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Singapore Straits Times Index closed at 3,810.35.Market news: South Korean prosecutors approved the postponement of the execution of the ruling request of Cao Guo, the leader of the opposition motherland reform party.The financial technology companies supported by Wal-Mart are valued at $2.5 billion. The traditional banking industry is under threat. Wal-Mart is injecting more funds into its newly-started financial start-ups, obtaining a valuation of $2.5 billion for this company, and indicating its ambition to further set foot in the financial services industry. According to informed sources, the world's largest retailer is jointly leading the financing of more than 300 million US dollars with investment company Ribbit Capital. This marks a new valuation for the company named One, in which Wal-Mart holds a majority stake. Wal-Mart has been providing products to many customers and employees in order to gain a greater foothold in the field of financial services. For the financial industry, the threat of Wal-Mart and other companies encroaching on its territory is getting closer and closer. Just last year, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon mentioned the competitive threat of Wal-Mart and other enterprises, pointing out that its hundreds of millions of customers and huge resources at its disposal were "extraordinary competitive advantages".

The green channel for emergency treatment of workers injured in coal mine safety accidents was opened. On December 13th, China Energy Chemical Geology Union and Emergency General Hospital (formerly Coal General Hospital) signed the Memorandum of Cooperation on Green Channel for Emergency Treatment of Workers Injured in Coal Mine Safety Accidents in Beijing. According to the agreement, employees of 38 committee units in the coal industry who need to go to Beijing for treatment if they are injured in coal mine safety accidents can apply to the Emergency General Hospital for emergency treatment through the China Energy Chemical Geology Union. Relying on the high-quality medical resources of the National Emergency Medical Research Center and the National Pneumoconiosis Diagnosis and Treatment Center, the Emergency General Hospital will provide safe, convenient, efficient and high-quality emergency medical services for injured workers in burns, bruises, wounds, skin, beauty and pneumoconiosis. In the next step, the two sides will communicate with each other on a regular basis about the construction of green channels, and jointly carry out related work such as pneumoconiosis screening and online free clinic for front-line workers in mining, so as to effectively protect the safety and health rights and interests of coal mine workers. (CCTV News)The qualification of general manager of Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance Co., Ltd. was approved. On December 13th, the website of Beijing Financial Supervision Bureau issued an official reply, approving the qualifications of directors and general managers of Gert Christian Middelhauve Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance Co., Ltd.. The company shall require the above-mentioned personnel with approved post qualifications to strictly abide by the relevant regulatory provisions of the General Administration of Financial Supervision, take up their posts within 3 months from the date of making this administrative licensing decision, and report their posts in a timely manner as required. If he fails to arrive within the above-mentioned prescribed time limit, this approval document will become invalid, and the decision-making organ shall go through the formalities for cancellation of administrative license.A large quantity is enough, exceeding 10,000 tons! Chilean cherries arrived in Nansha Port of Guangzhou at a fresh rate. At 3: 00 am on December 13th, after a 22-day voyage of 20,000 kilometers, the first express line of cherries in Nansha Port of Guangzhou Port this year, "Crever Demaji", docked at Nansha Phase II Terminal of Guangzhou Port. This ship is the first ship imported in large quantities in China this year, carrying 538 cabinets of Chilean cherries and weighing more than 11,000 tons. This batch of "star fruits" takes only 2 hours at the earliest from unloading to reaching the market. It is reported that the first batch of cherries directly picked up by the boat arrived at Jiangnan Fruit Wholesale Market before 7: 00 this morning, officially announcing the opening of the cherry season in 2024-2025. (CCTV News)

 Zhang Liling, Assistant Managing Director (Economic Research) of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, will leave in May next year. On December 13th, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced that Ms. Zhang Liling, Assistant Managing Director (Economic Research), has resigned for personal reasons and will leave in May 2025. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority will arrange an open recruitment for the post of Assistant President (Economic Research), and will make a separate announcement after the recruitment process is completed.Sony has registered the trademark of space robot. According to media reports, on December 13th, TGA award ceremony was held, and AstroBot won the annual game award. This game was developed by Team ASOBI and released by Sony Interactive Entertainment. According to Tianyancha's intellectual property information, in May 2020, Sony Interactive Entertainment Co., Ltd. applied for registration of two "cosmic robots" trademarks. At present, the educational and entertainment trademarks have been successfully registered, and the scientific instrument trademarks are displayed as "revocation/invalidation application under review". However, according to the trademark documents, a company's application for invalidation of such trademarks has been rejected. In addition, in November 2019, Sony applied to register two trademarks of "Cosmic Robot Search and Rescue Action", which are internationally classified as educational entertainment and scientific instruments. At present, they have all been rejected and are in an invalid state.