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Reuters survey: In December, the Bank of England decided to keep interest rates unchanged or cut interest rates by 100 basis points next year. All 71 economists surveyed during December 6-11 predicted that the Bank of England would keep its target interest rate unchanged at 4.75% at its meeting on December 19. Among the economists who predict the interest rate outlook until the end of 2025, about 54% (36 out of 67) expect to cut interest rates by 100 basis points by the end of next year, another 17 expect to cut interest rates by at least 125 basis points, and 14 expect to cut interest rates by at most 75 basis points.LambdaTest received $38 million in financing, and Qualcomm Venture Capital participated in the investment. On December 12th, LambdaTest, a unified cloud testing platform, announced that the company had received $38 million in financing led by Avataar Ventures and invested by Qualcomm Venture Capital, with a total financing amount of $108 million. Founded in 2017, LambdaTest has raised nearly $70 million from investors in previous rounds of financing, including Premji Invest, Sequoia Capital India, Titanium Ventures, Leo Capital Holdings and Blume Ventures.In the latest centralized purchase of sitagliptin tablets, the price dropped to less than 20 cents per tablet, with a drop of over 90%. The reporter learned at the scene of the tenth batch of drug centralized purchase that more than 30 companies bid for sitagliptin, which is known as the largest variety in this centralized purchase, including Huahai Pharmaceutical, Kelun Pharmaceutical, Zhengda Tianqing, tonghua dongbao, Zhejiang Pharmaceutical, Jiudian Pharmaceutical, Shiyao Ouyi, Chenxin Pharmaceutical and many other companies. Judging from the bidding results, the lowest bid price among enterprises has dropped below 0.2 yuan per piece, which is more than 90% lower than the limit price. Statistics show that in 2023, the sales of this product in the terminals of public medical institutions in China exceeded 2 billion yuan, and the sales of Merck, the original research manufacturer, accounted for more than 90%, so there is a large room for generic drug substitution. The quotation of Meradong in this collection is about 7.37 yuan per piece. (science and technology innovation board Daily)

Market information: The major shareholders of Hershey, an American chocolate manufacturer, will reject the takeover proposal of Yizi International, thinking that the other party's offer is too low.The Japanese yen faces new risks. Strategists worry that the Bank of Japan may wait until March or later to raise interest rates. A new risk is emerging for the Japanese yen. Foreign exchange strategists in Tokyo warn that the Bank of Japan may wait until March or later next year to raise interest rates. On Wednesday, the market tasted this danger, and the yen fell to its lowest level in more than two weeks as traders responded to a Bloomberg report that the Bank of Japan is known to think that it is no harm to raise interest rates later. The yen only fell to 152.82 against the dollar, and the market is still debating whether the Bank of Japan will take action at its next meeting on December 19 or about a month later. Shusuke Yamada, head of Japan's foreign exchange and interest rate strategy at Bank of America in Tokyo, said that if policymakers put off raising interest rates for a longer time, the situation would be very different. "If the interest rate hike is postponed until March, the yen carry trade is likely to make a comeback," Yamada said on Thursday. "The yen is likely to fall again to a level just below the 157 mark hit in 155 or November."Adobe's US stocks fell about 9% before the market, and the company's annual performance guidance was worse than expected.

Ai Kelan: Liu Yi, the actual controller, intends to transfer 5% of the company's shares by agreement, with a total transaction price of 82.44 million yuan. Liu Yi, the controlling shareholder and actual controller, signed a share transfer agreement with Guangdong Nanchuan Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd., and Liu Yi intends to transfer 4 million unrestricted shares of the company (accounting for 5% of the company's total share capital) to Nanchuan Private Equity through agreement transfer. The transfer price is 20.61 yuan per share, and the total transaction price is 82.44 million yuan. This change in equity will not lead to changes in the controlling shareholder or actual controller of the company, and will not lead to changes in the control rights of listed companies.Israeli: Community alarm sounded near Gaza.Nordic United Bank: The risk of the European Central Bank cutting interest rates by 50 basis points cannot be ignored. Nordic United Bank said that the European Central Bank may cut interest rates by 25 basis points again, but there is also a significant risk of cutting interest rates by 50 basis points. The differences within the Committee have intensified again, and it is not easy for Lagarde to get another consistent compromise. A possible compromise is to cut interest rates by 25 basis points, and at the same time, some guidelines are given, indicating that as long as the ECB's benchmark view remains unchanged, it may cut interest rates again in January. Our benchmark expectation is still to cut interest rates by 25 basis points before the meeting in April next year, when the deposit interest rate is expected to reach 2.25%.