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International coffee futures rose as high as 70% during the year. As of December 12, Beijing time, the price of US ICE coffee futures had risen by nearly 70% during the year, and once hit a high of 345.55 cents/pound on December 10, a record high. At the same time, the price of Arabica coffee futures on the New York Futures Exchange also reached $3.434 per pound, exceeding the record high set in 1977. As for the reasons for the soaring international coffee futures prices, a futures industry source revealed that the price increase of coffee beans was mainly due to weather changes and supply chain disruptions. Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer (accounting for one third of the world's output), has experienced severe drought and frost in recent years, resulting in a sharp decline in coffee production. (CBN)Xia Yiping, CEO of Extreme Vietnam: I am only a minority shareholder of the company, and Baidu has 80% of the voting rights. I learned from employees inside Extreme Vietnam that Xia Yiping, CEO of Extreme Vietnam, communicated with employee representatives about the company this afternoon. He revealed that the board of directors had a meeting the night before the 11th solution was released, and no agreement was reached on employee social security. It is not up to you to decide the plan that is released only after you get the resolution from the board of directors. "I said that I could take some money to solve the social security problem of employees, but in this case, neither shareholder stood up." He said that he is the CEO of the company, but he is only a minority shareholder and has decision-making power in business, but he has no decision-making power in the development of the company and needs the decision of the board of directors. 80% of the voting rights of the company are in Baidu. Baidu has just conducted a comprehensive audit of the company recently, and there are no problems. (Sina Technology)Institution: The Swiss National Bank does not need to cut interest rates sharply again. Melanie Debono, a macroeconomic analyst at Pantheon, wrote in a report that the Swiss National Bank does not need to cut borrowing costs sharply again. Earlier, the Swiss National Bank unexpectedly cut interest rates by 50 basis points. Most analysts had expected a more cautious rate cut of 25 basis points. Debono said that there may be further relaxation after this move, but only a little. Pantheon Macroeconomics predicts that the Swiss National Bank will cut interest rates by 25 basis points again in March next year.

China has launched more than 97,000 online courses in massive open online course. The reporter learned from the Ministry of Education on December 12 that up to now, more than 30 online course platforms have been built in China, and more than 97,000 online courses have been launched in massive open online course, with 1.39 billion learners. The number of massive open online course and the number of learners in China rank first in the world. A total of 31,000 high-quality online courses have been launched on the Smart Higher Education Platform, with a total of 78,000 teachers participating in the lectures and more than 93 million visits, covering 183 countries and regions at home and abroad. (Xinhua News Agency)Polish interest rate setter Nolov Ski: The discussion on interest rate reduction may start in March, and then a decision on interest rate reduction will be made soon.Polish Prime Minister: There is no plan to send troops to Ukraine after the ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. On December 12, local time, Polish Prime Minister Tusk said after meeting with French President Macron that the decision on whether to send troops to Ukraine after the ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine will be made by Poland itself. At present, Poland has no such plan. In addition, Baussac, deputy speaker of the Polish House of Representatives, said at a news conference that sending troops to Ukraine was not in the interests of Poland, the EU and NATO. He expressed firm opposition to this. Baussac said that the Polish government should clearly and directly state its position and refuse to send troops to Ukraine. Polish Prime Minister Tusk said on the 10th that peace talks on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict may start this winter. Tusk said at the government meeting that Poland will take over the rotating presidency of the European Union in January next year, when Poland will play an important role in the negotiations on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. He said that peace talks may start this winter, and Poland will participate in the arrangement of the political agenda and even lead the development of the situation during the negotiations. (CCTV News)

Cui Dongshu, Chenglian Branch: The head car companies that grew in the auto market this year showed stronger characteristics of their own brands. Cui Dongshu, secretary general of Chenglian Branch, issued a document saying that the national new energy passenger car market showed a continuous upward trend in 2024, with a penetration rate of 52% for the retail sales of 1.26 million vehicles in November. With the strong growth of the extension program at the beginning of the year, the scrapping and renewal and trade-in since August have promoted the explosive growth of the entry-level hybrid of economical electric vehicles, forming a good performance that new energy vehicles will become stronger and stronger in 2024. This year, the head car companies that have grown in the auto market are characterized by stronger independent brands. In particular, the new energy trend of traditional independent car companies has surpassed the new forces, and more and more students have become "three excellent students" with mixed, pure electric and all-round development.Guotai Junan: The long-term incremental "option" brought by humanoid robots is expected to help the valuation of the rare earth sector rise. When looking forward to the strategy of the rare earth sector in 2025, Guotai Junan said that the market had expected that with the slowdown in the growth of core demand power such as new energy vehicles and wind power in the future, the demand for rare earth markets is under downward pressure. However, we expect that the rising consumption of magnetic materials for new energy vehicles and the warming demand for wind power are still expected to support the basic demand growth, and the demand for equipment renewal that began to land in 2024 is expected to become a new driving force for rare earth demand. On the supply side, an orderly pattern of domestic supply has been established, with many overseas planning increments but slow actual volume, and continuous supply-side constraints. In addition, the long-term incremental "options" brought by humanoid robots are also expected to help the valuation of the plate rise.The governor of the Swiss National Bank once again threatened negative interest rates, saying that it really worked. Martin Schlegel, governor of the Swiss National Bank, said that the bank did not like negative interest rates, but would use them again when necessary to curb speculation in the Swiss franc. Before his speech, the Swiss National Bank unexpectedly cut interest rates by 50 basis points. The new central bank governor once again threatened to re-implement the negative interest rate policy if necessary. "Nobody likes negative interest rates, and neither does the Swiss National Bank," Schlegel told Bloomberg Television in Bern. "Of course, we will also be ready to implement negative interest rates again if necessary. But as we cut interest rates today, the possibility of negative interest rates has been reduced. "