Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-31 00:21 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A century ago, compounding pharmacies helped people get bespoke drugs. Now these less-regulated businesses are fueling the peptide boom
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[2026-07-31 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Having collapsed to its weakest relative to the dollar in 40 years, it appears the Ministry of Finance and Bank of Japan has had enough and intervened.
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[2026-07-31 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The US economy grew at a far weaker than expected pace in the second quarter despite a pickup in consumer spending and solid business investment. According to the BEA, GDP (inflation adjusted) rose just 1.5% in the period, according to the first estimate issued Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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[2026-07-31 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
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[2026-07-30 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Courts cannot be used as an alternative wage board to overturn minimum wage decisions reached through the country’s tripartite wage-setting system, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) asserted on Thursday as it opposed a petition seeking to halt Metro Manila’s P85 daily wage increase.
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[2026-07-30 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has formally reaffirmed the Philippines’ full compliance with global maritime training and certification standards, confirming the nation’s continued inclusion on the agency’s official "White List" of recognized seafaring countries.
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[2026-07-30 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington’s expanding trade crackdown targets household electronics, focusing crosshairs on overseas firms supplying American homes
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[2026-07-30 23:30 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington’s expanding trade crackdown targets household electronics, focusing crosshairs on overseas firms supplying American homes
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[2026-07-30 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Central banks bought a record 289 tonnes of gold in the second quarter, a 74 per cent annual increase, as geopolitical uncertainty strengthened the case for bullion as a reserve asset, the World Gold Council said.
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[2026-07-30 23:21 UTC+10:00] [US economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Consumer spending remained resilient even as policymakers kept interest rates on hold
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[2026-07-30 23:17 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s shadow is set to loom over the British economy as the Bank of England on Thursday warned fresh conflict in Iran could send prices soaring.
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[2026-07-30 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The $24 billion hedge fund founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner unwound all of its public stock holdings after big losses on artificial intelligence companies and a bad bet against software shares left it scrambling to raise cash, according to people familiar with the matter.
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[2026-07-30 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The United States and Iran each fired barrages of missiles Thursday, as the pattern of back-and-forth strikes took hold again and hope dimmed for any quick resolution.
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[2026-07-30 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Despite the Middle East conflict, US consumer spending has remained resilient, in part thanks to bigger tax refunds this year
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[2026-07-30 22:56 UTC+10:00] [Fifa World Cup] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Despite the Middle East conflict, US consumer spending has remained resilient, in part thanks to bigger tax refunds this year
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[2026-07-30 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Samsung Electronics delivered another good quarter last night, underscoring that the AI infrastructure boom appears to continue to funneling enormous profits toward the companies supplying the memory chips powering. Shares were up 10% at one point but finished the session red.
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[2026-07-30 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chief executive meets members of Council of Advisers, including Sun Piaoyang of Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals and StarFive Semiconductor Technology CEO Xu Tao
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[2026-07-30 22:54 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chief executive meets members of Council of Advisers, including Sun Piaoyang of Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals and StarFive Semiconductor Technology CEO Xu Tao
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[2026-07-30 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A senior Russian Industry and Trade Ministry official overseeing drone development has been arrested and placed in pre-trial detention, Russian media reported Thursday.
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[2026-07-30 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Valery Kustov, founder and majority shareholder of major Russian agribusiness group Efko, has been arrested in Moscow in connection with a fraud investigation alongside several of the company’s executives and a senior Industry and Trade Ministry official, Russian media reported Thursday.
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[2026-07-30 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Kevin Warsh speaks at a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-07-30 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Deal to buy Orchard Road complex from entity owned by Wharf Real Estate Investment is first by developer’s Singapore investment fund
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[2026-07-30 22:46 UTC+10:00] [Michael Smith] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Deal to buy Orchard Road complex from entity owned by Wharf Real Estate Investment is first by developer’s Singapore investment fund
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[2026-07-30 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-30 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: After three months of significant acceleration in prices, The Fed's favorite inflation indicator - Core PCE (a measure of price changes in consumer goods and services that excludes volatile food and energy costs) - was expected to slow in June data released today.
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[2026-07-30 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Mustafa Suleyman leads development of Microsoft's in-house MAI family of artificial intelligence models. (Photo by Ryotaro Yamada)
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[2026-07-30 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Economic growth was weaker than expected in the second quarter while inflation in June held well above the Federal Reserve's goal, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
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[2026-07-30 22:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Qatar's damaged liquefied natural gas production could take until the first quarter of next year to fully repair, Shell said on Thursday, as the first Qatari LNG tanker in three weeks sailed through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-07-30 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance
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[2026-07-30 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures rebound (for now) following yesterday’s Fed-induced meltdown as the market is clearly questioning Warsh’s credibility and potential usage of non-standard tools to fight inflation, pushing the yield curve to twist steeper and sending 30Y yields to 2 decade highs (last at 5.22%). Pre-mkt, the yield curve is seeing further twist-steepening with 10s and 30s up 1 and 3bp with 2s down 1bp.
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[2026-07-30 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: South Korean market authorities are weighing a more aggressive plan to stabilize the Kospi after July's record selloff sent the main equity index slicing through its 50-, 100- and 200-day moving averages like butter.
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[2026-07-30 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Surging operational costs and strained municipal budgets are forcing mainland transit authorities to review long-suppressed fares
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[2026-07-30 21:30 UTC+10:00] [Shentong Metro] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Surging operational costs and strained municipal budgets are forcing mainland transit authorities to review long-suppressed fares
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[2026-07-30 21:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s economy has recorded its biggest quarterly contraction since the Covid-19 pandemic as the US-Iran war weighs heavily on the oil sector.
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[2026-07-30 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Bank of England has left its key interest rate unchanged at 3.75%, in line with economists' expectations.
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[2026-07-30 21:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: State pension fund’s OCIO push raises fears of market distortion and weaker foreign investor interest
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[2026-07-30 21:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Bae Jae-kyu, CEO of Korea Investment Management and widely regarded as the "father" of South Korea's exchange-traded fund market, said Thursday that single-stock leveraged products tracking Samsung Electronics and SK hynix should be allowed to fade out naturally rather than be forcibly delisted.
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[2026-07-30 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Zambia: Economic test looms for next administration
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[2026-07-30 21:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won purchased a total of 3,620 shares of SK hynix Inc. in the open market, the company said in a regulatory filing Thursday, marking the first such move from the executive.
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[2026-07-30 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England kept its key interest rate on hold for the fifth time this year on Thursday after a bigger-than-expected drop in the inflation rate last month gave policymakers breathing space to assess the fallout from renewed fighting in Iran.
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[2026-07-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese makers drive into upmarket segment and catch up with foreign peers in design and engine development
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[2026-07-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese makers drive into upmarket segment and catch up with foreign peers in design and engine development
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[2026-07-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Wildfires] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The White House seems committed to ecocide. The EU should harness the power of the single market to force it to change course
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[2026-07-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-30 20:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won bought 3,620 shares of SK hynix on Thursday, marking his first personal investment in the chipmaker and signaling confidence in its long-term prospects.
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[2026-07-30 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Fifa president Gianni Infantino has given the organisation's 211 member federations until September 19 to support a private investment proposal that could provide each association with up to $40 million in funding.
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[2026-07-30 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Prosecutor General Alexander Gutsan has dismissed the senior official who spearheaded the Russian government’s wave of private asset seizures since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the newspaper Kommersant reported Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
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[2026-07-30 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Regulator action comes amid broader push to strengthen IPO safeguards after rapid market recovery
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[2026-07-30 20:44 UTC+10:00] [Bright Smart Securities International (HK)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Regulator action comes amid broader push to strengthen IPO safeguards after rapid market recovery
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[2026-07-30 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: London’s marine insurance market has expanded the section of the Red Sea it classifies as high risk following renewed Houthi attacks on commercial vessels.
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