Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-04 05:39 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: SDB bank has been recognised at the LankaPay Technnovation Awards 2026, where its flagship digital payment wallet, UPay, received a Merit recognition in the Best Digital Payment Application for Retail Payments category.
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[2026-05-04 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Bank of Ceylon (BOC) recently opened its Badalgama branch, yet another step towards delivering a modern banking experience and efficient service to customers.
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[2026-05-04 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: ITC Ratnadipa marked two years of refined hospitality and enduring presence on April 25, bringing together its custodians and guests in a shared moment of appreciation at the Sagara Lobby.
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[2026-05-04 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Janashakthi Finance PLC, a subsidiary of JXG, has introduced ‘Shakthi’, a dedicated fixed deposit product for women, reinforcing its commitment to inclusive finance and long-term wealth creation.
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[2026-05-04 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Institute of Chemistry Ceylon (IChemC) hosted its second Open Day on April 25, at its Malabe campus as part of its enrollment campaign for the upcoming academic year.
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[2026-05-04 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Singer Sri Lanka PLC has announced the launch of the new Apple MacBook Neo Series, bringing Apple’s latest laptop experience to customers across Sri Lanka, with a strong focus on performance, design, and everyday versatility.
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[2026-05-04 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development has issued the gazette notification outlining proposed amendments to the Value Added Tax (VAT), which are set to take effect on July 1.
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[2026-05-04 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Fireman Hospitality Group’s Redeye Grill, a Manhattan dining institution since 1995, will serve its last cowboy ribeye steak and shellfish tower on July 12, Realty Check has learned.
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[2026-05-04 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A sweeping state recycling bill calls for scores of companies to stop using plastic wrap when packaging products, which critics gripe could leave crucial everyday items such as diapers and toilet paper soggy.
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[2026-05-04 05:19 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The US stock market set more records after Apple, Estee Lauder and others joined the list of companies delivering fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected. Easing oil prices also helped steady the stock markets around the world that were still open on the May Day holiday.
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[2026-05-04 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In 1982, the Western world was shaped by two dominant leaders with a shared ideological outlook: US president Ronald Reagan and British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Both advanced a distinctly right-wing agenda grounded in free-market economics and a firm opposition to socialism.
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[2026-05-04 05:05 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia’s increased reliance on Asian fuel is putting the nation at risk of importing sanctioned Russian “blood oil” via third countries, experts and pro-Ukraine groups say, as the US-Israeli war on Iran threatens global energy supplies.
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[2026-05-04 05:01 UTC+10:00] [Business / Banking & finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-04 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Artificial intelligence is driving massive growth for data centre companies. (ABC News: Rhiannon Stevens)
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[2026-05-04 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-05-04 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Emily Stewart explains this week's interest rate decision. (ABC News: Jarrod Fankhauser)
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[2026-05-04 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The yuan and the ruble have emerged as leading currencies for trade among U.S.-sanctioned Iran, Russia and China. © Reuters
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[2026-05-04 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Small Businesses
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[2026-05-04 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo to discuss how the Trump administration is "suffocating" Iran with economic and financial pressure amid an ongoing U.S. military blockade of the Hormuz chokepoint.
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[2026-05-04 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Full-time employees are entitled to 10 personal leave days a year for sick and carer's leave. (Adobe Stock)
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[2026-05-04 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The government approved on Sunday the appointment of Israel Malachi as director-general of the Finance Ministry, following his selection by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
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[2026-05-04 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Kalshi promo code NYPMAX offers a generous promotion for those entering the prediction market space and following the current Stanley Cup playoffs.
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[2026-05-04 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A large cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz has reported being attacked by multiple small craft, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said Sunday, marking at least two dozen attacks in and around the strait since the Iran war began.
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[2026-05-04 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: There was no claim of responsibility for Sunday’s attack, the first reported in the area since April 22, the UK maritime trade monitor said
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[2026-05-04 03:04 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: There was no claim of responsibility for Sunday’s attack, the first reported in the area since April 22, the UK maritime trade monitor said
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[2026-05-04 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A quantum computer developed by Japan's Toshiba. (Photo by Ryo Matsuura)
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[2026-05-04 03:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Disapproval rose to 62%, the worst of his two terms in office, amid economic issues since launching his war against Iran
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[2026-05-04 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A bulk carrier reported being attacked by multiple small craft off the coast of Iran near the Strait of Hormuz, Britain’s sea trade monitoring agency has said.
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[2026-05-04 02:38 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Xi Jinping hopes that the president may water down US support for a vibrant democracy. Defending the status quo would be better for America too
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[2026-05-04 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-04 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-04 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-04 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-04 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-04 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The prediction market Polymarket is dishing out a new promo for the NBA Playoffs, with the Polymarket promo code NYPMAX.
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[2026-05-04 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: This week, more than a thousand companies will gather in Abu Dhabi for Make it in the Emirates – the most ambitious edition yet, under the theme of “Emerging Stronger”. In recent weeks, the UAE has demonstrated, in real time and under real pressure, what a generation of disciplined nation-building has produced.
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[2026-05-04 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian economy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A good national prosperity strategy won’t just replace one industry with another; it will restore confidence across middle Australia along the way
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[2026-05-04 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Interest rates] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: While interest rate rises can’t affect the surging price of oil caused by Middle East turmoil, they are still the Reserve Bank’s best – and only – tool to fight inflation
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[2026-05-04 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: SoftBank and South Korean-startup Cosmos Lab plan to make the batteries on the former site of Sharp's LCD plant near Osaka. (Source photos by Nikkei)
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[2026-05-04 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEJONG, May 3 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol on Sunday called for strengthening regional cooperation in responding to growing external economic uncertainty from the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, the finance ministry said.
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[2026-05-03 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US Department of Defense will integrate artificial intelligence capabilities into its networks with the help of several companies, it announced in a release Friday.
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[2026-05-03 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s distinct approach to AI development and its digital economy strategy could help overcome the apparently finite nature of human-generated data
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[2026-05-03 22:30 UTC+10:00] [AI-plus] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s distinct approach to AI development and its digital economy strategy could help overcome the apparently finite nature of human-generated data
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[2026-05-03 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Billions in extra revenue generated by high-priced commodities like oil and gas because of the war against Iran will be saved rather than spent as the Albanese government seeks to quell inflationary pressures that are poised to force another interest rate rise from the Reserve Bank.
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[2026-05-03 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Survey finds city’s high flat prices and long-term financial burden of mortgage repayments are driving declining interest
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[2026-05-03 22:24 UTC+10:00] [MPF] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Survey finds city’s high flat prices and long-term financial burden of mortgage repayments are driving declining interest
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[2026-05-03 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: “I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man’s,” wrote English poet William Blake. Though not enslaved, the UAE was at least constrained by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), which it left as of Friday. The energy world does indeed need a new system.
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[2026-05-03 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: They warn that country’s fragmented farms are less resilient to natural disasters than bigger, more mechanised operations
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[2026-05-03 22:00 UTC+10:00] [food security] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: They warn that country’s fragmented farms are less resilient to natural disasters than bigger, more mechanised operations
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[2026-05-03 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: R&D generates significant revenue, but manufacturing capabilities are the real backbone and the truly large source of wealth.
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