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Sinotrans has set up a new company, including land international cargo transportation agency business. The enterprise search APP shows that recently, Sinotrans Logistics (Alashankou) Co., Ltd. was established with Chen Xin as its legal representative and registered capital of 10 million yuan. Its business scope includes: domestic container cargo transportation agency; International freight forwarder; Land international freight forwarding agent; Import and export agents, etc. Enterprise survey shows that the company is indirectly wholly-owned by Sinotrans.Japan Life Insurance announced that it would spend $8.2 billion to acquire the life insurance company Resolution Life. On December 11th, Japan Life Insurance Mutual announced that it would spend about $8.2 billion to acquire the remaining 77% shares of the life insurance company Resolution Life. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2025. On the same day, Japan Life announced that it would acquire the remaining 20% shares of MLC Life Insurance from National Bank of Australia (NAB) and integrate MLC with Resolution Life.Starbucks China responded to the newly created position of Chief Growth Officer: to promote the sustainable development of Starbucks brand in China. Recently, some media reported that the management of Starbucks China continued to adjust and hired CGO to manage the growth from digital marketing companies. In response to the above information, Sina Technology verified Starbucks, and the official response said: China is Starbucks' largest international market and an important engine for the company's future growth. In November, Starbucks China established the Chief Growth Officer (CGO) organization and appointed Tony Yang as the company's Chief Growth Officer (CGO). The establishment of CGO organization will continue to strengthen Starbucks' coffee leadership, accelerate the product innovation with coffee as the core, better refresh customers' Starbucks experience at various contacts through integrated marketing strategies, and promote the sustainable development of Starbucks brand in China. At present, Starbucks has more than 7,600 stores in China, reaching a new development milestone covering 1,000 county-level markets. (Sina Technology)

On the 11th, the director of the Crime Investigation Department of Senior Public Officials in South Korea said that if the situation is urgent, he would try to arrest the president urgently.Kremlin: We hope to see the situation in Syria stabilize as soon as possible.The activity index of MBA mortgage application in the week from December 6 in the United States was 225.5, with the previous value of 213.9. The interest rate of MBA30-year fixed mortgage loan in the week from December 6 in the United States was 6.67%, and the previous value was 6.69%. The index of MBA mortgage refinancing activity in the week from December 6 in the United States was 634, with the previous value of 498.5. The MBA mortgage purchase index of the United States in the week to December 6 was 154.9, with the previous value of 161.5.

The State Council Taiwan Affairs Office: Welcome Mr. Ma Ying-jeou to lead a delegation to visit again. On the 11th, Zhu Fenglian, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of, introduced at a regular press conference that Mr. Ma Ying-jeou will lead Taiwan Province youth to attend and visit the Youth Ice and Snow Festival on both sides of the Taiwan Strait in Heilongjiang and Sichuan from December 18 to 26. We welcome Mr. Ma Ying-jeou to lead a delegation to visit again and will make arrangements for various activities. (Xinhua News Agency)Local regulators have found out the situation of institutions purchasing unlicensed financial information service products. The reporter was informed that some local securities regulatory bureaus are finding out the situation of institutions purchasing unlicensed financial information service products. The regulatory requirements require the securities fund and futures-related operating institutions within their jurisdiction to self-inspect the purchase of foreign financial information service products without the permission of the National Network Information Office. The main contents include a brief description of financial information service products, the contact telephone number and email address of foreign institutions, and so on. According to relevant regulations, the provision of financial information services by foreign institutions in China must be approved. Up to now, a total of 31 foreign institutions and 10 enterprises invested and established by foreign institutions in China have been licensed to provide financial information services. (Cailian)IDC: It is estimated that the edge cloud market in China will grow at a compound annual rate of over 25% from 2023 to 2028. Recently, the latest report "China Edge Cloud Market Tracking Research, 2024H1" released by International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that in the first half of the year, the edge cloud market in China totaled 5.48 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth rate of 21.0%. Among them, the market scale of edge public cloud services, edge exclusive cloud services and edge cloud solutions reached 3 billion yuan, 970 million yuan and 1.5 billion yuan respectively. According to IDC, it is estimated that the average annual compound growth rate of China's edge cloud market will be 25.5% from 2023 to 2028, taking into account the changing trend of customer expenditure in major industries, the commercialization progress of hot demand and the changes of bandwidth supply policy throughout the year.