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Retailer Party City is considering the second bankruptcy after a little over a year.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.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.

50 Hong Kong stocks were repurchased by the company yesterday, with Tencent Holdings, Guangzhou Automobile Group and AIA having the largest amount of repurchase. On December 10th, a total of 50 Hong Kong stocks were repurchased by the company, and the amount of repurchase of 8 stocks exceeded HK$ 10 million. Among them, Tencent Holdings, Guangzhou Automobile Group and AIA have the largest repurchase amounts, with the repurchase amounts of HK$ 703 million, HK$ 64,988,500 and HK$ 62,310,000 respectively.Argentine President Millay: It is planned to cancel capital controls next year. Argentine President Millay said in a televised speech on December 10 local time that Argentina plans to cancel capital controls next year. Millay said that Argentina's economic team is preparing to carry out structural tax reform, which will abolish 90% of taxes, and the Argentine government will ban more institutions and listed companies in the new year. Demián Reidel, economic adviser to Milai, will announce Argentina's nuclear energy plan in the next few days.The concept of reducer went down in early trading, and Shandong Mining Machine and Shanzi Hi-Tech fell, while Shandong Mining Machine and Shanzi Hi-Tech fell, and Qinghai Huading, Landay Technology, Nifa Seiki and Wuzhou New Year followed suit.

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.Yesterday, a total of 48 stock ETFs increased by over 100 million shares, the Southern CSI 1000ETF increased by 1.366 billion shares, and the Huaxia CSI A500ETF increased by 1.35 billion shares.The dollar just hit the 7.2500 yuan mark against the offshore RMB, falling by 0.09% in the day; The US dollar against the onshore RMB was recently reported at 7.2465 yuan, down 0.04% in the day.