Scott Richardson, Chief Operating Officer of Celanese, will be promoted to CEO. Celanese, a chemical company, announced on December 10th local time that Scott Richardson, the current Chief Operating Officer of Celanese, has been appointed as CEO since January 1st, 2025, and will join the board of directors of the company. Richardson will succeed Lori Ryerkerk, who will resign as president, CEO and Celanese director at the end of the year. Edward Galante has been elected as an independent director of Celanese since 2013, and he will be the chairman of Celanese board, which will take effect after Ryerkerk leaves office.The chairman of Japan's trade union called on the government to speed up its efforts to raise wages, and the chairman of Japan's Metal Workers' Union urged the government to speed up the pace of wage increase, while expressing concern about the premature tightening measures taken by the Bank of Japan. Akihiro Kaneko, president of the Board of Directors of the Japan Metal Workers' Union, said that we need to see the situation improve this year when talking about the government's measures to help small and medium-sized enterprises pass on costs to consumers through the supply chain. If we put off this effort for five or ten years, there will never be any improvement. Kaneko's remarks come as Japan prepares for annual wage negotiations, which will culminate this spring. In next year's negotiations, the union announced a record target of a monthly salary increase of 12,000 yen (US$ 79) or more. Kaneko said that we need to send a clear message that our salary increase target (this year) is higher.Microsoft is reported to have hired several DeepMind employees for the new AI health department. Mustafa Suleyman, the head of Microsoft consumer artificial intelligence and co-founder of DeepMind, is forming a new team focusing on consumer health. Dominic King, the former head of DeepMind health department, was hired as the vice president of Microsoft AI's new health team in London. He also poached DeepMind's clinical research scientist and Christopher Kelly, a neonatal intensive care doctor at Evelina Children's Hospital in London, and two other colleagues he worked with during DeepMind.
Sanofi flu and COVID-19 vaccine get FDA fast track.Hangxiao in Hebei successfully won the bid for the steel structure project of Machta project in Mongolia. Recently, hangxiao (Hebei) Construction Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Hangxiao in Hebei") successfully won the bid for the steel structure project of Machta project in Mongolia. The project is located in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. It consists of a tower, a podium, a natural museum and a sports center with a total construction area of about 104,000 square meters. The tower and podium adopt reinforced concrete core tube-steel frame structure.A laboratory in Australia lost hundreds of deadly virus samples. It is reported that a laboratory in Australia lost hundreds of deadly virus samples, causing a "major loophole" in biosafety. On December 8th, Queensland Health Minister announced that there are currently 323 bottles of live virus missing. These include nearly 100 bottles of Hendra virus, two bottles of Hantavirus and 223 bottles of rabies virus-all of which are extremely deadly to human beings. The Queensland authorities insist that although these samples can be used as weapons, it is "not something that amateurs can do". The sample was lost in 2021, but investigators did not confirm the leak until August 2023. Queensland authorities waited for a year before being allowed to open the freezer where the samples were stored, and only this month were they able to confirm that the samples were lost. It is not clear where these samples may be or whether they have been destroyed. However, there is no evidence that the public is at risk of infection because of the disappearance of samples.
Coal stocks fluctuated higher, with the daily limit of Antai Group in the afternoon, Anyuan Coal Industry rose more than 5%, and Orchid Science and Technology, Luan Huaneng, Gansu Nenghua, Baotailong, Dayou Energy and Shaanxi Black Cat followed suit.A number of private placements are optimistic about the market at the end of the year, and the two major directions are favored. Recently, A-shares have fluctuated, and the latest strategies of a number of first-line private placements for investment at the end of the year and the beginning of the year have been released one after another. A number of private placements are optimistic about the market at the end of the year. Kou Zhiwei, a partner of chongyang investment, said that the "strengthening unconventional countercyclical adjustment" proposed by the policy at the end of the year inspired market confidence. At present, compared with the end of September, the market has a large increase, and the market has fully expected and priced the policy overweight. The further rise of the short-term market may need the support of strong economic recovery data. Lei, deputy general manager and chief strategic investment official of Xingshi Investment, said that the current positive factors in the stock market are still accumulating, and the fundamentals, policies and funds are all supported. Judging from the recent overall investment trends of private placement, the reporter found that maintaining medium and high positions and maintaining high flexibility of portfolios have become the strategic focus of current private placement institutions. Judging from the specific optimistic investment direction at the end of the year, according to the comprehensive interview with private equity, consumption and technology are relatively more popular at present. (CSI Taurus)Wang Sicong set up a new company in Jinan with a registered capital of 1 million yuan. According to Tianyancha App, Huanju Commercial Development (Jinan) Co., Ltd. was recently established with Ding Yi as the legal representative and a registered capital of 1 million yuan. Its business scope includes supply chain management services, enterprise management, commercial complex management services, property management, parking lot services and information system integration services. According to shareholder information, Beijing Huanju Commercial Management Co., Ltd. and Shandong Yuanrong Cultural Investment Co., Ltd. hold 70% and 30% shares respectively. According to public reports, Beijing Huanju Business Management Co., Ltd. is a trend entertainment and scene operation company focusing on immersive experience. It belongs to Wang Sicong's personal business and has a low degree of connection with Wanda Group. Its business covers cultural tourism, business, experiential consumption and night entertainment. In November last year, Wang Sicong appeared in Tai 'an, Shandong Province as the chairman of Huanju Commercial, and attended the signing ceremony of the cultural tourism project between Huanju Commercial and Tai 'an Municipal Government, which attracted attention from all walks of life.