Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-18 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2018, I have covered South Korea’s economic and financial landscape, with experience spanning the economy, banking, financial markets and securities industry.My current beat focuses on Korea’s major chaebol groups and technology industry, including Samsung, SK and LG, as well as global technology companies operating in Korea such as Apple, Google and OpenAI.
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[2026-09-18 17:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Japanese markets reacted in a seemingly counterintuitive fashion on Friday after the country's central bank hiked benchmark interest rates to their highest in 31 years.
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[2026-09-18 17:14 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: September 18, 2026 17:14 | News
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[2026-09-18 17:14 UTC+10:00] [Bank of Japan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Increase from 1% to 1.25% follows US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank tightening monetary policy
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[2026-09-18 17:08 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It feels like a rinse-and-repeat of the Bad News Bears for global markets, with no obvious reprieve in sight.
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[2026-09-18 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi developer Aldar Properties has launched Saadiyat Grove, a new luxury retail and fine dining project that will include more than 100 global brands aimed at boosting the island's lifestyle offering.
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[2026-09-18 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Dozens of protesters marched through San Francisco on 17 September, calling on AI companies to “stop the AI race”. The demonstration began outside OpenAI’s headquarters in Mission Bay before moving to Anthropic’s offices at 500 Howard Street, next to the Dreamforce conference. The march ended at City Hall, where protesters urged Mayor Daniel Lurie and the Board of Supervisors to declare a local AI state of emergency.
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[2026-09-18 16:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS additional info in para 3, bottom)
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[2026-09-18 16:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: HSBC axes education benefits worth up to HK$300,000 as integration with Hang Seng Bank threatens jobs – but investors stay upbeat
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[2026-09-18 16:51 UTC+10:00] [job losses] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: HSBC axes education benefits worth up to HK$300,000 as integration with Hang Seng Bank threatens jobs – but investors stay upbeat
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[2026-09-18 16:47 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: September 18, 2026 16:47 | News
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[2026-09-18 16:36 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: In what can only be described as a red-letter day, Forrestania Resources has delivered a stunning raft of news to the market, including prefeasibility studies (PFS) for its Edna May, British Hill, Tycho and Johnson Range projects in Western Australia. Additionally, the company has unveiled maiden ore reserves for Edna May, Johnson Range and Tycho and reported a monster gold hit at its British Hill project.
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[2026-09-18 16:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks advanced by more than 2 percent on Friday on eased inflation woes. The local currency rose against the greenback.
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[2026-09-18 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-09-18 16:18 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: September 18, 2026 16:18 | News
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[2026-09-18 16:14 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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[2026-09-18 16:11 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has issued a blunt warning that inflation in Australia is too high days before the bank’s board will consider lifting interest rates for the fourth time this year.
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[2026-09-18 16:01 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The firm that maintains Australia’s gambling self-exclusion register has rejected conflict of interest concerns over a director’s roles with major wagering industry businesses, as the company urgently seeks cash to stay afloat amid mounting debt and a missed ATO tax bill.
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[2026-09-18 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Environment] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In this week’s newsletter: As the Guardian launches a year-long project, Our Rivers, we take stock of the issues facing waterways around the world
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[2026-09-18 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com,
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[2026-09-18 15:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Cyberattacks against South Korean government agencies and local authorities surged in the first seven months of this year, adding to a run of security incidents that has already hit some of the country’s biggest companies.
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[2026-09-18 15:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Kan Hyeong-woo is a staff reporter at The Korea Herald, South Korea’s leading English-language daily. Based in Seoul, he covers technology, business and industry, with reporting spanning the gaming, construction, mobility, consumer and emerging technology sectors.Through his reporting, Kan examines the business implications of emerging technologies and the ways Korean companies are positioning themselves in an increasingly competitive global economy.
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[2026-09-18 15:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SK Group has moved three vice chairmen to SK hynix, an unusual concentration of senior leadership at the chipmaker as it expands its global business and navigates a more complex geopolitical landscape.
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[2026-09-18 15:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City leader also says more than half of arrivals are willing to stay past three-year mark
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[2026-09-18 15:47 UTC+10:00] [mainland China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City leader also says more than half of arrivals are willing to stay past three-year mark
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[2026-09-18 15:45 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hanwha Group’s financial affiliates have signed a series of partnerships with Abu Dhabi institutions to expand cooperation in digital finance, stablecoins and cross-border financial infrastructure, the group said Friday.
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[2026-09-18 15:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co.'s Exynos application processors (APs) accounted for 9 percent of global smartphone AP shipments in the second quarter, the highest level since the data was first compiled in 2024, industry data showed Friday.
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[2026-09-18 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Indonesia have agreed to expand partnerships in halal certification and support Korean companies' entry into the Southeast Asian country, Seoul's drug ministry said Friday.
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[2026-09-18 15:00 UTC+10:00] [House of Lords] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Switch to ‘business attire’ is a sign of the times, but formal neckwear still has its place, say some of Savile Row’s finest-dressed
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[2026-09-18 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Small business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Crows Nest’s The Stoned Crow, one of the lower north shore’s best-known watering holes, is closing its doors on October 4, the bar’s current tenant, Arik Shifroni, has announced on social media.
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[2026-09-18 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: With the US Federal Reserve having raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday to 3.75 per cent-4 per cent, its first increase since 2023, the immediate focus has now shifted to what its latest decision tells us about the economic environment ahead.
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[2026-09-18 14:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The firm’s Ascend chips are ahead of Nvidia in domestic market, Huawei’s Eric Xu Zhijun says
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[2026-09-18 14:59 UTC+10:00] [AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The firm’s Ascend chips are ahead of Nvidia in domestic market, Huawei’s Eric Xu Zhijun says
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[2026-09-18 14:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-09-18 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The yen traded lower against the dollar on Sept. 18 on news that Japan's consumer inflation in August came in lower than expected. (Photo by Naoko Inoue)
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[2026-09-18 14:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of Mercari jumped more than 4% on Friday, extending their rebound from a selloff sparked by the Japanese online marketplace's restrictions on listings of Pokémon's 30th anniversary products announced Tuesday.
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[2026-09-18 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: For most of the past two centuries, the economics of business rewarded scale. The bigger the factory, distribution network, workforce or balance sheet, the harder a company was to challenge. Size brought purchasing power, access to capital, armies of specialists and the ability to spread costs across millions of customers.
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[2026-09-18 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Environmental damage] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — The European Commission will consider banning the export of plastic waste to Turkey if the country fails to address pollution and environmental concerns, a Commission official told POLITICO.
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[2026-09-18 13:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Following a two-day board meeting, the BOJ decided to bump up its uncollateralized overnight call rate. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
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[2026-09-18 13:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: DeepWay hopes to make headway in Europe by licensing its e-truck technology to a local established brand. (Photo by Jens Kastner)
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[2026-09-18 13:35 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: West African gold explorer Aurum Resources has struck high-grade gold, including some bonanza hits, right outside the boundaries of its mammoth 3.22-million-ounce Boundiali gold project in Côte d’Ivoire.
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[2026-09-18 13:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Japan's central bank has increased interest rates further to counter rising inflation and support the yen. (Reuters: Florence Lo)
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[2026-09-18 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has raised interest rates by 0.25 to 1.25 percent, pushing borrowing costs to their highest level in 31 years, amid rising inflation and wages, and pressure from Washington.
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[2026-09-18 13:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Bank of Japan has raised its policy rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%, the highest level since 1995.
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[2026-09-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As AI’s role in drug design advances rapidly, Chinese start-ups are ramping up fundraising efforts
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[2026-09-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Nutshell Therapeutics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As AI’s role in drug design advances rapidly, Chinese start-ups are ramping up fundraising efforts
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[2026-09-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 134.2km waterway promises shorter routes to the sea and lower transport costs, potentially reshaping the fortunes of landlocked regions
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[2026-09-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Beibu Gulf] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 134.2km waterway promises shorter routes to the sea and lower transport costs, potentially reshaping the fortunes of landlocked regions
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[2026-09-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: International hotel brands operating in the Middle East have been moving swiftly to deal with the shock caused by the Iran war.
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[2026-09-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: International hotel brands operating in the Middle East have been moving swiftly to deal with the shock caused by the Iran war.
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