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Bank of Japan: The index of small non-manufacturers rose for the second consecutive quarter, reaching the highest level since August 1991.BlackRock suggested that investors should consider allocating up to 2% in Bitcoin. BlackRock, an asset management company, reported that interested investors are advised to consider allocating up to 2% of their portfolio in Bitcoin. "We believe that investors with proper management ability and risk tolerance have reason to include Bitcoin in multi-asset portfolios," BlackRock's four-member senior management team pointed out in the report. Team members include Samara Cohen, Chief Investment Officer of ETF, and Paul Henderson, Senior Portfolio Strategist of BlackRock Investment Institute.Russian Intelligence Agency: NATO is worried about Russia's statement about the western participation in the attack on Russia. The Russian Foreign Intelligence Agency issued a statement on the 12th local time, saying that according to the information obtained by the bureau, NATO headquarters is extremely worried about Russia's statement that the United States, Britain and France are directly involved in using western long-range weapons to attack deep areas of Russia. NATO legal experts worry that Russia may accuse western countries of armed aggression against Russia.

Employees hide $154 million in accounts. Macy's said that internal control was ineffective. On Thursday, Macy's said that a reassessment of its financial situation showed that as of February this year, the internal control (including proper record maintenance) of the chain department store was not effective. The retailer launched an evaluation at the end of November after discovering that an employee had concealed as much as $154 million in expenses for many years. Therefore, the company postponed the release of the third quarter earnings report until December 11th. Macy's said that under the supervision of the board of directors, Tony Spring, its CEO, and Adrian Mitchell, its chief financial officer, re-evaluated the effectiveness of internal control, and pointed out that its financial report was not effective as of February 3 due to major defects. The department store chain said that it is implementing changes to improve internal control and make up for major defects.In the first 11 months of GEM, the scale of raising funds by issuing 34 new shares dropped significantly year-on-year. Statistics show that from January to November, 2024, there were 34 new shares listed on GEM, with a total amount of raised funds of about 20.174 billion yuan. The number of issues and the scale of raising funds decreased by about 67% and 83% respectively year-on-year, and the number of listed new shares declined for three consecutive years. Among them, Nova Nebula and Yilian Technology have raised a total of more than 1 billion yuan, which is on the top. The share prices of the first-time shares of GEM all rose on the first day of listing, among which Changlian Technology and Shangda Shares rose more than 1000% on the first day of listing. In addition, there are 17 new shares listed income increased by more than 200%. In terms of underwriters, in the first November of 2024, the number of main underwriting projects of CITIC Jiantou, Guotai Junan and CICC was in the top three. Judging from the scale of fundraising, the total number of projects underwritten by Minsheng Securities and CITIC Jiantou exceeds 2.5 billion yuan, and the project scale of China Merchants Securities, Huatai United Securities and Guotai Junan exceeds 1.5 billion yuan. (Xinhua Finance)Japanese and Korean stock markets opened lower, with the Nikkei 225 index down 0.56% at 39,624.05. South Korea's KOSPI index opened down 0.3% to 2,473.75 points.

The Henan provincial government and Shenzhen Stock Exchange signed a strategic cooperation agreement. According to the news of Henan government network, on December 12, the Henan provincial government and Shenzhen Stock Exchange signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Zhengzhou, and reached a cooperation intention on jointly promoting capital market construction and promoting local economic development. The two sides will adhere to the principles of complementary advantages, resource sharing, project traction, innovation and win-win, and establish an all-round, multi-level, long-term stable, cooperative and mutually beneficial strategic cooperative relationship; Focusing on the implementation of major national strategies and the key industrial chain groups cultivated in Henan Province, we will intensify the cultivation and promote more high-quality enterprises to go public; Give full play to the role of industry-finance service platform and further broaden financing channels; Establish an all-round communication mechanism, strengthen information sharing and work coordination, and jointly create a good environment for the development of the capital market.Intel executives said that whether to split the company is still an open question. Dave Zinsner, chief financial officer of Intel, said that whether to formally split the factory and product development department is an open question and will be decided by the next leader. After Pat Gelsinger was forced to leave his post earlier this month, Zinsner is now the interim co-CEO. He made the comments when attending the Barclays Technology Conference in San Francisco on Thursday. Michelle Johnston Holthaus, another co-CEO, was also present.Asiana Airlines: It is estimated that the debt ratio will drop from the previous 1847% to 700%.