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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)Wei Shaojun, China Semiconductor Industry Association: The domestic chip design industry has returned to the double-digit high-speed development track. At the Shanghai IC Industry Development Forum 2024, Wei Shaojun, chairman of the IC Design Branch of China Semiconductor Industry Association, said that it is estimated that the domestic chip design industry sales in 2024 will be 646.04 billion yuan, an increase of 11.9% compared with 2023, returning to the double-digit high-speed development track, and the proportion of the global IC product market will be basically the same as last year. In terms of the distribution of industrial cities, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing continue to occupy the top three cities in the scale of design industry this year. Among them, the scale of chip design industry in Shanghai has reached 179.5 billion yuan, which is further widened compared with that in Shenzhen. The scale of design industry in Wuxi has reached 67.82 billion yuan, surpassing Hangzhou and ranking fourth. In 2024, the number of chip design enterprises with sales exceeding 100 million reached 737.It is reported that Blackstone Group may withdraw from its bid for Bausch & Lomb, an eye care company. People familiar with the matter said that Blackstone Group may withdraw from its joint bid for Bausch & Lomb. Earlier, it was reported that Blackstone and TPG (Detai Capital) jointly bid for Bausch & Lomb, an eye care company. At present, negotiations are still in progress. If Bausch & Lomb is willing to accept a lower price, or TPG finds another private equity investment group as a trading partner, the transaction may still be completed.

There was a power vacuum in Syria, and Israel took the opportunity to seize the territory. Many countries condemned it. After the Bashar government in Syria stepped down, all parties launched a "land grab" in Syria, of which Israel acted the fastest. According to Reuters's report on the 10th, the Israeli army continued to March into Damascus, the Syrian capital, and has now reached about 25km southwest of Damascus. Although the Israeli army denied this news, in the past two days, the Israeli army seized the buffer zone between Israel and Syria and some areas in southern Syria from the Golan Heights, and also carried out more than 300 air strikes on Syria. The international community strongly condemns Israel's practices. (World Wide Web)The US investment bank explained the downward adjustment of India's economic growth forecast: Based on the short-term economic slowdown and influenced by multiple internal and external factors, according to the Indian media "QRIUS", Uppsala Chachar, chief Indian economist of Morgan Stanley, the US investment bank, predicted that India's GDP growth in fiscal year 2025-2026 would be 6.5%. According to India's Economic Times, at the beginning of this month, Morgan Stanley has lowered India's GDP growth forecast for fiscal year 2024-2025 from the previous 6.7% to 6.3%.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.

ZTE Commercial: At present, the occupancy rate of office is about 95%, and the occupancy rate of catering industry exceeds 98%. ZTE Commercial said in the investigation of the reception organization that the company's property leasing mainly includes two parts: one is the leasing operation of catering industry in the business premises; The second is the lease operation of business office. At present, the rental rate of writing room is about 95%, and the rental rate of catering industry is over 98%. In the future, the company will focus on the main business, intensive cultivation, pioneering and innovative. On the one hand, continue to do a good job in the operation of physical stores and consolidate and strengthen the leading position in the region; On the other hand, accelerate the innovation of business model and realize new profit growth points. First, speed up the dinosaur museum project and create a new business format integrating museum and business; Second, speed up the online expansion. On the basis of the current "Zhongxing Building+"applet and live broadcast in Tik Tok, we will try to cooperate with a tripartite organization with the advantages of supply chain resources, explore a new online operation mode, and develop online and offline with the same frequency resonance and omni-channel.The US investment bank explained the downward adjustment of India's economic growth forecast: Based on the short-term economic slowdown and influenced by multiple internal and external factors, according to the Indian media "QRIUS", Uppsala Chachar, chief Indian economist of Morgan Stanley, the US investment bank, predicted that India's GDP growth in fiscal year 2025-2026 would be 6.5%. According to India's Economic Times, at the beginning of this month, Morgan Stanley has lowered India's GDP growth forecast for fiscal year 2024-2025 from the previous 6.7% to 6.3%.Market News: The United States is considering imposing tougher oil sanctions on Russia before Trump takes office.