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The public security organs that cracked down on the rectification of the "money-changing party" found that the funds involved were more than 80 billion yuan. It was learned from the press conference of the Ministry of Public Security that in May this year, the Ministry of Public Security deployed a special work to crack down on the rectification of the "money-changing party" and derivative crimes. Since the special action, it has been found that the funds involved have flowed more than 80 billion yuan. (Xinhua News Agency)Some deposit interest rates have returned to the "2% era". At the end of the year, some small and medium-sized banks "saved money" with high interest rates. Near the end of the year, under the general environment of lowering the RRR and reducing the interest margin, many small and medium-sized banks "bucked the trend", or raised the deposit interest rate and raised interest rates to save money, or launched high-interest deposit products. According to the incomplete statistics of the announcements issued by banks, more than ten small and medium-sized banks have announced to raise deposit interest rates or launch high-interest deposit products. The reporter found out that the phenomenon that some small and medium-sized banks attract customers' deposits at high interest rates does not exist only at the end of the year. In the second half of this year, "high interest rates" are an important "selling point" of their deposit products. (21 Finance)On the 13th, the 30-year treasury bond futures rose by 0.60%, and the latest main contract positions changed as follows. According to the data of the exchange, as of December 13th, the main contract 30-year treasury bond futures closed at 2503, up or down by +0.60%, with a turnover of 71,900 lots. The position data showed that the top 20 seats were clear, and the difference position was 3,777 lots. The total number of 30-year treasury bond futures contracts was 82,700 lots, an increase of 4,416 lots over the previous day. The first 20 seats in the contract held 78,000 lots, a decrease of 1,313 lots from the previous day. The top 20 seats in the contract held 85,000 short positions, a decrease of 1,049 lots from the previous day. (Sina Futures)

On the 13th, the European futures of the container freight index rose by 7.03%, and the latest main contract positions changed as follows. According to the data of the exchange, as of December 13th, the European futures of the main contract container freight index closed at 2502, up or down by +7.03%, with a turnover of 41,900 lots. The position data showed that the top 20 seats were net, and the difference position was 3,022 lots. A total of 78,900 lots of European futures contracts were traded, an increase of 8,599 lots over the previous day. The first 20 seats in the contract held 25,100 lots, an increase of 466 lots over the previous day. The short positions in the top 20 seats of the contract were 22,100 lots, a decrease of 120 lots from the previous day. (Sina Futures)Citigroup: The target price of Illumina is lowered from $190 to $165, and the rating is lowered from "buy" to "neutral".Nigeria: About 130,000 members of Boko Haram have surrendered in the past five months. Christopher Moussa, chief of staff of Nigeria's defense, said on the 12th that nearly 130,000 members of the extremist organization Boko Haram have surrendered in the past five months. Moussa, attending the African Security Watch Conference in Doha, Qatar, said that from July 10th to December 9th, a total of 30,426 Boko Haram militants, 36,774 women and 62,265 children members of the organization surrendered. (Xinhua News Agency)

The organization looks forward to the semiconductor industry in 2025: the AI ​ ​ replacement tide leads the growth, and the semiconductor ETF(512480) may usher in new development opportunities. On December 13, the semiconductor ETF(512480) closed down by 1.38%, with a turnover of 1.671 billion yuan. The constituent stocks are mixed, and Zhaoyi Innovation leads the rise. In terms of decline, SMIC led the decline. CICC said that after the boom in 2024, it is expected that the inventory of the semiconductor industry will stabilize and the relationship between supply and demand will be more balanced in 2025. With the gradual landing of AI cloud and end demand, domestic semiconductor elements will usher in new development opportunities. In addition, the AI-changing tide has a pulling effect on the downstream demand of the semiconductor design sector, which is expected to accelerate the growth of the semiconductor design sector in 2025 and inject new vitality into the industry.Ge Yu, former assistant general manager of China Xinbao Shandong Branch, was examined and investigated. The website of the State Supervision Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reported on December 13th that according to the news of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team of the State Supervision Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in China Export Credit Insurance Company and the Supervision Committee of Liaoning Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, Ge Yu, former member of the Party Committee and assistant general manager of Shandong Branch of China Export Credit Insurance Company, was suspected of serious violation of discipline and law. At present, he is being examined by the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team of the State Supervision Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in China Export Credit Insurance Company and supervised by the Supervision Committee of Dandong City, Liaoning Province.To ensure that patients across the country will use the drugs selected in April next year, the tenth batch of drugs organized by the state will be opened for centralized procurement, and the tenth batch of drugs organized by the state will be selected in Shanghai yesterday, and 62 drugs will be purchased successfully. Covering hypertension, diabetes, tumors, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, infections, mental diseases and other fields. In the next step, the National Medical Insurance Bureau will guide local and selected enterprises to do a good job in the implementation of the selected results to ensure that patients across the country can use the selected products in this centralized collection in April 2025. (CCTV News)