Agency: It is expected that the shipment of folding smartphones will continue to decline in 2025. According to the latest report of Counterpoint Research, the year-on-year shipment of folding smartphone displays declined for the first time in the third quarter of 2024, and it is expected that the shipment in 2025 will also continue to decline. The agency expects Apple to enter the market in the second half of 2026. In addition, more multi-fold products are expected to be launched in 2026, and the first slidable notebook computer is expected to be available in 2025.Central Bank: On December 18th, 20 billion yuan of central bank bills will be issued. On December 18th, the People's Bank of China will issue the 12th issue of central bank bills in 2024 through the CMU bond bidding platform of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. The 12th central bank bill has a maturity of 6 months (182 days), and is a fixed-rate interest-bearing bond, with a circulation of RMB 20 billion. The value date is December 20, 2024, and the maturity date is June 20, 2025, and the maturity date will be postponed in case of a holiday.Australia's employment continued to grow, and the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped. Australia's unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped in November, and employment continued to grow, highlighting the resilience of the labor market to rising interest rates and prompting traders to reduce their bets on interest rate cuts in February. According to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday, the unemployment rate dropped from 4.1% in October to 3.9%, far below the 4.2% expected by economists. The number of employed people has increased by 35,600, and it is entirely driven by full-time jobs. It is expected to increase by 25,000. The Australian dollar rose to 0.6411 against the US dollar, and the yield of policy-sensitive 3-year Australian government bonds rose by 5 basis points. The Australian stock market retreated all gains.
Softbank will invest in AI company Databricks, which seeks to raise at least $7 billion. (The Information)The concept of quantum technology continued to be active. Fudan Fuhua, Xingguang shares continued to be active, Fudan Fuhua, Xingguang shares and Dahua intelligent daily limit, and Suzhou Keda, Shenzhou Information and Zhejiang Dongfang followed suit.On the 12th local time, South Korea's Ministry of National Defense suspended Park An-soo, former martial law commander and army chief of staff.
Aurora Liu, former vice president of Archaeopteryx Market, confirmed to join Alo Yoga. On December 11th, some media reported that Aurora Liu, former vice president of Archaeopteryx Market, had joined the American yoga brand Aloyoga and served as the head of Aloyoga China. Alo will officially enter the China market in 2025 and open the first offline store in China. The reporter learned from Aurora Liu that she has indeed joined Alo Yoga and is currently working in Los Angeles, but denied that Alo will enter China soon. (Interface News)Japanese media: Mrs Abe will go to the United States to seek to meet Trump, after Shi Pomao's hope to meet Trump was rejected. According to a report by Japan's Fuji News Network (FNN) on December 11th, the wife of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Akie Abe, will visit the United States this weekend. Abe maintained a close personal relationship with Trump before his death, and they were "golf friends". The Japanese government hopes to promote the establishment of contact with Trump through Abe Zhaohui's visit to the United States. It is reported that Abe Zhaohui will meet with Trump's wife Melania at Haihu Manor during her visit to the United States. At the same time, the Japanese side also sought to arrange a meeting between Abe Zhaohui and Trump himself. According to the report, after Trump was elected president of the United States, Japanese Prime Minister Shi Pomao only talked with Trump for about five minutes, and the request to arrange a meeting was rejected by the other party. (World Wide Web)Li He, former vice chairman of Kunming CPPCC in Yunnan Province, was expelled from the Party membership and public office. According to the news from the Supervision Committee of Yunnan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, with the approval of Yunnan Provincial Committee, the Supervision Committee of Yunnan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection conducted a case review investigation on Li He, former vice chairman of Kunming CPPCC. After investigation, Li Hehe, as a leading cadre in party member, had no sense of discipline and lost the principle of party spirit, and opposed organizational review by collusion and forgery of evidence. Ignoring the spirit of the eight central regulations, illegally accepting gifts, gifts and consumption cards, illegally accepting travel activities, and illegally organizing weddings to collect money; Cronyism in the selection and appointment of cadres; Pay the fees that should be paid by myself to others; Violation of regulations and intervention in administrative law enforcement activities; Taking advantage of his position to seek benefits for others in contracting projects and allocating project funds, and illegally accepting huge amounts of property. Li Hehe seriously violated the party's political discipline, the spirit of the eight central regulations, organizational discipline, integrity discipline, and work discipline, which constituted a duty violation and was suspected of accepting bribes. After the 18th, 19th, and even 20th National Congress of the Party, he still did not converge, stopped, and had a serious nature and bad influence, which should be dealt with seriously. According to the Regulations on Disciplinary Actions in the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Supervision Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Law on Administrative Actions of Public Officials in People's Republic of China (PRC) and other relevant regulations, after being studied at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Yunnan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and reported to the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee for approval, Li He was decided to be expelled from the Party. The Yunnan Provincial Supervision Commission gave him the punishment of dismissal from public office; Collect their illegal income; The suspected crime was transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution according to law, and the property involved was transferred together.