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For the second day in a row, the price of domestic gold ornaments rose by 10 yuan/gram compared with yesterday. The price of gold ornaments in many jewelry stores was 812 yuan/gram, while the price of gold ornaments in Zhou Shengsheng and Laomiao was slightly higher, 814 yuan/gram and 813 yuan/gram respectively.Wuxi factory was completed last year, and Yakult in Shanghai was closed this year: The Shanghai factory has been integrated into the Shanghai headquarters. Recently, the news that Yakult, a lactic acid bacteria brand, closed its Shanghai factory attracted attention. It is reported that the Shanghai factory producing Yakult, a lactic acid bacteria beverage, stopped production on December 6, and the production will be fully transferred to other domestic bases such as Tianjin factory and Wuxi factory. In this regard, Yakult China said that the Shanghai factory has been integrated into the Shanghai headquarters, and the closure of the Shanghai factory is part of the business reform, with the aim of improving production efficiency through restructuring and integrating resource allocation to further improve sales and performance. (21 Finance)Wang Tao, UBS: It is expected that the Central Economic Work Conference will focus on the short-term policy package. Recently, the market highly expects the Central Economic Work Conference to guide the high-quality economic development of China next year. Wang Tao, head of Asian economic research at UBS and chief China economist, said: "I expect that the Central Economic Work Conference may focus on the short-term policy package in 2025 and 2026, but it will also emphasize accelerating some reform measures already outlined at the Third Plenary Session." Wang Tao believes that the next important reform measures may include providing better protection and access for the private economy, deepening the reform of state-owned enterprises to improve efficiency and governance, promoting household registration reform to improve the welfare of migrant workers, strengthening the social security network, and carrying out fiscal and taxation reforms to solve local fiscal revenue problems. "I think structural, deeper and faster reforms will be very important, not only to attract foreign investment, but also to boost domestic confidence." (China Daily)

The concept of copper cable high-speed connection fluctuated higher, Woer nuclear materials hit the daily limit, Zhaolong interconnection rose by more than 10%, and Shenyu, Quéven Science and Technology, Derun Electronics and Huafeng Technology followed suit.Huaxi Securities: Maintain the "Buy" rating of Hagrid Communication, and be optimistic about the forward-looking layout of satellite Internet and low-altitude economy. Huaxi Securities Research Report pointed out that Hagrid Communication (002465.SZ) selected China Mobile's "R&D service procurement project for integrated terminal chips in 2024-2025", with an estimated contract amount of 31.06 million yuan. The selection in the development and procurement of Beidou Tongdao Fusion Chip once again proves that the company and China Mobile have carried out business cooperation and strategic coordination in many fields, including Beidou+industry application development, coordinated development of air and space integration, low-altitude infrastructure construction, integrated construction of vehicles and Lu Yun, and comprehensive operation and maintenance business development. It is believed that the strategic cooperation of operators will continue to deepen, which is expected to help Beidou and satellite Internet business upgrade and enhance the company's related resource endowment. As one of the leading Beidou manufacturers, the company is optimistic about the forward-looking layout of satellite Internet and low-altitude economy, and maintains a "buy" rating.Burger King China: In November this year, the number of passengers turned positive year-on-year, and the sales in October increased by about 5% month-on-month. On December 11th, the relevant person in charge of Burger King China told reporters, "Since the government issued a package of incremental policies at the end of September, many chain catering enterprises including Burger King have felt the stabilization and recovery of the catering consumption market since October this year. Especially in the past November, Burger King has achieved a positive year-on-year passenger flow. " The aforementioned person in charge pointed out, "From the sales data, in the past six years, our sales in October were almost the same as that in September. However, in October this year, the sales of Burger King China rebounded from September, increasing by about 5%. " (The Paper)

On the 10th, the continuous beam of Banzhuyuan Bridge of Xiyu High-speed Railway across Chongqing-Guangzhou Expressway was successfully closed, which is the first closed cantilever cast-in-place beam across expressway in Chongqing of Kangyu section of Xiyu High-speed Railway, laying a solid foundation for the construction of girder erection as scheduled. The Banzhuyuan Extra Large Bridge of Xi-Yu High-speed Railway, which was built by China Railway 14th Bureau, has a total length of 1,137.181 meters. The bridge spans the Chongqing-Guangzhou Expressway, with a continuous beam of (48+80+48) meters and cantilever casting with hanging baskets. It is understood that the Xiqiao High-speed Railway connects Shaanxi, Chongqing and Sichuan. After its completion and opening to traffic, it will be connected with Chengdu-Chongqing High-speed Railway, Zhengzhou-Chongqing High-speed Railway and Chongqing-Kunming High-speed Railway under construction, Xi 'an-Yan 'an High-speed Railway and Xi 'an-Shiyan High-speed Railway, which will greatly facilitate people's travel along the route, consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, comprehensively promote rural revitalization, help urban-rural integration and regional coordinated development, and form a new pattern of western development. (CCTV News)With nearly 200,000 closures a year, the tea shop has become a "black hole" for entrepreneurship. According to Hongcan. com, in the first half of the year, the news that Xie Yao, the founder of online celebrity milk tea brand "Yuanzhen", set up a stall to sell milk tea sparked heated discussions. The data shows that from November last year to November this year, as many as 197,000 tea shops have closed down. In this wave of closure, there are not only the first-line and quasi-first-line brands and thousands of franchisees who used to shout for thousands of stores, but also many entrepreneurs who flocked to the milk tea track driven by the entrepreneurial tide.Black Myth: Wukong won seven nominations in the British Film Academy Award #, and BAFTA announced the list of nominated works for each award in 2024. The domestic masterpiece Black Myth: Wukong won seven nominations in terms of best game, artistic achievement, audio achievement, technical achievement, best score, best narrative and latest IP.