Only Buffett himself, Munger and several Berkshire employees will be present at the meeting
New Crown Pneumonia Outbreak Frontline
Sun Guofeng: The central bank has issued a special reloan of 184 billion yuan
On March 15th, at the press conference of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council, Sun Guofeng, director of the Monetary Policy Department of the People ’s Bank of China, said that the People ’s Bank of China established a 300 billion yuan special re-loan on January 31 to support the epidemic. Prevention and control played an active role. As of March 13, the People ’s Bank of China has issued a special reloan of 184 billion yuan, and 9 national banks and 10 local banks in 10 provinces and municipalities have cumulatively issued 4708 national and local key enterprises. Preferential loans amounted to 182.1 billion yuan, with an average of 40 million yuan in preferential loans for each enterprise. The weighted average interest rate for preferential loans was 2.56%. After the 50% financial discount, the actual financing cost of the company was about 1.28%, which was lower than the State Council ’s interest rate not higher than 1.6. % Requirements, the current progress of the bank to issue preferential loans remains at more than 10 billion yuan per day, the rate of disbursement is relatively fast. (Shanghai Securities News)
Agricultural Development Executive Director and Vice President Lin Li revealed at the press conference of the State Council ’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism on March 15 that, as of March 14, the Agricultural Development Bank had supported 1,649 epidemic prevention enterprises and had issued emergency loans of 53.5 billion yuan. Support 2650 enterprises to resume work and production, 137 billion yuan of loans have been issued, of which 78% were small, medium and micro enterprises. (Shanghai Securities News)
Cancellation of 2020 World Sports Conference
Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the 2020 World Sports Congress, originally scheduled to be held in Beijing and later relocated to Lausanne, Switzerland, was announced. The managing director of the World Sports Congress, Nice Hart, said that the next World Sports Congress will focus on next year’s meeting. The 2021 World Sports Congress will be held in Yekaterinburg, Russia from May 23-28. (Xinhua News Agency)
After the national blockade, the use of Italian chat tools has surged
CountryForeign media reported that compared to a year ago, Italian users had 20% more calls and messages on WhatsApp. A Microsoft spokesperson did not provide Skype statistics, but said that the company’s messaging app Teams in Italy, which primarily targets work communications for corporate employees, has grown by 100%. (Tencent Technology)
Affected by the epidemic, Berkshire Shareholders’ Meeting held online
On March 13th, Berkshire Hathaway issued an urgent notice on the official website of a letter from Buffett to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway: “From Berkshire Since the annual report was released on February 22, the incident has progressed very quickly. Our annual shareholder meeting will be held as scheduled on May 2 at 3:45 pm, but this time, shareholders will not attend the meeting, all special The event was canceled. I regret to announce this decision. “Buffett said in the letter that only he, Munger and a few Berkshire employees would be present at the meeting. (First Business)
According to foreign media reports, Apple has introduced more protection restrictions related to the new crown virus-this time focusing on its app store. In a statement to the developer community, the company explained that it will take steps to review apps focused on the new pandemic virus global pandemic. In addition to assessing the content of the app and limiting the number of developers, Apple has also taken measures to ban the release of entertainment programs and games that attempt to use this public life-threatening event to make a profit.
With the interruption of global tourism caused by the development of the new crown pneumonia virus pneumonia epidemic, in the early morning of March 14th, Airbnb, an American shared accommodation platform, urgently updated its policy on the protection of changes and changes, covering the whole world with free protection of changes and changes. According to Airbnb ’s latest policy on withdrawals and changes, accommodations booked before March 14, 2020 (inclusive), and stays from March 14 to April 14 can be cancelled free of charge. However, China’s return guarantee in the mainland will return to normal rules on April 1. Surging)
UNESCO recommends distance learning platform, nailed in
It is reported that on March 13, the official website of UNESCO released data that 421 million children and young people in 39 countries and regions worldwide were affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, of which 354.5 million were preschool to high school and 6688 were in higher education Million. During the school closure due to the outbreak, UNESCO recommended a list of apps and platforms for parents, teachers and schools. Among them, Ding Ding has become the preferred platform for video conferencing, live teaching and team collaboration.
National first shared bicycle disinfection Specification officially released
The “Guidelines for the Operation of Internet Rental Bicycle Hygiene Guarantee” (hereinafter referred to as the “Specifications”) was released today. This specification is the first national standard for bicycle sharing disinfection groups. It was initiated by Meituan Bicycles in conjunction with China Urban Public Transport Association. It was officially released after the active participation of representatives from the government, NGOs, and enterprises. The regulations require that in the event of a public health emergency, parts that are easily accessible to riders, such as handlebars, baskets, and car locks, must be cleaned and disinfected no less than once a day, and other parts must be cleaned regularly to ensure cleanliness and pollution-free Thing. (TechWeb)
Rookie Wrap: Free assistance to Han medical team to send return luggage
It is learned that on March 15th, Cainiao Wrap, a subsidiary of Cainiao Network, announced that foreign medical teams in Wuhan provided free return luggage delivery service. Foreign medical aid teams in Wuhan can call the free delivery hotline: 9519600, there will be someone to pick up at home without any fees.
Baidu newly established Baidu Health, operating disinfection products, Medical device sales
Tianyan data shows that recently, Baidu’s operating entity, Beijing Baidu Netcom Technology Co., Ltd., established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Baidu Health (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. The data shows that the company was established on March 12, 2020, with a registered capital of 3000The game’s largest market contributed 12.8% of downloads; followed by India with 7.7%. “Draw Climber-Draw Climber” ranked 2nd in February in the world’s ultra-casual game download list with 32.2 million downloads.
Netease Cloud Music launches the “Sound Street” App to enter the free K song market < / p>
Netease Cloud Music recently launched a product called “Yin Street”. This is the first time Netease Cloud Music has entered the free K-song market and launched an independent app. The company’s information shows that the developer of “Sound Street” is Hangzhou Ledu Technology Co., Ltd. The suspected actual controller is Ding Lei, chairman and CEO of Netease. (Tech Planet)
Other important news
It is learned from listed companies that on March 13, the Guangdong Securities Regulatory Bureau issued a Questionnaire on Equity Incentives for Listed Companies to listed companies in their jurisdictions. The questionnaire involved five major issues, especially the issues of expansion and restriction of equity incentive objects. It is worth mentioning that the Guangdong Securities Regulatory Bureau’s equity incentive survey questionnaire can be said to closely follow the pace of the “test field” of the science and technology board. The industry believes that this means that if the results of the questionnaire are published and implemented, it may be possible for the main board and the GEM company to follow the pace of the science and technology board, and the equity incentive target will be further expanded. (Brokerage China)
Communication enterprises were increased by 16 times in 5 years, “telecom fraud Still 315 hot words
After many years of development, the communication technology represented by 5G is becoming an important part of the “new infrastructure”, but at the same time, “telecommunications fraud” is still consumer protectionThe “hot word” that can’t be avoided. According to the data of the professional version of Tianyancha, the number of enforced persons of communication enterprises has increased by 16 times in the last five years, and the information of administrative punishment mainly focuses on illegal acts such as “violating tax management”, “unfair competition”, and related “registered users’ real names ”. . (Shanghai Securities News)
On March 13, China Cinda successfully issued the Cinda Xinrun No. 1 2020 Asset Support Special Plan (Outbreak Prevention and Control ABS) on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, which was the first single storage shelf approved by the exchange. ABS for the prevention and control of epidemic diseases, the first issue of which is 99.92 billion yuan, is currently the largest issue of ABS in the market, with a weighted issue rate of 2.91% and a weighted average term of 1.6 years. (Shanghai Securities News)