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Mckinsey agreed to pay $650 million to settle the criminal investigation of opioids by the U.S. Department of Justice. Mckinsey submitted a five-year deferred prosecution agreement to the federal court in Abingdon, Virginia, and agreed to pay $650 million to settle the criminal investigation of the U.S. Department of Justice on its work in guiding the opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharmaceutical to increase sales. According to court documents, Martin Elling, a former senior partner of McKinsey, agreed to plead guilty to obstruction of justice because he destroyed McKinsey's consulting records for Purdue Pharmaceutical. He will plead guilty on January 10th next year. Mckinsey has previously reached various settlement agreements totaling nearly $1 billion. The company had previously faced lawsuits in several States in the United States, and was accused of providing sales analysis and marketing advice to pharmaceutical companies such as Purdue Pharmaceutical and Johnson & Johnson, which contributed to the popularity of opioids.Kaitou Macro: There is no end in sight for the industrial difficulties in the euro zone. Jack Allen-Reynolds, a macro economist at Kaitou, said in a report that the stagnation of industrial production in the euro zone in October shows that its industrial sector is still weak and will continue to struggle. In fact, he said, without Ireland's data, the G-20' s constant production data would look much worse, or it would drop by 0.5% month-on-month, while Ireland's data is notoriously unstable. Allen-Reynolds said that the output in October excluding Ireland decreased by 2.8% compared with the same period of last year, which was 18% lower than the output level of energy-intensive industries before the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. He said that automobile production is 17% lower than the pre-epidemic level. Although the production performance of other industries is not so bad, the latest survey shows that the overall industrial production continues to decline.Important figures of the South Korean police were detained, and Zhao Zhihao, director of the South Korean Police Department, and Kim Fung-sik, director of the Seoul Police Department, were detained on the evening of 13th. It is reported that the Seoul Central District Court said that Zhao Zhihao and Jin Fengzhi had the possibility of destroying evidence, so they issued detention orders. According to South Korean police investigation, the two men concealed the fact that they had met with President Yin Xiyue before martial law. South Korean police arrested Zhao Zhihao and Jin Fengzhi on suspicion of civil strife in the early morning of 11th. According to Korean law, after the police urgently arrest the suspect, if there is no detention order, they must release him within 48 hours.

Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index reached its highest level in more than a week, rising by 3.1%.Market News: Riot Blockchain(RIOT.O) acquired 5,117 bitcoins for $510 million.In November, personal housing loans stabilized and rebounded. On December 13, the central bank released financial statistics for November 2024. The financial data was generally stable and maintained strong support for the real economy. It is noteworthy that the growth rate of household loans has been rising recently, mainly because personal loans have stabilized and rebounded. From the perspective of residents' departments, the short-term and medium-and long-term loans in the first 11 months increased by 1.29 trillion yuan and 453.8 billion yuan respectively, of which the medium-and long-term loans of residents increased by 66.9 billion yuan in November, increasing for two consecutive months. With the intensive introduction and effective implementation of a package of incremental policies, social expectations and market confidence are gradually picking up. Market experts generally predict that the effective financing demand in the market will be further improved, financial resources will flow more to major strategies, key areas and weak links, and financial support for the high-quality development of the real economy will be more powerful and effective. (21 Finance)

The European Central Bank announced the change in the data release of the Emergency Anti-epidemic Bond Purchase Program (PEPP). The European Central Bank said that on December 5, 2024, the Management Committee approved the change in the data release of the monetary policy portfolio under the Emergency Anti-epidemic Bond Purchase Program (PEPP), because with the time to suspend reinvestment under the Emergency Anti-epidemic Bond Purchase Program (PEPP) at the end of 2024 approaching, the euro system will not be in the asset purchase program or emergency anti-epidemic for the first time since 2014. Predictable changes will ensure that the level of transparency provided by future published data remains appropriate. It is reported that the data of the Emergency Anti-epidemic Bond Purchase Program (PEPP) will be released once a month instead of once every two months to match the equivalent asset purchase program data series, and the series of historical monthly data since the launch of the program will be released. The release systems of emergency anti-epidemic bond purchase plan (PEPP) and asset purchase plan will be further aligned, including the release of retrospective and prospective redemption data of PEPP. The change will be implemented from January 8, 2025.Beijing issued a new policy to reduce the logistics cost of the whole society. The "Implementation Plan for Effectively Reducing the Logistics Cost of the Whole Society in Beijing" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") released on the 13th proposed that Beijing would improve its cargo transportation capacity and vigorously develop air freight. Strengthen the construction of Beijing airport-type national logistics hub, actively expand international routes, and constantly improve the aviation network layout of "all cargo aircraft+passenger aircraft belly cabin". The plan puts forward 16 measures around five key areas, such as improving cargo transportation capacity, improving logistics infrastructure network, improving urban distribution service, strengthening enterprise service and management, and promoting innovation-driven development. (Zhongxin. com)Huilv Ecology: The plan to increase capital to Junheng Technology to achieve control constitutes a major asset restructuring. Huilv Ecology announced that the company and Peng Kaisheng plan to increase capital to Wuhan Junheng Technology Co., Ltd. by paying cash. Before this capital increase, listed companies held 35% equity of Junheng Technology. After this capital increase is completed, listed companies will hold 51% equity of Junheng Technology to control Junheng Technology and include Junheng Technology in the scope of consolidated statements. The total consideration of this transaction is 246 million yuan, all of which are paid in cash. According to the relevant provisions of the Measures for the Administration of Major Asset Restructuring of Listed Companies, this transaction constitutes a major asset restructuring.