Tencent announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on January 21 that the board of directors has decided to award a total of 8004807 award shares to no less than 22800 award personnel. the aim is to recognize the contributions made by the rewards and to attract and retain the talents needed for the continued operation and development of the Group.. Tencent closed at HK $474.8 on the 21st, up 0.68%, with a total market capitalization of HK $4.6 trillion. According to thisIt is estimated that the total value of the new shares issued is about HK $3.8 billion, and the value of the shares received by each of the 22800 rewards is about HK $166000.. Tencent issued a similar announcement on December 1, 2021, and the board of directors has decided to grant a total of 4410829 award shares to no less than 25700 award holders.

TikTok, a popular video sharing app, says it is testing a paid subscription model that allows creators to charge people who view their content. This strategy appears to be similar to Instagram, which said earlier this week that it was experimenting with its own subscription service. Meta Platforms says this feature could provide content creators with another way to make money from fans. Twitter introduced a similar super fan concept last year.

DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman has resigned from Alphabet Inc-CL C. He had made breakthroughs in artificial intelligence during his seven years at the groundbreaking British company, but it was difficult to ensure that his technology was used ethically by its US giant owners. Mr Suleiman is one of the three founders of DeepMind, which was founded in the UK in 2010 and was acquired by Alphabet Inc-CL C for $500m in 2014. On Thursday, he left the company to become a partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock. During his tenure, employees complained that his management style was too radical and sometimes controversial.

The mobile phone company of Geely Group is in contact with the mobile phone manufacturer Meizu to discuss the acquisition.. In terms of the purchase price, as the transaction is not yet over, the price is not clear. Geely has taken action in the direction of building mobile phones. In September 2021, Geely Group established Hubei Xingji Times Technology Co., Ltd., positioning in the field of high-end mobile phones, R & D business is progressing in an orderly manner.

Renault and Geely Holdings announced on January 21st that they had signed an agreement to form a joint venture.Based on Geely Automobile's CMA architecture and hybrid technology, develop, produce and sell Renault-branded fuel vehicles and smart hybrid vehicles in Korea and export them to markets outside South Korea. Neither side disclosed the share ratio and investment amount of the joint venture company.

The pre-production version of General Motors Co's pure electric SUV Cadillac Lyriq has been assembled and is expected to be delivered to customers within a few months, nine months ahead of schedule.. In August 2020, General Motors Co launched the all-electric medium-sized SUV Lyriq, the first all-electric SUV under Cadillac. The pre-order broke through 2000 Magi Lyriq with a price of 439700 in one hour, with the ability of life in 650km mode and zero acceleration of 6.9 seconds, using General Motors Co's newly developed "Super Cruise" super intelligent driving assistance system, equipped with Cadillac full cockpit configuration.

Toyota Motor said on January 20th that 21 production lines at up to 11 factories in Japan would be partially suspended from January 21 to 24 due to the influence of COVID-19 infection among its own factory employees and suppliers of parts. Production affected in January expanded to 47,000 vehicles. The impact has expanded since it was expected to cut production by 20, 000 vehicles in January because of semiconductor shortages. It is expected that many models such as the Crown and the SUV Land Cruiser will be affected. Toyota did not disclose the specific COVID-19 infection of the parts manufacturers. Honda is also affected by the epidemic, semiconductors and other parts procurement continues to be difficult, Japan's domestic production has decreased.

JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPMorgan Chase) paid longtime CEO Jamie Jamie Dimon $34.5 million in 2021, an increase of $3 million over the past two years, the highest salary Dimon has received since 2008. The US bank, the largest by assets, reported record profits and revenues in 2021. The performance was driven by its investment banking division, which earned commissions from the surge in corporate transactions and suffered much lower-than-expected loan losses during the outbreak.

Under a landmark agreement reached with the support of the United Nations, nearly 30 generics manufacturers in Asia and Africa will be able to produce low-cost oral versions of Merck & Co Inc (MSD) and COVID-19.To enable poorer countries to have greater access to this drug, which is seen as a weapon against the epidemic. Merck & Co Inc gave other companies the green light to produce its oral antiviral drug molnupiravir during the outbreak, which is rare in the pharmaceutical industry, and drugmakers usually provide long-term protection for their own patented treatments.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cited three studies as saying that the enhanced injection of COVID-19 vaccine is the key to the fight against Omicron strain, and its effectiveness in preventing hospitalization is 90%.. A study showed that Pfizer Inc / BioNTech and Modena's third dose of vaccine performed well in preventing hospitalization, reducing the risk of hospitalization by 94% when the Delta strain was dominant, while when Omicron became the main strain, it still reduced the risk of hospitalization by 90%. These studies, led by CDC, are the first studies in the United States to observe the efficacy of enhanced needle vaccines against Omicron.

Shiseido will sell cosmetics brands "Za" and "PURE&MILD" launched in markets such as China in March.The amount of the sale has not been disclosed. The products of the two brands are relatively low-priced, with young people as the main customer group. Shiseido should focus on high-priced cosmetics and adjust the brand product line.

East Japan Railway (JR East Japan) plans to launch a new suspension system of up to two years for all employees in April. There is no salary during the period of absence, but in addition to studying abroad and qualification certificate, the treatment of infertility is also listed as an object.. Conditions for commuting to and from work by Shinkansen or express trains will also be relaxed in March. There is an increase in the number of enterprises that adopt flexible responses in employee career planning and residence choice. JR East Japan will also push forward measures in an effort to reduce the turnover rate. At the same time, JR East Japan will also allow employees transferred with their spouses to work outside the business area for up to three years off duty.

China Transportation new business type coordinated with the Supervision Inter-ministerial Joint Conference Office on Friday to interview four Internet road freight platform companies, including Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd., Freight Lala, DiDi Global Inc. Freight and GOGOX. Remind four ride-hailing platform companies, including DiDi Global Inc. Travel, Cao Cao Travel, T3 Travel and Meituan Travel.. The interview reminded that recently, truck drivers have focused on the Internet road freight platform to adjust pricing rules at will, increase membership fees, induce vicious low-price competition, overload, illegal transportation, and other problems, suspected of infringing upon the legitimate rights and interests of employees, causing widespread dissatisfaction among truck drivers and widespread social concern. All platform companies are required to face up to their own problems and carry out rectification immediately.

The World Economic Forum officially announced on the 21st local time.The 2022 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum will be held from May 22 to May 26 in Davos, Switzerland.

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Oil field services giant Schlumberger reports results for the fourth quarter of 2021 and for the full year 2021. Fourth-quarter revenue was $6.225 billion, up 13 per cent from a year earlier, while net profit was $601 million, up 61 per cent from a year earlier. International revenue was $4.898 billion, up 13 per cent from a year earlier, while North America was $1.281 billion, up 10 per cent from a year earlier. Total revenue in 2021 was $22.929 billion, down 3% from a year earlier; net profit was $1.881 billion, compared with a loss of $10.518 billion a year earlier.