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This year, the amount of M&A transactions involving listed companies in Hong Kong has reached 38 billion US dollars, which has triggered a rare bidding war. This year is expected to be the busiest year for M&A transactions involving listed companies in Hong Kong in the past decade, with industries ranging from skin care products to logistics real estate, and the bidding war has also warmed up. It is reported that China Mobile's bid for Hongkong Broadband may face competition from American private equity firm I Squared Capital. Bi Hua, chairman of Fenmei Packaging, is negotiating with Qihao Capital to jointly counter the privatization offer of Shandong Xinjufeng. The data shows that the scale of M&A transactions for listed companies in Hong Kong has reached $38 billion this year, the highest level since 2017, including the merger of Guotai Junan Securities and Haitong Securities, a smaller competitor, to become the largest brokerage firm in China.An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred in the waters near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. According to Japanese media reports, an earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred on the morning of the 12th local time in the eastern coastal area of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, with a focal depth of 50 kilometers. Fukushima Prefecture has a sense of earthquake in many places, including Urachi-CHO, Langjiang-CHO and Yuye-CHO, among which Urachi is the location of Units 1 to 4 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (CCTV News)The word "Jin" was elected as the Japanese Chinese character of the year in 2024. According to NHK, on the afternoon of December 12, local time, Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, Japan announced the word "Jin" as the Japanese Chinese character of the year in 2024. According to the report, this year's word "gold" has two meanings. One is that athletes such as Japanese Olympic athletes have performed well and issued a shining "golden light"; The second is the political black gold problem in Japanese politics and frequent robberies caused by underground part-time jobs, because the pronunciation of "gold" in Japanese, like the word "shadow", also implies the meaning of "shadow". (China News Network)

Kuwait set the price of crude oil sold to the Mediterranean region and northwest Europe in January at a discount of $4.90 per barrel.Afternoon comments on Hong Kong stocks: Hang Seng Index rose by 1.72%, Hang Seng Technology Index rose by 2.55%, Hong Kong stocks closed at noon, Hang Seng Index rose by 1.72% and Hang Seng Technology Index rose by 2.55%. Chinese brokerage stocks and consumer stocks were among the top gainers, with China Merchants Securities, Mengniu Dairy and Tongcheng Travel up over 7% and over 5% respectively.Lan Foan met with World Trade Organization Director-General Ivira. On December 9, 2024, Minister Lan Foan met with World Trade Organization Director-General Ivira in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on enhancing the transparency of subsidy policy, supporting the operation of global trust funds and maintaining the multilateral trading system.

South Korea's former defense chief Jin Longxian's confidential mobile phone was detained by the police and the Ministry of National Defense. On the 12th local time, it was learned that the South Korean police and the Ministry of National Defense detained the confidential mobile phone of former defense chief Jin Longxian. (CCTV News)Lan Foan, Minister of Finance, met with Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. On December 9, Lan Foan, Minister of Finance, met with Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. The two sides exchanged views on the global and China economic situation, the focus of China's fiscal policy and the debt of developing countries, accompanied by Liao Min, Vice Minister of Finance.Foreign media: Blinken testified in Congress about the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, and the pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted his speech several times. According to the Turkish Anadolu News Agency, US Secretary of State Blinken testified in the House of Representatives on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan on the 11th local time, during which several pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted his speech several times.