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In the United States, the annual retail sales rate of red books in the week to December 7 was 4.2%, and the previous value was 7.4%.After the decline in the second quarter, the labor cost in the third quarter of the United States was revised downwards. After the decline in the previous three months, the increase in labor cost in the third quarter of the United States was lower than the initial value, further proving that the job market is no longer a source of inflationary pressure. According to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday, the unit labor cost increased at an annualized rate of 0.8% from July to September, and decreased by 1.1% after revision in the previous quarter. The initial value of labor costs showed an increase of 1.9% in the third quarter. The adjustment of these two cycles reflects the downward adjustment of hourly salary. During the period from July to September, the annual rate of productivity increased by 2.2%, which was not revised, compared with 2.1% in the previous quarter.Government of India: Appoint Ajay Seth, the current Minister of Economic Affairs, as Minister of Finance.

Canadian Finance Minister: Canada will reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio in the medium term.Repeated calls for performance compensation exceeding 500 million yuan failed. On December 10th, Runbang Co., Ltd. (002483.SZ, share price of 5.57 yuan, market value of 4.938 billion yuan) disclosed that the company recently filed a lawsuit with Wang Chunshan, a performance compensation obligor, to the Intermediate People's Court of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, which was accepted. It is worth mentioning that Runbang shares received a letter of inquiry before, and the CSI Small and Medium Investor Service Center asked the company to explain what specific measures have been taken to solve the unfulfilled performance commitments in 2023 and the current progress, as well as the reasons why judicial measures have not been taken to recover. According to the announcement, on February 20, 2019, Runbang shares purchased 73.36% equity of Hubei CNPC Youyi Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "CNPC Environmental Protection") by way of issuing shares, with 990 million yuan in equity transfer price and 9 individuals and enterprises including Wang Chunshan as the counterparty. On the same day, Runbang Co., Ltd. and Wang Chunshan, the performance promise party, signed the Performance Compensation Agreement, and since then, both parties have successively signed two supplementary agreements. Wang Chunshan, as the performance promisor, promised that the net profit of the target company (whichever is lower before and after deducting the non-recurring gains and losses) under the consolidated income statement audited by an accounting firm entrusted by a listed company in compliance with the securities law from 2019 to 2023 should not be less than 130 million yuan, 50 million yuan, 160 million yuan, 190 million yuan and 218 million yuan respectively. (per meridian)Spot gold rose 1% to $2,683.39 per ounce.

KPMG: Artificial intelligence has produced a convincing level of return on investment, and the return on investment value of generative AI is higher. On December 10th, KPMG, one of the top four international accounting firms, said that artificial intelligence (AI) has produced a convincing level of return on investment, and the return on investment of machine learning, deep learning and generative AI all met or exceeded expectations. "Among them, the return on investment value of generative AI is relatively higher." KPMG pointed out that at present, the application of generative artificial intelligence is growing, and generative artificial intelligence has become the top priority of the future layout of enterprises. KPMG stressed that with the accelerated growth of AI applications, the technology dividend will increase exponentially, and the return on investment of AI is very significant. At present, the industry changes brought by artificial intelligence are taking place, and it is very important to change from passive thinking to active thinking.EUR/GBP fell 0.3% to 0.8249, the lowest point since March 2022.Council of the European Union: Poland will hold the rotating presidency of the Council from January to the end of June 2025.