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Sarah Friar, CFO of OpenAI: Corporate customers will pay (at least) thousands of dollars for using artificial intelligence (AI) tools. In the end, it will be reasonable.Bank of America: Resume the coverage of Lilly and give it a "buy" rating with a target price of $997.Yuanyuan Communication: The plan being evaluated and negotiated between the company and toy manufacturers does not involve ByteDance, and the results of subsequent negotiations are still uncertain.

 The commander of Syrian democratic forces said that under the mediation of the US, Syrian rebels and Syrian democratic forces reached a ceasefire agreement in the northern city of Mambiji.China Automotive Power Battery Industry Innovation Alliance: In November, the sales volume of power batteries in China increased by 29.7% year-on-year. According to the monthly information of power batteries in November 2024 released by China Automotive Power Battery Industry Innovation Alliance, the sales volume of power batteries and other batteries in China was 118.3GWh in November, up by 7.2% month-on-month and 40.1% year-on-year. Among them, the sales volume of power batteries was 87.8GWh, accounting for 74.2% of the total sales volume, up 10.9% from the previous month and 29.7% from the same period last year. The sales volume of other batteries was 30.5GWh, accounting for 25.8% of the total sales volume, down 2.2% from the previous month and up 82.3% year-on-year. From January to November, the cumulative sales volume of power and other batteries in China was 914.3GWh, a cumulative year-on-year increase of 42.8%. Among them, the cumulative sales of power batteries was 692.3GWh, accounting for 75.7% of the total sales, with a cumulative year-on-year increase of 27.1%; The cumulative sales volume of other batteries was 222.0GWh, accounting for 24.3% of the total sales volume, with a cumulative year-on-year increase of 132.5%.

The detailed rules for the examination of egg products production license clearly require the transportation temperature of liquid eggs and frozen egg products, and the General Administration of Market Supervision publicly solicited opinions on the detailed rules for the examination of egg products production license (draft for comments). The deadline for feedback is January 11, 2025. The "Draft for Comment" clarifies that egg product manufacturers should formulate salmonella monitoring plans and implement effective monitoring in combination with production technology and product characteristics; Self-inspection enterprises should have inspection rooms and inspection capabilities suitable for the inspected items, and verify the inspection capabilities of the inspected items at least once a year. The use of rapid detection methods and equipment should be compared or verified with the inspection methods specified by national standards on a regular basis to ensure the accuracy of the test results. At the same time, the transportation temperature of liquid egg products should be controlled at 0-4℃, and the transportation temperature of frozen egg products should be controlled below -13℃.The General Administration of Market Supervision held an anti-monopoly compliance lecture hall for the automobile industry. On December 11th, the General Administration of Market Supervision held the ninth anti-monopoly compliance lecture hall in Beijing to give lectures on anti-monopoly compliance for the automobile industry. The General Administration of Market Supervision requires the business entities of the automobile industry to compact the responsibility of the anti-monopoly compliance subject, actively regulate business practices, establish and improve the anti-monopoly compliance system, and effectively prevent and stop the occurrence of monopoly behaviors. The General Administration of Market Supervision will continue to pay attention to the competition in the automobile industry, further promote the special anti-monopoly law enforcement actions in the field of people's livelihood, promote the formation of a fairer and more dynamic market environment, and continuously enhance the people's sense of acquisition, happiness and security. (City speaks Newspeak)Henan: Promote the research on new crystalline silicon solar cell technologies such as heterojunction and perovskite/stack. The General Office of the People's Government of Henan Province issued an implementation plan for accelerating the integration of source, grid, load and storage in Henan Province, which proposed to tackle key technical problems. Promote the research on new crystalline silicon solar cell technologies such as heterojunction and perovskite/stack, and improve the efficiency of new energy power generation. Accelerate technological breakthroughs such as core chips of power equipment and coordinated control of source and network, and improve the adaptability of power grid to new energy sources. Carry out research on key technologies of digitalization and intelligence of energy system, improve the matching degree between supply and demand of power supply and load, and solve the intermittent and unstable problems of new energy power generation. Develop a new generation of high-performance energy storage technologies such as solid-state batteries and sodium ion batteries, improve the flexible adjustment ability of the system, and solve the problem of time-space mismatch between power generation and power consumption. Accelerate research on high-precision new energy and flexible load power forecasting technology, economic optimization scheduling technology, and promote the establishment of an integrated laboratory for source, network, load and storage.