Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-20 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Wages growth] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Wages are not growing out of control and the labour market is not ‘tight’
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[2026-08-20 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi’s power demand is expected to double by 2050, driven by rapid expansion of the economy, population growth and digital infrastructure, according to a senior official.
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[2026-08-20 00:57 UTC+10:00] [US economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Yields, at recent highs this week, dropped after treasury’s vow to ‘provide greater liquidity support’ to bond market
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[2026-08-20 00:27 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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[2026-08-20 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Namura Shipbuilding's existing dry dock in Imari Bay in Saga prefecture, Japan. (Photo by Anna Sato)
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[2026-08-20 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Nvidia is playing matchmaker, trying to connect companies with its graphics processing units to data-center operators that have the capacity to deploy them in the Nordics, sources have told CNBC.
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[2026-08-20 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Already Russia has been subject to many months of a ramped-up long-range drone campaign out of Ukraine, chiefly targeting oil refineries as well as industrial sites - and most recently expanding to online retail companies and attacks on private sector businesses.
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[2026-08-20 00:14 UTC+10:00] [Nord Stream 1 pipeline] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Berlin to seek suspect’s extradition for 2022 explosions that damaged gas pipelines to Russia
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[2026-08-20 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Turkey's state oil company and private firms will start seismic surveys and exploration in Syria, Turkish energy minister Alparslan Bayraktar said, as Damascus seeks to attract foreign capital to its battered energy sector.
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[2026-08-20 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: State-backed funding is driving American efforts to build domestic supply, but industry trends and price gaps are still seen as hurdles to reducing reliance on China
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[2026-08-20 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: State-backed funding is driving American efforts to build domestic supply, but industry trends and price gaps are still seen as hurdles to reducing reliance on China
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[2026-08-20 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Asian equities fell sharply overnight as the regional semiconductor rout intensified following another downdraft in US chipmakers on Tuesday (read morning wrap). Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan led the regional declines, while Chinese stocks also weakened despite the blockbuster IPO of humanoid robotics maker Unitree.
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[2026-08-19 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Baltimore Ravens guard Daniel Faalele (77) takes to the field before an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, file)
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[2026-08-19 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Short-lived White House communications director turned anti-Trump podcast host Anthony Scaramucci is the latest exec to host a hush-hush, high-level financial forum at a luxury destination.
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[2026-08-19 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city state plans to exempt from tax investment profits earned by fund managers from managing certain funds
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[2026-08-19 23:35 UTC+10:00] [Alternative Investment Management Association] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city state plans to exempt from tax investment profits earned by fund managers from managing certain funds
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[2026-08-19 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Government to accelerate use of blockchain, build AI infrastructure in line with national mandate to boost digital contribution to GDP
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[2026-08-19 23:30 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Government to accelerate use of blockchain, build AI infrastructure in line with national mandate to boost digital contribution to GDP
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[2026-08-19 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Cantor Fitzgerald will be one of the first investment firms providing its clients institutional trading on prediction market platform Kalshi, the company announced Wednesday morning.
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[2026-08-19 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-19 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Over the past several years, one of the more amusing debates gripping the market's Fed-watchers was whether the Fed's treasury buyback auctions were a form of soft QE, with this website consistently arguing that - contrary to what washed out ex-Bridgewater traders with a newsletter to sell may tell you - Treasury buybacks were just that, to wit:
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[2026-08-19 22:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has warned Gulf states against aiding the US, hours after the UAE said it was cutting economic ties with Tehran.
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[2026-08-19 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Treasury Department on Wednesday said it will more than double the size of its government debt repurchases, sending yields sharply lower at a time of substantial market stress.
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[2026-08-19 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Canadian dollar climbed against most of its Group-of-10 peers after President Trump delayed 50% tariffs on billions of dollars of Canadian goods for three days, claiming on Truth Social that a trade deal was pending. The last-minute reprieve will ease trade tensions in North America.
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[2026-08-19 22:44 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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[2026-08-19 22:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: UAE imposes indefinite trade embargo on Iran over alleged missile attacks
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[2026-08-19 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: One of the downsides, among many, of living in a country involved in perpetual wars as we here seem to be, is that it is easy to forget there are thousands of other things going on simultaneously that are positive, worthy of praise, and even a cause for amazement.
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[2026-08-19 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are flat but off their lows as Tech gets a boost from a huge Hynix buyback, which erased ~8% decline to trade up as much as 2% and reversed a 5.8% drop in the Nikkei; the ADRs are +5.6% pre-mkt boosting both Memory and Korea ETFs. As of 8:15am ET, S&P futures are fractionally in the green, with Nasdaq futures down 0.1% even as momentum looks to retrace some of yesterday’s losses.
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[2026-08-19 22:11 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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[2026-08-19 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance
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[2026-08-19 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Fuel purchase restrictions are beginning to make a comeback in some regions as persistent shortages continue to dog the domestic market following months of Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries, in what Russian media is calling the “second wave” of the summer fuel crisis.
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[2026-08-19 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-19 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Prime Minister Andy Burnham
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[2026-08-19 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Europe is facing an erosion of the conditions that historically drove the continent's growth, its top central banker warned Wednesday, as she called on leaders not to repeat mistakes made during the dotcom boom in the age of AI.
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[2026-08-19 21:20 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Executives sell shares in their own companies all the time. So when Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn offloaded about $8.4 million worth of shares last week, we didn’t think much of it.
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[2026-08-19 21:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: SCMP has learned that Cathay Pacific Airways is the airline behind plans to relaunch direct route to Almaty, Kazakhstan
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[2026-08-19 21:10 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: SCMP has learned that Cathay Pacific Airways is the airline behind plans to relaunch direct route to Almaty, Kazakhstan
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[2026-08-19 21:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Retail investors aren't giving up on the artificial intelligence trade. But they are getting selective and adding downside protection as markets head into the fall.
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[2026-08-19 21:00 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A rise in lawsuits over AI use in employment decisions is raising questions about how companies hire and fire
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[2026-08-19 20:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAN FRANCISCO — ChatGPT creator OpenAI said Tuesday that it was tapping the brakes on development of its most advanced AI model and tightening internal controls, a month after revealing that one of its AI tools carried out an autonomous cyberattack.
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[2026-08-19 20:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-08-19 20:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The existing Namura Shipbuilding dry dock in Imari Bay in Saga prefecture, Japan.
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[2026-08-19 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: An experimental personalized cancer vaccine from Merck and Moderna showed positive initial results in its first-ever late-stage trial, the companies announced Wednesday, bringing them one step closer to filing for approval of the treatment option.
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[2026-08-19 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A visitor to the city wearing a mask of President Donald Trump poses for a photo in front of a Canadian flag being held by tourists from Toronto showing their support for Canada regarding trade tariffs, in front of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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[2026-08-19 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Company boosts office footprint despite insurance sector’s concerns over China’s tax clampdown
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[2026-08-19 20:36 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong property] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Company boosts office footprint despite insurance sector’s concerns over China’s tax clampdown
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[2026-08-19 20:01 UTC+10:00] [Business / Workplace] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A sacked Aldi store assistant who used AI to make a “just plain wrong” argument he was unfairly dismissed has been forced to pay $1230 toward the supermarket’s legal costs in the first ruling effectively punishing a former employee for wasting the Fair Work Commission’s time.
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[2026-08-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Poll after poll shows the same thing. The American people know that the current economic system is rigged
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[2026-08-19 19:50 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-19 19:44 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Scots College has hit back against claims from parents that the prestigious private school had reacted poorly to the ongoing sexual assault scandal because the families of some of the boys who have been charged were financial donors to the school.
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