Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-02 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Food & drink industry] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As GLP-1s drive the current protein craze, a supplement once only taken by powerlifters is now so popular US producers are struggling to keep up
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[2026-07-02 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Japanese government has unveiled plans to create a domestically developed artificial intelligence model and put roughly 10 million AI-equipped robots into operation across 18 sectors by 2040 - building on a 14-year growth strategy announced last month, which targets ¥370 trillion ($2.3 trillion) in combined public and private investment across 17 priority areas, including physical AI, semiconductors, quantum technology, and nuclear fusion.
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[2026-07-02 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Comments by a South Korean currency official have added to speculation about coordinated action by Japanese authorities following the yen's surge against the U.S. dollar. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
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[2026-07-02 20:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong-based Asian Academy of International Law also urges city to enact space asset legislation
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[2026-07-02 20:57 UTC+10:00] [Shenzhou mission] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong-based Asian Academy of International Law also urges city to enact space asset legislation
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[2026-07-02 20:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The labor side revised down its proposed hourly minimum wage for next year to 11,700 won ($7.56) during ongoing wage-setting negotiations Thursday, still higher than the business side's proposal.
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[2026-07-02 20:51 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out (Bris)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: There’s an undeniable sense of exhaustion in Brisbane food and beverage right now. After the pandemic and high interest rates and cyclones, the recent US-Iran War and its deleterious economic effects have plenty of local operators wondering (off record, if not on) what’s next.
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[2026-07-02 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A younger generation of analysts close to Iran's ruling establishment says the only way to reach trade deals with the Arab states of the southern Gulf is to maintain military pressure on them.
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[2026-07-02 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi's International Holding Company and India's Adani Group have signed an initial pact to invest $11.5 billion to develop an aluminium project in the Asian nation.
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[2026-07-02 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ruling coalition has unveiled a sweeping package of tax, labour and pension reforms aimed at reviving Europe’s largest economy and countering a surge by the far right.
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[2026-07-02 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A younger generation of analysts close to Iran's ruling establishment says the only way to reach trade deals with the Arab states of the southern Gulf is to maintain military pressure on them.
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[2026-07-02 20:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- The labor side revised down its proposed hourly minimum wage for next year to 11,700 won (US$7.56) during ongoing wage-setting negotiations Thursday, still higher than the business side's proposal.
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[2026-07-02 20:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's growing dependence on semiconductor exports may make the country more vulnerable to external shocks and cyclical volatility, despite serving as a major "growth driver," the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 20:23 UTC+10:00] [Democracy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday announced Ukraine-style autonomous trade measures for Armenia aimed at helping the country withstand growing economic pressure from Russia.
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[2026-07-02 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: One of Israel’s first dedicated energy-efficiency companies, ESCO Israel, announced last week that it's participating in a NIS 25 billion plan to address the rise in energy consumption associated with the development of artificial intelligence data centers in the country.
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[2026-07-02 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown (7) drives to the basket against Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa,File)
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[2026-07-02 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Japan’s leader was in India to meet with the country’s prime minister. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was greeted in New Delhi by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (AP video/Rishi Lekhi)
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[2026-07-02 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Li Min is among seven individuals and two companies implicated in the first criminal case against those deemed responsible for the inferno
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[2026-07-02 19:45 UTC+10:00] [bail] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Li Min is among seven individuals and two companies implicated in the first criminal case against those deemed responsible for the inferno
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[2026-07-02 19:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK, United States — Long looked down upon, skilled trades are booming in the United States, especially among young adults drawn by strong demand -- even as artificial intelligence (AI) eats into service-sector jobs.
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[2026-07-02 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The whole 11-city network, including the global financial hub Dubai, is due to be completed in March, according to state media
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[2026-07-02 19:30 UTC+10:00] [CRRC Corp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The whole 11-city network, including the global financial hub Dubai, is due to be completed in March, according to state media
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[2026-07-02 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: When a derelict terrace came to market in 2023, Niko Fotopoulos had a vision.
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[2026-07-02 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Net fund inflows soared nearly 200 per cent, supported by a tech-led stock rally and a 30 per cent rise in capital allocated to the mainland
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[2026-07-02 19:29 UTC+10:00] [CSI Index] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Net fund inflows soared nearly 200 per cent, supported by a tech-led stock rally and a 30 per cent rise in capital allocated to the mainland
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[2026-07-02 19:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz, center, attends a press conference with Minister-President of Bavaria and CSU Chairman Markus Söder, left, Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Bärbel Bas, right and Federal Minister of Finance, Lars Klingbeil, in the garden of the Chancellery following the meeting of the coalition committee, in Berlin, Thursday, July 2, 2026.
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[2026-07-02 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Public institutions in European Union countries are signing profitable contracts with Israeli companies despite Israel’s long track record of war crimes in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank, data collected by Statewatch and revealed by Al Jazeera shows.
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[2026-07-02 19:02 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SEJONG -- Sejong Special Self-Governing City has achieved its largest-ever single investment deal since its establishment, securing 8 trillion won ($5.2 billion) from Samsung Electro-Mechanics to build a cutting-edge semiconductor package substrate production line, city officials said Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Hi everyone, this is Cheng Ting-Fang, your #techAsia host this week, saying hello from Taipei, where we have had torrential rain and wildly volatile weather the past few days. It's much like recent global stock markets, which have moved sharply on the smallest developments.
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[2026-07-02 19:01 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Two of Western Australia’s biggest property entrepreneurs have launched legal action against the accounting firm responsible for managing their wealth to court over allegations of professional negligence which led to major tax liabilities.
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[2026-07-02 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Value of retail sales for month reaches HK$33.8 billion, helped by increase in visitor numbers
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[2026-07-02 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Value of retail sales for month reaches HK$33.8 billion, helped by increase in visitor numbers
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[2026-07-02 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Last month, my colleagues and I published an investigation into a Texas oil refinery startup, America First Refining, that had secretly gotten investment from Donald Trump Jr. We discovered a saga involving the Trump administration’s tariff policy, sanctioned Russian oil and an Indian billionaire family’s private zoo.
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[2026-07-02 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-02 18:37 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: SoftBank Group and its telecom unit will start renting artificial intelligence computing resources to U.S. companies next fiscal year in a bid to capitalize on the company’s growing pipeline of data center projects.
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[2026-07-02 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The AI trade has shown gaps in Hong Kong’s stock market, but the share sale boom suggests it is set to capitalise on Beijing’s AI ambitions
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[2026-07-02 18:30 UTC+10:00] [CSI 300] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The AI trade has shown gaps in Hong Kong’s stock market, but the share sale boom suggests it is set to capitalise on Beijing’s AI ambitions
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[2026-07-02 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ministry of Finance eyes move towards knowledge sharing as wealth gains and US pressure curb lending for a nation that is now the world’s top bilateral creditor
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[2026-07-02 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ministry of Finance eyes move towards knowledge sharing as wealth gains and US pressure curb lending for a nation that is now the world’s top bilateral creditor
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[2026-07-02 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: More than 30 mainland Chinese firms face deadline in next two weeks, in process many see as a ‘marathon’, analyst says
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[2026-07-02 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: More than 30 mainland Chinese firms face deadline in next two weeks, in process many see as a ‘marathon’, analyst says
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[2026-07-02 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: BYD's overseas first-half passenger vehicle sales jumped 70% from a year earlier. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
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[2026-07-02 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: From tariff turmoil and stock shocks to market meltdowns, the global financial system has never been in such flux.
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[2026-07-02 17:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The stand-off forces WhatsApp to weigh compliance against mounting concerns about government interference in its biggest market
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[2026-07-02 17:23 UTC+10:00] [digital publishing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The stand-off forces WhatsApp to weigh compliance against mounting concerns about government interference in its biggest market
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[2026-07-02 17:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.K. M&A is running hot, driven by large-cap companies simplifying their businesses and overseas buyers targeting cash-generative British assets, Citi U.K. CEO Tiina Lee has told CNBC.
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[2026-07-02 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese advertising agency Dentsu, which posted its biggest-ever net loss in 2025, is heeding calls from activist shareholders. (Photo by Kosuke Okamoto)
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[2026-07-02 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Apple plans to launch at least five new iPhone models between the second half of this year and the first half of 2027, while increasing production plans for foldable devices, as it looks to vie for a greater slice of the market amid an industrywide component supply shortage, Nikkei Asia reported Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Racing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: 5. Island Dec might be back in business now on the evidence of an impressive Canterbury win a couple of weeks back. She had a nice run just off the pace, peeled out and finished right over the top for what looked a soft win. Back to Midway grade, likes the softer ground and should get a similar sort of run.
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[2026-07-02 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Emirates Global Aluminium has made significant progress in restarting production at its Al Taweelah plant in Abu Dhabi, three months after it sustained extensive damage in an Iranian drone attack.
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