Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-16 16:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- Following the Bank of Korea's (BOK) first interest rate hike in 3 1/2 years Thursday, analysts expect the central bank to remain on a hawkish path in the coming months to bring mounting inflation under control.
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[2026-07-16 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Parliament
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[2026-07-16 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has been one of the biggest winners from the AI investment boom. © Reuters
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[2026-07-16 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK's economy grew by 0.1% in May, the latest official data has shown.
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[2026-07-16 16:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- The government on Thursday launched a public-private task force aimed at promoting South Korean companies' participation in next-generation aircraft development projects from major global manufacturers.
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[2026-07-16 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: On this day 40 years ago, Cafe de Coral became the first Hong Kong restaurant group to list on the city’s stock exchange
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[2026-07-16 16:15 UTC+10:00] [Jardine Matheson] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: On this day 40 years ago, Cafe de Coral became the first Hong Kong restaurant group to list on the city’s stock exchange
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[2026-07-16 16:02 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: July 16, 2026 — 4:02pm
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[2026-07-16 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Ryanair] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Passenger Ljubisa Karović was nearly sucked out of his seat when Boeing 737-800’s window blew out on flight from Greece
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[2026-07-16 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China has taken deleveraging actions amid wake-up call from South Korean market volatility
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[2026-07-16 16:00 UTC+10:00] [China stocks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China has taken deleveraging actions amid wake-up call from South Korean market volatility
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[2026-07-16 15:58 UTC+10:00] [Business / Workplace] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: One of the country’s largest mining companies has told staff that it won’t hire more people unless the job cannot be done by artificial intelligence, joining a wave of Australian corporations curbing their workforce because of the new technology.
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[2026-07-16 15:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Transportation (DOTr) received an unmodified opinion from the Commission on Audit (COA) on its consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2025, marking the agency's first clean audit opinion in more than three decades.
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[2026-07-16 15:38 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Central bank pivots to monetary tightening to curb inflation, signaling more hikes ahead
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[2026-07-16 15:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has been one of the biggest winners from the AI investment boom. © Reuters
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[2026-07-16 15:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US' financial regulator has pressured activist hedge funds to reveal who is backing them. For Gulf family offices quietly co-investing in US markets, that means their names could soon be public.
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[2026-07-16 15:19 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: July 16, 2026 15:19 | News
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[2026-07-16 15:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-07-16 15:11 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Foxtel has told customers it is raising the price of its subscription TV packages just days after announcing a multi-billion dollar deal to retain the broadcast rights to the NRL.
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[2026-07-16 15:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. has levied 25% tariffs on most imports from Brazil effective next week, concluding a yearlong investigation into what Washington calls unfair trade practices, and reigniting tensions with the Latin American nation after negotiation fell apart.
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[2026-07-16 15:01 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trade office cites investigation of Brazilian trade practices while Marco Rubio says Lula’s policies ‘bad for Americans and bad for Brazilians’
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[2026-07-16 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s growing hunger for critical minerals partly drove the increase, but the tariff reduction is also fuelling trade in several new sectors
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[2026-07-16 15:00 UTC+10:00] [African agricultural products] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s growing hunger for critical minerals partly drove the increase, but the tariff reduction is also fuelling trade in several new sectors
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[2026-07-16 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Millions of people are facing unaffordable rents, long waits for social housing, or are priced out of the market when they are ready to buy.
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[2026-07-16 14:48 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-07-16 14:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The tech rally has led to a major reshuffle in the Tokyo market. (Photo by Kazuho Fujiwara)
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[2026-07-16 14:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shares of HKEX have lost about 5 per cent so far this year, roughly in line with the performance of the Hang Seng Index
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[2026-07-16 14:21 UTC+10:00] [Bond Connect Southbound] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shares of HKEX have lost about 5 per cent so far this year, roughly in line with the performance of the Hang Seng Index
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[2026-07-16 14:14 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: SYDNEY – Australia will make big companies criminally liable for modern slavery in supply chains, the nation’s top lawyer said Thursday, weeks after the United States threatened trade tariffs over the issue.
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[2026-07-16 14:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Chemicals manufacturer Vynova's site in Tessenderlo in Belgium. A key European producer of plastic materials, Vynova sold its largest production site in Germany last month as the market is swamped with Chinese imports. (Vynova)
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[2026-07-16 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: Joe Miller in New York
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[2026-07-16 13:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Casino Plus, one of the country's leading responsible digital entertainment platforms licensed by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR), continues to drive innovation with the debut of "Bathala," a premium vertical short-form drama series based on one of its leading games of the same name.
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[2026-07-16 13:35 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Nichirei, the food distributor hit by a cyberattack that disrupted supplies to Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan and other outlets, said its systems are getting back online as it takes steps to remedy the disruption.
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[2026-07-16 13:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more comments in paras 16-19, 24-27, new photos)
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[2026-07-16 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., during the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-07-16 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say valuation of the sector is attractive, with biotech firms trading relatively cheaply
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[2026-07-16 13:03 UTC+10:00] [biotechnology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say valuation of the sector is attractive, with biotech firms trading relatively cheaply
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[2026-07-16 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- Several companies have shown interest in South Korea's preliminary review system aimed at expediting the development of next-generation nuclear power plants, a nuclear watchdog official said.
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[2026-07-16 12:52 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Visitors to Western Australia’s protected areas, including national and marine parks, provided the state’s economy with a $2.4 billion windfall in just one year, a new report has found.
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[2026-07-16 12:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: U.S. calls on S. Korea not to impose 'disproportionate' burdens on U.S. firms under revised network act
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[2026-07-16 12:44 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: ClearVue Technologies has beefed up its boardroom firepower with the appointment of internationally recognised building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) specialist Professor Rebecca Yang as an independent non-executive director.
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[2026-07-16 12:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: KT Corp. is stepping up efforts to train forward-deployed engineers, or FDEs, with US artificial intelligence software company Palantir Technologies as it seeks to expand its business-to-business AI transformation services.
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[2026-07-16 12:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE VA Ladder Summit 2026, held at the Department of Trade and Industry's Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) – Global MSME Academy in Pasay City on July 11, united freelancers, virtual assistants, agency owners, employers, educators, government leaders and technology partners under the theme "From Freelancer to Industry Leader."
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[2026-07-16 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: U.S. calls on S. Korea not to impose 'disproportionate' burdens on U.S. firms under revised network act
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[2026-07-16 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: U.S. calls on S. Korea not to impose 'disproportionate' burdens on U.S. firms under revised network act
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[2026-07-16 12:22 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: July 16, 2026 12:22 | News
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[2026-07-16 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-16 12:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: While India's services exports have grown at a compound annual rate of 9.3% over the past 12 years, goods exports have increased at barely a third of that pace. (Source photos by Reuters) © Reuters
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[2026-07-16 12:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: CI Guarantee, South Korea's leading construction guarantee provider, said Tuesday it would launch a next-generation digital platform on Aug. 1 as part of its push to modernize construction finance with artificial intelligence.
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[2026-07-16 12:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 6-7, 16-19)
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