Imperial Commercial Bank of Canada: cut the preferential loan interest rate in Canada by 50 basis points to 5.45%.Fitch Ratings: US state and local governments are expected to return to normal in 2025.Bank of America promoted 387 new managing directors, an increase of 16% compared with last year. According to informed sources, Bank of America promoted 387 employees to managing directors, an increase of 16% compared with last year's total. People familiar with the matter said that more than half of those promoted to managing director were women or ethnic minorities.
The mayor of Vancouver, Canada, will propose bitcoin as a reserve asset in the city Council today.The Arab Baath Socialist Party led by former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said it would suspend its operation indefinitely.According to informed sources, Stada Arzneimittel AG, a pharmaceutical company focusing on consumer health care, sounded out investors' interest before the German IPO. The company may raise about 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) through an IPO.
Fitch Ratings: US state and local governments (economies) are expected to return to normal in 2025. Steady reserves, reduced liabilities, and prudent budget management have prepared American state and local governments for 2025.The settlement price of international crude oil rose by over 2%. As of the close of the day, the futures price of light crude oil delivered in January 2025 in the New York Mercantile Exchange rose by 1.70 US dollars to close at 70.29 US dollars per barrel, an increase of 2.48%; London Brent crude oil futures for delivery in February 2025 rose by $1.33 to close at $73.52 per barrel, an increase of 1.84%.The Afghan interim government condemned the explosion of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation. On the 11th local time, Zabihullah Almugahed, spokesman of the Afghan interim government, condemned the death of Khalil Rahman Haqqani, the acting minister of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, and expressed condolences to Haqqani's family. According to Dawn News, Zabihullah Almugahed believes that the extremist organization "Islamic State" launched the attack that day. (CCTV)