Gates said Musk might make Twitter worse; Baidu announced a new round of cadre rotation

Zeng Yuqun responded to the sharp decline in stock prices in the Ningde era; Gates said that Musk may make Twitter worse; lululemon was punished with shoddy charges; Baidu announced a new round of cadre rotation; Chuangeli has acquired Meizu mobile phones; Buffett has made new moves after the shareholders' meeting; Tesla competitor Lucid announced price increases; Google announced that it had acquired Micro LED display company Raxium; Alipay launched a digital yuan search function; brain-computer interface company recruited the first patient in the United States...

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Zeng Yuqun responded to the sharp decline in the stock price of the Ningde era

The 2021 annual performance online briefing meeting of CATL was held. Some investors mentioned that the stock price of CATL fell sharply on May 5, in this regard, Zeng Yuqun, chairman of CATL, said that as a fast-growing high-tech enterprise, the revenue and net profit of CATL from 2015 to 2021 will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 56% and 52%, respectively, and the valuation should refer to the early level of world-class high-tech enterprises. (SSE)

Gates said Musk might make Twitter worse

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on Wednesday that he wasn't sure what the future of Twitter would look like under Elon Musk's leadership, but we should keep an open mind and never underestimate his possibilities. "He could really make Twitter worse," Gates said in an interview Wednesday, "but his track record is not like that." We should keep an open mind and never underestimate Elon. If all you need is money and hire a great engineer, he's probably as good as anyone. (Sina Finance)

Xu Jiayin said evergrande sold 3.09 billion yuan in April and aimed at 100,000 units in May

On May 5, Evergrande held a monthly working meeting of the group, at which Xu Jiayin summarized the sales situation in April and put forward the goal of handing over the building in May. The following is a summary of Xu Jiayin's speech: At present, 562 baojiao projects have been under normal construction, and 179 baojiao projects are in the process of resuming work and production. We must continue to work hard to achieve the full normal construction of all the projects and resolutely complete the target of 100,000 units in May. In April, it achieved a brilliant performance of sales of 3.09 billion yuan.

Luo Yonghao complained about the Sony TV remote control

Recently, Luo Yonghao complained about a TV remote control on Weibo, "This may be the worst TV remote control ever designed by humans: I have used it for almost a year, and I still can't use the muscle memory of my fingertips in the dark to blind exercises..." And said that these traditional home appliance giants only know that the small fuselage is "popular now", but do not know how to simplify the number of buttons. Although the brand logo of the remote control machine was marked with mosaics, some netizens in the comments pointed out that it was a Sony TV remote control and said that it was really difficult to use.

Large companies

Lululemon was punished with shoddy charges

On May 5, Lululemon posted that he was deeply sorry for the fact that the filling of The Navigation men's down vest did not meet the national standard. The company removed the relevant batch of products at the first time, carried out detailed internal verification, and actively carried out rectification.

Baidu announced a new round of cadre rotation

Baidu announced a new round of cadre rotation: Executive Vice President Shen Jitter was appointed as the head of the Intelligent Cloud Business Group (ACG); He Junjie was promoted to senior vice president to rotate as the head of the Mobile Ecology Business Group (MEG); wang Haifeng continued to serve as executive vice president and CTO, and no longer concurrently served as the head of the ACG.

Chuanjili has acquired Meizu mobile phones

On May 5, it was reported that Meizu had been acquired by Geely and was completing the closing stage. In response to this matter, Meizu officials did not comment. It is worth mentioning that not long ago, Geely Mobile just announced two mobile phone appearance patents. The abstract shows that this design product is used for mobile communication or human-computer interconnection, and the design focus is on the shape. (Tech Planet)

Some Gucci stores in the United States will be able to pay in cryptocurrency

Luxury retail brand Gucci will accept cryptocurrencies in some stores in the United States, including 10 cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin and Shiba Inucoin, as a way to make in-store payments, starting at the end of the month. Gucci plans to expand the pilot to all of its direct stores in the U.S. in the future, adding that customers will be able to pay using their digital wallets by scanning QR codes. (Financial Associated Press)

Buffett's shareholder meeting was followed by a new move

Berkshire Hathaway bought about 5.9 million shares of Occidental Oil for two consecutive days this week, further increasing its bet on the oil giant, with a total of more than $330 million bought in two trading days.

Buffett's recent surge in Western Oil has sparked speculation that Buffett could make a long-sought "elephant-level acquisition" to buy the entire Occidental Oil Company, which could cost him $70 billion and put about half of the company's nearly $150 billion in cash reserves into the deal. (Xiaoxiang Morning Post)

BeiGene: Net loss in the first quarter was 2.866 billion yuan

The total operating income was 1.948 billion yuan, down 50.4% year-on-year. Among them, the product revenue was 1.662 billion yuan, an increase of 141.4% year-on-year, and the growth was mainly due to the sales growth of independently developed products and licensed products. (e Corporation)

Tesla rival Lucid announced a price increase

U.S. electric vehicle maker Lucid Group announced on Thursday that it would raise prices for most models in response to rising raw material costs. The company said that from June 1, the price of air Grand Touring for new bookings in the United States will be $154,000, Air Touring is $107,400, and Air Pure is priced at $87,400, up 10% to 12% respectively from the previous price. (Sina Finance)

Li Ning applied for the registration of Ning Coffee trademark

On May 5, the news showed that recently, Li Ning Sports (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. applied for the registration of the trademark "Ning Coffee NING COFFEE", which is internationally classified as catering and accommodation, and the current trademark status is awaiting substantive examination. (Interface)

BOE has seen a sharp drop in iPhone OLED panel production since February

According to reports, the number of OLED panels produced by BOE for iPhones has fallen sharply since February. The company began offering OLED panels for the 6.1-inch model of the iPhone 13 series last year. The initial reason for the early decline was a shortage of display driver ICs, but sources say that this alone does not explain the sharp decline in BOE production, possibly because BOE changed the design of OLED panels, such as expanding the circuit width of thin-film transistors, which may be a warning. (Interface)

Wen's pig revenue rose more than 7% month-on-month in April

In April, 1.427 million pigs were sold, with an income of 2.263 billion yuan, and the average sales price of wool pigs was 13.33 yuan / kg, with month-on-month changes of -1.48%, 7.45% and 9.53%, and year-on-year changes of 129.27%, 40.04% and -39.27%, respectively. As for the reasons for the year-on-year increase in pig sales and revenue in April, the company said that it was mainly due to the increase in seedlings and the improvement of production performance. (The Paper)

Investment and financing

Google announced that it has acquired Micro LED display company Raxium

Google's head of hardware, Rick Osterloh, confirmed that the company has acquired Raxium, a 5-year startup with Micro LED technology that could be Google's technical backbone for building a new generation of augmented, virtual and mixed reality headsets. (Sina Finance)

"Juwan Technology Research" completed nearly 1 billion yuan of A round financing

The ultra-fast rechargeable power battery and the next generation of energy accumulator R & D and manufacturing enterprise "Juwan Technology Research" announced the completion of nearly 1 billion yuan A round of financing, a number of domestic investment institutions participated in this round of investment, and received continuous additional investment from old shareholders. Juwan Technology Research said that after the completion of this round of financing, it will continue to strengthen the research and development of XFC (eXtreme Fast Charging) extreme charging technology and accelerate the production capacity of XFC extreme speed batteries. (36Kr)

"Gloria Spectrum" completed a new round of financing of hundreds of millions of yuan

Recently, Hangzhou Gloria Spectrum Precision Medical Testing Technology Co., Ltd. completed a new round of financing of hundreds of millions of yuan, led by CICC Jiatai Fund under CICC Capital, with The participation of Fuxing Capital, Qishen Venture Capital, West Lake Science and Technology Venture Capital and Zhongjin Pucheng under Fosun Pharma, and Huaxing Capital as the exclusive financial adviser for this round of financing. This round of financing funds will be mainly used for the research and development and registration of Gloria Spectrum source innovative instruments and reagent products, and accelerate the expansion of the national marketing network layout and product production capacity. (36Kr)

New technologies/products/services

Alipay launched a digital yuan search function

In the Digital Yuan Pilot Area, new users can search for "Digital Yuan" on the Alipay homepage to download the Digital Yuan APP. Up to now, nearly 6 million digital yuan sub-wallets have been pushed to merchants of Alipay services. (Alipay official micro)

Brain-Computer Interface Company recruited its first patient in the United States

On May 4, Brain-Computer Interface Company Synchron announced an early-stage feasibility clinical trial in the United States that successfully recruited its first patient. The implantation device developed by the company, implanted in the motor cortex of the brain in a minimally invasive manner, is designed to help paralyzed patients operate electronic devices without having to do so.

Huawei's new patent eliminates the need for human efforts to test autonomous driving

According to the Tianyancha App, on May 3, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. announced a patent for "test methods, devices, and systems for autonomous vehicles." The abstract shows that the present application embodiment provides a system comprising a software control module, a motion control module and a plurality of motion platforms. According to the test scene information obtained by the software control module, the test motion platform and the target motion platform are determined, so that the parameter information is sent to each determined motion platform in order to perform the corresponding operation. This patent does not require the participation of testers to test autonomous vehicles, which can improve test efficiency and reduce labor costs.