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TikTok submitted an application to the federal court of Canada to challenge the Canadian government's order to close the company's office. On December 11th, local time, TikTok Canada Branch announced that it had submitted an application to the federal court for review of the government's order to close TikTok's business in Canada. TikTok said that this order will cost hundreds of hard-working local employees their jobs and livelihoods, and they support the community with more than 14 million Canadian users on TikTok every month. TikTok said that it is in the best interest of Canadians to find a meaningful solution and ensure that the local team continues to exist with the TikTok platform. (Interface News)Vietnam said that private equity giant KKR sought to expand its investment in the country. On the evening of December 10, the Vietnamese government website issued a statement saying that private equity investment company KKR was seeking to expand its investment opportunities in Vietnam. Su Lin, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, expressed the hope that foreign investors, including American investors, will continue to increase their investment in Vietnam, especially in the fields of digital transformation, green transformation, renewable energy, clean energy and climate change. It is suggested that American enterprises, including KKR, continue to actively contribute to promoting bilateral cooperation, especially bilateral economic and scientific cooperation. David Petraeus, a partner of KKR, said that KKR is very optimistic about the investment prospects in Vietnam, and KKR Fund is looking for opportunities to expand cooperation and investment in Vietnam. He also promised to continue to support the development of Vietnam-US relations.Skyworth Digital won the first bid for China Mobile's smart set-top box collection. In the announcement of "Publicity of Selected Candidates for Centralized Procurement of Smart Set-top Box Products of China Mobile from 2024 to 2026 (Public Procurement Part)" issued by China Mobile, Skyworth Digital won the bid in the first place, with the winning share of 4K set-top boxes being 23.91% and the number of selected units being 13.12 million. The winning share of 8K ultra HD set-top boxes is 40%, and the selected number is 500,000. China Mobile released the centralized procurement of 8K ultra-high-definition set-top box products for the first time. After Skyworth Digital, the 8K ultra-high-definition set-top box, won the exclusive bid for Henan Mobile and Shanghai Mobile, the company won the first prize in centralized procurement.

Biden's last speech on the economy warned Trump that "trickle-down economics" was making a comeback. US President Biden publicized his economic achievements in a speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Tuesday, and warned Trump to repeat the Republican "trickle-down economics" during his second term. This may be his last speech on the economy during his tenure. Biden said in his speech that he promoted investment in infrastructure, manufacturing and neglected communities, avoided a bigger economic crisis and laid the foundation for sustained economic growth. "The new government will take over a fairly strong economy, and most economists agree with this view," Biden said. "I deeply hope that the new government can maintain and carry forward such progress. Biden proudly said that after decades of trickle-down economics, which gave priority to the wealthy Americans, his government adopted a new approach. At present, the economy is growing from the inside out and from the bottom up, benefiting the middle class. He admitted that American workers still suffer from inflation and high housing prices. Biden stressed that during his tenure, he created 16 million jobs, the highest in a single presidency, the lowest average unemployment rate in all previous governments in the past 50 years, and the smallest racial gap between the rich and the poor in the past 20 years. Biden warned Trump to provide more tax cuts for the rich and enterprises during his second term, and said that Trump's commitment to impose tariffs on overseas goods may make a "big mistake". He also said that he thought Trump would be in trouble if he stopped the investments he made during his administration, because these investments benefited many Republican and Democratic-led states.Zhongying Electronics: A small number of products have been used for service robots, but not for humanoid robots. Zhongying Electronics (300327) replied to investors' questions on the interactive platform on December 11th, saying that a small number of products have been used for service robots, but not for humanoid robots. The company has been paying attention to the application and technical development of robot motor control MCU and its lithium battery management chip, and evaluating the R&D investment.The insurance sector fell by more than 8% in the short term, and the insurance sector fell by more than 8% in the short term. New China Life Insurance, China PICC, China Life Insurance and China Pacific Insurance followed suit.

Shares of 9 listed companies were reduced by important shareholders. Company No.9 -WD has the highest reduction amount. Based on the change deadline, on December 10th, 3 shares were increased by important shareholders, and Jintou City gained an increase of 6,019,200 shares by important shareholders, with an increase amount of 16,624,800 yuan. The shares of nine listed companies were reduced by important shareholders, and the ninth company -WD was reduced by 5,051,600 shares by important shareholders, with a reduction amount of 238 million yuan.Shanghai Electric discussed new energy cooperation with South Korea's Hyosung Group. According to Shanghai Electric, on the morning of December 9, Leo, Party Secretary and Chairman of Shanghai Electric Group, went to Seoul, South Korea to visit South Korea's Hyosung Group and held talks with its president Zhao Xianjun. The two sides had in-depth exchanges on joint ventures and cooperation in the field of new energy. Zhao Xianjun expressed the hope that the two sides will strengthen cooperation in the fields of wind power and hydrogen energy and jointly explore Korean and overseas markets. During the talks, the two sides also discussed the cooperation potential in the fields of hydrogen energy and power grid equipment, and sought cooperation opportunities in technology research and development, project investment and market development.Biden's last speech on the economy warned Trump that "trickle-down economics" was making a comeback. US President Biden publicized his economic achievements in a speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Tuesday, and warned Trump to repeat the Republican "trickle-down economics" during his second term. This may be his last speech on the economy during his tenure. Biden said in his speech that he promoted investment in infrastructure, manufacturing and neglected communities, avoided a bigger economic crisis and laid the foundation for sustained economic growth. "The new government will take over a fairly strong economy, and most economists agree with this view," Biden said. "I deeply hope that the new government can maintain and carry forward such progress. Biden proudly said that after decades of trickle-down economics, which gave priority to the wealthy Americans, his government adopted a new approach. At present, the economy is growing from the inside out and from the bottom up, benefiting the middle class. He admitted that American workers still suffer from inflation and high housing prices. Biden stressed that during his tenure, he created 16 million jobs, the highest in a single presidency, the lowest average unemployment rate in all previous governments in the past 50 years, and the smallest racial gap between the rich and the poor in the past 20 years. Biden warned Trump to provide more tax cuts for the rich and enterprises during his second term, and said that Trump's commitment to impose tariffs on overseas goods may make a "big mistake". He also said that he thought Trump would be in trouble if he stopped the investments he made during his administration, because these investments benefited many Republican and Democratic-led states.