Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-01 08:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Apple saw revenue growth in all regions during the quarter but China saw the biggest sales jump. © Reuters
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[2026-05-01 08:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: While the Elon Musk–Sam Altman trial in Oakland, Calif., is dominating headlines this week, 3,000 miles away, a Capitol Hill event with far less fanfare may prove even more significant for the future of AI in America.
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[2026-05-01 08:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON – President Trump is tightening the noose on Iran and summoned his top military commander to signal to Tehran that it’s time to make a deal.
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[2026-05-01 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: JFE Steel's integrated steelworks in India, jointly operated with JSW Steel. (JFE Steel)
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[2026-05-01 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Tusker beer, made by Kenya-based East Africa Breweries, has been in the region for more than a century. © AP
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[2026-05-01 07:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Wood McKenzie has released a report that US spending on power generation gear for data centers alone could hit $65 billion by 2030, more than triple the $20 billion logged last year. Data center capacity is forecast to reach 110 GW by the end of the decade, with Bloomberg also commenting that “total US spending on power-plant equipment may climb to $215 billion."
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[2026-05-01 07:32 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Advertised prices for new rental listings rising at fastest pace since October 2024. Follow updates
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[2026-05-01 07:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A former JPMorgan staffer who sources identified as Chirayu Rana has been accused of making fabricated sexual-harassment claims against a high-ranking executive at the bank after an internal investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing, The Post has learned.
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[2026-05-01 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Apple saw revenue growth in all regions during the quarter but China saw the biggest sales jump. © Reuters
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[2026-05-01 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Global investors are again embracing risk with strong rallies in equity markets across the US and Europe as oil prices retreated from four-year highs.
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[2026-05-01 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Bosses at California’s High-Speed Rail are weighing giving the CEO even more power as the beleaguered system racks up eye-popping contracts.
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[2026-05-01 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Sightings of bears around residential areas have been rising, highlighting the risk of encounters with wild animals. (Nikkei image)
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[2026-05-01 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Fresh data showed the US economy grew at a 2% annualized pace in the first quarter while core inflation rose 3.2% year-over-year in March as data shows a resilient, if uneven, recovery.
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[2026-05-01 06:31 UTC+10:00] [Trade UK] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The president credited the king and queen in helping make his decision to lift the restrictions.
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[2026-05-01 06:30 UTC+10:00] [Regulation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Connecticut lawmakers on Wednesday approved more reforms aimed at reining in towing companies in the state, following reporting by The Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica that exposed problems in state law.
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[2026-05-01 06:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Twenty-five years since 9/11, asking rents for large blocks of space at the World Trade Center nearly rival those on Park and Sixth avenues, Midtown’s prime corridors, a Post survey found.
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[2026-05-01 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S stock market motored to more records as profits keep piling up for big businesses.
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[2026-05-01 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Reddit reported better-than-expected profit and revenue in its first-quarter earnings report on Thursday, and also issued an optimistic forecast. The stock jumped over 9% in extended trading.
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[2026-05-01 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: People visit the China Import and Export Fair, commonly known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou on April 15. Exports are an unambiguous bright spot in the nation's otherwise troubled economic picture. © Reuters
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[2026-05-01 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Toyota unveils an Urban Cruiser electric SUV for the Indian market in Mumbai on April 20. (Photo by Takanori Okabe)
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[2026-05-01 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General Features] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s fragile journey back to economic stability has suffered several damaging blows over US$2.5 million (SL Rs 800 million) payment due as loan payment to Australia remitted to unknown bank accounts . The revelation that US$2.5 million earmarked for an official debt repayment to Australia was diverted to cyber criminals has exposed alarming weaknesses in the country’s financial control systems, treasury safeguards, and institutional accountability.
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[2026-05-01 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Cody Eggleston winces as the beating sun bakes the empty forecourt of the gas station he manages in Needles, the small town on historic Route 66 hugging the banks of the winding Colorado River.
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[2026-05-01 05:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Following summons issued by the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) to examine the alleged misdirection of US$ 2.5 million, Treasury Secretary Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma appeared before the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) with several senior officials of the Finance Ministry and Central Bank in Parliament yesterday.
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[2026-05-01 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka is moving forward, towards becoming a stronger nation. This is most noble and beautiful. In the recent past certain incidents in Government ministries made headline news. Irrespective of the reasons the general public has a right to see that all government sector institutions and departments operate with efficiency, transparency, accountability and people friendly service, which must match the corporate private sector.
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[2026-05-01 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The working people of Sri Lanka mark this year’s May Day at a decisive moment, as the country secures significant economic achievements despite a challenging global climate shaped by conflict, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said in his May Day message.
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[2026-05-01 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: There was a time when the Lanka Sama Samaja Party marched in May Day parades chanting, “Arise now, ye starvers.” Back then, Leftist political parties held their May Day parades through the streets of Colombo within a tradition of attacking rivals and exchanging blows. May Day was a restless day for the ‘club-and-baton’ squads of the Sri Lanka Police.
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[2026-05-01 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 30 (Yonhap) -- Top diplomatic and economic officials of the United States and China held online talks on Thursday, as part of preparations for a summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping set to take place in Beijing next month.
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[2026-05-01 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General Features] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: As Sri Lanka marks International Workers’ Day, shifting party strategies and economic pressures are redefining how the country observes, and understands, one of labour’s most significant dates.
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[2026-05-01 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: International Worker’s Day, celebrated annually on the 1st of May, is a day dedicated to honouring the rights, dignity, and sacrifices of working people across the world, said General Secretary of the Samagi Sevaka Sangamaya Subash Karunaratne in a massage to mark the International Workers’ Day.
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[2026-05-01 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: OAKLAND, Calif. — The judge presiding over the bombshell trial over the future of OpenAI has apparently had it with Elon Musk’s favorite line over the last three days – “You just can’t steal from a charity” – at one point reminding Musk that he was “not a lawyer.”
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[2026-05-01 05:19 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices whipsawed and surged toward their highest levels since the war with Iran began, only for the leaps to quickly vanish. The US stock market, meanwhile, is rising following strong profit reports from big companies like Alphabet.
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[2026-05-01 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A general view of the 18th hole flag pole during the first round of LIV Golf Jeddah at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club, Friday, March 1, 2024 in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. (Matthew Harris/LIV Golf via AP, File)
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[2026-05-01 05:01 UTC+10:00] [Business / Workplace] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Jobs platforms are being inundated with fake job ads generated by artificial intelligence, costing jobseekers time and money.
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[2026-05-01 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-01 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-01 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-01 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The iconic Skipping Girl neon sign in Abbotsford sat down, glued to her phone, last month, part of a health campaign funded by the dairy industry to highlight the dangers of our obsession with technology.
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[2026-05-01 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Small business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Fractional ownership is taking off among the uber-rich who are also looking at being more sustainable when it comes to investing in high-end collectibles.
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[2026-05-01 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A conservative policy group is urging federal regulators to widen their crackdown on deceptive car pricing — warning that hidden fees are costing Americans thousands of dollars on one of the biggest purchases of their lives, The Post has learned.
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[2026-05-01 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An advertisement for prediction market platform Kalshi hangs at 13th and L Streets in northwest Washington, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)
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[2026-05-01 04:45 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will override scepticism among his own MPs and plough billions into the Suburban Rail Loop even as inflation fears and war-fuelled building costs force the Albanese government to pull back on road and rail projects.
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[2026-05-01 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hawaiʻi will need nearly 60,000 additional housing units by 2050 to meet future demand driven largely by an aging population and to prevent younger residents from getting squeezed out of the housing market.
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[2026-05-01 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government Debt
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[2026-05-01 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Earlier this month, when much of the attention was largely focused on private credit, we warned that one of the old, familiar credit market time-bombs, commercial real estate which for many years had been penned as the "Next Big Short", was deteriorating rapidly: according to the latest TREPP CMBS monthly report, March saw a surge in the CMBS delinquency rate, which jumped by 41bps to 7.55%, the highest in years, led by a surge in the lodging rate, a category
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[2026-05-01 04:37 UTC+10:00] [Cloud] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: NICOSIA — France and Spain have teamed up in a bid to reserve space for European companies in an upcoming spectrum auction for mobile satellite communications, effectively pushing out U.S. players.
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[2026-05-01 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is threatening a total shutdown of Facebook and Instagram in New Mexico if a state judge orders the company to adopt new safety features, according to a court filing Thursday.
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[2026-05-01 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference at the Federal Reserve, following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, in Washington, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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[2026-05-01 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A young woman is suing Roblox, Discord and Uber after a repeat predator used the platforms to groom her when she was 15 – paying a driver to bring her from Indiana to his New Jersey home where he kept her locked in a small, dank room and repeatedly raped her, according to the suit.
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[2026-05-01 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: For a stock that's gone nowhere for six months, Apple sure has options traders excited.
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[2026-05-01 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The new wireless service in Vietnam will be based on the povo2.0 prepaid plan KDDI offers in Japan. (Photo by Hiroki Sakuragi)
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