Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-08 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-08 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-08 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-08 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-08 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-08 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-08 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Over the weekend, we reported that in what some called a "watershed moment", Beijing ordered Chinese companies not to comply with US sanctions on five domestic refiners linked to the Iranian oil trade, deploying for the first time a blocking measure introduced in 2021 that was aimed at protecting its firms from foreign laws it deemed unjustified.
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[2026-05-08 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s economy contracted at the beginning of the year as weak business activity and declining oil and gas revenues strained public finances.
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[2026-05-08 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: MUFG will pilot-test Google's AI functions on its financial services platform in fiscal 2026. (Source photos by Nikkei)
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[2026-05-08 01:35 UTC+10:00] [BP] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Oil firm seeks to reduce stake in carbon capture and storage projects in north-east of England after schemes fail to win over shareholders
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[2026-05-08 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: McDonald’s on Thursday reported surprisingly upbeat quarterly earnings and revenue, but CEO Chris Kempczinski — who recently went viral for his weirdly timid nibble of his own company’s burger — warned consumer spending may get “a little bit worse” as high fuel prices slam wallets.
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[2026-05-08 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With hopes of a permanent truce being continually undermined by minor skirmishes and blockade infringements, it remains unclear whether this war is close to ending. And while oil prices gyrate from one Trump Truth post to the next, two weeks of Brent above $100/barrel (only just inching below as of this morning) suggests the market is not buying into the quick resolution narrative.
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[2026-05-08 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Oil prices fell and global stock markets traded mixed Thursday awaiting an update on a US plan to end the Middle East war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-08 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Shell on Thursday reported surging profits in the first quarter, as the Iran war led to a rise in oil prices, while the most significant impacts for the British energy company have been in Qatar.
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[2026-05-08 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: More changes at the top of South Sudan’s government on Wednesday as President Salva Kiir fired the country’s army chief and a finance minister who’d been in office for less than three months, Reuters news agency reported.
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[2026-05-08 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A new wave of global shocks mainly caused by the war in the Middle East is pushing up the cost of living once again and bringing about a revised economic outlook, the IMF's outlook report for sub-Saharan Africa titled 'Hard-Won Gains Under Pressure' shows.
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[2026-05-08 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City aims to broaden gold offerings and expand clearing and storage facilities to seize opportunities in the surging market
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[2026-05-08 00:03 UTC+10:00] [London Metal Exchange] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City aims to broaden gold offerings and expand clearing and storage facilities to seize opportunities in the surging market
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[2026-05-07 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hundreds of merchant ships remain bottled up in the Persian Gulf as the United States and Iran appear to be moving closer to an initial agreement to end the war. The Strait of Hormuz is the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all traded oil and natural gas passes, as Iran has restricted movement through it and the U.S.
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[2026-05-07 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Can a nation remain on a permanent war footing and survive, even thrive?
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[2026-05-07 23:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: More changes at the top of South Sudan’s government on Wednesday as President Salva Kiir fired the country’s army chief and a finance minister who’d been in office for less than two weeks.
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[2026-05-07 23:37 UTC+10:00] [Airline industry] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Stansted passengers disagree that stopping airports serving alcohol before early flights will reduce bad behaviour
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[2026-05-07 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump blasted sky-high 2026 FIFA World Cup ticket prices in an exclusive interview with The Post, saying even he wouldn’t pony up the $1,000 needed to watch the US play in the team’s opening game against Paraguay next month.
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[2026-05-07 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Arm Holdings ADRs sank nearly 9% in premarket trading, on track for the largest intraday decline in almost a year, after the chip-architecture company reported softer-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter royalty revenue tied to a slowdown in the smartphone industry, while assuring investors that data center demand can offset the slump.
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[2026-05-07 23:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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[2026-05-07 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Across Africa, economies remain closely tied to the oil market. OPEC and its allies recently announced a production increase of 188,000 barrels per day, though the move remains largely symbolic, as actual output still falls below quotas.
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[2026-05-07 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,
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[2026-05-07 22:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The authorities should give companies a greater voice in civilian-military collaboration, Major General Zhang Zhan argues
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[2026-05-07 22:57 UTC+10:00] [aerospace technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The authorities should give companies a greater voice in civilian-military collaboration, Major General Zhang Zhan argues
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[2026-05-07 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Paul Tudor Jones said the artificial intelligence-fueled bull market still has further to run, adding that he recently bought more related stocks as he looked for parallels to earlier tech booms.
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[2026-05-07 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The Kremlin said Thursday that it is not planning to offer financial support to businesses that have seen their bottom lines negatively impacted by persistent mobile internet outages in Moscow and other cities throughout the country in recent months.
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[2026-05-07 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With JOLTs data showing record hiring (and ADP signaling acceleration in job additions), today we get some signal on firings as the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time was at 200k last week (below the 205k exp) and continuing to languish near multi-decade lows (near 1967 lows!!)...
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[2026-05-07 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Indonesia hopes to stymie capital outflows by activation of its Bond Stabilization Fund. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
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[2026-05-07 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Indonesia hopes to stymie capital outflows by activation of its Bond Stabilization Fund. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
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[2026-05-07 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will pour $3.8 billion into the Suburban Rail Loop despite inflation and debt fears, money that Labor will place in a “locked box” only to be spent on a project that federal and state Coalition parties have remained steadfast against.
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[2026-05-07 22:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The commerce ministry warns the move will backfire on the EU, hitting its energy security and green transition
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[2026-05-07 22:28 UTC+10:00] [SMA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The commerce ministry warns the move will backfire on the EU, hitting its energy security and green transition
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[2026-05-07 22:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Saba Capital, the hedge fund led by Boaz Weinstein, has agreed to a three-year pause to its activist campaign against up to nine London-listed funds after a deal to secure the future of the Herald Investment Trust.
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[2026-05-07 22:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The global market meltup is rolling on. US stock futures inch higher, but are off session highs, with oil falling for a third straight day as traders waited for updates on a potential US-Iran peace deal that would reopen oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz. As of 8:00am ET, S&P and Nasdaq futures were 0.1% higher, after the benchmarks notched back-to-back record highs.
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[2026-05-07 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai ports operator DP World has launched cargo war risk insurance as Middle East trade routes remain severely disrupted by the fallout from the Iran war.
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[2026-05-07 22:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New report warns that rising conflicts, AI spending and energy security push are all expected to further increase global debt levels
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[2026-05-07 22:08 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New report warns that rising conflicts, AI spending and energy security push are all expected to further increase global debt levels
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[2026-05-07 22:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Angola and Gabon on Wednesday signed three new agreements aimed at deepening collaboration in key economic sectors, as the two oil-producing nations seek to diversify their economies and strengthen regional partnerships.
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[2026-05-07 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Whirlpool shares tumbled Thursday after the iconic appliance maker warned that the war in Iran triggered a severe downturn, underscoring how sharply higher fuel prices and collapsing consumer confidence are beginning to weigh on big-ticket purchases.
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[2026-05-07 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s media regulator Roskomnadzor has filed lawsuits against some of the world’s largest video game companies for refusing to store the personal data of Russian gamers on servers inside the country, the Kommersant business newspaper reported Thursday.
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[2026-05-07 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Philippine Coast Guard says it challenged alleged illegal Chinese marine scientific research activities and monitored dozens of Chinese maritime militia vessels during a maritime domain awareness flight over the Kalayaan Island Group on May 7, 2026. The agency said the activities violated the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, noting that the Philippines did not authorize any marine scientific research within its exclusive economic zone.
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[2026-05-07 21:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea is emerging as a key partner in India’s long-term economic and strategic transformation, one central to India’s Viksit Bharat vision of becoming a developed nation by 2047, Indian Ambassador to Korea Gaurang Lal Das said Thursday.
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[2026-05-07 21:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: An appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling siding with Google Korea in a corporate tax cancellation case worth over 150 billion won ($103 million).
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[2026-05-07 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Whirlpool shares crashed as much as 20% in premarket trading after the appliance maker slashed its full-year outlook and posted weaker-than-expected first-quarter results. Management directly blamed the three-month war in the Middle East for triggering a collapse in U.S. appliance demand.
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[2026-05-07 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Family behind Nameson buys Tai Po flats at prices near 2014 levels, while Tat Ming-linked couple sells Repulse Bay unit for HK$170 million
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