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Trump said that he would use aid to Ukraine as a bargaining chip to force Russia to sit at the negotiating table. US President-elect Donald Trump said that he would use US support to Ukraine as a bargaining chip to force Russia to end the conflict through negotiations.Argentina's MERVAL index closed up 0.54% to 2.304 million points.Apple is said to start producing a key wireless chip currently provided by Broadcom next year. Apple's ambition to use self-developed components on its equipment will include switching to Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connection chips developed by itself from next year, which will replace some components currently provided by Broadcom. According to informed sources, this chip code-named Proxima has been developed for several years, and now it is planned to start the first batch of production in 2025. Like other self-developed chips of Apple, Proxima will be produced by its partner TSMC. This plan is independent of Apple's much-anticipated plan to replace the Qualcomm wireless modem, but the two parts will eventually work together. People familiar with the matter said that Apple's goal is to develop an end-to-end wireless solution that is tightly integrated with other components and more energy-efficient.

Minsheng Securities: The six key signals of the economic work conference. According to the macro team research report of Minsheng Securities, the economic work conference gave "from point to face" answers to the questions raised by the Politburo meeting. Therefore, in order to grasp the main economic line next year, we think the following six signals are very critical: First, face up to external and internal problems and risks more frankly. Second, directly "winning numbers" raised the deficit, which is rarely seen in history. Third, the importance and determination to boost consumption are unprecedented. Fourth, monetary policy focuses on continuity and strength, and completes the cooperation with finance. Fifth, stabilize the property market and the stock market, and make clear that the bottom may be the most important at present. Sixth, the new idea of the supply side-rectifying the "involution".The US House of Representatives passed a bill to add 66 federal judges in the United States. On December 12, local time, the US House of Representatives passed a bill with 236 votes in favor and 173 votes against, and planned to add 66 federal judges nationwide to alleviate the shortage of federal courts. This is the first major expansion of the US federal judicial system since 1990. The bill stipulates that the number of judges will be gradually increased in six stages in the next 11 years, covering 25 federal district courts in 13 States, including California, Florida and Texas.New york Fed: Michelle Neal, head of the marketing department, resigned from the bank and will leave on March 25th, 2025.

2 trillion yuan of special refinancing bonds will be issued next week. According to China Bond Information Network, Beijing plans to issue the eleventh batch of government bonds in Beijing in 2024 by tender on December 18th. By then, the task of issuing 2 trillion yuan of local government refinancing special bonds to "replace the hidden debts in stock" will be completed during the year. At present, 29 provinces have disclosed the issuance arrangement of special refinancing special bonds, while Guangdong Province and Shanghai did not participate in this round of hidden debt swap. (Securities Times)The concept of bean curd set off the tide of research institutions to "break through" the threshold of listed companies, and the theme of artificial intelligence (AI) was once again hot in A shares. This time, bean bag concept stocks have become the "most beautiful" in the market after Kimi concept stocks and Zhipu concept stocks. With the warming of the market, the related listed companies with the concept of bean curd have also been "stepped through the threshold" by institutions. Recently, many Tik Tok bean bag concept stocks such as Zhongke Lanxun, Lexin Technology, Zhongke Chuangda and Haitian Ruisheng have been investigated by hundreds of institutions. (Securities Times)Medical staff: Israeli air strikes on houses in Nu Sillat refugee camp in central Gaza killed at least 20 Palestinians.