Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-28 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Travelers hoping airfares will fall once jet fuel prices cool down could be in for a rude awakening.
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[2026-04-28 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: There are five G10 central bank meetings scheduled this week and not a single policy move is expected between them. That said, the signalling of policymakers will be crucial. For each of the BoJ, Fed, BoC, ECB and the BoE, the market will be watching to see how rate setters are gauging the two sided the risks to growth and inflation implied by the Iran war.
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[2026-04-28 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Business, Economics and Finance
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[2026-04-28 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong exchange’s approval is first step in plan to list asset on Shenzhen bourse as Beijing encourages Reit listings
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[2026-04-28 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong exchange’s approval is first step in plan to list asset on Shenzhen bourse as Beijing encourages Reit listings
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[2026-04-28 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As the death toll in Iran moves above 3,500 and energy bills rise for UK households, fossil fuel and weapons companies have seen their profits rise dramatically since the war by the US and Israel began two months ago.
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[2026-04-28 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Prime Minister Mark Carney responds to a question during an event in Ottawa on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-04-28 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Tomorrow marks exactly two months since the strikes on Iran began. As DB's Jim Reid writes, while there is currently a rolling, open ended ceasefire that started on 8 April, the risk of it collapsing at any point remains real. Just as the weekend news looked like it was leaning negatively though, last night reports came through that Iran have offered the US a fresh proposal to reopen the strait and end the war.
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[2026-04-28 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Coal miners in Russian-occupied Ukraine’s Luhansk region say they have been left without pay and facing mass layoffs after the company operating several major mines moved toward bankruptcy, deepening economic hardship in a region already battered by more than a decade of war.
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[2026-04-28 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Blue Cross Blue Shield will soon start sending payments to millions of Americans from its $2.67 billion fund in what is one of the largest antitrust settlements in the US healthcare industry.
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[2026-04-28 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Recent incidents in the Strait of Hormuz, from tanker disruptions to drone activity, have once again revived fears of a complete shutdown of the world’s most critical energy corridor. Yet this familiar framing is increasingly outdated. The real issue is no longer whether the strait will fully, and officially, be closed, but how it is being used while it remains partially open.
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[2026-04-27 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Although former reality star Spencer Pratt may have bested his rivals with his $539K fundraising haul in the Los Angeles mayor’s race, city council member Nithya Raman emerged as the preferred candidate of Hollywood’s creative class based on the Friday’s financial disclosure of the top mayoral candidates.
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[2026-04-27 23:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Samsung has been battered by the rise of Chinese TV and appliance makers. (Photo by Nikkei)
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[2026-04-27 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Beijing has barred seven EU-based entities from receiving Chinese dual-use goods, citing their involvement in arms trade with Taiwan.
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[2026-04-27 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Beijing has barred seven EU-based entities from receiving Chinese dual-use goods, citing their involvement in arms trade with Taiwan.
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[2026-04-27 23:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Deal for massive grid storage system shows that CATL has ‘overcome all the challenges in mass-producing sodium-ion batteries’, company says
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[2026-04-27 23:16 UTC+10:00] [CATL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Deal for massive grid storage system shows that CATL has ‘overcome all the challenges in mass-producing sodium-ion batteries’, company says
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[2026-04-27 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prof. Yaniv Dover, Associate Professor of Marketing and Vice Dean for Research at the Hebrew University Business School, started his academic career as a physics major. It wasn’t until he was in the middle of his PhD. program that he decided to switch to the social sciences, because he felt he could make a greater impact in that field.
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[2026-04-27 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Risk sentiment improved overnight on another Axios report that Iran has given the US a new proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz with more detailed nuclear talks expected later. Oil pares early gains, and US equity futures jumped although they have also pared gains since and are trading flat as traders await a huge week of earnings (44% of the S&P by mkt cap is set to report) and central bank decisions (Fed, BOJ, ECB, BOE and BOC all
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[2026-04-27 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A rival provincial powerhouse, with a GDP as big as some G7 nations, is becoming a hub for strategic emerging sectors while outpacing the national economic growth rate
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[2026-04-27 22:30 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A rival provincial powerhouse, with a GDP as big as some G7 nations, is becoming a hub for strategic emerging sectors while outpacing the national economic growth rate
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[2026-04-27 22:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Qualcomm shares rose in premarket trading Monday following reports that it's partnering with OpenAI to create smartphone processing chips to advance the AI firm's hardware ambitions.
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[2026-04-27 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Nearly half an hour into a conference call on Friday to discuss first-quarter results with analysts, Customers Bank CEO Sam Sidhu revealed something unusual — up until that point, he hadn't actually been speaking.
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[2026-04-27 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 12-point document pledges stronger protections for gig-economy workforce, which has rapidly grown amid China’s economic slowdown
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[2026-04-27 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Mengzi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 12-point document pledges stronger protections for gig-economy workforce, which has rapidly grown amid China’s economic slowdown
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[2026-04-27 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A new secondary market platform dedicated to contemporary art from the UAE and the wider region is set to launch next month, with its inaugural auction to be held in Dubai.
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[2026-04-27 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Earnings top estimates as multinational pharmaceutical firms ramp up investment and partnerships in China
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[2026-04-27 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Earnings top estimates as multinational pharmaceutical firms ramp up investment and partnerships in China
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[2026-04-27 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The deal will cut or remove tariffs on 95 per cent of New Zealand’s exports to India, with all Indian exports to New Zealand duty free
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[2026-04-27 21:11 UTC+10:00] [Wellington] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The deal will cut or remove tariffs on 95 per cent of New Zealand’s exports to India, with all Indian exports to New Zealand duty free
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[2026-04-27 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Axon, formerly TASER International, has evolved beyond its roots as a police-tech vendor and is now positioning itself to soon be a major importer of drone and counter-drone technology after a series of deals with Ukrainian defense companies.
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[2026-04-27 20:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Police said Monday they have launched an investigation into four companies suspected of hoarding medical syringes in violation of a government ban amid a shortage caused by the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-04-27 20:45 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 27, 2026 20:45 | News
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[2026-04-27 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Police said Monday they have launched an investigation into four companies suspected of hoarding medical syringes in violation of a government ban amid a shortage caused by the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-04-27 20:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay, left, talks with Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal during the India New Zealand Free Trade Agreement signing ceremony and Business forum meeting in New Delhi, India, Monday, April 27, 2026. ( AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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[2026-04-27 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Chinese toymaker is launching two limited-edition Labubu-themed mini-refrigerators priced at US$878 each
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[2026-04-27 20:15 UTC+10:00] [Wang Ning] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Chinese toymaker is launching two limited-edition Labubu-themed mini-refrigerators priced at US$878 each
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[2026-04-27 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Monday's agreement follows a deal reached in February whereby Seoul and Google appeared to end a yearslong dispute over Google's request to store high-precision map data on its overseas servers for its Google Maps service. © Reuters
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[2026-04-27 20:09 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-27 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fuel-processing sector pivots to profit while tech gains shield margins from modest revenue growth, highlighting an efficiency-led rally over a demand recovery
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[2026-04-27 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fuel-processing sector pivots to profit while tech gains shield margins from modest revenue growth, highlighting an efficiency-led rally over a demand recovery
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[2026-04-27 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The former home of legendary landscaper Paul Bangay is up for sale and could soon have a new owner.
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[2026-04-27 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Tariffs continue to rattle investors, yet they didn’t factor into my 2026 stock forecast. Why? Consider the “four e’s” – expectations, exemptions, evasion, and enforceability. They ensure the ups and downs of President Trump’s current and future levies pose more economic bark than bite.
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[2026-04-27 19:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Owner of Ming Kee Seafood Restaurant on Po Toi Island says he is hoping someone will take over his business but customers have dwindled
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[2026-04-27 19:53 UTC+10:00] [Ming Kee Seafood Restaurant] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Owner of Ming Kee Seafood Restaurant on Po Toi Island says he is hoping someone will take over his business but customers have dwindled
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[2026-04-27 19:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. received the KESHET Award for promoting gender equality in corporations from The Association of Publicly Traded Companies at the organization’s annual IPO conference at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, the company announced.
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[2026-04-27 19:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: China's National Development and Reform Commission has announced a veto on the acquisition of Chinese-founded agentic AI company Manus by Meta on security grounds. © Getty Images
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[2026-04-27 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Technology tycoons Elon Musk and Sam Altman are poised to face off in a high-stakes trial revolving around the alleged betrayal, deceit and unbridled ambition that blurred the bickering billionaires’ once-shared vision for the development of artificial intelligence.
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[2026-04-27 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: From tariff turmoil and stock shocks to market meltdowns, the global financial system has never been in such flux.
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[2026-04-27 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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