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Albertson terminated its merger with krogh and announced an increase in dividend and repurchase plan. albertson Company announced that it had exercised its right to terminate its merger agreement with krogh, because the US District Court in Oregon and the District Court in Washington issued an injunction on the proposed merger on December 10th. Vivek Sankaran, CEO of the company, commented: "In view of the recent decision of the federal and state courts to block the proposed merger between the company and krogh, we have made a difficult decision to terminate the merger agreement. We are very disappointed with the court's decision. " In addition, the board of directors of albertson Company plans to increase the quarterly cash dividend from $0.12 to $0.15 per share, and approved a stock repurchase plan of up to $2 billion.Sources: Thailand's Cabinet approves the draft of the lowest corporate tax law in the world.Sina Navigation: The project won the bid of 145 million yuan. Sina Navigation announced that the company recently received the bid-winning notice of "2024 GNSS/MET water vapor observation station procurement project" with the bid-winning amount of 145 million yuan. If the formal contract is signed and implemented smoothly, it will have a positive impact on the company's operating performance. At present, the company and the tenderer have not signed a formal contract, and the total project amount and specific implementation contents shall be subject to the formal contract.

Colombia's consumer confidence index in November was -5.7, and the forecast was -4.8.OPEC Monthly Report: Russia slightly cut its oil production in November. On Wednesday, OPEC quoted data from second-hand sources as saying that Russia's crude oil production in November decreased slightly by 0.7 million barrels per day to about 8.99 million barrels per day. This is basically consistent with Russia's monthly production quota of 8.98 million barrels under the OPEC+agreement (including voluntary production reduction). Russia promised to cut production in October and November this year and from March to September next year to make up for the excess production since April. The output of Iraq and Kazakhstan has also been higher than the target, and they also promised to further reduce production to compensate for their excess production.After the publication of CPI in the United States, the probability that the Fed will cut interest rates by 25 basis points in December has almost been fully priced. According to CME's "Fed Observation", the probability that the Fed will keep the current interest rate unchanged by December is 2.3%, and the cumulative probability of cutting interest rates by 25 basis points is 97.7%. The probability of keeping the current interest rate unchanged by January next year is 1.7%, the probability of cutting interest rates by 25 basis points is 71.2%, and the probability of cutting interest rates by 50 basis points is 27.1%.

India's new central bank governor: policy stability is very important and will try to maintain policy continuity.MONDELEZ's share price rose 2.5% before the market, and it was authorized to buy back $9 billion in the news.3 Lianban Huifa Food: Zhenghechang Investment reduced its shareholding by 1 million shares today, and the reduction plan has not yet been completed. On November 8, 2024, the company disclosed the Announcement on Shareholder Reduction Plan of Huifa Food, and the shareholder Zhenghechang Investment Co., Ltd. plans to reduce its shareholding by centralized bidding, not exceeding 2,446,400 shares, not exceeding 1% of the company's total share capital; The reduction of holdings through block trading shall not exceed 4,892,800 shares, and shall not exceed 2% of the company's total share capital. The planned reduction period is from November 29, 2024 to February 27, 2025. On December 11th, 2024, Zhenghechang Investment Co., Ltd. reduced its shareholding by 1 million shares through centralized bidding. At present, the shareholder's shareholding reduction plan has not been completed.