Category: Flash News

On May 19th, Huatai Securities Research Report stated that in the future outlook, the supply growth rate of the aviation industry will remain at a low level. With the support of airline revenue management, the annual revenue level is expected to start low and rise high. Coupled with the year-on-year decline in oil prices, airline profits are expected to continue to improve. I am optimistic about airlines fulfilling their ticket prices and profit elasticity during the peak summer season, and recommend the aviation sector.

On May 19th, OpenAI released a new cloud based code agent called Codex on its official website. Codex can automate various tasks for developers, such as writing functional code, answering questions about the codebase, fixing errors, and making pull requests for review; Each task runs in its own cloud sandbox environment while preloading the user’s code repository. It is reported that Codex is supported by the Codex-1 model, which is a fine tuned version of OpenAI-o3 specifically optimized for software engineering. By training real-world coding tasks in various environments through reinforcement learning, the generated code can fit the programmer’s code style and pull request preferences, and strictly follow instructions.

On May 19th, after experiencing a “small month” of credit in April, credit disbursement is expected to improve in May. Recently, it has been learned in the industry that with the implementation of a package of policies, credit growth in May may be significantly better than in April, and the pace of bank credit allocation is more focused on balance and improving quality and efficiency. In terms of investment, banks have increased their efforts in areas such as technology finance and inclusive finance; In terms of retail, consumer loans are still the main battlefield for banks to make efforts. The recent disclosure of institutional investor research minutes by some banks has also “spoiled” business trends. Faced with the market environment of narrowing net interest margin and intensified competition, banks are trying their best to promote their business and stabilize their operating performance. (Shanghai Securities News)

On May 19th, according to an article in the Economic Daily, China is using systematic thinking to grasp the timing and trend of artificial intelligence development, from computing infrastructure to algorithm breakthroughs, from scenario innovation to rule leadership. Standing at a historical node of the intelligent revolution, China’s choice is clear and firm – to be both a technological innovator and a rule maker. The deep integration of application scenario advantages, institutional advantages, and the cultural heritage of Chinese civilization will undoubtedly solidify the foundation for us to stand firm in the wave of intelligent revolution.

On May 19th, a research team from the University of Texas at Austin published an innovative study in the journal Chemistry: they developed a new information encoding and decoding method, which achieved data storage by synthesizing polymer molecules and used this method to encode and decode information. This is the first attempt to write information into the basic units of plastic and read this information using electrical signals, making it possible to store information in everyday materials.

On May 19th, preliminary statistics released by Romania’s electoral institution in the early hours of the 19th showed that in the second round of the presidential election held on the 18th, independent candidate and Bucharest Mayor Nikusor Daan won. According to the statistics of 99.24% of the votes by the Romanian electoral institution, Dane received 53.99% of the vote, while the President of the Romanian Unity Union Party, Giorgio Simion, received 46.01% of the vote. The difference between the two sides is nearly 8 percentage points, and Dane’s victory is a foregone conclusion. The Romanian President serves a term of 5 years and can be re elected once.

On May 19th, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu approved the immediate resumption of humanitarian aid to Gaza at a security cabinet meeting. In a statement confirming this decision, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office stated that it was “based on the advice of the Israeli Defense Forces and taking into account the need to expand intense fighting to defeat the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)”. Netanyahu stated that Israel “will allow the provision of a basic amount of food to the residents of the Gaza Strip to prevent a famine crisis,” as such a crisis “will jeopardize continued efforts to strike Hamas.

On May 18th local time, Osama Hamdan, a senior official of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), stated that there were some “unacceptable” proposals in the Gaza ceasefire negotiations held in Qatar. Hamdan said that we are still in negotiations, but some ideas that are unacceptable to us have been put forward, and we are also presenting our own ideas. At present, no final agreement has been reached.

On May 18th local time, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova responded to German Chancellor Mertz’s statement that “there are no plans to provide Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine”. She pointed out that such statements should not be easily accepted, believing that their true purpose is to downplay the topic from the public eye. Zakharova said that on the surface, this seems to indicate that Germany hopes to resolve the conflict in Ukraine peacefully, but this is just a game of words. The real intention of the German Chancellor is to make the issue of long-range weapon supply disappear from the public eye, as if it had never happened. On the 15th, German Chancellor Merkel told German media that Germany currently has no plans to supply the Taurus cruise missile to Ukraine, and stated that this issue is not on the agenda at present.

On May 18th, Ukrainian President Zelensky held talks with US Vice President Vance and US Secretary of State Rubio in Rome, Italy. Zelensky posted this news on his official social media platform and stated that both Ukraine and the United States had discussed the negotiations held in Istanbul. Zelensky stated that the delegation sent by Russia has a lower level and does not have decision-making power. He stated that Ukraine is ready for genuine diplomacy and emphasized the importance of achieving a comprehensive and unconditional ceasefire as soon as possible. In addition, both sides also held consultations on issues such as sanctions against Russia, bilateral trade, defense cooperation, battlefield situation, and future exchange of prisoners of war.