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Wal-Mart Financial Technology Company is valued at $2.5 billion, and retailers inject a lot of cash.Guan Qingyou: I am optimistic about the stock market by cutting interest rates and lowering the RRR. For example, Guan Qingyou, president and chief economist of the Financial Research Institute, said that lowering the RRR and raising interest rates will definitely happen, and from the downward trend of previous interest rates, it should be faster. Regarding the current market conditions, Guan Qingyou said that different subjects have different judgments on the market trend in one or two trading days, but he is still optimistic, and said that the positive impact of the current policy change on the capital market cannot be underestimated. Combining industrial structure and policy orientation, Guan Qingyou said that consumer companies, technology companies, and mergers and acquisitions involving the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries to emerging formats are all his optimistic directions. In addition, for the economic growth target in 2025, Guan Qingyou believes that "the target of 5% can still be contested". He also said that 2025 will be better than 2024. "In 2025, the adjustment of policies will bring more increments to the market and industry." (sohu finance)COMEX silver fell 1.00% in the day and is now quoted at $32.63 per ounce.

Enterprise IT Expenditure Survey: Google Cloud is expected to be the first choice for 50% of the respondents. Tae Kim, a science and technology columnist, wrote that according to a recent survey, Google Cloud has risen rapidly in the enterprise AI expenditure competition and may become the winner. According to the 2025 CIO survey released by Piper Sandler, 81 CIOs were asked about their budget priorities in different suppliers and technical fields. According to the survey, 87% of CIOs surveyed expect to increase the IT budget in 2025, which is the highest proportion of the survey since 2020. In this survey, the status of Google Cloud has risen significantly, surpassing Microsoft and OpenAI to become the "most strategic" AI supplier, with a support rate of 27%, a significant increase from 15% six months ago. Relatively speaking, Microsoft's support rate dropped from 33% to 24%. When asked which cloud company they plan to use to test or implement AI projects next year, 50% of the respondents chose Google Cloud, making it the top AI infrastructure provider. In addition, Harsh Kumar, a Piper semiconductor analyst, pointed out that these results are also beneficial to Invista, because all cloud companies are the main buyers of AI chips in NVIDIA. Kumar estimates that the entire AI chip market will have more than $500 billion in business opportunities by 2028.Polls show that the support rate of Japanese Prime Minister Shi Pomao's cabinet has dropped to 26.8%. According to a report by the Japan News Agency on the 12th local time, the poll conducted by the agency in December showed that the support rate of Shi Pomao's cabinet was 26.8%, down 1.9 percentage points from last month. (CCTV News)Weilai Li Bin: Fang Hongbo, chairman of Midea, became the chief experience officer of Weilai ET9, and will test drive together. Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of Weilai, released Weibo on December 12th, saying that Fang Hongbo, chairman of Midea, became the chief experience officer of Weilai ET9, and will test drive this upcoming administrative flagship together. Li Bin said that he asked Fang Hongbo three questions, and Fang Hongbo's answer about market competition was very good: "Actively participate in involution, compare cost and efficiency, and at the same time bravely jump out of involution, don't roll on the floor, and pierce the ceiling."

The European Central Bank gave up the idea of keeping interest rates "restrictive".South Korea's National Election Commission: South Korean President Yin Xiyue's remarks undermined South Korea's electoral system.The European Central Bank announced that it would cut three key interest rates in the euro zone. On the 12th local time, the European Central Bank held a monetary policy meeting at its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, and decided to cut all three key interest rates by 25 basis points. This is also the fourth time that the European Central Bank cut interest rates this year after it announced a rate cut in June this year. According to the latest interest rate resolution announced by the European Central Bank, the deposit mechanism interest rate is reduced to 3.0%, the main refinancing interest rate is reduced to 3.15%, and the marginal lending interest rate is reduced to 3.40%. (CCTV News)