Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-17 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: More than half of the country’s gold recycling firms are less than three years old
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[2026-05-17 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Shenzhen] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: More than half of the country’s gold recycling firms are less than three years old
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[2026-05-17 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's investment in startups shot up 24.1 percent from a year earlier in the first quarter, government data showed Sunday.
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[2026-05-17 15:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean retail investors are pouring back into US equities again as enthusiasm for AI-driven tech rallies overwhelms the government’s campaign to steer money back into the domestic market.
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[2026-05-17 15:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Newspaper seller Ho Wai-ha was murdered by assailants for her leading role in standing up to business exploiting fellow vendors
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[2026-05-17 15:09 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Newspaper seller Ho Wai-ha was murdered by assailants for her leading role in standing up to business exploiting fellow vendors
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[2026-05-17 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Venezuela] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Some feel optimistic change will come, but for many it’s business as usual for the movement Hugo Chávez started
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[2026-05-17 14:44 UTC+10:00] [Qantas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Flight from Melbourne to Dallas forced to land in Tahiti due to man’s alleged disruptive behaviour
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[2026-05-17 14:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- The government said Sunday it will invest 170 billion won (US$113.3 million) to support small and midsize companies engaged in the production of advanced strategic materials, parts and equipment,
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[2026-05-17 14:31 UTC+10:00] [Economy & Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-05-17 14:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Eric Pinson, manager and resident of the Lock 24 RV Park and Campground, one of two such locations he manages in the area, looks over the business’ electric bills, at his home at the campground in Racine, Ohio, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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[2026-05-17 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Emerging economic centres are looking to broaden their aviation networks as local governments seek greater international, regional connectivity
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[2026-05-17 14:00 UTC+10:00] [David Wong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Emerging economic centres are looking to broaden their aviation networks as local governments seek greater international, regional connectivity
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[2026-05-17 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Airlines and advocates have warned that new consumer protections to protect air travellers risk creating a bureaucratic maze where passenger complaints get stuck in a “referral roundabout”.
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[2026-05-17 13:42 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Opposition parties are set to grill Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a party leaders' debate on Wednesday over her delay in preparing an extra budget to combat rising oil prices and inflation.
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[2026-05-17 13:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: International tourists take part in a salt-throwing purification ritual at Asakusa Sumo Club in Tokyo's Asakusa district. (Nanami Sato)
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[2026-05-17 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With help from InvestHK, ClearVue and mainland partner choose city as base for effort to make power-producing glass for building facades
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[2026-05-17 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With help from InvestHK, ClearVue and mainland partner choose city as base for effort to make power-producing glass for building facades
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[2026-05-17 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump returned from the spectacle of a Chinese state visit to a less than welcoming U.S. economy — with the military band and garden tour in Beijing giving way to pressure over how to fix America's escalating inflation rate.
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[2026-05-17 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol will visit Europe to attend the Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers' meeting and to encourage investment in South Korea, his office said Sunday.
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[2026-05-17 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ben Bernanke’s Fed pulled off a miracle during the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009. What might Kevin Warsh be forced to pull out of his hat as the central bank’s new boss?
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[2026-05-17 12:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Prime Minister Kim Min-seok on Sunday welcomed the planned resumption of dialogue between Samsung Electronics and its labor union amid a looming strike, while warning that the government will consider every possible measure, including emergency arbitration, to minimize potential damage to the national economy.
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[2026-05-17 12:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Kim Min-seok on Sunday welcomed the planned resumption of dialogue between Samsung Electronics and its labor union amid a looming strike, while warning that the government will consider every possible measure, including emergency arbitration, to minimize potential damage to the national economy.
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[2026-05-17 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A letter from the China Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia cited six major issues, including lower nickel ore quotas and project suspensions
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[2026-05-17 12:00 UTC+10:00] [China Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A letter from the China Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia cited six major issues, including lower nickel ore quotas and project suspensions
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[2026-05-17 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Landlords betting on a diversified tenant mix – from pop-ups to ‘sportainment’ – to sustain growth in retail property market, analysts say
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[2026-05-17 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Colliers] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Landlords betting on a diversified tenant mix – from pop-ups to ‘sportainment’ – to sustain growth in retail property market, analysts say
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[2026-05-17 11:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) -- US President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing may have produced modest results by the standards of US-China summits but it highlighted a clear benefit for China: after the extremes of last year's trade war, the countries have reverted to their familiar economic and strategic standoff.
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[2026-05-17 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- Operating profits at South Korea's top companies exceeded 156 trillion won (US$104 billion) in the first quarter of this year, with more than 60 percent generated by the country's two leading chipmakers, industry data showed Sunday.
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[2026-05-17 07:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran on Saturday for an unannounced visit, holding talks with his Iranian counterpart Eskandar Momeni.
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[2026-05-17 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Investment products that involve cryptocurrency are already available in the U.S. and elsewhere. (Photo by Wataru Ito)
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[2026-05-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australian children are being systematically scammed on internet gaming platform Roblox, as experts warn they are exposed to predatory practices that normalise gambling.
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[2026-05-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Nora Gazal, the sister of The Real Housewives of Sydney star, Nicole Gazal O’Neil, and Michael Milling, the director of timber floor supplier Woodos, have put their glamorous Vaucluse home on the market with a price guide of $10 million to $11 million.
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[2026-05-17 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Dina Manzo’s daughter, Alexia Iannou, didn’t hold back when calling out “weirdo” Bethenny Frankel for neglecting to credit her shoe business, Nou, on social media.
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[2026-05-17 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Saturday that the United States would face mounting economic fallout from its "war of choice" against Iran, as both sides appear settled into a long game of waiting to inflict the most severe economic and political damage on the other.
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[2026-05-17 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Yankees and Mets continue the first Subway Series of the season, and new users can apply the Kalshi promo code NYPMAX to trade $10 and get $10.
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[2026-05-17 04:00 UTC+10:00] [Pauline Hanson] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As support for One Nation surges, the Coalition is chasing populist policies as Labor desperately tries to combat the economic anxieties pushing voters right
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[2026-05-17 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance
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[2026-05-17 03:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Financial Police patrol a scene after a car incident in a street of Modena, Italy, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (Lapresse via AP)
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[2026-05-17 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Daniela Lachster, her husband, and two sons loved their thriving Buenos Aires Jewish community. But Argentina is also a country with a long history of economic and political uncertainty – two big reasons why Jews there consider aliyah.
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[2026-05-17 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli company Semi-Conductor Devices (SCD) won a multi-million-dollar contract by an unspecified government space agency to supply space-qualified SWIR (Short Wave Infrared) and MWIR (Mid Wave Infrared) detectors for next-generation satellite imaging payloads.
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[2026-05-17 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Demand for office space in central Tokyo remains strong, lifting the earnings of real estate companies. (Photo by Rie Ishii)
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[2026-05-17 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Anthony Richardson hasn’t played enough football to play hardball.
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[2026-05-17 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AMAZON.COM Inc was sued on Friday by consumers seeking refunds for costs passed on to them in the form of higher prices as a result of tariffs the US Supreme Court later concluded had been unlawfully imposed by President Donald Trump.
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[2026-05-17 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The US Federal Reserve's board named outgoing head Jerome Powell as temporary chair or chair pro tempore on Friday pending the swearing in of his successor, Kevin Warsh, who was confirmed by the Senate earlier this week.
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[2026-05-17 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-17 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-17 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-17 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-17 01:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Remember the fear and loathing that set in when the Dodgers flexed to seeming overkill to sign Edwin Díaz and Kyle Tucker? The two-time champions — the team that appeared to have it all — added the perceived best closer and position player in the previous free agent market.
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