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Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup: The company's net interest income (excluding the market) will benefit from the increase in trading volume.Hong Kong held an insurance forum to share the advantages of a global risk management center, and the Hong Kong Insurance Regulatory Authority held the 2024 Asian Insurance Forum at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on the 10th. Focusing on "Meeting the Challenges of Global Market Fluctuation", the forum brought together more than 400 professionals from insurance, banking and asset management, regulators, law enforcement agencies and related institutions to share the advantages of Hong Kong as a global risk management center and explore the prospects and challenges of global financial markets. (Xinhua News Agency)China's first autonomous and controllable real-time geomagnetic model was released. Recently, the satellite science team of "Macau Science No.1" (hereinafter referred to as "Macau No.1") released the first WM (Macau World Geomagnetic Model) real-time four-dimensional geomagnetic field series model version 1.0 in China. Zhang Keke, chair professor of Macau University of Science and Technology, chief scientist of Aoke-1 satellite and chief designer of its science and application system, introduced that the real-time geomagnetic field model makes full use of high-precision geomagnetic field data of Aoke-1 satellite, and is the first self-controlled real-time geomagnetic field model in China, which has a wide range of important scientific and application values, and can be used for scientific research in the deep earth, the earth's ocean and the earth's space, as well as for aerospace navigation and navigation. (People's Daily)

Israeli Defense Minister: Israel is establishing a non-threat defense zone in southern Syria.SOMO, Iraq's national oil marketing organization: Iraq will set the official selling price of Basra Intermediate crude oil sold to North America and South America in January next year at a discount of $1.5 per barrel. Iraq will set the official sales price of Basra Intermediate crude oil sold to Europe in January next year at a discount of $5.5/barrel compared with the spot Brent crude oil price.300 yuan started the explosion of AI Translator into Huaqiang North, which attracted foreign tourists. In Huaqiang North, the merchants stopped selling "Apple" and sold "AI Translator"? The reporter recently visited the site and found that on the first floor of a shopping mall building, many merchants posted the "AI Translator" brand. The reporter learned that there are about 6 models of mainstream AI translation equipment at present, and the price ranges from 300-400 yuan. Some merchants told reporters that since this batch of "AI translators" were put on shelves in September, customers who came to consult and buy were in an endless stream. (CBN)

TSMC ADR fell before the market, but analysts said that the demand for artificial intelligence remained strong. TSMC ADR fell by 0.6% in pre-market trading in the United States, after the world's largest chip foundry announced its sales data for November. Analysts said that the data is a positive signal of TSMC's quarterly revenue. Bernstein analysts said that the company's revenue in October and November totaled 590 billion Taiwan dollars, accounting for 69.6% of TSMC's guidance midpoint in the fourth quarter of 2024, close to the high end of the range of 65-72% in December of the past eight years. If December follows the average seasonal factors of the past eight years, the income in the fourth quarter of 2024 will be 1.7% higher than the midpoint of the guidance interval and 1.2% higher than the market expectation.Citigroup's chief financial officer said that investment banking fees may increase by 25% to 30% year-on-year. Income guidance is maintained at the high end of the range of $80 billion to $81 billion.CEO of Petrobras: The previous strategic plan did not perform well by about 30%.