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December 8th - An industry report released on Monday showed that the UK job market remained weak last month, ahead of Chancellor Reeves budget address on November 26th, due to employers concerns about potential new tax increases. According to a survey by accounting firm KPMG and industry group Recruiting and Employment Confederation (REC), the rate of decline in permanent positions was the slowest since July 2024, but showed little improvement compared to October. The survey also showed that the temporary recruitment index fell below the 50.0 threshold separating expansion from contraction.On December 8th, US President Trump raised potential antitrust concerns about Netflixs (NFLX.O) planned acquisition of Warner Bros., pointing to the potential problems arising from the combined entitys market share. "Itll be a process, and well see," Trump said, confirming he met with Netflix co-CEO Sarandos last week and praising the streaming company. "But it has a lot of market share. That could be a problem." The $72 billion deal has raised concerns among antitrust regulators.Shares of LG Energy Solutions rose 1.6% to 433,000 won.According to data released by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on December 5th (Friday), as of the week ending October 28th: Speculators increased their net long positions in COMEX copper futures and options by 6,674 contracts to 66,553 contracts. Speculators also increased their net long positions in COMEX gold futures and options by 13,501 contracts to 105,635 contracts. Finally, speculators increased their net long positions in COMEX silver futures and options by 4,159 contracts to 22,696 contracts.Japans trade balance in October was 98.3 billion yen, below the expected 208 billion yen and the previous months 236 billion yen.
