Luckin Coffee will open seven stores in Hong Kong, and Luckin Coffee will further implement its plan to enter Hong Kong and open seven branches. Among them, Shop A16C-A, underground of New City, Sai Yeung Choi South Street, Mong Kok, covers an area of about 398 square feet. At present, the shop has been boarded up and is under renovation. An agent estimates that the monthly lease is HK$ 120,000. The other six branches are located in Miramar Plaza in Tsim Sha Tsui, MCP New Capital Center in Tseung Kwan O, Shatin Center, Festival Walk in Kowloon Tong, Des Voeux Road Central in Sheung Wan and Ho Man Tin.Bain raised its offer for Fuji Software to 9,600 yen per share.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.
Airbnb announced the top ten outbound destinations for China users during the Spring Festival holiday. According to Airbnb's data from China, compared with the year-end holidays such as New Year's Day, the search enthusiasm of China users for outbound travel during the Spring Festival holiday has nearly tripled. The top ten outbound destinations are Japan, Thailand, New Zealand, Norway, Australia, South Korea, Malaysia, the United States, Italy and Indonesia, and Asia-Pacific destinations account for seven seats.HSBC: As two-way risks still exist, from the current point of view, gradual progress is the right approach for the Bank of England.The first anniversary of the opening of "Yangtze River Train": 1,834 trains were opened, with 2.44 million tons of cargo transported. At 11: 00 am on December 11th, the 1799th and 1800th "Yangtze River Train" in 2024 respectively departed from Xianglushan Station in Wuhan and Chengxiang Station in Qingbaijiang, Chengdu, completing the annual opening task 20 days ahead of schedule. Up to now, the "Yangtze River Train" has operated 1834 trains and transported 2.44 million tons of goods. (Red Star News)
Canalys: It is estimated that the market size of generative AI will reach 72.8 billion dollars in 2029. According to Canalys' latest forecast, the global generative artificial intelligence (AI) market is still in its infancy, and it will grow fivefold in five years, from 14.6 billion dollars in 2024 to 72.8 billion dollars in 2029. Top applications include consumer, corporate services, retail, media and entertainment, and health care.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.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.
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Strategy guide 12-13
Strategy guide 12-13