Alleged of tax evasion, Adidas' German headquarters was raided for two days in a row. On December 11th, local time, criminal prosecutors and customs investigators raided Adidas' German headquarters for the second day in a row, which was an escalation of years of investigation on the sports brand's alleged tax evasion. The amount of tax evasion may exceed 1.1 billion euros. The European Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), headquartered in Luxembourg, said on the 11th that it was conducting a "criminal investigation" against a German sportswear trading enterprise group on the grounds that it was "suspected of tax evasion related to customs duties and import and sales taxes". Adidas said that this long-term investigation is unlikely to have "any significant financial impact".Shinhiro Niai, a member of Suntory's founder family, will be the president, and Sina Gangshi will be the chairman. On December 12, it was announced that Suntory Holdings had finalized the personnel transfer, and Shinhiro Niai, a vice president from the founder family, will be promoted to the president, and the current president Sina Gangshi will be the chairman. It is expected that Nobuhiro Niai will officially take office after the shareholders' meeting in March next year. This is Suntory's re-election as president by members of the founder's family after about 10 years.South Korea's National Election Commission: South Korean President Yin Xiyue's remarks undermined South Korea's electoral system.
India imported 841,993 tons of palm oil in November, compared with 845,682 tons in October.Google Cloud officially opened the sixth generation of TPU Trillium to customers, and Google Cloud released a blog post on December 11th announcing the official opening of the sixth generation of TPU Trillium to customers, hoping to better promote the development of AI model with its large computing power, efficient performance and sustainable characteristics. It is reported that Trillium TPU is a key component of Google Cloud AI Hypercomputer, and it is a breakthrough supercomputer architecture, which adopts an integrated system composed of performance-optimized hardware, open software, leading machine learning framework and flexible consumption model.LambdaTest received $38 million in financing, and Qualcomm Venture Capital participated in the investment. On December 12th, LambdaTest, a unified cloud testing platform, announced that the company had received $38 million in financing led by Avataar Ventures and invested by Qualcomm Venture Capital, with a total financing amount of $108 million. Founded in 2017, LambdaTest has raised nearly $70 million from investors in previous rounds of financing, including Premji Invest, Sequoia Capital India, Titanium Ventures, Leo Capital Holdings and Blume Ventures.
The attack on the headquarters of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation in Afghanistan killed four people. An official from the Ministry of Interior of the Afghan Interim Government said on the 11th that the suicide attack at the headquarters of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation that day killed four people and seriously injured four others. Mufti Abdul Martin Carney, spokesman of the Interior Ministry of the Afghan interim government, issued a statement on the 11th, confirming that Khalil Rahman Haqqani, Acting Minister of Refugee and Repatriation Affairs, was killed in the attack. Haqqani is one of the leading figures of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and also the uncle of sirajuddin Haqqani, Acting Minister of the Interior of the Afghan Interim Government. (Xinhua News Agency)ING is bearish on the prospect of commodities next year. It is expected that gold will outshine others. ING said that energy and commodities will be under pressure next year, while the prospect of gold is still bright. According to ING, due to geopolitical concerns, the price of gold is bound to continue this year's record high, and the average price of gold in 2025 will rise from about $2,713 per ounce at present to $2,760 per ounce. Most of the buying will come from central banks seeking diversification of foreign exchange reserves, and the intensification of trade and geopolitical frictions may increase the safe-haven appeal of gold.US Treasury Secretary Yellen: The oil market is well supplied and the price is relatively low. US Treasury Secretary Yellen said that the oil market is well supplied and the price is relatively low. Russia has invested a lot of money in its fleet to avoid the western oil price cap sanctions.