Scott Richardson, Chief Operating Officer of Celanese, will be promoted to CEO. Celanese, a chemical company, announced on December 10th local time that Scott Richardson, the current Chief Operating Officer of Celanese, has been appointed as CEO since January 1st, 2025, and will join the board of directors of the company. Richardson will succeed Lori Ryerkerk, who will resign as president, CEO and Celanese director at the end of the year. Edward Galante has been elected as an independent director of Celanese since 2013, and he will be the chairman of Celanese board, which will take effect after Ryerkerk leaves office.Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 0.5% to 8,353.60 points.Cui Xiangmu, Minister of Planning and Finance of South Korea: South Korea has done its best to stabilize the exchange rate through smooth operation. Compared with the past crisis, the current foreign exchange market situation in South Korea is different. South Korea will not do anything that may damage the "safety net" of foreign exchange.
Airbnb announced the top ten outbound destinations for China users during the Spring Festival holiday. According to Airbnb's data from China, compared with the year-end holidays such as New Year's Day, the search enthusiasm of China users for outbound travel during the Spring Festival holiday has nearly tripled. The top ten outbound destinations are Japan, Thailand, New Zealand, Norway, Australia, South Korea, Malaysia, the United States, Italy and Indonesia, and Asia-Pacific destinations account for seven seats.Microsoft is reported to have hired several DeepMind employees for the new AI health department. Mustafa Suleyman, the head of Microsoft consumer artificial intelligence and co-founder of DeepMind, is forming a new team focusing on consumer health. Dominic King, the former head of DeepMind health department, was hired as the vice president of Microsoft AI's new health team in London. He also poached DeepMind's clinical research scientist and Christopher Kelly, a neonatal intensive care doctor at Evelina Children's Hospital in London, and two other colleagues he worked with during DeepMind.The Mammal Area of the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Park will be reopened. Many monkeys in the park were infected with bacteria and died. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced that the Mammal Area of the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Park will be reopened on December 13th. On 14 October, the LCSD closed the mammal area in response to the death of monkeys infected with bacteria in the park, and immediately took a number of prevention and control measures, including comprehensive cleaning and disinfection of the cages; Arrange employees who take care of animals to wear protective equipment to remind employees to pay attention to their health; The bacterial test results of the employees concerned were all negative, and the test results of soil and water samples nearby were all negative. At present, the health status of mammals and staff caring for animals in the park is normal, and the LCSD will reopen the mammal area of the park. (Voice of Greater Bay Area)
The decline of treasury bonds futures narrowed in the afternoon, with the 30-year main contract falling by 0.05%, the 10-year main contract falling by 0.06%, the 5-year main contract falling by 0.08% and the 2-year main contract falling by 0.04%.Allan Monks, an economist in JPMorgan Chase: The Bank of England's signal about gradually cutting interest rates has been very strong recently, suggesting that the possibility of cutting interest rates next week is very low. However, if the signs of the accelerated weakening of the labor market continue, it will force the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee to deviate from this information.Spot gold fell nearly $10 in the short term and fell below $2,680 per ounce, down 0.50% in the day.
Strategy guide 12-13
Strategy guide
Strategy guide
12-13