will realize the forecast of two key indicators at the beginning of the year.Callas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: We must avoid repeating the mistakes of Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan. Concerns about the rise of sectarian violence and extremism in Syria are justified. The regime transition will bring great challenges to Syria and the region.United Nations report: Three quarters of the earth's land is gradually dry due to climate change. The 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP 16) was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from December 2 to 13. On the 9th, the United Nations released a report during the meeting, saying that about three-quarters of the world's land has gradually become dry due to climate change. The report found that in the 30 years before 2020, about 77.6% of the world's land became drier than before. At present, except Antarctica, the dry land area accounts for about 40% of the global land area. Between 1990 and 2020 alone, the global dry land area increased by 4.3 million square kilometers.
Goubuli reduced its capital to 10 million yuan. Tianyancha App shows that Tianjin Goubuli Food Co., Ltd. has undergone industrial and commercial changes recently, and its registered capital has been reduced from 30 million yuan to 10 million yuan. The company was established in August 2005, and its legal representative is Zhang Yansen. Its business scope includes food production, food Internet sales, small groceries and small food workshops. According to shareholder information, the company is jointly held by Goubuli Group Co., Ltd. and Gao Guiqin.U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA): It is estimated that the ending inventory of corn in the United States is 1.738 billion bushels, and analysts expect 1.90192 billion bushels. USDA had previously expected 1.938 billion bushels.The Dow Jones Internet Composite Index reported 1157.64 points, up 3.54 points or 0.31%.
Huaan Securities: It plans to buy back up to 200 million yuan of shares for cancellation. Huaan Securities announced that the company plans to buy back RMB common stock A shares by centralized bidding through the trading system of Shanghai Stock Exchange, and the repurchase price does not exceed 9.36 yuan/share. The total amount of repurchase funds is not less than 100 million yuan and not more than 200 million yuan. According to the upper limit of the repurchase amount, it is estimated that the number of repurchased shares is about 21,367,500 shares, accounting for about 0.45% of the company's current total share capital; According to the lower limit of the repurchase amount, it is estimated that the number of repurchased shares is about 10,683,800 shares, accounting for about 0.23% of the company's current total share capital. All the repurchased shares will be used for cancellation and reduction of registered capital. Creditors may require the company to pay off debts or provide corresponding guarantees within 30 days after receiving the notice or within 45 days after the announcement.3 Lianban Huifa Food: Zhenghechang Investment Co., Ltd.' s plan to reduce its holdings of 1 million shares on December 11 has not been completed. Huifa Food announced that since December 9, 2024, the company's stock has been trading daily for three consecutive trading days. On November 8, 2024, the company disclosed the Announcement of Shareholder's Shareholding Reduction Plan of Huifa Food. Shareholder Zhenghechang Investment Co., Ltd. plans to reduce its shareholding by centralized bidding to no more than 2,446,423 shares, which does not exceed 1% of the company's total share capital. The reduction of holdings through block trading does not exceed 4,892,846 shares, and does not exceed 2% of the company's total share capital. The planned reduction period is from November 29, 2024 to February 27, 2025. On December 11th, 2024, Zhenghechang Investment Co., Ltd. reduced its shareholding by 1,000,000 shares through centralized bidding. At present, the shareholder's shareholding reduction plan has not been completed.The security department of the South Korean Presidential Palace confronted the investigation team for more than five hours. The special investigation team of emergency martial law of the National Investigation Headquarters of the South Korean police tried to detain and search the South Korean Presidential Palace today (December 11), but due to the failure to reach an agreement with the security department of the Presidential Palace on the search method, as of 17: 00 local time, the investigators still did not enter the Presidential Palace. In response to this situation, a spokesman for the Common Democratic Party, the largest opposition party in South Korea, said that "the behavior of the security guard that hinders the seizure and search of the presidential palace belongs to the behavior of protecting the leaders of civil strife, which is equivalent to participating in civil strife." (CCTV International News)