Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-21 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Finance Ministry and the Financial Services Agency plan to call for tax perks for government bonds for individuals in fiscal 2027 tax reforms. (Source photos by Nikkei)
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[2026-08-21 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-21 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Tier IV has equipped robotaxis and other vehicles with autonomous driving technology. (Tier IV)
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[2026-08-21 06:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The relief that swept the bond market just a day earlier disappeared as oil prices, worries about high inflation and the U.S. government’s debt kept rising.
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[2026-08-21 06:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: China Evergrande Group’s founder Hui Ka Yan has been sentenced to life in prison, bringing an end to one of the most dramatic rise and fall stories in China’s corporate history.
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[2026-08-21 06:05 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-21 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-21 05:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday called on U.S. allies to join Washington's stepped-up economic pressure campaign against Iran, outlining a plan to impose the "toughest sanctions in history" on the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-08-21 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-08-21 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-21 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-21 05:17 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A rise in oil prices is sending worries about inflation and yields in the bond market higher, erasing some of the relief the US Treasury Department created the day before. The higher yields and a big drop for Walmart helped drag the US stock market lower.
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[2026-08-21 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that a new series of economic measures will “collapse” the Iranian government, calling on countries to join the effort.
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[2026-08-21 05:05 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Books] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Lucianne Tonti’s latest book, Good Witch: In Search of Our Lost Feminine Power, is an ambitious and broadly encompassing exploration of the witch hunts that traversed Europe and America from the 15th to the 18th centuries, and how they have impacted the lives we lead today in the West, in particular the economic and cultural place of women.
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[2026-08-21 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US will impose "the toughest sanctions in history” on Iran, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said on Thursday, vowing to ramp up economic pressure on the Islamic Republic even as the economic toll of the war builds.
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[2026-08-21 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: August 21, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-08-21 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: August 21, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-08-21 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: In the end, it was a group chat that did it for Arthur Tzaneros.
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[2026-08-21 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-21 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Financial Markets
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[2026-08-21 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday said the US will impose its toughest ever sanctions on Iran, as Washington increases its economic threats amid an impasse in negotiations to end the conflict.
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[2026-08-21 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump is vowing to unleash economic warfare against Iran on "an unprecedented scale". (Reuters: Kylie Cooper)
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[2026-08-21 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged US allies to "make a decision" on whether they will support Washington's efforts to "squash" the Iranian economy.
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[2026-08-21 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-21 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israelis Mali and Liel Yahalomi were reportedly tracked down from Vienna, Austria, to Buenos Aires, Argentina, by using the their chat history with artificial intelligence models, N12 News reported on Saturday.
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[2026-08-21 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japan ranked fourth in patents in core fields, such as AI mechanisms and foundational technologies. China, the U.S. and South Korea occupy the top three spots. (Image by Nikkei)
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[2026-08-21 04:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-21 03:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Mitsubishi Motors' new Eclipse Sportback electric vehicle will be based on the Nissan Leaf. (Mitsubishi Motors)
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[2026-08-21 03:41 UTC+10:00] [Nord Stream 1 pipeline] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Volodymyr Zhuravlev had been consulted on Snake Island, a dramatised reconstruction of incident
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[2026-08-21 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Investments in completed real estate projects in Dubai jumped by more than half in the first quarter of 2026, as the sector maintained its resilience despite the effects of the Iran war.
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[2026-08-21 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-21 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US Energy Department announced on Thursday that it is backing seven critical minerals companies with $500 million in grants, the latest in a series of investments as President Donald Trump's administration looks to strengthen the country's domestic supply chain.
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[2026-08-21 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: L Catterton plans to acquire a majority of Financial Standard shares by October. (Source photos by L Catterton, Nikkei)
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[2026-08-21 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The founder of Chinese property giant Evergrande, Hui Ka Yan, has been sentenced to life in prison for large-scale financial fraud.
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[2026-08-21 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-21 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has uncovered an investment fraud network that allegedly has operated from Israel since 2021 and is estimated to have defrauded more than 4,000 Australians of hundreds of millions of dollars.
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[2026-08-21 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE country’s balance of payments (BOP) swung to a deficit in July, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data released late on Wednesday showed, reversing from two straight months of surpluses.
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[2026-08-21 02:14 UTC+10:00] [US Government borrowing] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As yields are dragged higher in the UK, Europe and Japan, the impact for consumers and businesses will be far-reaching
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[2026-08-21 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: OVER 150 show-cause letters have been issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to companies that violated a law making them responsible for recovering and recycling their plastic packaging waste, Malacañang said on Thursday.
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[2026-08-21 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Concern about inflation deepened at the Federal Reserve’s meeting last month, with “several” policymakers ready to raise interest rates and “many” saying a hike in borrowing costs would be needed if inflation did not decline to the US central bank’s 2.0-percent target, minutes of the session showed on Wednesday.
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[2026-08-21 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IN the past, the selection of the UP Los Baños (UPLB) chancellor warranted the attention of national leaders, particularly those managing rural development-related agencies.
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[2026-08-21 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AGRICULTURAL losses from tropical cyclones Luis, Maymay and Neneng, and the enhanced southwest monsoon have reached P1.73 billion, affecting 50,277 farmers and 40,954 hectares of farmland, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Thursday.
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[2026-08-21 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — United States President Donald Trump pledged “economic warfare” against Iran and threatened any country that trades with it, prompting Iran to dismiss the plan on Thursday as a continuation of failed policies.
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[2026-08-21 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BUSINESSES and stakeholders have called for clearer and more consistent implementation of tax rules covering cross-border services, saying greater certainty would help companies comply with regulations and make investment decisions.
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[2026-08-21 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DOMINION Holdings Inc. (DHI) is seeking to increase its authorized capital stock nearly ninefold to P30 billion from P3.42 billion as it moves to consolidate the companies that have control over the Tampakan copper-gold project in Mindanao under a single entity, potentially making Dominion one of the country’s largest mining firms.
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[2026-08-21 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CONSUNJI-LED Semirara Mining and Power Corp. has won a 13-year-long bid for a P27.34-million tax refund on its diesel importation after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the company and denied a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) appeal.
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[2026-08-21 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — Samsung Electronics is set to announce a new shareholder return policy later this month worth more than 100 trillion won ($71.75 billion), media reported on Thursday, as the company plans to share record profits with shareholders amid an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven chip supercycle.
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[2026-08-21 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: UCLA forward Angela Dugalic, right, shoots over South Carolina guard Ta’Niya Latson, center, and South Carolina forward Joyce Edwards during the first half of the women’s National Championship Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament game, April 5, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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[2026-08-21 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: INSURER AIA Group posted a 10-percent jump in half-year value of new business (VONB) on Thursday, boosted by growth across all distribution channels and segments, excluding Thailand.
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[2026-08-21 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: COTY on Wednesday forecast current-quarter earnings below expectations and withheld its annual outlook, calling fiscal 2027 a “transition year” as it pushes ahead with a business overhaul.
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