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SOMO, Iraq's national oil marketing organization: Iraq set the official selling price of Basra Intermediate crude oil sold to Asia in January at a discount of $0.60/barrel compared with the average price of Oman/Dubai.European Central Bank: Foreign exchange reserves increased by 500 million euros to 327.4 billion euros.Wang Dong was appointed as Party Secretary and Chairman of Heilongjiang New Industry Investment Group. On December 10th, Heilongjiang New Industry Investment Group Co., Ltd. held a cadre meeting to announce the decision of the provincial party committee on the adjustment of the main leaders of the group: Comrade Wang Dong was appointed as Party Secretary and Chairman of New Industry Investment Group, and Comrade Sun Guangyuan was no longer appointed as Party Secretary and Chairman of New Industry Investment Group.

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.Without the government's approval, the South Korean National Assembly passed the budget reduction bill for next year. On the 10th, the South Korean National Assembly held a plenary meeting and adopted a cut version of the 2025 budget with a total amount of 673.3 trillion won (about 3.41 trillion yuan). According to Yonhap News Agency, this is the first time that the South Korean National Assembly passed the budget without agreement between the ruling party and the opposition party. In the 300-seat parliament, 278 members voted on the budget, 183 were in favor, 94 were against and 1 abstained. The ruling National Power Party and some opposition party members voted against it. This budget is one of the focal points of the recent struggle between the ruling and opposition parties in South Korea and one of the factors inducing the current political chaos. The original budget proposed by the government was 677.4 trillion won, but the largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, demanded a reduction of 4.1 trillion won, mainly involving the government reserve fund, the special activity expenses of the presidential secretary's office and the national security office, the special work expenses and special activity expenses of the procuratorate and the supervision institute. (Xinhua News Agency)Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup: The credit card default incident did not bring any accidents.

The Chadian military said that France began to withdraw its troops from Chad. According to the announcement issued by the Chadian military on the 10th, France began to withdraw its troops from Chad on the same day. The General Staff of the Chadian Armed Forces announced that after the decision to terminate the cooperation agreement with France, France began to withdraw its troops in Chad on the 10th with the take-off of some fighter planes. The announcement said that the public will be informed of the progress of withdrawal at any time. According to the news obtained by the French media from military insiders, the French army began to evacuate from N 'Djamena, the capital of Chad, on the 10th, and several French fighter planes have taken off. The person familiar with the matter said that France has decided to close an air base in N 'Djamena, and the French army is returning its plane. (Xinhua News Agency)In the third quarter of the United States, the productivity growth of 2.2% was in line with expectations. According to the data of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the productivity in the third quarter increased by 2.2% year-on-year, which was in line with expectations. The forecast range of 32 economists is 2.1% to 2.8%. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics announced earlier that the initial productivity in the third quarter increased by 2.2%.The US Department of Commerce has finalized a chip subsidy of more than $6.1 billion to Micron Technology. The White House said in a statement on Tuesday that the US Department of Commerce has finalized a plan to provide more than $6.1 billion in subsidies to Micron Technology, a memory chip manufacturer.