Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-12 18:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Supreme People’s Court says judgment was first to ‘explicitly establish the mandatory application’ of five-year-old law
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[2026-08-12 18:52 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Supreme People’s Court says judgment was first to ‘explicitly establish the mandatory application’ of five-year-old law
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[2026-08-12 18:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Natarajan Chandrasekaran, chairperson of Tata Sons, will step down in February 2027 after a decade at the helm of the company. © Reuters
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[2026-08-12 18:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. Treasury yields were little changed on Wednesday morning as Wall Street awaits key inflation data due later in the session.
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[2026-08-12 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: By providing high-value services that enable cross-border transactions and corporate expansion, the city can convert surging commerce into long-term economic returns
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[2026-08-12 18:30 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: By providing high-value services that enable cross-border transactions and corporate expansion, the city can convert surging commerce into long-term economic returns
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[2026-08-12 18:16 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-12 18:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As Reform UK is beset by financial scandals, the populist party’s rise is in doubt.
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[2026-08-12 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: World oil demand is set to fall further than previously expected this year, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday, as the impact of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz deepens.
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[2026-08-12 18:02 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Liberal frontbencher Andrew Bragg has challenged his struggling party to capture voters’ attention by slashing taxes, overhauling the GST, and taking on the Trump administration by forcing tech giants to pay local taxes, criticising his own party for contributing to Australia’s economic malaise.
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[2026-08-12 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Robyn Denholm was keeping the books and pumping petrol at her parents’ Milperra service station in Sydney’s south-west before she was 10. Today, the Australian chartered accountant sits between Elon Musk and the largest pay packet in corporate history.
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[2026-08-12 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Workplace] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Food and on-demand delivery drivers in the gig economy will now have a legally enforced minimum wage of $31.30 per hour, after the Fair Work Commission approved a landmark safety net for hundreds of thousands of workers.
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[2026-08-12 17:55 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former SBS boss Michael Ebeid was successfully voted in as KPMG’s new chairman on Wednesday, but he will have little time to celebrate, with further public hearings on the whistleblower scandal scheduled for this Friday.
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[2026-08-12 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won marginally rose against the U.S. dollar Wednesday, as exporters continued to sell the dollar with traders awaiting U.S. inflation data.
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[2026-08-12 17:15 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The coordinated intervention by Japan and the United States to support the yen has bumped up hard against reality, the $70 billion or so committed to strengthening the currency all but ineffective as fiscal questions continue to hang over the market.
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[2026-08-12 17:09 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Jon Adgemis’ former chief financial officer has told a court about the severe financial stress of running businesses which the failed pub baron used to fund a lavish lifestyle in the lead-up to the $1.8 billion collapse of his hospitality empire.
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[2026-08-12 17:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of Hello Kitty owner Sanrio plunged 18% on Wednesday in Tokyo following the company's fiscal first-quarter results, after a runup in the stock over the last several months.
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[2026-08-12 17:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Moody's Ratings has placed Dubai-based developer Binghatti Holding’s ratings on review for a potential downgrade on the company’s deteriorating liquidity profile and the uncertainty about its ability the generate cash flows amid war-driven uncertainty.
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[2026-08-12 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A seven-month domestic downturn contrasts with a 147.8 per cent jump in overseas shipments, highlighting a widening gap between domestic and export markets
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[2026-08-12 17:00 UTC+10:00] [EV deliveries] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A seven-month domestic downturn contrasts with a 147.8 per cent jump in overseas shipments, highlighting a widening gap between domestic and export markets
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[2026-08-12 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- Top economic policymakers of South Korea and Uzbekistan have discussed ways to expand bilateral exchanges in trade and supply chains, along with Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) projects, Seoul's finance ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-12 16:50 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Infini Resources has lined up a suite of promising uranium targets across its Canadian portfolio, ahead of a 5000-metre diamond drilling campaign, slated to kick-off this quarter. The company says its latest exploration campaigns have detailed strong technical progress from the field at both its Portland Creek and Reynolds-Reitenbach Lake projects in Newfoundland and Saskatchewan, with maiden drilling having recently wrapped up at the latter project.
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[2026-08-12 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Thyssenkrupp's steelmaking plant in Duisburg, Germany, is facing disruptions to raw material supplies as a "persistent and worsening low-water situation" restricts barge traffic on the Rhine River. Navigable depths along parts of this critical waterway have fallen to record lows, threatening to curb German economic growth just as the country begins to show signs of recovery.
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[2026-08-12 16:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Korea Financial Industry Foundation is offering financial support to foreign residents and young people from immigrant backgrounds who are looking to improve their Korean-language skills.
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[2026-08-12 16:17 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Great Southern Mining has fired up the drill rig for a maiden reverse circulation (RC) drilling tilt at its emerging Amy Clarke discovery in Western Australia’s Duketon gold belt, kicking off an 18-hole, 2300-metre program designed to test for depth extensions to a substantial 4.7-kilometre-long gold trend, recently uncovered by shallow aircore drilling.
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[2026-08-12 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Described as tender and crisp, Cuimi delivers about double the yield compared with Shixia longan, say developers
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[2026-08-12 16:15 UTC+10:00] [Zhang Xingwang] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Described as tender and crisp, Cuimi delivers about double the yield compared with Shixia longan, say developers
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[2026-08-12 16:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Record W1.91tr quarterly earnings trail only KB Financial as investment gains and overseas operations surge
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[2026-08-12 16:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A US trade and technology expert has criticized South Korean regulators for applying rules unevenly in ways that disadvantage US companies, warning that Seoul’s approach to digital regulation could undermine the expanding US-Korea trade and technology alliance.
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[2026-08-12 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city is looking to expand stock benchmarks in an effort to challenge Nasdaq’s tech dominance
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[2026-08-12 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city is looking to expand stock benchmarks in an effort to challenge Nasdaq’s tech dominance
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[2026-08-12 15:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
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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[2026-08-12 15:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A deconstructed Tata Sierra.ev vehicle is displayed during a launch event in Mumbai on June 30, 2026. © Reuters
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[2026-08-12 15:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Amid growing public concern, Sen. Raffy Tulfo has filed a Senate resolution seeking to investigate the proposed Pax Silica hub in New Clark City, Capas, Tarlac to determine its economic, environmental, social, technological, and national security implications.
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[2026-08-12 15:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Rio Brasil Terminal (RBT), ICTSI’s operation at the Port of Rio de Janeiro, added Norcoast’s regular cabotage service to its schedule on July 21 with the arrival of the vessel NC BREDA.
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[2026-08-12 15:37 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The latest round of drilling by Moonlight Resources at its flagship Clermont gold project in Queensland has resulted in a significant expansion in the mineralised footprint to more than one kilometre of strike with the third batch of assays from 37 holes for 6126 metres completed delivering broad and consistent mineralisation.
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[2026-08-12 15:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Voting rights remain limited, but change in shareholder structure could widen SK hynix’s options in NAND market
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[2026-08-12 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Workers assemble the Zeekr 001 EV models at the Chinese automaker Zeekr assembly plant in Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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[2026-08-12 15:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Emirates Global Aluminium, the UAE’s largest industrial company outside the oil and gas sector, reported a 34 per cent annual increase in its first-half adjusted net profit despite regional fallout from the Iran war.
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[2026-08-12 15:14 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: August 12, 2026 — 3:14pm
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[2026-08-12 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Top US quant teams unable to beat native competitors in mainland China unlike in Japan or India, despite regulatory clampdown on trading
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[2026-08-12 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Top US quant teams unable to beat native competitors in mainland China unlike in Japan or India, despite regulatory clampdown on trading
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[2026-08-12 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The boss of Arada UK has put forward his proposals to get "spades in the ground" to boost the UK’s property-reliant economy.
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[2026-08-12 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — US stocks slipped a bit further from their records Tuesday, while oil prices kept swinging on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again.
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[2026-08-12 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person loads groceries in plastic bags into their vehicle, May 18, 2026, at a grocery store in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
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[2026-08-12 13:58 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-12 13:52 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Results from one of Sarytogan Graphite’s first three holes completed in its maiden diamond drilling program at its Ilksan prospect in central Kazakhstan has smashed out a massive 229-metre-long copper intercept from surface to end-of-hole.
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[2026-08-12 13:51 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Trent Robinson is at ease with both Sam Walker knocking back a five-year, $5 million-plus Roosters extension and the tax-free PNG Chiefs poaching threat as he chipped his star halfback’s management for playing out contract talks in public.
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[2026-08-12 13:38 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Peruvian operating arm of Patriot Resources has secured a crucial community access agreement for its recently expanded Tassa silver-gold project in country’s south, paving the way for boots-on-ground exploration across its highly prospective silver tenure which was recently expanded by 50 per cent.
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[2026-08-12 13:26 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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