Wire CEO Benjamin Schilz said this week’s Microsoft outage highlighted the danger of placing an organization’s communications with a single cloud provider. He noted technology is imperfect and outages can affect any company, but said government agenc

1. New World Development (00017.HK) suspended trading briefly at 9:00 AM today. 2. Beike (02423.HK) Chairman announced the official launch of a new brand logo and customized "Beike Font," and the Beike Find House APP has been renamed Beike APP. 3. Rongchang Biotechnology (09995.HK): Signed an amendment to the RC298 licensing agreement with Vor Bio, receiving an initial payment of approximately US$56 million and qualifying for development milestone payments of up to US$300 million. 4. JD.com (09618.HK): Completed a voluntary public takeover offer for the German consumer electronics retail group CECONOMY AG, acquiring 59.8% of its share capital and voting rights for a total consideration of €1.335 billion. 5. China Power (02380.HK): Recently, the Company issued its second tranche of perpetual medium-term notes (Perpetual Notes – 2026 Tranche II), with a principal amount of RMB 1.5 billion and a coupon rate of 1.73% per annum (initial term is a fixed 3 years). 6. Huahong Grace Semiconductor (01347.HK) announced that it plans to repurchase shares for cancellation worth RMB 300 million to RMB 500 million, with a repurchase price not exceeding RMB 255.55 per share (inclusive). The repurchase period is within 12 months from the date of shareholder approval of the share repurchase plan. 7. CK Hutchison Holdings (00001.HK): The Board of Directors has not made any decision regarding any transaction involving the independent listing of the Group's retail business. It is currently uncertain whether any such transaction will take place. If necessary, the Company will issue further announcements in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. 8. Guoquan (02517.HK): Recorded unaudited revenue of approximately RMB1.9 billion to RMB2 billion in the third quarter, with core operating profit of approximately RMB30 million to RMB40 million. 9. Zhongji Xuchuang (03308.HK): Its wholly-owned subsidiary plans to subscribe for a 3.28% stake in Guanghe Phase III Fund for RMB50 million. 10. SMIC (00981.HK): Achieved operating revenue of RMB60.618 billion in the first three quarters, a year-on-year increase of 22.4%; net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company was RMB7.314 billion, a year-on-year increase of 91.6%. In the third quarter, operating revenue reached RMB21.983 billion, a year-on-year increase of 28.1%; net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company was RMB2.847 billion, a year-on-year increase of 87.6%.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reports that it does not know the exact location of the Isfahan enrichment plant or whether it contains nuclear material.