1.International Semiconductor Industry Association: global chip demand continues to surge under the influence of COVID-19, driven by a variety of products such as communications, IT infrastructure, personal and cloud computing, games and medical electronic devices.

2.South Korean epidemic prevention department: there has been a case of double infection of new crown influenza in South Korea. The probability of simultaneous infection of influenza and COVID-19 is low, but there is the possibility of simultaneous infection. It remains to be seen whether double infection will lead to worsening or more fatal symptoms.

3.Oscar organizers have issued new rules that all films must include women or minorities in order to qualify for “best picture” from 2022. Specifically, the new rules include at least 30% of the less important actors and smaller roles from women, ethnic minorities or ethnic groups.       

4.McDonald’s, a US fast-food chain, said it had partnered with packaging service company Loop to try out reusable coffee cups in some McDonald’s restaurants in the UK next year to reduce the use of disposable packaging and reduce waste.

5.Federal Reserve Chairman Colin Powell will hold a press release and announce the September interest rate resolution. In addition, on September 15, the RBA will release the minutes of its monetary policy meeting, and on September 17, the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England will announce interest rate decisions. On September 10 this year, the European Central Bank took the lead in issuing interest rate decisions, leaving the three key interest rates unchanged.

 6. The Argentine central bank recently signed a contract with Brazil to “import” 1000 peso banknotes to meet the demand for local currency during the epidemic. Argentina will pay US $20.6 million for this.

7.The UK will launch its own independent MHRA certification in the future and will no longer use CE certification. The CE logo will no longer be recognized in the UK after June 30th, 2023. After that, the manufacturer must affix the British UKCA logo.

8.WSJ:Irish data regulators have issued a preliminary order to the US social media company Facebook to stop transmitting data from EU users to the United States, and face a fine of up to $2.8 billion if Facebook fails to comply with this rule, CNBC reported on the 10th.

 9.Chinese technology companies have said in a statement that they will not sell TikTok’s US business to Microsoft, Microsoft said in a statement. Us Treasury Secretary: Oracle, as a trusted data security compliance partner of TikTok, represents the solution of US national security issues. TikTok will continue to use the United States as its headquarters and create 20, 000 jobs in the United States. It is worth noting that the solution mentioned is Oracle as a data compliance partner, similar to Apple’s data compliance program in Cloud Guizhou in China, which does not involve the previous Trump request for the sale of TikTok or the transfer of TikTok’s core technology.