Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-07 05:32 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: AIA Insurance Lanka strengthened its long‑standing commitment to community wellbeing by partnering with ‘Run For Their Lives’ (RFTL) 2026 for the fifth year, serving as the Gold Sponsor of the event.
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[2026-05-07 05:32 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In line with the national vision of accelerating digital transformation and financial inclusion, the National Savings Bank has launched an extensive Digital Drive campaign, taking banking services directly to the people through town storming initiatives and digital literacy programmes across key locations.
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[2026-05-07 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: HNB PLC, has entered into a strategic partnership with George Steuart Solution Pvt Ltd, to expand access to solar energy solutions across Sri Lanka. Formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding, the collaboration focuses on supporting both domestic and Commercial and Industrial segments that obtain financing through HNB.
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[2026-05-07 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In early nineties Sri Lankan manufactures very convince with European raw materials which was always quality consistence and long regarded as a global leader in innovation, is now entering a transformative period. Faced with rising energy costs, stricter environmental regulations, and increasing global competition, the sector must evolve rapidly to remain competitive in the decades ahead.
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[2026-05-07 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Dialog Enterprise, the corporate solutions arm of Dialog Axiata PLC and Sri Lanka’s number one ICT solutions provider, has announced a strategic partnership with Seceon Inc to strengthen its managed security services portfolio with advanced AI-driven cybersecurity capabilities.
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[2026-05-07 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-05-07 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-05-07 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-05-07 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: It has been reported that in line with the rapid increase in the price of gold in the international market, the price of gold in the local market has also increased significantly.
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[2026-05-07 05:24 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Ted Turner, the outspoken television pioneer who created a media empire and transformed the news business by creating CNN and introducing the 24-hour cable news cycle, has died aged 87.
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[2026-05-07 05:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices are sinking and stock markets are bursting higher worldwide with hopes that the United States and Iran are nearing a deal to allow ships to deliver crude from the Persian Gulf once again to their customers.
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[2026-05-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kalshi has a welcome bonus for first-time users who want to sign up for the fast-growing prediction market platform this spring.
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[2026-05-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Cars] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: ROME — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to Rome this week with two sensitive missions: contain a public spat with the Vatican and ease tensions with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over defense and trade.
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[2026-05-07 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A borrower with a fairly typical $700,000 mortgage has seen a $317 increase to their monthly repayments with three rate rises this year. (ABC News: Alistair Kroie/John Gunn)
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[2026-05-07 04:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A report that Iran and the US were inching closer to a peace deal sent oil prices plunging and stock indexes soaring, as some traders claimed that the false starts were starting to smell of market manipulation.
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[2026-05-07 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Just a week after Amy Oldenburg, Morgan Stanley’s head of digital assets, spent the better part of an hour making a case for bitcoin that few clients have heard in full (a gap she says is the industry’s most urgent problem), the bank announces the launch of crypto trading on E*Trade, charging 50bps in a pilot that undercuts rivals like Coinbase, Robinhood, and Charles Schwab.
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[2026-05-07 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The lacquer for the special edition is applied by hand at a traditional maker of lacquerware. (Casio Computer)
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[2026-05-07 04:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Boss is officially taking a Big Apple business trip.
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[2026-05-07 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A new rental cooperative in Melbourne is offering low-income renters better housing than the private market. (ABC News: Rhiannon Stevens)
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[2026-05-07 04:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Treasurer Jim Chalmers will promise a modest reduction in deficits in next week’s budget in an attempt to counter accusations that Labor’s spending record has pushed up interest rates, amid frustration in the cabinet over Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock’s warning on handouts.
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[2026-05-07 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Readers of The Post interested in trying out Polymarket, the fast-growing prediction market, can collect a $20 bonus when they create an account using the Polymarket promo code NYPMAX.
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[2026-05-07 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A-lister Jennifer Lopez has put the sprawling Beverly Hills mansion she once shared with ex-husband Ben Affleck back on the market with a significant price cut — just weeks after the actor gifted her his share of the beleaguered abode.
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[2026-05-07 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Elon Musk’s SpaceX will give Anthropic access to its massive Colossus 1 artificial intelligence data center, bringing together two of the most prominent players in the artificial intelligence race.
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[2026-05-07 04:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The neon glow that once welcomed millions of Californians speeding toward Las Vegas is about to go dark forever.
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[2026-05-07 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: IHI's video training materials, on the screen on the right, allow learners to view footage of both the welder's hand movements and their posture during the welding process. (IHI)
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[2026-05-07 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Keio University's plastic optical fiber cables can be mass-produced at a lower cost than their glass counterparts, seen here in this photo. (Photo obtained by Nikkei)
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[2026-05-07 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Disgraced ex-JPMorgan banker Chirayu Rana tried to wrangle a settlement from the bank worth “north of $20 million” before he filed his bombshell sexual harassment lawsuit last year, The Post has learned.
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[2026-05-07 03:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Seven Chinese companies blacklisted by the US for engaging in horrific forced labor practices saw a multi-million dollar boost in investments from New York City’s pension funds during ex-City Comptroller Brad Lander’s tenure, The Post has learned.
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[2026-05-07 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ex-JPMorgan banker Chirayu Rana was referred for mental health treatment by prosecutors after they launched a criminal investigation into his claims that a senior banker turned him into a “sex slave” — and found nothing, sources told The Post on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-07 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Beef patties aren’t the only thing sizzling at Burger King — and its booming business is taking a bite out of McDonald’s.
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[2026-05-07 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 7, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-05-07 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Berkshire Hathaway is sitting on nearly $400 billion in cash while Wall Street races to fresh heights, leading some observers to think the Warren Buffett-founded conglomerate is bracing for trouble.
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[2026-05-07 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The real estate firm Flow announced on Tuesday the acquisition of a $200 million residential complex in Wynwood, Miami, which, according to estimates, could be worth over $300 million.
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[2026-05-07 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf accused the US of attempting to use economic and media pressure to divide Iran and force it into “surrender”, saying the strategy would not succeed.
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[2026-05-07 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: International Holding Company (IHC) reported an almost two-fold jump in its first-quarter net income, its best result in more than seven years, and is doubling down on global investments despite the Iran war-driven uncertainty.
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[2026-05-07 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Sitting in the passenger seat of a car, a high school teen clutches an insulin needle beneath her pursed lips. She overlays the social media video with a sexually charged caption: “when he says he wants to pin me so i lowkey grab the r3ta and he looks at me weird.”
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[2026-05-07 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Retailers in China, including supermarkets, have taken a hit amid weakening domestic consumer spending. (Photo by Kentaro Shiozaki)
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[2026-05-07 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can be grown into tissue for regenerative treatments. (Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka)
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[2026-05-07 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The US Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday Apple’s request to temporarily block a judicial order that found the iPhone maker in violation of sweeping court-mandated changes to its lucrative App Store as part of an antitrust lawsuit by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games.
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[2026-05-07 02:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Riot platforms announced a collaboration with Terrestrial Energy to pair future data centers with co-located nuclear reactors. The two companies are evaluating deploying Terrestrial’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) plants to existing Riot facilities in Texas and Kentucky, as well as multiple other potential sites.
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[2026-05-07 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GMA Network, Inc. on Wednesday said that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had rejected its request to postpone its 2026 annual stockholders’ meeting (ASM), instead directing the company to comply with the Revised Corporation Code.
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[2026-05-07 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has announced the approval of two solar companies’ applications to connect to the national power grid.
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[2026-05-07 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: American student organizations are fundraising for the "mothers of martyrs" to supplement a Palestinian Authority payment program after the governing body supposedly withheld financial support.
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[2026-05-07 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LT Group Inc. plans to keep capital expenditures within its historical range this year while holding off on expansion, focusing instead on boosting profitability across existing businesses amid global uncertainties.
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[2026-05-07 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PHILIPPINE Business Bank (PBB) posted sharp decline in first-quarter earnings as gains in core operations were offset by higher provisions and other cost pressures amid a difficult operating environment.
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[2026-05-07 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Benjamin Picton, senior market strategist at Rabobank
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[2026-05-07 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Nature Boy is very upset with the Lakers’ wonder boy.
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[2026-05-07 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-05-07 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-05-07 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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