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ifeng.com financial news on october 7, the three major u.s. stock indexes collectively opened lower, with the nasdaq falling 0.29%, the dow jones industrial average falling 0.32%, and the s&p 500 index falling 0.26%.

most popular chinese concept stocks rose, with xpeng motors rising more than 4%, baidu rising more than 2%, jd.com rising more than 1%, and bilibili and nio rising slightly.

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[apple smartphone is reported to be launched on october 28th]

well-known technology journalist mark gurman recently broke the news that apple intelligence will be launched together with ios 18.1 on october 28.

[the u.s. federal aviation administration approves the return of spacex’s falcon 9 rocket]

the u.s. federal aviation administration (faa) stated on october 6, local time, that the space exploration technology company's (spacex) "falcon 9" main launch vehicle can return to flight, and the execution plan is to launch the european space agency's "hera" from florida on monday. "(hera) spacecraft mission. the faa previously suspended launches of spacex's falcon 9 main launch vehicle on september 30 because a falcon 9 malfunctioned during a manned mission a few days ago. the rocket did not land in the target area.

[activist investor starboard value is reported to have held approximately us$1 billion in pfizer shares]

according to media reports citing sources, activist investor starboard value has held approximately us$1 billion in shares of pfizer and hopes that the us pharmaceutical giant will make changes to reverse its performance.

starboard also reached out to former pfizer ceo ian read and former chief financial officer frank d'amelio, both of whom expressed interest in helping the company, people familiar with the matter said. activist investors.

boosted by this news, pfizer rose more than 2% before the market opened.

[bp is reported to have reset its strategy and abandoned its production reduction target]

according to news on october 7, multiple people familiar with the matter revealed that british petroleum (bp) has given up its target of reducing oil and natural gas production by 2030. bp ceo murray auchincloss is scaling back the company’s energy transformation strategy to regain investment. the confidence of the person.

bp's strategy, unveiled in 2020, is the industry's most ambitious, pledging to reduce production by 40% by 2030 while rapidly developing renewable energy. with investors focused on near-term returns rather than the energy transition, bp last february scaled back its target to a 25% output cut, which would have taken it to 2 million barrels per day by the end of the decade.

bp is currently eyeing several new investments in the middle east and the gulf of mexico to boost its oil and gas production, sources said.

[lithium miner arcadium confirms rio tinto acquisition plan]

according to statements from both parties, rio tinto has proposed an acquisition intention to lithium producer arcadium lithium, but did not disclose any financial details. previous media reports stated that the two companies have been in negotiations and arcadium's valuation may be between us$4 billion and us$6 billion, or even higher.

[astrazeneca and cspc reached a nearly us$2 billion cardiovascular drug licensing agreement]

astrazeneca and cspc pharmaceutical group co., ltd. have reached an exclusive licensing agreement to advance the development of an innovative preclinical small molecule lipoprotein(a) (lp(a)) inhibitor.

under the agreement, astrazeneca will acquire cspc's preclinical small molecule drug candidate ys2302018, an oral lipoprotein(a) inhibitor for the development of novel lipid-lowering therapies, as well as monotherapy or monotherapy for a variety of cardiovascular diseases. combination therapy, including with the oral small molecule pcsk9 inhibitor azd0780. under the terms of the agreement, cspc will receive an initial payment of us$100 million.

in addition, cspc pharmaceutical group will be eligible to receive development and commercialization milestone payments of up to us$1.92 billion in the future, as well as tiered royalties.

[it is reported that tencent and the guillemot family are considering acquiring ubisoft, ubisoft responds]

ubisoft announced on october 7 that the company has noticed recent media speculation about the company’s potential interests. for the benefit of our stakeholders, ubisoft will regularly review all strategic options and inform the market when appropriate. it was earlier reported that tencent and the guillemot family, the founding family of french game company ubisoft, were considering acquiring ubisoft.