Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-05-01 03:04 UTC+10:00] [Children's health] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Belgium’s federal government on Thursday approved a ban on flavored vapes, with only tobacco-flavored and unflavored e-cigarettes allowed on the market from September 2028.
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[2026-05-01 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A rare, double-wide Gilded Age mansion by Prospect Park in Brooklyn is on the market for $16 million, Gimme Shelter can reveal.
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[2026-05-01 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US inflation accelerated in March as the Iran war raised gasoline prices, bolstering financial market expectations that the Federal Reserve could keep interest rates unchanged well into next year.
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[2026-05-01 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gasoline prices are displayed at a Mobil gas station on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
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[2026-05-01 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi spoke about the naphtha supply situation on April 30. (Photo by Ken Suzuki)
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[2026-05-01 02:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Adani Enterprises oversees units operating in businesses as wide as coal mining, copper smelting, new energy, airports and road infrastructure. © Reuters
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[2026-05-01 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Thirteen individuals have been referred to the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal over a multimillion-dollar scheme to illegally procure military equipment for Sudan’s Armed Forces (SAF) through UAE-based companies and financial channels.
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[2026-05-01 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Christine Quinn and Heather Rae El Moussa are sold on Season 10.
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[2026-05-01 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Fake humanitarian shipments, falsified documents, and a cast of 13 individuals and six companies, are among the key findings revealed by UAE authorities on Thursday in the Sudan arms smuggling case.
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[2026-05-01 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The US economy accelerated at the start of 2026, expanding at a modest 2% pace from January through March after recovering from last fall’s 43-day federal government shutdown. But the outlook is clouded by the Iran war.
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[2026-05-01 02:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Thirteen suspects are to stand trial over a multimillion-dollar plot to buy military equipment and weapons through the UAE's financial system and send them to the Sudanese Armed Forces for use in the country's civil war.
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[2026-05-01 02:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Masanori Morishita, CEO of Verbex's Japanese arm, says error rates of its conversational AI specialized for the Japanese language are 20% lower than the competition. (Manaho Okamura)
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[2026-05-01 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of Blue Owl, the private credit firm at the center of recent jitters over exposure to software companies, jumped 10% in trading Thursday after executives disclosed sizable gains tied to SpaceX.
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[2026-05-01 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Amazon is exploring a reboot of The Apprentice — and is weighing whether to install Donald Trump Jr. as host of the reality show that helped catapult his father to the presidency, according to a report.
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[2026-05-01 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A for sale sign is posted outside a home, Feb. 10, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, file)
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[2026-05-01 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-01 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-01 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-01 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-01 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-01 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-01 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-01 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-01 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE United Arab Emirates (UAE) has opted out of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the cartel that controls the ebb and flow of oil in the global market.
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[2026-05-01 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: No interest rate rise is going to force an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, or clear the "hazardous area" of mines.
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[2026-05-01 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Profit at Advantest more than doubled last fiscal year due to strong sales of chip testing tools. (Photo by Hazumu Urushiyama)
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[2026-05-01 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Hyperscalers are deploying as much as $725 billion in capital expenditures this year, primarily on AI data center buildouts, and it comes as no surprise that Caterpillar posted solid first-quarter earnings, as surging on-site power demand has created a boom for the company's power-generation business.
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[2026-05-01 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A view of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
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[2026-05-01 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: SBI looks to leverage State Street's investment capabilities and extensive product portfolio. (Source photos by Nikkei)
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[2026-05-01 01:09 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 1, 2026 01:09 | News
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[2026-05-01 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed excluding the active ingredients in Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly's blockbuster obesity and diabetes medications from the list of drugs that outsourcing facilities can use for compounding in bulk.
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[2026-05-01 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE and South Korea have formally enacted their Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the first of its kind Seoul has signed with a country in the Middle East and North Africa.
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[2026-05-01 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Bank of England policymakers must contend with the "most difficult combination" of economic effects, according to governor Andrew Bailey, as the U.K. faces the consequences of an energy price shock.
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[2026-05-01 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Shares in Domino’s Pizza, KFC operator Collins Foods and multi-brand food franchise owner Retail Food Group have all suffered double-digit falls
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[2026-05-01 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: State media has cast the deal as a security concern, while stressing Beijing remains open to foreign investment
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[2026-05-01 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: State media has cast the deal as a security concern, while stressing Beijing remains open to foreign investment
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[2026-05-01 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: With the Kalshi promo code NYPMAX, you can sign up for Oilers vs. Ducks — or any game in the NHL playoffs — and trade $10 to get $10 in prediction market bonuses.
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[2026-05-01 00:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The White House is reportedly fighting Anthropic’s plan to expand access to Claude Mythos – a powerful AI tool that company execs have warned could cause a wave of hacks and terror attacks if it fell into the wrong hands.
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[2026-05-01 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Amazon is staying in business with the Trumps.
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[2026-05-01 00:33 UTC+10:00] [Antitrust] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — A seemingly innocent manual on how the EU executive vets corporate deals is exposing differences between President Ursula von der Leyen and her number two in charge of competition, Teresa Ribera.
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[2026-05-01 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Bank of England has revealed some interesting details on the ways our finances might be affected as the conflict in the Middle East hits the economy.
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[2026-05-01 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Vice-Premier He Lifeng urges dialogue as both sides seek to manage differences and keep trade ties on steady footing
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[2026-05-01 00:25 UTC+10:00] [Scott Bessent] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Vice-Premier He Lifeng urges dialogue as both sides seek to manage differences and keep trade ties on steady footing
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