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Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

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<ul><li>Apple announced the iPhone 17e and the M4 iPad Air, with spec/features largely in-line with market expectations.</li><li>That said, we have identified several major positives: 1) iPhone 17e: the same starting price at US$599 while doubling base storage to 256GB (vs. 128GB starting iPhone 16e storage);</li><li>2) M4 iPad Air: massive performance leap with M4 chip, an increased 12GB of RAM and N1/C1X connectivity chips at unchanged starting prices (US$599 for 11 inch, US$799 for 13 inch)</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Apple announced the iPhone 17e and the M4 iPad Air, with spec/features largely in-line with market expectations.That said, we have identified several major positives: 1) iPhone 17e: the same starting price at US$599 while doubling base storage to 256GB (vs. 128GB starting iPhone 16e storage);2) M4 iPad Air: massive performance leap with M4 chip, an increased 12GB of RAM and N1/C1X connectivity chips at unchanged starting prices (US$599 for 11 inch, US$799 for 13 inch)Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Technology - IPhone 17e and M4 IPad Air Debut with Aggressive Value Proposition Is Positive...