Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-10 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Gulf of Cooperation Council (GCC) released a statement on Thursday issuing a condemnation of Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and holding Iran responsible for threatening global energy security and trade, and breaching the terms of the memorandum of understanding with the US.
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[2026-07-10 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Bentoville Food Theater, in Walmart's home town, showcases three types of Japanese cuisine -- sushi, robatayaki and ramen. (Photo by Kenji Asada)
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[2026-07-10 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-10 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SONY Philippines officially introduced 1000X The Collexion, the newest premium addition to its award-winning 1000X series, through an immersive launch event that brought together leaders from fashion, business, media, and technology to celebrate a decade of Sony audio innovation.
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[2026-07-10 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-10 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TWO foreign nationals are facing deportation after the Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested them on Thursday, July 9, for allegedly running a Siargao resort while on tourist visas.
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[2026-07-10 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-10 02:02 UTC+10:00] [Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: STRASBOURG — A high-stakes face-off in Strasbourg on Thursday edges the European Union one step closer to resurrecting a once-dead child sexual abuse law.
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[2026-07-10 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Two global media companies have completed a merger to create one of the world's largest independent production houses - with Abu Dhabi a key player in the deal.
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[2026-07-10 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-07-10 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-07-10 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-07-10 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-07-10 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-07-10 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-07-10 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-07-10 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Americans may not need to start panic-buying Ibérico ham — yet.
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[2026-07-10 01:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Micron shares rose 7% on Thursday as the company announced a new round of investments aimed at boosting the U.S. semiconductor supply chain, and plans to accelerate its spending in the country through 2035.
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[2026-07-10 01:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Mitsubishi Motors and Japanese startup Highlanders display a jointly developed humanoid robot at an event in Tokyo on July 9. (Photo by Yuki Nakao)
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[2026-07-10 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Shortly after a leaked Meta memo revealed the company was planning on putting an AI chip into production in September as it looks to double computing capacity to 14Gigawatts, the company also unveiled a version of its most advanced artificial intelligence model, Muse Spark 1.1, that includes a new paid tier for developers, marking the first time Meta has charged businesses for access to its models and providing a new revenue stream.
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[2026-07-10 01:00 UTC+10:00] [BHP] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: ‘The preferred policy is, of course, a carbon price,’ Dr Huw McKay says, amid slowdown in BHP action on emissions
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[2026-07-10 01:00 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: AI companies want to capture the value created by entire industries. That concentration of wealth and power is society’s greatest risk
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[2026-07-10 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: South Africa's National Treasury said Tuesday it would withhold funding from more than a quarter of the country's municipalities, including economic hub Johannesburg, citing financial mismanagement.
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[2026-07-10 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras 11-12) By Park Boram
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[2026-07-10 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Kenya's economic growth is expected to slow this year, with the World Bank cutting its forecast to 4.3 percent, citing the global fallout from the US-Israeli war with Iran.
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[2026-07-10 00:12 UTC+10:00] [Beef] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — U.K. plans to tackle illegal deforestation risk stoking U.S. trade tensions, with Washington expressing “strong concerns” about Britain adopting elements of the EU regime.
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[2026-07-10 00:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC on Thursday that GPT-5.6 Sol, the company's latest artificial intelligence model, is 54% more token efficient on agentic coding tasks, and that it's "as good or better" than competing models on the market.
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[2026-07-10 00:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-10 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Goldman Sachs said Thursday it won deals to manage a combined $70 billion in retirement assets for Verizon Communications and Lockheed Martin, one of the larger recent announcements in the fast-growing market for outsourced corporate investing.
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[2026-07-10 00:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: After an ugly Spring selling season, existing home sales have rebounded in Q2 (so far) with expectations for another 1.0% MoM increase in June.
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[2026-07-10 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Three months after unveiling its first artificial intelligence model under the leadership of AI chief Alexandr Wang, Meta is rolling out a major update as it attempts to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic in critical areas of the market.
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[2026-07-09 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Futures brokerages and exchanges aim to grow their market footprint and offer more efficient hedging tools in the global commodity market
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[2026-07-09 23:30 UTC+10:00] [London] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Futures brokerages and exchanges aim to grow their market footprint and offer more efficient hedging tools in the global commodity market
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[2026-07-09 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Days after Germany's top financial newspaper, Handelsblatt, reported that Porsche AG is planning more than 4,000 job cuts, the sports-car maker on Thursday revealed first-half sales figures that were the weakest in six years, with its China business falling off a cliff.
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[2026-07-09 23:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — PepsiCo reported stronger than expected revenue in the second quarter despite weaker demand in North America, where it said consumers tightened their budgets due to economic concerns.
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[2026-07-09 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: This week I found myself in Petah Tikva. Looking for a place to have lunch, I searched through a list of sushi restaurants in the area. Some of the country’s best sushi can be found in Tel Aviv and Herzliya. I settled on a place in nearby Ramat HaHayel. As I drove there, I was struck by the amount of new construction.
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[2026-07-09 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Development Bureau says MTR Corp will be allowed to build private flats at new station, as opposed to previous plan for at least some public housing
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[2026-07-09 23:01 UTC+10:00] [MTR Corporation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Development Bureau says MTR Corp will be allowed to build private flats at new station, as opposed to previous plan for at least some public housing
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[2026-07-09 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As a record heatwave drives Europeans to snap up imported cooling units, Brussels’ rhetoric clashes with consumer reality
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[2026-07-09 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Europe heatwave] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As a record heatwave drives Europeans to snap up imported cooling units, Brussels’ rhetoric clashes with consumer reality
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[2026-07-09 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto officiates at the launch of the B50 biodiesel mandate in West Java on Thursday. All diesel sold in Indonesia is now required to contain 50% palm oil. © Reuters
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[2026-07-09 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: France knocked Morocco out of the World Cup four years ago
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[2026-07-09 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: HONG KONG — Shares in Chinese electronics manufacturer Luxshare dropped by 1.6 percent in its Hong Kong debut on Thursday, after raising around $3.1 billion to become the finance hub's largest listing this year.
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[2026-07-09 22:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time fell to to 215k last week (versus 217k exp), remaining near multi-decade lows...
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[2026-07-09 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s new 2030 retail road map targets price parity and social experiences to combat ‘trading down’ as retail growth hits weakest pace since pandemic
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[2026-07-09 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Covid-19 pandemic] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s new 2030 retail road map targets price parity and social experiences to combat ‘trading down’ as retail growth hits weakest pace since pandemic
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[2026-07-09 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-09 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: ULAANBAATAR, July 9 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung called for joint efforts to expand economic cooperation with Mongolia, including in critical minerals, saying the two countries have "limitless potential" for cooperation.
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[2026-07-09 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are higher (although off session highs), and oil erased overnight gains as the market moved past the latest Middle-East flare up which saw the US military strike 90 Iranian targets for a second day and Tehran retaliated against American allies in the Persian Gulf. And like during previous escalations, this time nobody believes it will last.
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[2026-07-09 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday modestly downgraded its outlook for the world economy this year, citing the energy shock caused by the Iran war. But the fallout from the conflict is being partially offset by booming investment in artificial intelligence and other technologies.
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