Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-07-02 16:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Beef Cattle Farming
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[2026-07-02 16:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are reviewing potential chip fab sites in Gwangju and South Jeolla Province as the government moves to back an 800 trillion won ($514.7 billion) semiconductor investment plan aimed at expanding chip production beyond the Seoul metropolitan area.
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[2026-07-02 16:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, debate continues over Lebanon’s new agreement with Israel, with former American special envoy Jeffrey Feltman questioning US President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Syria should take on Hezbollah. Legal experts warn that a clause in the agreement could complicate efforts by victims of the war to pursue international accountability.
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[2026-07-02 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the country's financial watchdog said Thursday that virtual asset market operators are urged to beef up their internal control systems to help the market further develop.
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[2026-07-02 16:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The American Chamber of Commerce in Korea on Thursday launched the AmCham AI Leadership Council, bringing together major global technology companies and policymakers to support South Korea's ambitions of becoming a global artificial intelligence hub.
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[2026-07-02 16:28 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: All sex abuse claims against the Christian Brothers in Australia have been suspended after a court found they could face financial ruin within months, despite scrutiny over “disturbing” $1 property transfers.
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[2026-07-02 16:19 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Lindian Resources has moved from builder to miner at its giant Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi after firing the operation’s first production blast to start active mining.
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[2026-07-02 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ORGANIZED by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), Hong Kong Watch Manufacturers Association Ltd. and The Federation of Hong Kong Watch Trades & Industries Ltd, the 45th Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair, together with the 14th Salon de TIME, will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) from Sept.
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[2026-07-02 16:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Jens Eskelund tells conference in Berlin that Beijing can raise costs of confrontation beyond what other side is willing to bear
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[2026-07-02 16:14 UTC+10:00] [Kiel Institute] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Jens Eskelund tells conference in Berlin that Beijing can raise costs of confrontation beyond what other side is willing to bear
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[2026-07-02 16:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Fading retail indicators raise pressure for second-half stimulus, deepen export reliance
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[2026-07-02 16:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Classiq Technologies said Thursday it has signed a definitive agreement with Korean quantum AI data center specialist QAI to launch South Korea's first locally operated Quantum-as-a-Service, or QaaS, business.
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[2026-07-02 16:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-07-02 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Tankmaker KNDS has postponed its highly anticipated public listing until market conditions improve, following a slump in defense stocks in recent months.
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[2026-07-02 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Bucking muted market sentiment, Leapmotor and Zeekr both set records for a second consecutive month
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[2026-07-02 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Tesla challengers] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Bucking muted market sentiment, Leapmotor and Zeekr both set records for a second consecutive month
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[2026-07-02 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEJONG, July 2 (Yonhap) -- 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 (OECD) said Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEJONG, July 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minister on Thursday hosted the inaugural meeting of a steering committee tasked with reviewing the viability of potential projects in the United States under Seoul's US$350 billion investment pledge.
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[2026-07-02 15:57 UTC+10:00] [Business / Banking & finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The corporate regulator has cancelled the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence of Sydney-based firm Capital Guard AU Pty Ltd (Capital Guard) over the sale of a fake $100,000 bond purporting to have been issued by financial giant Macquarie Capital.
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[2026-07-02 15:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE's oil exports rose about 30 per cent last month to more than 3.9 million barrels per day, according to tanker-tracking data from Bloomberg, Vortexa and Kpler, just shy of the highest level on record since 2017.
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[2026-07-02 15:50 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: July 2, 2026 — 3:50pm
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[2026-07-02 15:46 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: PLC Resources has uncorked a whole new exploration frontier at its Abbotts North gold project near Meekatharra, after a high-resolution airborne survey lit up a massive, previously unmapped structure.
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[2026-07-02 15:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Office’s Economic Department also split into two, reflecting central government’s greater focus on financial matters, analyst says
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[2026-07-02 15:31 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Office’s Economic Department also split into two, reflecting central government’s greater focus on financial matters, analyst says
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[2026-07-02 15:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Report says Korea’s treatment of US firms may violate trade pact, clash with Trump administration warning
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[2026-07-02 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Energy industry] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Consortium led by Michał Sołowow planning enough SMRs to power equivalent of 8m homes for more than 60 years
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[2026-07-02 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Travel & leisure] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Security checks due to new digital entry and exit system have caused delays and missed flights for holidaymakers
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[2026-07-02 14:58 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Cracks in a society rarely appear all at once, but leaders must learn to detect them early — whether in markets, borders or public literacy, speakers at this week’s Global Business Forum said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-02 14:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A currency trader watches monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-07-02 14:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: OpenAI has proposed handing the U.S. government a 5% stake in the company, the Financial Times reported Thursday, as the artificial intelligence startup seeks to defuse mounting political pressure in Washington.
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[2026-07-02 14:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Business, Economics and Finance
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[2026-07-02 14:05 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Critical Resources has scored a significant third-party endorsement for its solid-state battery program, after its optioned dry supersonic deposition, or “DSD”, cathode technology was validated in the peer-reviewed international journal Electrochimica Acta.
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[2026-07-02 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A job seeker waits to talk to a recruiter at a job fair Aug. 28, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)
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[2026-07-02 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A semiconductor designer and mainland China’s biggest hog producer are among the companies behind the largest deals
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[2026-07-02 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Eastroc Beverage] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A semiconductor designer and mainland China’s biggest hog producer are among the companies behind the largest deals
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[2026-07-02 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Andy Burnham] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Poll shows policies such as rent control and higher wealth taxes could fend off Reform UK in key seats
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[2026-07-02 13:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai inflation hit 5.5 per cent in May as the US-Iran war lifted fuel, transport and imported food prices, adding to cost-of-living pressures.
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[2026-07-02 13:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Brent oil prices slid to nearly $70 a barrel on Thursday for the first time since the days leading up to the start of the US-Iran war, as supply worries continue to ease and the market monitors the progress in peace talks.
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[2026-07-02 13:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Under a deal, Takeda will have access to Insilico Medicine's generative AI platform on drug development. (Source photos by Takeda and Insilico Medicine websites)
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[2026-07-02 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) (MMDA) has been cited by the Commission on Audit (COA) for complying with applicable and fair accounting rules and financial reporting standards.
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[2026-07-02 13:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: King River Resources has completed a first-pass exploration campaign ahead of schedule at the historic Mindoolah gold project near Cue in WA’s Murchison region, drilling 1583 metres across 169 reverse circulation (RC) holes on old waste dumps and stockpiles.
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[2026-07-02 13:08 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Rapper Eminem has lost a trademark battle against Australian beach brand Swim Shady, which the star behind hits such as Lose Yourself and Without Me claimed was trading off his alternative moniker “Slim Shady”.
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[2026-07-02 13:08 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-07-02 13:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Industry sources say Apple has more bargaining power than many of its rivals when it comes to securing smartphone chips and components. © Reuters
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[2026-07-02 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Quiapo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Filipinos wanting to end unwanted pregnancies have resorted to black-market alternatives that can result in life-threatening consequences
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