China has launched more than 97,000 online courses in massive open online course. The reporter learned from the Ministry of Education on December 12 that up to now, more than 30 online course platforms have been built in China, and more than 97,000 online courses have been launched in massive open online course, with 1.39 billion learners. The number of massive open online course and the number of learners in China rank first in the world. A total of 31,000 high-quality online courses have been launched on the Smart Higher Education Platform, with a total of 78,000 teachers participating in the lectures and more than 93 million visits, covering 183 countries and regions at home and abroad. (Xinhua News Agency)South Korea's Seoul Composite Index rose to 1%.
Yin Zhongyu, Federal Reserve Securities: Industrial M&A will always have the opportunity to cross-border M&A and will never be supported on a large scale. Yin Zhongyu, assistant to the president of Federal Reserve Securities and head of the M&A business department, pointed out that M&A has ushered in a rare policy window. For industrial M&A, the policy window has always been there. "In particular, industrial M&A focusing on new productivity has always been the direction encouraged by the regulatory authorities, and there will always be opportunities. However, for buying and selling shells and cross-border restructuring, related risks need to be vigilant, and cross- (21 Finance)Kweichow Moutai: The company will hold a briefing on the third quarter of 2024 from 15: 00 to 16: 00 on Tuesday, December 17, 2024.In the first 11 months of the North Stock Exchange, the issuance scale of new shares decreased by nearly 770% year-on-year, and the new shares rose by over 100% on the first day. Statistics show that from January to November, 2024, there were 20 new shares listed on the North Stock Exchange, and the total amount of funds raised was about 4.175 billion yuan, down by nearly 70% year-on-year. The scale of new shares is generally small, and the number of new shares raised less than 200 million yuan accounts for 65% of the total number of new shares. The share price of 70% new shares rose over 100% on the first day of listing. Among them, the share price of Tongguan Mining Construction rose by 731.41% on the first day of listing, and the share prices of Shengye Electric, Keli and Wanyuantong rose by over 300% on the first day. In terms of underwriters, in the first November of 2024, the number of projects underwritten by CITIC Jiantou Securities was the highest, with a total project scale of about 699 million yuan, followed by First Venture Securities and Minsheng Securities. (Xinhua Finance)
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and HSBC signed a $1 billion trade flow arrangement for emerging markets.Institution: The Swiss National Bank does not need to cut interest rates sharply again. Melanie Debono, a macroeconomic analyst at Pantheon, wrote in a report that the Swiss National Bank does not need to cut borrowing costs sharply again. Earlier, the Swiss National Bank unexpectedly cut interest rates by 50 basis points. Most analysts had expected a more cautious rate cut of 25 basis points. Debono said that there may be further relaxation after this move, but only a little. Pantheon Macroeconomics predicts that the Swiss National Bank will cut interest rates by 25 basis points again in March next year.HKEx: It is estimated that the T+1 settlement system will be ready by the end of 2025.