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Brazilian President Lula: He will return to work soon after a good recovery from surgery. Brazilian President Lula posted a video on social media for the first time after undergoing head surgery. Lula said that he has been able to walk around the hospital, and this week's surgery has recovered very well. Lula said that he would be "ready to go home soon and continue to work".The pharmacy chain WBA rose to 4%. It is reported that Sycamore Partners LP is arranging a debt financing plan for the acquisition of WBA. Sycamore has contacted lenders such as Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase.Brazilian President Lula: He will return to work soon after a good recovery from surgery. Brazilian President Lula posted a video on social media for the first time after undergoing head surgery. Lula said that he has been able to walk around the hospital, and this week's surgery has recovered very well. Lula said that he would be "ready to go home soon and continue to work".

Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives: A great deal of evidence has been found that "the financial industry implements conspiracy and antitrust behavior in order to impose extreme ESG targets on American companies".Economists predict that the Fed will only cut interest rates three times next year. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect that the Fed will cut interest rates for the third time in a row this month, and lower the expected number of interest rate cuts next year. The market expects Federal Reserve Chairman Powell and his colleagues to cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week. If the expectation is true, it means that interest rates have been lowered by 1 percentage point since September. Next year's interest rate cut will slow down faster than officials expected three months ago. Most economists predict that interest rates will be cut only three times in 2025 because of the small progress in fighting inflation.The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has provided Ukraine with over 5.4 billion euros in financing. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development issued a statement saying that it will provide Ukraine with 267 million euros in funds for emergency repair of Ukraine's highways leading to the border between Hungary and Slovakia. It is reported that since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has provided Ukraine with more than 5.4 billion euros in financing.

German regulators investigate potential abuse of electricity price increases.According to the media, air strikes against Syria provide an opportunity to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. On December 12, The Israel Times quoted Israeli military officials as saying that the Israeli military believed that Israeli warplanes and drones gained huge air superiority after air strikes destroyed almost all Syria's air defense equipment, which enabled Israeli warplanes to pass through Syrian airspace more safely and launch attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities.Goldman Sachs: Preliminary data from EPFR show that the allocation of global mutual funds to China stocks declined in November. On the asset-weighted basis, active mutual funds still underallocate China stocks by 290 basis points. This week, China stock funds ushered in a strong inflow of $5.6 billion, breaking the previous trend of outflow for seven consecutive weeks.