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The international gold price plunged, and the COMEX gold main contract fell by 1.3%, approaching the $2,670 mark."New Year's Eve+Travel" has caught fire in some places. It is hard to book a table for New Year's Eve. Recently, the reporter visited some old-fashioned restaurants and hotels in Shanghai, and many popular restaurants have been hard to find a table for New Year's Eve. A person in charge of a restaurant said that their New Year's Eve dinner had been sold out as early as May. Some restaurants added a "annual lunch" at noon on New Year's Eve, and reservations were equally hot. Some citizens simply invited the chef to go home and cook a reunion dinner at home. It is understood that the price of a New Year's Eve dinner ranges from 4,000 yuan to 8,000 yuan depending on the dishes and the number of dishes. Reunion is an important part of the Spring Festival culture. This year, in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, the new model of "New Year's Eve+Tourism" has lengthened the reunion time and become a new choice for many consumers. As the Spring Festival holiday will be increased to 8 days next year, some travel agencies have expanded the route of New Year's Eve dinner from the regular Yangtze River Delta to the medium and long-term routes, including destinations such as Yunnan and Heilongjiang. In addition to domestic travel, the registration of outbound travel routes is also very popular, especially in some new visa-free countries. (CCTV Finance)Iraqi government spokesman: There was no military intervention in Syria. On December 13th, local time, regarding US Secretary of State Blinken's visit to Iraq, Iraqi government spokesman Bassim Avadis said that since the outbreak of the Syrian crisis, the communication between the United States and Iraq has never been interrupted. Avadis also said that the Iraqi government has not intervened militarily in Syria, and has no unilateral plan for Syria, nor has it supported any faction or political organization. Avadis said that Arab, regional and international forces have reached an agreement not to allow any form of extremism to spread the Syrian crisis to other regions.

Fitch: (Talking about American residential builders) It is estimated that the residential inventory will improve slightly in 2025, but it will remain at a low level, and it will vary from region to region.US President-elect Trump: The Republican Party will do its best to cancel daylight saving time.The relative cost of living in new york has dropped to the lowest level since at least 2008. According to the new data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis this week, the cost of living in new york metropolitan area in 2023 is 12.5% higher than the national average. This is the lowest level since the bureau began to release relevant data at least in 2008. From 2008 to 2022, the relative cost of living in new york is 13% to 15.5% higher than the average level in the United States.

Competition in the anode material market intensifies enterprises' multi-pronged response to the challenge. According to the news of WeChat official account, the official WeChat of Dow Technology, on December 13th, Dow Technology recently signed the Project Technology Entrustment Development Contract with the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, entrusting the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China with the research and development of ultra-thin metallic lithium anode materials, and accelerating the commercialization of solid-state lithium batteries. As one of the four main materials of lithium battery, the anode material directly affects the energy density and cycle performance of lithium battery. At present, artificial graphite is the main anode material. Affected by the mismatch between supply and demand, the market competition of anode materials is in a white-hot situation. The price of anode materials is low, and it has become a consensus in the industry to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Negative electrode material manufacturers actively develop new products, optimize production technology, improve production efficiency, and take a multi-pronged approach to meet market challenges. (CSI)US President-elect Trump: The Republican Party will do its best to cancel daylight saving time.Argentina's MERVAL index closed up 3.06% to 2.375 million points, a record closing high, with a cumulative increase of 7.82% this week.