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The Philippines' current account deficit in the third quarter was $5.7 billion.Technology giants have shown that Amazon and Meta each donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund. An Amazon spokesperson said that the company will donate $1 million to the inauguration fund of US President-elect Donald Trump. American technology companies hope to establish a positive relationship with the government, and Meta Platforms Inc has previously donated funds for inauguration activities. Trump said on Thursday that he will also meet with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, highlighting his contacts with technology giants. Trump said in an interview that Bezos will come next week. An Amazon spokesperson said on Thursday that in addition to direct donations, Amazon will also broadcast the inauguration ceremony live. Amazon said that these donations are corporate activities and are not funded by Bezos. Trump said on Thursday that Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, also met with him and mentioned his friendship with elon musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX. Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, also donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund. "I want to hear ideas from them," Trump said of business leaders. "We hope they can do well."Ping An Securities: It is estimated that the overall net profit growth rate of listed banks will be 1% in 2025. Ping An Securities released the annual strategy report of the banking industry in 2025, saying that looking forward to 2025, the insufficient effective demand and the continuous pressure on asset-side pricing level are still important factors restricting the upward flexibility of bank profits. On the one hand, the inhibitory effect of insufficient effective demand on scale growth still exists, and it is estimated that the scale of new credit will be 17.9 trillion to 19.2 trillion yuan in 2025, corresponding to the year-end growth rate of 7.0%-7. On the other hand, the level of interest margin is also subject to the downward trend of asset-side pricing level, and factors such as LPR reduction, stock mortgage adjustment and implicit bond swap will continue to impact asset-side pricing. However, considering the acceleration of the reduction of deposit listing interest rate, the improvement of deposit repricing progress, and the supervision of manual interest payment and interbank liabilities, it is expected that the decline of interest margin will be slightly narrowed in 2025. In terms of asset quality, it is expected to remain stable, the policy will continue to exert its efforts to bottom out risks, the core indicators are expected to remain stable, and the provision is expected to continue to feed back the profit level. On the whole, it is estimated that the overall net profit growth rate of listed banks will be 1.0% in 2025. The idea of stock selection is "high dividend+pro-cyclical", and policy combination boxing promotes the repair of plate valuation.

The semiconductor sector bottomed out, and Purran shares rose by more than 17%. The semiconductor sector bottomed out, and Puran shares rose by more than 17%. Zhongke Lanxun, Zhaoyi Innovation, Hengxuan Technology, Shanghai Beiling and Jinghe Jicheng followed suit.German authorities predict that the German economy will stagnate in 2025. On the 12th, local time, Kiel Institute for World Economics, one of the authoritative German economic research institutes, released a winter forecast, predicting that the German GDP will stagnate in 2025, neither increasing nor decreasing, which is 0.5% lower than the previous autumn forecast. Germany's GDP will shrink by 0.2% in 2024, compared with the previous autumn forecast of 0.1%. The agency believes that Germany's potential signs of weak economic growth are emerging, not only facing the foreseeable impact of the US tariff increase, but also the domestic industrial crisis is intensifying. (CCTV Finance)The concept of unmanned driving changed partially. Both Haida and SAIC have daily limit, while the concept of unmanned driving changed partially. Both Zhonghaida and SAIC have daily limit, and Gaoxinxing, Huati Technology, Yutong Heavy Industry and Jinlong Automobile have followed suit.

The Hang Seng Index fell by 1.6%; Led by industrial and commercial stocks, the Hang Seng Index fell 1.6% to 20,072.69 in Hong Kong. In midday trading, industrial and commercial stocks led the market down, and all kinds of stocks fell; Of the 83 stocks, 75 fell and 7 rose. Meituan dragged down the index the most, falling by 2.8%. Budweiser Asia Pacific suffered the biggest decline, down 6.1%.Bawang Chaji hired a new CFO from McDonald's. It is reported that Huang Hongfei, the former CFO of McDonald's China, left his post on October 14, 2024, and after a short break, he joined Bawang Chaji. According to informed sources, this move means that the listing process of Bawang Tea Ji is expected to accelerate.Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission: The quarterly loss from July to September narrowed sharply year-on-year, with a net inflow of 664.3 billion yuan from Hong Kong Stock Connect so far this year.