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Copper prices climb as China's steel industry looks promising
The renewed signs of prospects in China's steel industry propelled the copper prices move up on Monday to the highest in two weeks. Investors also reacted positively to the China's securities regulator head's resignation. Copper prices rose in four of five weeks.
Chinese job market dries up with a slowing economy
The Chinese job market has hit a dry spell, with job postings dropping across all sectors at an alarming rate. These findings, put together by the data restructuring company Quanton Data, throw up a pretty grim scenario, specially for the freshers who are about to step into the job market this summer.
Mascots Enegori, Denpa-cho, Oto-san compete for a share in Japan's retail electricity market
Japan's retail electricity market is about to be liberalized, which has the top power companies as well new entrants vying for a share. The companies have come up with their mascots to lure the customers, from a suited gorilla to a cuddly bear, in a land where such characters are loved by children and adults alike.
Oracle Acquires Ravello Systems for $500 million
It was confirmed on Monday that Israeli company Ravello was acquired by Oracle for $500 million. Ravello joins Oracle's cloud business with high hopes to take on giant tech companies like IBM, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon.