Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-14 16:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From world leaders paying their respects to his economic legacy, here is some of the SCMP’s reporting on Zhu Rongji’s death
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[2026-08-14 16:39 UTC+10:00] [1997 Asian financial crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From world leaders paying their respects to his economic legacy, here is some of the SCMP’s reporting on Zhu Rongji’s death
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[2026-08-14 16:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi's AD Ports Group reported an 86 per cent annual rise in its second quarter net profit as the company managed to diversify its trade routes away from the Strait of Hormuz that remains chocked amid the Iran war.
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[2026-08-14 16:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ahead of its Hong Kong IPO, the e-commerce firm argues its supply chains and business model give it an edge over traditional rivals
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[2026-08-14 16:13 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ahead of its Hong Kong IPO, the e-commerce firm argues its supply chains and business model give it an edge over traditional rivals
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[2026-08-14 16:11 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: MARCOS JR. President Ferdinand Marcos presides the Philippine Space Council meeting on June 2, 2026.
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[2026-08-14 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A Volkswagen ID. UNYX 08 electric vehicle, co-developed with Xpeng, rolls out of a production line at the Volkswagen Anhui factory in Hefei on Feb. 4. © Reuters
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[2026-08-14 15:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person walk in front of an electronic stock chart board showing Japan’s Nikkei index at a securities firm Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-08-14 15:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi’s XRG, Adnoc's international energy investment unit, has entered Venezuela's energy sector through an offshore natural gas project alongside global oil major bp and Qatar’s UCC.
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[2026-08-14 15:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Pump prices are expected to increase next week due to developments in the Middle East conflict, a local industry source said on Friday.
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[2026-08-14 15:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- A total of 77.8 billion won (US$55 million) in government funds has been provided to workers of financially troubled discount store chain Homeplus Co. over the past five months, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-08-14 15:37 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-14 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- The share of Americans who say they have a positive impression of K-pop megaband BTS reached a record high of 46 percent in the second quarter, the group's agency said Friday, citing U.S. market data.
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[2026-08-14 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Sydney design giant Canva has cut its internal valuation by a fifth, telling staff an independent assessment now values the business at $43.9 billion, a cut of more than $10 billion from its most recent valuation a year ago.
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[2026-08-14 15:26 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-14 15:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Doosan Enerbility has secured a deal to supply critical components for US-based TerraPower’s advanced small modular reactor, partnering with the Bill Gates-backed nuclear technology firm as it expands footprint in the global next-generation reactor market.
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[2026-08-14 15:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Electronics has recruited two artificial intelligence and data specialists as it steps up efforts to deploy AI across its semiconductor operations, from chip design and process development to manufacturing.
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[2026-08-14 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: One specialist arbitrage trade on a metal commodity is evolving into a real-time gauge of U.S. tariff risk.
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[2026-08-14 14:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: HKEX announces that a Shanghai Electric subsidiary is set to list a 1.5 billion yuan green bond later this month
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[2026-08-14 14:52 UTC+10:00] [yuan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: HKEX announces that a Shanghai Electric subsidiary is set to list a 1.5 billion yuan green bond later this month
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[2026-08-14 14:34 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Power futures are becoming an increasingly popular tool for Japanese companies to manage risk arising from fuel-price volatility, with the number of short-term contracts traded on the nation’s biggest platform rising for four straight months.
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[2026-08-14 14:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The silhouette of Elon Musk and Starlink logo are seen in this illustration: The satellite service operated by SpaceX has a five-year license in Vietnam. © Reuters
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[2026-08-14 14:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Foreign investors dumped Indian equities in the first six months of the year, with net sales totaling $26.7 billion, but have since turned buyers, with net purchases topping $3.8 billion.
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[2026-08-14 14:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In a bid to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Treasury Secretary Bessent threatened to subject Tehran to unprecedented economic sanctions
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[2026-08-14 14:15 UTC+10:00] [Congress] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In a bid to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Treasury Secretary Bessent threatened to subject Tehran to unprecedented economic sanctions
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[2026-08-14 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Consumers shop at a wet market in Kuala Lumpur: Resilient domestic demand helped support Malaysia's economy in the April-June quarter. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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[2026-08-14 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The system that carves up $102 billion worth of GST between the states and territories is so broken that a bushfire in NSW would deliver a multimillion-dollar financial windfall to the state with the strongest finances in the country while hurting every other part of the nation.
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[2026-08-14 13:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: As more E20 biofuel is sold in India, questions are being asked about reduced fuel efficiency and increased wear and tear on older vehicles. © Reuters
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[2026-08-14 13:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Vice President JD Vance said that Washington is using "diplomatic, military and economic" means to pressure Iran.
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[2026-08-14 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us
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[2026-08-14 13:10 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: There are moments in an exploration company’s life that can define its future, where a persistent geological hunch pays off and a project suddenly shifts from being a line item in a portfolio to a potential company-maker. For Accelerate Resources, that moment appears to have arrived at its dual-commodity portfolio in Western Australia.
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[2026-08-14 13:10 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: There are moments in an exploration company’s life that can define its future, where a persistent geological hunch pays off and a project suddenly shifts from being a line item in a portfolio to a potential company-maker. For Accelerate Resources, that moment appears to have arrived at its dual-commodity portfolio in Western Australia.
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[2026-08-14 13:05 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A resource upgrade looks to be on the cards for Kuniko Limited at its Commonwealth-Silica Hill project after a recently completed phase-two drilling campaign hit visible sulphides outside the existing resource block model.
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[2026-08-14 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Daily spot transactions in the foreign exchange market rose more than 10 percent following the launch of around-the-clock foreign exchange trading last month, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-08-14 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Indian companies like Ola Electric have announced plans to make lithium-ion battery cells under a government subsidy program, but Chinese technology transfer restrictions have forced most of them to delay or stall cell manufacturing. © Reuters
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[2026-08-14 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Artificial intelligence infrastructure has taken the decisive leap from being an investment niche to becoming an investment class in its own right.
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[2026-08-14 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Lebanon and Syria have agreed on a series of measures to revive economic ties, with a bilateral investment conference planned for the autumn in Damascus.
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[2026-08-14 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The two top-ranked boomtowns in the United States lie less than 80 miles apart on the same stretch of Texas interstate, turning a single highway into one of the nation's most potent engines of population and economic expansion.
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[2026-08-14 12:47 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 14, 2026 12:47 | News
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[2026-08-14 12:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: China's SMIC says the AI investment boom is pushing up demand for a large number of peripheral chips. © Reuters
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[2026-08-14 12:12 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The number of home loans taken out by investors has slumped by almost 9 per cent, new data has revealed.
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[2026-08-14 12:12 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The number of home loans taken out by investors has slumped by almost 9 per cent, new data has revealed.
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[2026-08-14 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Credit-rating agency says heightened scrutiny likely to create compliance hurdles, not destroy demand
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[2026-08-14 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Insurance] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Credit-rating agency says heightened scrutiny likely to create compliance hurdles, not destroy demand
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[2026-08-14 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A new government requirement to pay annual royalties for playing copyrighted music is a positive step towards a functioning creative economy, industry figures have said.
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[2026-08-14 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-14 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's chief financial regulator said Friday that household loan growth slowed in July under tightened regulations, but it needs to tightly control consumer lending in the face of higher home prices and a rise in transactions.
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[2026-08-14 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. will be applying economic measures "that have never been seen on Iran," according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
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[2026-08-14 11:29 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Sam Calleja/Rappler; Images from Megawide
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[2026-08-14 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- The antitrust regulator said Friday that the number of conglomerate-affiliated companies fell slightly from three months earlier, amid industrywide portfolio restructuring efforts.
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