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Goldman Sachs believes that there will be more large-scale strategic transactions in 2025. Dennis Coleman, chief financial officer of Goldman Sachs, said on Tuesday that it is expected that the company's "strategic" transactions will accelerate in 2025, including large-scale mergers and acquisitions. He said: "The intensity of our dialogue with customers is accelerating, and some aspects of the overall strategic activities are becoming more obvious. The confidence of the CEO and customers will certainly increase, and they think there may be more and larger transactions and more strategic activities. "The Israeli military says it has cracked down on 320 strategic targets in Syria since the weekend.The S&P 500 index fell, and the Nasdaq 100 index was at an intraday low.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA): It is estimated that the ending inventory of corn in the United States is 1.738 billion bushels, and analysts expect 1.90192 billion bushels. USDA had previously expected 1.938 billion bushels.White House: We are discussing with Turkey the current situation of detention facilities in Syria and our concerns about the possibility of opening these facilities.African stock market | South Africa's stock index closed down more than 0.4%, led by basic metal mining stocks Glencore, Anglo-American and BHP Billiton. On Tuesday (December 10th), South Africa's FTSE /JSE Africa Leading 40 Tradeable Index closed down 0.44% to 78,703.60 points. Glencore, a constituent stock, closed down 2.56%, Anglo-American Company fell 1.99%, BHP Billiton Group fell 1.74%, ranking third from the bottom, Jintian Company rose 0.75%, ranking sixth, and harmony Gold rose 0.81%, ranking fifth. The South African rand is currently down 0.56% against the US dollar, temporarily reporting 17.8720 rand, which is the highest level since November 11, which was set on Monday.

Billionaire Club, the total net assets of some members of Trump's "new team" exceed 382.2 billion US dollars, and the second administration of President-elect Trump of the United States will soon become the richest government in American history. According to media statistics, at least 11 of the cabinets and officials nominated by Trump are either billionaires themselves or have billionaire spouses. So far, Trump's nominated billionaires include Tesla CEO Musk, technology entrepreneur Ramaswami, former professional wrestling tycoon Linda McMahon, and Wall Street executive Tonuk. North Dakota Governor Boulcourt, Money manager Doug Burgum, entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, real estate tycoon Steven Witkoff and investment banker Warren Stephens. According to Forbes statistics, as of December 10th, the total net assets of billionaire officials nominated by Trump reached at least $382.2 billion, equivalent to the gross domestic product (GDP) of more than 172 countries and regions. (CBN)Aviation Materials Co., Ltd.: It is planned to increase the capital of Nuclear Aviation Materials by 60 million yuan, with an estimated shareholding ratio of 34.1655%. Aviation Materials Co., Ltd. announced that the company will use its own funds of 60 million yuan to increase the capital of Nuclear Aviation Materials, with an estimated shareholding ratio of 34.1655% after the capital increase. After the completion of this capital increase, the registered capital of Hexing Aviation Materials increased by 4.982 million yuan, all of which were subscribed by the company. Hexing Aviation Materials is mainly engaged in the research and production of high-strength and high-precision aluminum alloy materials and related products, and its products are mainly used in nuclear industry, aerospace and other fields. The purpose of this capital increase is to expand the company's layout of advanced aluminum alloy products and enhance the production capacity and profitability of nuclear aviation materials. The capital increase price is determined to be 12.04 yuan/registered capital with reference to the recorded net assets evaluation value of Hexing Aviation Materials. The transaction still needs the approval of the state-owned assets supervision and administration institution.Qatari Foreign Ministry: Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed received a phone call from US Secretary of State Blinken.