European members of NATO are considering increasing the proportion of military expenditure. On December 12th, the Financial Times reported that some European members of NATO are considering increasing the proportion of national defense expenditure in their gross domestic product (GDP) from the current 2% to 3%, which will bring budgetary pressure to many European countries.Citigroup raised the target price of Broadcom from $205.00 to $220.00.British Prime Minister's Spokesman: Stamer told G7 that Assad should be welcomed to step down, but we must be cautious about what happens next. The leaders of the Group of Seven agreed that the territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty of Syria must be respected.
Greek officials said that they would buy artillery systems from Israel, and two Greek officials said that Greece was in deep negotiations to buy 36 sets of PULS rocket launcher systems from Israel to promote the modernization of its armed forces, with a value of 600 million to 700 million euros.Google will appeal against the decision of the Turkish competition authority, which decided to fine Google 2.61 billion lira ($75 million) for taking advantage of its dominant position in the advertising server service market. Google said on Friday that it intends to appeal this decision. A spokesman for the company said that the decision of the Turkish competition authority did not take into account the fierce competition, and there were many choices for advertising buyers and sellers.Russia is negotiating with the new Syrian authorities to maintain its two military bases in Syria.
Japanese yen moves towards the longest losing streak since June. Traders bet that the Bank of Japan will stay put and the yen will move towards the longest losing streak against the US dollar since June. Traders bet that the Bank of Japan will not raise interest rates next week. The yen continued to fall on Friday, falling 0.7% against the US dollar to 153.72 yen, the lowest level since November 26th. The yen has fallen for the fifth day in a row, and is heading for the worst weekly performance in more than two months. Earlier this week, it was reported that the Bank of Japan thought that it would not pay a huge price to wait until January or later, because there were signs that there was little risk that inflation might exceed the target. It is reported that officials are still open to taking action next week, depending on data and market trends.Bank of Mexico: High inflation may affect economic activities.Polish Central Bank Governor Glapinski: There is no basis for adjusting interest rates.