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On December 10th, Anson America announced that it had reached an agreement with Qorvo to acquire its silicon carbide junction field effect transistor (SiC JFET) technology business and its subsidiary United Silicon Carbide for $115 million in cash. The transaction needs to meet the usual closing conditions and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2025.SOMO, Iraq's national oil marketing organization: Iraq will set the official selling price of Basra Intermediate crude oil sold to North America and South America in January next year at a discount of $1.5 per barrel. Iraq will set the official sales price of Basra Intermediate crude oil sold to Europe in January next year at a discount of $5.5/barrel compared with the spot Brent crude oil price.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%.

Council of the European Union: Poland will hold the rotating presidency of the Council from January to the end of June 2025.South Korea's ruling party is discussing the possibility of letting Yin Xiyue resign in February or March next year. According to many media reports on December 10th, South Korea's ruling National Power Party will announce the road map of South Korean President Yin Xiyue's "orderly withdrawal", and may announce the time and manner of Yin Xiyue's early retirement, including the different possibilities of "resignation in February and general election in April" or "resignation in March and general election in May". Lee Yang-soo, a member of the ruling party in charge of political stability, said that compared with impeachment, the timetables of the above two schemes have advanced faster, and Yin Xiyue's resignation and holding presidential elections will reduce uncertainty and minimize public opinion differences; "Yin Xiyue should step down in a safer and more dignified way than impeachment", and the party needs to make a decision on Yin Xiyue's "orderly withdrawal" this week. Earlier, Li Zaiming, leader of South Korea's largest opposition party, stressed that Yin Xiyue must be successfully impeached on December 14th.Fitch: It is expected that the financial situation of the United States will improve moderately in 2025, due to the cyclical rebound of personal and corporate taxes, higher capital gains and tariffs. In view of the spread, the Canadian dollar will continue to weaken, which may offset some of the impact of the US tariff increase.

Reuters survey: 56 out of 97 economists said that the Federal Reserve will cut the federal funds rate to 3.50%-3.75% or lower by the end of 2025 (70 out of 99 economists in November).Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup: Facts have proved that the global economy is flexible.France's nuclear power generation hit its highest level since January 19th.