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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.Council of the European Union: Poland will hold the rotating presidency of the Council from January to the end of June 2025.Zhongke Wenge completed a new round of strategic financing. On December 10th, Zhongke Wenge completed a new round of strategic financing, which was invested by Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund. This round of funds will be mainly used for R&D investment in the field of large model and decision intelligence, and promote the commercial application of general artificial intelligence technology.

Market news: Egypt calls for a comprehensive political process in Syria.Reuters survey: 93 out of 103 economists believe that the Federal Reserve will cut the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 4.25%-4.50% on December 18th.Guangzhou Automobile Group's second-generation intelligent robot was publicly unveiled. On December 8-9, the 2024 Pearl Bay International Climate Investment and Financing Conference with the theme of "Global Cooperation for a Green Future" was held in Nansha, Guangzhou. The appearance of the second-generation intelligent robot independently developed by Guangzhou Automobile Group at the conference attracted widespread attention. "Embodied intelligence" refers to an agent that has a body and supports interaction with the physical world, and is one of the frontier development directions of artificial intelligence technology. At present, the research and development of Guangzhou Automobile Robot has entered the third generation, and the new humanoid robot will be officially released at the end of this year, which is expected to become one of the important directions for the high-quality development of automobile industry and artificial intelligence industry. (Guangzhou Daily)

In the United States, the annual retail sales rate of red books in the week to December 7 was 4.2%, and the previous value was 7.4%.According to the data of the Federal Reserve Bank of new york, the guaranteed overnight financing rate (SOFR) was 4.63% on the last trading day (December 9), compared with 4.60% on the previous day. The effective federal funds rate on the last trading day was 4.58%, compared with 4.58% the day before.Berenberg raised Oracle Bone Inscriptions's target price from $146 to $157.