Imperial Commercial Bank of Canada: cut the preferential loan interest rate in Canada by 50 basis points to 5.45%.The German Chancellor formally proposed a vote of confidence to the Parliament, and German Chancellor Angela Scholz formally proposed to the German Bundestag (the lower house of parliament) on the 11th that a vote of confidence will be held on the 16th. There are 733 members in the German Bundestag. In order to gain the trust of the Bundestag, Scholz must get more than 367 votes to remain in power. However, at present, only the parliamentary group of the German Social Democratic Party with 207 members has expressed its support for the Prime Minister. The parliamentary group of the Green Party, the ruling partner with 117 members, is expected to abstain in the vote of confidence, while the largest opposition Christian Democratic Union will not support Scholz. German media generally believe that Scholz will not be able to vote by confidence unless there is an accident. (Xinhua News Agency)U.S. Treasury officials said that U.S. revenue, expenditure and deficit all hit new highs in November.
Analyst: The Trump FTC has selected good news for large technology companies. The FTC is about to undergo leadership changes. Wedbush analysts believe that this is a major positive for large technology companies led by Amazon, Meta Platforms and Microsoft. Shares of Amazon and major technology companies rose on Wednesday after President-elect Trump said he would appoint Andrew Ferguson to lead the FTC, replacing Lina Khan, the current FTC chairman. Khan is the main critic of large technology companies. She filed a lawsuit against Meta and Amazon, and also challenged Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, but it was unsuccessful. Ferguson is a Republican and has served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission. "Christmas in science and technology has come early," Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said in a customer report, adding that "at the critical moment of the artificial intelligence arms race, the' sweat suspense' in science and technology has been eliminated. We expect the strong to be stronger, because Mag 7 has started the M&A engine again, and Microsoft, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Alphabet, Amazon and Tesla will accelerate the transaction to expand their technology moat. "Nymex January natural gas futures closed up about 6.80% to $3.3780 per million british thermal unit.Argentina's inflation rate in November was 2.4%, and the accumulated inflation rate in the past 12 months reached 166%. On the afternoon of the 11th local time, the Argentine National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that the country's monthly inflation rate in November was 2.4%. The cumulative inflation rate has been 112% since the beginning of this year and 166% in the past 12 months.
Christopher Babers, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, resigned. He will announce the news at the staff meeting. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a statement saying that FBI Director Ray will resign at the end of the current government.Ahmed khalil, the doctor of Brazilian President Lula, said that Lula's operation was to minimize the risk of future bleeding.Somali President Mohamed: We are willing to cooperate with Ethiopian leaders and people and make full use of our opportunities in all aspects.