According to the latest position report released by Goldman Sachs Group (Goldman Sachs), the company significantly increased its holdings of 5.875 million BABA US shares in the second quarter., up from 24.63 million shares at the end of last quarter to 30.5 million shares. As of June 30, Goldman Sachs Group's BABA shares had a market capitalization of US $6.92 billion, accounting for 1.55% of the total position, and had become its fifth largest position. At the same time, the position report released by Goldman Sachs Group also showed that by the end of the second quarter, Goldman Sachs Group had held 7.65 million shares of newly listed DiDi Global Inc. shares and increased his holdings of 1.18 million shares of Baidu, Inc., 280000 shares of Bilibili Inc., and other shares.

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (Berkshire Hathaway) position report showsIn the second quarter, the company cleared three stocks of pharmaceutical companies Bojian, Estead paint and Liberty Global, reduced its holdings in General Motors Co, increased its holdings in supermarket chains such as Kroger, andKeeping Apple Inc's position unchanged, it remains the number one heavy stock, with a total market capitalization of US $121.5 billion, accounting for 41.45% of the total position.. The company's heavy stocks also include Bank of America Corporation (market capitalization $41.6 billion), American Express Co (market capitalization $25 billion), Coca-Cola Company (market capitalization $21.6 billion) and Kraft Heinz (market capitalization $13.3 billion).

Softbank Corp. Group (SoftBank Group) responded to the news that "investment in China will be suspended" on August 16th that Softbank Corp. will continue to invest in China.. Masayoshi son, CEO of Softbank Corp. Group, responded that the reports that Softbank Corp. withdrew, suspended or stopped investing in China were not true. Our commitment is consistent. I firmly believe that China is one of the most important innovation centers in the world, and we will continue to provide investment and support to Chinese entrepreneurs to help them build their future.

Samsung Electronics is using artificial intelligence to design Exynos chipsetsThese chipsets will be used in the next generation of smartphones from Samsung and other manufacturers. The company did not confirm whether the designs had entered mass production or which future products were designed. Samsung will use design software from chip design software company Synopsy, the first artificial intelligence product in commercial processor design. Synopsys claims that the use of artificial intelligence design has improved the performance of the chip by 15%.

Domestic chip giant Wentai Technology has completed the acquisition of British chip manufacturer Newport Wafer Fab (NWF).. Wentai Technology announced that on August 12, local time, Anshi Semiconductor, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, received a shareholder equity confirmation notice from the UK companies Registry, confirming that Anshi Semiconductor holds all shareholders' interests in NWF parent company NEPTUNE 6 LIMITED. As of the date of this announcement, the transfer of ownership of this transaction has been completed, and the company indirectly holds 100% interest in NWF.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced on Monday an investigation into Tesla, Inc. 's (Tesla) Autopilot autopilot system after 11 accidents.. The survey covers all Tesla, Inc. 's current Model Y, Model X, Model S and Model 3 models, involving 760000 Tesla, Inc. cars. In the accidents involved in the investigation, 17 people were injured and one was killed, most of which occurred after dark. The vehicles concerned were confirmed to be in autopilot or traffic-aware cruise control at the time of the collision.

Electric car maker Tesla, Inc. says its founder and CEO, Elon Musk, will be paid zero in 2020.Compared with $23760 in 2019. Musk's compensation package requires Tesla, Inc. 's market capitalization and financial indicators to meet a series of growth targets before it can be realized. In April, Tesla, Inc. 's first-quarter performance was met, making Mr Musk eligible for an option award in the 2018 compensation package. These options are currently worth more than $30 billion.

Chime Financial raised $750 million in its latest round of financing, valuing the fintech startup at about $25 billionAnd make it an initial public offering (IPO) as soon as possible. This round of financing is led by new investor Sequoia Capital Global Equities. Other participants include Softbank Corp. Group's Vision Fund II and existing investors such as Pan-Atlantic Investment Group, Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group.

BHP Group Ltd, the world's largest miner, confirmed on Monday that it was in talks to sell its oil business to Woodside Petroleum, an independent Australian oil and gas producer, in a share swap.. BHP Group Ltd also said it had begun a strategic review of its assets in Australia, the Gulf of Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago and Algeria, which analysts estimated were worth between $10 billion and $17 billion.

Amcor announced plans to build two state-of-the-art innovation centers. The new plants in Ghent, Belgium and Jiangyin, China will receive customers in mid-2022 and will be completed in the next two years.. The total investment is expected to be $35 million. The new center could expand the global reach of Amco's innovation network, which currently covers flagship outlets in the United States, such as Nina, Wisconsin, Manchester and Michigan, as well as smaller outlets around the world. The wider network will enable customers around the world to take advantage of the company's deep material science expertise and packaging development capabilities.

Early data submitted by Pfizer Inc (Pfizer) and BioNTech SE to US regulators showed that a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine eight to nine months after the completion of the initial vaccination program produced higher levels of protective antibodies.According to Monday's announcement, the two companies expect to have the results of a larger final phase of the trial soon, which will be submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the European Drug Administration and other regulators.

Nestle announced the opening of an Italian dessert shop on Harbin Central Street, providing consumers with Italian national treasure chocolate brand Baci and Italian century-old ice cream brand Antica products.. This also means that Baqi has officially entered the Chinese market. Nestl é has a long history of cooperation with Harbin. More than 30 years ago, Nestl é built its first factory in China in Shuangcheng, Harbin. Recently, there has been an increase in local investment for three consecutive years, with a cumulative increase of 700 million yuan, contributing to the sustainable development of agriculture in Heilongjiang and further strengthening Nestl é's high-end production in local factories.

Hyatt Hotel (Hyatt Hotels) plans to buy vacation and leisure company Apple Leisure Group from private equity owners for $2.7 billion. Apple Leisure Group is owned by KKR and KSL Capital Partners, a professional travel and leisure company. For Chicago-based Hyatt Hotel, the deal will strengthen its already sizeable management portfolio of vacation and leisure businesses. it also makes it one of the largest providers of charter flights and vacation packages in the United States for travel to Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and the Caribbean.

British billionaire Richard Branson has sold shares in Virgin Galaxy (Virgin Galactic Holdings) worth about $300 millionTo raise money for other parts of his global business hit by the epidemic, which led to a further reduction in Branson's stake in the space travel company he founded, to 18 per cent after the sale. Virgin remains the largest single shareholder in Virgin Galaxy.

Financial report information

Tencent Music released unaudited financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2021. The total quarterly revenue was 8.01 billion yuan ($1.24 billion), an increase of 15.5% compared with 6.93 billion yuan in the same period last year, and the net profit attributed to the company's shareholders was 827 million yuan, down 12% from 939 million yuan in the same period last year. Non-IFRS net profit was 1.12 billion yuan, compared with 1.15 billion yuan in the same period last year. Online music service revenue increased by 32.8% compared with the same period last year. Online music subscription revenue increased by 36.3% year-on-year to 1.79 billion yuan. The number of paying users for online music reached 66.2 million, an increase of 40.6 per cent over the same period last year.

DouYu International Holdings Limited reported total net revenue of 2.3368 billion yuan ($361.9 million) in the second quarter of 2021, compared with 2.5082 billion yuan a year earlier. The net loss was 181.7 million yuan, compared with a net profit of 319.3 million yuan in the same period last year. Not in accordance with the general accounting standards of the United States, the adjusted net loss was 145.1 million yuan, compared with 322.9 million yuan in the same period last year.

China Literature released his interim performance report for 2021. The total income in the first half of the year increased by 33.2% to 4.34 billion yuan compared with the same period last year; the net return profit under non-international accounting standards was 665 million yuan. Among them, copyright operation and other revenue increased by 124.5% to 1.8 billion yuan compared with the same period last year, while the revenue of online reading business reached 2.54 billion yuan, an increase of 3.4% over the same period last year.

Henkel's sales in the first half of 2021 were 9.926 billion euros, up 4.7 per cent from the same period last year. Of this total, sales in the second quarter were 4.958 billion euros, an increase of 8.8 percent over the same period last year. Adjusted operating profit (adjusted EBIT) increased by 20.1% to 1.43 billion euros from 1.191 billion euros in the first half of last year. Sales of the adhesive technology business were 4.752 billion euros in the first half and 2.394 billion euros in the second quarter. Sales of the cosmetics / beauty products business were 1.839 billion euros in the first half and 914 million euros in the second quarter. Sales of the detergent and home care business were 3.275 billion euros in the first half and 1.619 billion euros in the second quarter.

Oatmeal milk brand Oatly released its first quarterly report after landing in the US stock market. Revenue in the second quarter of 2021 reached a record $146 million, up 53% from a year earlier, with a net loss of $59.06 million, compared with a loss of $4.79 million in the same period last year.

Shared office operator WeWork reports results for the second quarter of 2021. Quarterly revenue was $593 million, down 1% from the first quarter, while losses rose to $888 million from $863 million in the same period in 2020. By the end of the second quarter, the number of WeWork members had fallen to 517000, compared with 612000 in the same period in 2020.