The USDA raised Ukraine's corn production in 2024/25 from the previous 26.2 million tons to 26.5 million tons.Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup: I feel very good about this year's revenue performance. Citigroup is expected to achieve the high end of the revenue guidance range in 2024, and plans to increase the stock repurchase scale after the bank's capital prospects are further clarified. "It is my top priority to return more of Citi's capital to investors," Mark Mason, chief financial officer of Citigroup, said at a conference organized by Goldman Sachs on Tuesday. "I am well aware of our trading level compared with our peers." Mason also said that the bank expects to reach the high end of the income guidance of $80 billion to $81 billion this year. "So it feels very good," he said. Mason said that spending may also be at the high end of the range. This shows that the bank will realize the forecast of two key indicators at the beginning of the year.White House: It will continue to put pressure on the extremist organization "Islamic State".
Market information: Ronen Bar, director of Israel National Security Agency, and Herzi Halevi, chief of staff of Israel Defense Forces, visited Cairo today and met with Hassan Rashad, head of Egyptian intelligence department, and senior Egyptian military officials.Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates: Strongly condemn Israel's occupation of the buffer zone in the Golan. The UAE firmly opposes these Israeli actions, which may lead to further escalation of the situation in the region.The STOXX 600 index in Europe fell by 0.5% to 518.58 points.
The British government has promised to invest 21.7 billion pounds in carbon capture projects.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: If Syria transfers weapons to Hezbollah, Syria will pay the price.Goldman Sachs believes that there will be more large-scale strategic transactions in 2025. Dennis Coleman, chief financial officer of Goldman Sachs, said on Tuesday that it is expected that the company's "strategic" transactions will accelerate in 2025, including large-scale mergers and acquisitions. He said: "The intensity of our dialogue with customers is accelerating, and some aspects of the overall strategic activities are becoming more obvious. The confidence of the CEO and customers will certainly increase, and they think there may be more and larger transactions and more strategic activities. "