Alphabet is the fourth U.S. tech giant with a market capitalization of more than $ 1 trillion after Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft.
Big company
Google’s parent company Alphabet ’s market value exceeds $ 1 trillion for the first time
It is learnt that according to snowball data, U.S. stocks closed on Thursday. Google ’s parent company Alphabet reported a price of 1451.7 US dollars, up 0.87%, a record high. Its market value exceeded US $ 1 trillion for the first time, becoming the fourth after Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft. American technology giant with a market value of more than $ 1 trillion.
It is reported that Pinduoduo released the “New Year’s Day Hot List”. Data show that during the campaign period, the sales volume of fruit products wasApple’s orders alone doubled to 6 million orders; Hunan, Hubei, and Sichuan were the three inland provinces that purchased the most seafood on the platform; sales of chocolate products rose by 163% compared to the same period last year. In addition, the relevant person in charge of Pinduoduo said that in order to promote holiday consumption, the platform will add 3 billion yuan in subsidy funds and cash red envelopes to the existing 10 billion subsidies.
Tesla: more than 600,000 Tesla Equipped with fully autonomous driving chip
It is reported that Tesla’s official Weibo post states that Tesla has been equipped with a fully autonomous driving chip, which has up to 6 billion transistors, can perform 144 trillion calculations per second, and can simultaneously process 2300 per second. Frame image. Each Tesla has two chips that can process the same data at the same time. At present, Tesla has more than 600,000 vehicles equipped with “fully autonomous driving hardware”.
The picture is from the official Tesla Weibo
Tesla releases safety report: a combustion accident occurs every 280 million kilometers
According to foreign media reports, Tesla ’s recently released fourth quarter of 2019 “Automotive Safety Report” shows that an average of 4.91 million kilometers occurred on Tesla electric vehicles with automatic driving systems; no automatic An electric vehicle with a driving system that uses active safety features has an accident every 3.36 million kilometers; an electric vehicle without an automatic driving system and active safety measures has an accident every 2.62 million kilometers. In addition, between 2012 and 2019, there was a Tesla vehicle combustion accident every 280 million kilometers. (Tencent Technology)
Microsoft said on Thursday that it will launch a $ 1 billion climate innovation fund to encourage the development of new carbon reduction and removal technologies. Microsoft said the fund will use its balance sheet to make loans and hold stakes in related companies. Microsoft also promised to achieve “negative emissions” by 2030, and by 2050 will remove enough carbon emissions to compensate for emissions and power consumption since Microsoft was founded. (Sina Finance)
Foxconn will cooperate with Fiat Chrysler to develop electric vehicles
According to Nikkei Asian Review NewsFoxconn will cooperate with Fiat Chrysler to develop electric vehicles. It is reported that Foxconn is seeking new growth to cope with the slowdown in the smartphone industry. Foxconn will establish a joint venture with Fiat Chrysler to plan to produce electric cars in China and sell them to the Chinese market. (Pin play)
After the WeWork listing failed, only four leases were signed in the fourth quarter of last year
According to foreign media reports, WeWork ’s leasing activity in the fourth quarter has severely slowed down after the highly-regulated IPO was cancelled at the end of September last year. Data from real estate company CBRE shows that in the U.S. market, WeWork signed only four leases in the last three months of 2019, covering an area of 184,022 square feet, down from an average of 2.54 million square feet in the first four quarters. 93%. (Sina Technology)
Futian Motors: There is still unpaid balance on the transfer of 67% equity of Bao Wo Motors To
It is learned that Foton Motors announced that in January 2019, the company transferred 67% equity of Baowo Automobile to Changsheng Xingye through publicly listed transfers at a transfer price of 3.973 billion yuan. The price was paid in two installments. In January 2019, the company has received a down payment of 1.192 billion yuan, and the remaining price should be paid before January 15, 2020. As of January 10, 2020, the company received the remaining price of 1.3 billion yuan. As of January 15, 2020, the remaining balance of 1.481 billion yuan has not been received.
Gorn’s Japanese defense lawyer announces resignation
According to the Japan Broadcasting Association television station, the Japanese lawyer Hiroyuki Hironaka, who previously served as Ghosn’s defense lawyer, said in an interview that he will resign from the Ghosn defense lawyer from the 16th. Also resigning is Takano Takano, a Japanese lawyer in Ghosn’s defense team. It is reported that the two have submitted their resignations to the Tokyo District Court. In the future, Ghosn’s defense work in Japan will be replaced by three lawyers, including Japanese lawyer Hiroshi Kazu. In addition, Tokyo District Court held that Ghosn’s possibility of returning to Japan on his own initiative is very small, and the public trial of Ghosn can only be stalled. (CCTV)
Volkswagen CEO: Need to accelerate reform to avoid becoming another A Nokia
The CEO of German carmaker Volkswagen said the company needs to accelerate business reforms to avoid becoming another Nokia. The incumbent mobile phone maker Nokia gave up its dominance in the mobile phone market to Apple many years ago. The multi-brand automaker hopes to increase its market value from about 91 billion euros to 200 billion euros ($ 223.1 billion) through asset restructuring, cost reductions and expansion into new technology areas such as connected cars. (Sina Finance)
Investment and financing
Xunyou Technology: the company’s actual controller will be changed to Guiyang SASAC
It is learnt that Xunyou Technology announced that the company ’s actual controllers Zhang Jianwei, Yuan Xu, Chen Jun and Guiyang Big Data Industry Group signed the “Bailout and Investment Agreement”. If the agreed equity transfer and voting rights are completed according to this agreement, Later, Guiyang Big Data Industry Group holds or controls the total number of shares corresponding to the voting rights of listed companies accounting for 21.5% of the company’s voting rights. It will become the company’s controlling shareholder and the actual controller will be changed to Guiyang SASAC.
Fundian announced a $ 500 million new share repurchase program
Fundian Group issued an announcement announcing a new share purchase plan of 500 million U.S. dollars. At the same time, Qudian announced the withdrawal of its full-year net profit target for 2019 and will not issue performance guidance for fiscal 2020 in the short term. According to Qudian, in view of the positive judgment on the company’s long-term development and fulfilling its commitment to continuously contribute value to shareholders, the company’s board of directors approved the new equity repurchase plan. According to the plan, in the next 30 months, Fun Store will cumulatively repurchase American depositary shares representing a company’s common stock with a total value of 500 million US dollars. (Phoenix Network Technology)
Health technology startup “Oviva” completes $ 21 million in Series B financing
It is learned that according to foreign media reports, the health technology startup “Oviva” recently announced the completion of $ 21 million in Series B financing. The lead investor of this round is MTIP, and the investors include Earlybird, AlbionVC, F-Prime Capital, etc. The funds will be used to further develop the technology and continue to expand markets in Europe. Oviva is a digital healthcare service provider whose main business is to manage the diet of users through personalized digital, to help control blood sugar or lose weight.
“Califia Farms” raises US $ 225 million in Series D financing
According to foreign news PR Newswire, the US “Califia Farms” completed a US $ 225 million Series D financing led by Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Singapore’s investment company Temasek, Canada’s Claridge, Hong Kong’s Green Monday Ventures and Latin America A family in the Americas specializing in coffee and consumer goods participates. Califia Farms is an independent plant-based food and beverage company established in 2010 and headquartered in Los Angeles, USA. Original link
Toyota’s $ 394 million investment in electric flying car project
According to foreign media reports, the aerospace company Joby Aviation recently raised a Series C financing, and Toyota became the leading investor. Joby Aviation raised a total of $ 590 million in this round of financing, with Toyota contributing $ 349 million. In addition, Toyota’s Executive Vice President Shigeki Motoki will join Joby Aviation’s board of directors. Joby Aviation will learn Toyota’s cost control and engineering and manufacturing expertise in the development and production of flying taxis. (Tencent Technology)
New product
Huawei releases HMS Core 4.0 globally
It is learned that Huawei’s official WeChat public account announced the release of HMS Core 4.0 to the world. In addition to the Huawei account, payment, analytics, cloud space, game services, advertising, and positioning services, the functions launched this time have also added machine learning services, context-aware services, unified code scanning services, short-range communication services, and panoramic services. , Security inspection services, etc. Some of these services also bring developers new features that integrate Huawei’s core-end-cloud capabilities.
A few days ago, Cathaya’s software cryptographic module, a blockchain product of Financial OneAccount, passed the test of the Shanghai Testing Center of the State Administration of Cryptography and published a test report, becoming the industry’s first to implement the implementation of national secret algorithm standards on a wide range of blockchain platforms Cryptographic business. (China Securities Network)
Other important news
The United States “Forbes” magazine announced the list of the 50 richest people in Taiwan in 2020. The four brothers of the New Wei family topped the richest man in Taiwan for the first time, and Guo Taiming, the founder of Hon Hai Group, ranked fourth. The total net worth of the top 50 richest people in Taiwan this year increased by 7.7% over last year, from 104 billion dollars to 112 billion dollars. Among them, the brothers Wei Yingzhou, Wei Yingjiao, Wei Yingchong, and Wei Yingxing of the New Wei family became the richest man with 7.2 billion US dollars. Due to the decline in Hon Hai’s stock price, Guo Taiming’s net worth fell by 5% to 6.9 billion US dollars, giving up the richest man’s throne, ranking fourth. (Global Times)
Guangzhou: In the future, we will strive for the establishment of the Guangzhou Futures Exchange
The 3rd meeting of the 13th National People’s Congress of Guangdong Province held the second press conference. Guangzhou Executive Deputy Mayor Chen Zhiying said that Guangzhou will strengthen the construction of cooperation platforms in two aspects, including optimizing functional layout and strengthening demonstration, to accelerate the comprehensive cooperation of Nansha, Guangdong, Hong Kong and MacauConstruction of major cooperation platforms such as the Fan District, Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City, Guangzhou Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy Pilot Area, opening of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao e-commerce direct trains, establishment of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and “Belt and Road” legal service gathering area, and launch of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau The measures for mutual recognition and exchange of intellectual property rights in the three places will strive to establish the Guangzhou Futures Exchange in the future. (Southern Network)
The Shenzhen Stock Exchange released a review of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange merger and reorganization market and regulatory services in 2019. The article states that in 2020, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange will always adhere to the direction of marketization and rule of law, carefully study and implement the new securities law, and follow the unified deployment of the Securities Regulatory Commission. Closely focus on promoting the quality action plan of listed companies, advance the implementation of the requirements for deepening mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations and marketization reforms, improve the basic system, improve regulatory effectiveness, improve service levels, stimulate market vigor, and play the role of the main channel of optimized resource allocation to support listed companies through mergers and acquisitions Restructuring to achieve high-quality development. (One fortune)
It is learned that the latest IDC report shows that China ’s industrial 3D printer shipments increased by 5.1% year-on-year and sales increased by 9.3% year-on-year in the first half of 2019. It is estimated that the full-year sales volume in 2019 will exceed RMB 2.7 billion . IDC research shows that industrial-grade 3D equipment accounts for nearly 70% of the overall market sales. Although desktop-grade 3D equipment has contributed more than 90% of shipments, industrial-grade equipment has supported the entire industry’s sales revenue.