South Korean President Yin Xiyue: I only discussed the martial law plan with the Minister of National Defense. The declaration of martial law is an administrative act of the government and is not subject to judicial review.According to the information on the suspension and resumption of trading of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Hasen shares were not announced due to important matters, and they were suspended all day on December 12.The United Nations appealed for $4 billion in aid to Palestine. On December 11th, local time, the United Nations appealed for more than $4 billion in aid to the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in 2025 to meet the living needs of local people. On the same day, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that due to Israel's restrictions on the transportation of local humanitarian relief materials, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs could only reduce the amount of assistance to about 4 billion US dollars, while the actual amount of assistance needed locally may be higher, at least 6.6 billion US dollars.
Starting at 2.19 million yuan, the world's most expensive iPhone16ProMax appeared. On December 12, it was reported that Caviar, a luxury goods company in Dubai, once again customized and launched the world's most expensive iPhone 16 Pro Max, decorated with a crown made of 18K pure gold and inlaid with precious gems. The starting price was 301,070 US dollars (currently about 2.189 million yuan).Mercury Home Textiles invested in the establishment of an industrial company. The enterprise search APP shows that Shanghai Mercury Industrial Co., Ltd. was recently established, with the legal representative of Li Laibin and the registered capital of 3 million yuan. Its business scope includes: the production of second-class medical devices; Manufacturing of household textile products; Manufacturing of industrial textile products; Household goods sales; Sales of daily necessities; Clothing manufacturing; Clothing accessories manufacturing, etc. Enterprise equity penetration shows that the company is indirectly wholly owned by Mercury Home Textiles.Shaanxi Construction Co., Ltd. and others set up a new company in Altay, Xinjiang. The enterprise search APP shows that Altay Construction Engineering Co., Ltd. was established recently, with Li Shibing as the legal representative and a registered capital of 40 million yuan. Its business scope includes: construction project construction; Construction professional work; Construction of cultural relics protection project; Building intelligent system design, etc. Enterprise investigation shows that the company is jointly held by Shaanxi Construction Co., Ltd..
The European Central Bank may no longer mention the need to adopt a "restrictive" policy to curb inflation. The financial market has completely digested the expectation that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, and the possibility of a larger rate cut is close to zero. Any adjustment of the ECB's future guidance may be minimal. It may no longer mention the need to adopt "restrictive" policies to curb inflation, which is an implicit signal that interest rates will at least fall to the so-called neutral level. Lorenzo Codogno of LC Macro Advisors said: "In view of the great uncertainties in international geopolitics and policies, it is still appropriate to rely on data and determine the appropriate level and duration of restrictions one after another."The weighted share price index of Taiwan Stock Exchange opened 0.6% higher at 23,050.64.OpenAI responded to ChatGPT downtime. On December 12th, OpenAI confirmed that ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chat robot, was currently experiencing a worldwide downtime, which made users unable to use it. This problem also affects the integration function between iOS 18.2 and Siri. According to OpenAI, the company has identified the cause of the outage and is actively repairing it. Although their goal is to restore the function of ChatGPT as soon as possible, they have not provided a specific recovery schedule.