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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.Samsung Electronics shares rose 3%.Another ruling party member supported the impeachment of Yin Xiyue. On the morning of 12th local time, Zhongwu Qin, a famous Korean shooter, Olympic champion and member of parliament of the ruling National Power Party, expressed his support for the impeachment of President Yin Xiyue. At present, six members of parliament of the ruling party have publicly indicated that they will support the impeachment case of President Yin Xiyue. Earlier, South Korea's ruling National Power Party MP Kim Jae-sub announced on the 11th that he would vote in favor of the next presidential impeachment case, bringing the number of ruling party MPs in favor of impeaching President Yin Xiyue to five. South Korea's pan-opposition party has 192 seats in the National Assembly. If the impeachment motion is to be passed in the National Assembly, it needs to obtain at least two-thirds majority of the total 300 seats in the National Assembly, that is, 200 votes in favor. Therefore, the opposition party needs to win at least 8 ruling party members to vote in favor. (CCTV)

A former employee of Adebio was sentenced and involved in AstraZeneca employees' insurance fraud case. A former employee of the genetic testing company Aidebio, which worked closely with AstraZeneca, committed medical insurance fraud together with AstraZeneca sales staff during his tenure in the company. He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and fined for fraud, and I pleaded guilty. A judgment obtained shows that Ma, a former employee of Aide Bio involved in the case, conspired with AstraZeneca employees to tamper with the genetic test report during his tenure. He began to accept public security investigation in September 2021 and was sentenced in August 2023. However, on December 9, 2024, the company replied that "there is no problem (cooperation with AstraZeneca), which has no impact on us and has nothing to do with us" and denied that any employees were involved. (financial magazine)Noon announcement: Southeast Power Grid won the bid for the 489 million yuan smart logistics eHub project in Hangzhou, ① China Green Power: obtaining the 200,000 kW wind power construction index in Guizhou. The projects of "duyun city Pingshan Wind Farm" and "duyun city Tudizhai Wind Farm" declared by Shaanxi Branch of Luneng New Energy (Group) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the company, were included in the "Guizhou Province 2024 Wind Power Photovoltaic Power Generation Construction Scale Project Plan (the third batch)". The acquisition of the above new energy construction indicators is conducive to enriching the company's new energy project reserves. ② Tianyoude Liquor: Decided to carry out activities to invite shareholders to taste products. As of the company's closing on the afternoon of January 19, June 6 and August 13, 2024, shareholders who have registered in Shenzhen Branch of Zhongdeng Company and hold shares in the company can participate in the following activities after successful registration: shareholders can enjoy a 50% discount coupon, and as a general prize, each shareholder can get one, and they can buy products in the shareholder area; One shareholder tasting of Tianyoude Liquor, totaling 3,500 copies, was selected from the number of successful applicants. ③ Tailin Bio: Only the last half trading day is left before the "Tailin Convertible Bonds" stops converting shares, that is, the afternoon trading session on December 12. After the market closes on December 12th, the "Tailin Convertible Bonds" that have not been converted into shares will stop conversion, and the remaining convertible bonds will be forcibly redeemed at the price of 101.15 yuan per share. If forced to redeem, investors may face investment losses. ④ Southeast grid: The company recently received the Notice of Winning Bid from Zhejiang Airport International Logistics Supply Chain Co., Ltd., and determined that the company was the winning bidder of "Global Smart Logistics Hub Hangzhou eHub Project (Distribution Warehouse)", with a total winning bid of 489 million yuan, accounting for 3.76% of the company's annual operating income in 2023, and the project duration was 730 days.The weighted share price index of Taiwan Stock Exchange closed 0.6% higher at 23,046.80 points.

Guangxi: Expand the coverage of the "white list" project and include the corresponding projects of new housing development loans. According to the news of Guangxi News Network, the General Office of the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region recently issued a notice on printing and distributing the "Measures for Promoting the Stable and Healthy Development of the Real Estate Market in Guangxi". There are 20 measures, including six aspects: implementing financial support policies, optimizing housing accumulation fund policies, strictly controlling the increment of commercial housing, optimizing the stock of commercial housing, improving the quality of commercial housing and optimizing the business environment of the real estate market. Expand the coverage of the "white list" project of urban real estate financing coordination mechanism. In principle, the "white list" mechanism is the main financing channel for compliant housing development projects, and the corresponding projects of new housing development loans are all included in the "white list". Optimize the loan approval process of "white list" projects to improve the efficiency of loan issuance. On the premise of coordinating with the real estate project company, the commercial bank can pay all the loans in advance to the project fund supervision account opened by the real estate project company according to the plan provided by the real estate project company, and then entrust the payment from the supervision account to the fund-using object according to the actual application.Yamato: Raising the target price of IWC to HK$ 20 has a more positive view on next year's revenue growth. Yamato published a report that under the strong demand from Malaysia, the bank has a more positive view on IWC's revenue growth next year. In addition, the bank believes that the external financing of operating GDSI, a data center outside the mainland, will release shareholder value. However, as GDSI will be separated from IWC's consolidated statements in the fourth quarter of this year, the bank believes that IWC's short-term re-evaluation will still mainly depend on its mainland business performance, so it still maintains a wait-and-see attitude. The bank maintained its "hold" rating on IWC, and its target price was raised from HK$ 8.6 to HK$ 20. Considering the increase in capital expenditure of IWC from 2025 to 2026, the bank raised its revenue forecast for this year and next by 5% to 24%, mainly due to the strong demand in the international market driven by short video platforms. In addition, in view of the fact that the company raised its capital expenditure guideline from 6.5 billion yuan to 11 billion yuan this year, the bank raised its capital expenditure forecast from 6.7 billion yuan to 11 billion yuan in 2024 and from 3.5 billion yuan to 10.5 billion yuan in 2025. In addition, the bank will raise the adjusted EBITDA forecast of IWC this year and next by 4% to 13% to consider the EBITDA contribution of its overseas business; It is estimated that the total revenue will increase by 15% this year (10% compared with the previous forecast) and 33% next year (15% compared with the previous forecast). The adjusted EBITDA is expected to increase by 11% and 25% this year and next (8% and 15% compared with the previous forecast).South Korea's ruling party has made it a unified position within the party to oppose the "special inspection law for civil strife" and "Jin Jianchit's inspection law". South Korea's ruling National Power Party said that it will make it a unified position within the party to oppose the "special inspection law for civil strife" and "Jin Jianchit's inspection law". (CCTV News)