Broadcom is developing customized AI chips with three large cloud customers. Broadcom's share price rose by more than 20% at the beginning, and its total market value rose to 1.02 trillion US dollars, ranking ninth in the US stock market. After the close of the US Eastern Time on Thursday, Broadcom announced a better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial report. Not only did the profit performance be better than expected, but Broadcom's artificial intelligence revenue more than tripled this year. Broadcom's AI revenue increased by 220% to US$ 12.2 billion this year. It is estimated that the revenue of AI products will increase by 65% in the first fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2025. The CEO of Broadcom revealed that he is developing customized AI chips with three large cloud customers. It is estimated that each customer will deploy 1 million AI chips in 2027.China Institute of Building Research signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Huawei, and China Institute of Building Research Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. According to the agreement, the two sides will deepen cooperation around the digital and intelligent transformation of the construction industry.Bank of America: Investors poured into China stocks in recent weeks, and Bank of America strategists said that investors put money into China stocks again in the past week. In the week ending Wednesday, China equity funds received about $5.6 billion, the largest inflow in nine weeks, strategists such as Michael Hartnett quoted EPFR Global data as saying. He also believes that the first quarter of next year will be the entry point for non-US stocks. As investors have deployed a large number of positions for the rise in the yield of US dollars and US bonds, there is a risk of overshooting early next year. He believes that bonds, gold and international stocks are attractive under the assumption that persistent inflation forces the Fed to become more hawkish.
Government of Sri Lanka: The final result of the bond exchange is expected to be announced on December 16th.Bosch has reached a preliminary agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce, and will receive a chip subsidy of 225 million U.S. dollars. On December 13, local time, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it has reached a preliminary agreement with Bosch, a German auto parts supplier, to provide it with a subsidy of up to 225 million U.S. dollars for producing silicon carbide power semiconductors in California. This fund will support Bosch's planned investment of $1.9 billion to transform its manufacturing plant in Roseveare, California to produce silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors. The US Department of Commerce will also provide Bosch with about $350 million in government loans.Jiaying Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.: It plans to buy back 7 million to 13.5 million shares. Jiaying Pharmaceutical announced that it plans to use its own funds to buy back some issued RMB common shares (A shares) by centralized bidding for the implementation of employee stock ownership plan or equity incentive. The price of repurchased shares is not higher than 9.80 yuan/share (inclusive), and the number of shares to be repurchased is not less than 7 million shares (inclusive), accounting for about 1.3793% of the company's total share capital; And no more than 13.5 million shares (inclusive), accounting for about 2.6600% of the company's total share capital. The repurchase period is within 12 months from the date when the company's board of directors deliberated and approved the share repurchase plan.
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