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Hokkaido, Japan will levy accommodation tax from 2026, and it is estimated that the annual tax revenue will reach 4.5 billion yen. On December 12, the plenary session of Hokkaido Parliament of Japan passed a regulation to levy accommodation tax on tourists staying in hotels and hotels in Daodao, which is expected to be implemented from April 2026. The accommodation fee per person per night is 500 yen if it is above 50,000 yen (about 2,380 yuan), 200 yen if it is between 20,000 and 50,000 yen, and 100 yen if it is below 20,000 yen. It is estimated that the annual tax revenue will reach about 4.5 billion yen, which will be used for transportation infrastructure construction and "excessive tourism" (tourism pollution) countermeasures.UBS raised the target price of Broadcom from $200 to $220.The average auction yield of 25-day cash management bills in Canada is 3.276%.

In November, personal housing loans stabilized and rebounded. On December 13, the central bank released financial statistics for November 2024. The financial data was generally stable and maintained strong support for the real economy. It is noteworthy that the growth rate of household loans has been rising recently, mainly because personal loans have stabilized and rebounded. From the perspective of residents' departments, the short-term and medium-and long-term loans in the first 11 months increased by 1.29 trillion yuan and 453.8 billion yuan respectively, of which the medium-and long-term loans of residents increased by 66.9 billion yuan in November, increasing for two consecutive months. With the intensive introduction and effective implementation of a package of incremental policies, social expectations and market confidence are gradually picking up. Market experts generally predict that the effective financing demand in the market will be further improved, financial resources will flow more to major strategies, key areas and weak links, and financial support for the high-quality development of the real economy will be more powerful and effective. (21 Finance)The Dow Jones Industrial Average is now at 43,917.68 points, up 3.56 points.Minister of Labor of Canada: I asked the Canadian Industrial Relations Committee whether it was determined that the Canadian labor dispute case was deadlocked.

Yonghui Supermarket actively responded to the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference and vigorously developed quality retail. Private enterprises actively responded to the spirit of the 2024 Central Economic Work Conference. Yonghui Supermarket said that the meeting gave enterprises a shot in the arm. Yonghui Supermarket helped and learned from the model of "Fat East", and started the store restructuring in many cities across the country, improving the quality of consumption and stimulating the vitality of consumption. The market also gave positive feedback, and the stores were significantly improved in terms of word of mouth, passenger flow, sales volume and employee status. There is a strong demand for high-quality goods and services in the market, and Yonghui Supermarket actively adapts and hands over the answer sheet of "Quality and Happiness" to consumers. Yonghui Supermarket will continue to adjust and reform, vigorously develop quality retail and serve the overall economic situation.Liard: In the future, it is possible to integrate algorithms with AI chips to improve the control ability of robot limbs. Liard said on the conference call that the company has actually been an optical camera for many years, and the technology of this company is still relatively mature. This belongs to the hardware. In the future, it is possible to integrate the algorithm with the current AI chip more. After the integration of this chip with partners, the local computing power of the robot will be improved, and then the limb control ability of the robot will be improved.The Nasdaq 100 index rose 1% and the S&P 500 index rose 0.4%.