Tenstorrent, an AI chip startup, plans to do business in Japan and design cutting-edge semiconductors. The company is also considering outsourcing semiconductor production to Japanese semiconductor manufacturer Rapidus.Shanghai Ganglian: The holding subsidiary Gangyin E-commerce intends to buy back 20-40 million shares, and Shanghai Gangyin E-commerce Co., Ltd., the holding subsidiary of Shanghai Ganglian E-commerce Co., Ltd., intends to buy back shares of Gangyin E-commerce with its own funds (Gangyin E-commerce is a company listed on the New Third Board), and the repurchased shares are used to implement the equity incentive or employee stock ownership plan of Gangyin E-commerce. The number of shares to be repurchased this time is not less than 20 million shares and not more than 40 million shares. It accounts for 1.92%-3.84% of the total share capital of steel and silver e-commerce. According to the number of shares to be repurchased and the upper limit of the repurchase price, it is estimated that the total amount of repurchase funds will not exceed 100 million yuan, and the source of funds is the self-owned funds of steel and silver e-commerce.WTI crude oil futures closed up 1.74%, while WTI January crude oil futures closed up 1.17 USD, or 1.74% to 68.37 USD/barrel. Brent February crude oil futures closed up 1.02 US dollars, or 1.43% to 72.14 US dollars/barrel. Nymex January natural gas futures closed up 3.45% to $3.1820/million British heat.
Many European countries suspended the acceptance of Syrian asylum applications. On the occasion of the drastic changes in Syria, many European governments announced on the 9 th that they would suspend the acceptance of Syrian citizens' asylum applications. According to media reports, countries that have announced the suspension of accepting applications include Germany, Austria, Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Italy. The Greek government is scheduled to meet on the 13th and then announce the final decision. Germany has now taken in nearly one million Syrians, the largest in Europe. Syria remains Germany's largest source of refugees this year. According to data from the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, as of the end of November, more than 72,000 asylum applications were received, of which more than 47,000 had not completed the approval process. The German government said that the suspension of the application will not affect those who have been approved to take refuge in Germany.Biden's administration is striving to ensure a ceasefire in Gaza before January 20th. CNN quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that the administration led by US President Biden is "working increasingly closely" with officials of the new administration to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza before Trump is sworn in on January 20th.Kremlin: It is Assad's personal decision to resign as Syrian president.
Kunlun Digital Intelligence and Hikvision reached a cooperation, and Kunlun Digital Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd. and Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. held a signing ceremony of cooperation framework agreement in Beijing. According to the cooperation agreement, the two sides will actively explore and promote the digital and intelligent application of intelligent IOT technology to improve production efficiency and reduce operating costs. At the same time, the two sides will also carry out in-depth cooperation in marketing and brand building.In order to step up military operations against Syria and expand its long-term strategic advantage, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech on the 8th that the drastic changes in the situation in Syria have brought so-called new opportunities and challenges to Israel. The so-called opportunity, according to the analysis of Israeli and Arab media, Israel is taking this opportunity to strengthen and expand its occupation and control of the temporary border areas between the two countries, even on the Syrian side, so as to gain greater strategic advantages over Syria and neighboring countries in the long run. Secondly, Israel can further attack the military targets in Syria and weaken the overall military strength of Syria. Thirdly, Israel believes that the drastic changes in the Syrian situation have objectively blocked Iran's way of providing assistance to Hezbollah, seriously weakened Iran's influence in the region, and helped it to further exert pressure on Hezbollah and Hamas armed forces in Gaza.Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau: If Trump imposes a 25% tariff, Canada will take countermeasures. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau said on Monday that if US President-elect Trump imposes a 25% tariff on goods imported from Canada, Ottawa will also take tariff measures to fight back. Trudeau said at an event organized by the Chamber of Commerce in Halifax, Nova Scotia: "Of course, we will respond to unfair tariffs in many ways as we did eight years ago, and we are still studying the appropriate response." The Canadian leader said that there are signs that Americans are "beginning to realize that imposing tariffs on all goods imported from Canada will make the cost of living for Americans much higher".