Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-07 17:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The charge against the daughter of late former finance minister Daim Zainuddin centres on an allegedly incomplete asset declaration
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[2026-04-07 17:02 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Red Metal Limited has delivered a high-value Easter surprise, rewarding its loyal backers with a direct slice of one of Australia’s most promising silver and copper-gold development plays. The company has unveiled plans for a major in-specie distribution of its ASX-listed Maronan Metals shares, a tactical move aimed at unlocking the full potential of both entities.
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[2026-04-07 16:35 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: TMK Energy has continued to turn up the gas at its flagship Gurvantes XXXV Project in Mongolia’s South Gobi Basin, stacking up a string of record-breaking production results from its latest wells at the pilot project as it edges closer to commercial flow rates.
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[2026-04-07 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Officials from major global investment banks and local lenders said Tuesday volatility in the South Korean foreign exchange (FX) market is expected to ease when tensions in the Middle East subside given the country's solid economic fundamentals and stable foreign currency liquidity, according to the finance ministry.
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[2026-04-07 16:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Bill Ackman's Pershing Square said Tuesday it is planning to buy Universal Music Group in a cash and stock deal.
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[2026-04-07 16:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-04-07 16:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: China’s Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. is rapidly closing in on the world’s top makers of NAND flash memory, scaling production and advancing into higher-layer chips at a faster-than-expected pace. Korean chipmakers, long dominant in the market, are accelerating their shift to advanced nodes to defend their technological lead against a fast-rising Chinese challenger once seen as a clear underdog.
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[2026-04-07 16:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute survey was conducted across Southeast Asia between Jan. 5 and Feb. 20, before the outbreak of the war with Iran. © Reuters
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[2026-04-07 16:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea saw a sharp increase in the number of companies facing potential delisting in the first quarter as regulators stepped up efforts to tighten market oversight.
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[2026-04-07 16:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Today, Georgia positions itself as one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing economies on the European map. Despite a complex regional geopolitical landscape and global challenges, the country has successfully maintained political stability while consistently improving its economic indicators.
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[2026-04-07 15:55 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Queensland’s residential care system for at-risk children has lurched into a “financial catastrophe” as costs balloon past $1 billion a year, an inquiry has heard.
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[2026-04-07 15:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sports industry experts stress importance of good support services for athletes after government updates plan to meet international standards
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[2026-04-07 15:55 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong Sports Institute] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sports industry experts stress importance of good support services for athletes after government updates plan to meet international standards
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[2026-04-07 15:46 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: True North Copper has launched reverse-circulation (RC) and diamond drilling at its Wallace North copper-gold deposit in northwest Queensland, in a fresh program aimed at growing a near-mine resource and feeding crucial technical work for upcoming development studies.
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[2026-04-07 15:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Finance authorities will expand policy financing programs and ease bond refinancing burdens for companies affected by the prolonged crisis in the Middle East, the financial regulator said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-07 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-07 15:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- The Bank of Korea (BOK) said Tuesday it held a joint seminar with the Bank of France on digital assets and climate change to discuss their impact on the economy and the role of central banks in the fast-changing financial environment.
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[2026-04-07 15:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Four months after a sweeping data breach that put its dominance in question, e-commerce giant Coupang has held, if not tightened, its grip on the country's online retail market, data showed Tuesday.
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[2026-04-07 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, economic and planning adviser to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, says that while there is pressure on the energy system due to the Iran war, "there is no nationwide fuel supply collapse." (Photo by Faisal Mahmud)
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[2026-04-07 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Private equity] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: These companies now own everything from nurseries to care homes, squeezing vital services for profit while we foot the bill
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[2026-04-07 14:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Number of outgoing residents up 14.3 per cent year on year to 2.1 million, but more inbound visitors over same period leads to high hotel occupancy
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[2026-04-07 14:55 UTC+10:00] [Edward Leung Hei] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Number of outgoing residents up 14.3 per cent year on year to 2.1 million, but more inbound visitors over same period leads to high hotel occupancy
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[2026-04-07 14:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: BYD vehicles are produced at the company's new factory in Camacari, in the Brazilian state of Bahia, on Feb. 3. © Reuters
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[2026-04-07 14:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vietnam’s top leader To Lam swears in as the country’s president in Hanoi, Vietnam Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Duong Van Giang/VNA via AP)
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[2026-04-07 14:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HAVANA (AP) — Two US lawmakers called for a permanent solution to Cuba’s crises after witnessing the effects of a US energy blockade during an official visit to the island.
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[2026-04-07 14:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Australian data center builder Firmus is looking to expand at home and across the region. (Source photos by AP and screenshot from Firmus' website)
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[2026-04-07 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With the UAE under fire from Iranian missies, wealthy investors are turning to Italy’s flat-tax haven
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[2026-04-07 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Exclusive Content] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-04-07 13:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Iran war is affecting daily life in Japan, impacting local ferry services, food prices and public baths. (Source photos by Nankai Ferry/Kyodo and Akitoshi Sugiura)
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[2026-04-07 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei index at a securities firm Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-04-07 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Downside risks to the South Korean economy are increasing amid the prolonged conflict in the Middle East as rising global oil prices and supply chain disruptions could have broader negative impacts on prices, consumption and exports, a state-run think tank said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-07 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on the Iran war
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[2026-04-07 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: There is little doubt that the crisis caused by Iran’s threatening of civilian shipping the Strait of Hormuz is now a global one. However, the clamour surrounding energy shortages, market fluctuations and disrupted supply chains can obscure the price being paid by one of the most vulnerable communities in the eye of the storm – the estimated 20,000 seafarers trapped in the Gulf.
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[2026-04-07 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The rising number of attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure is likely to lead to higher prices and affect economic growth in the region, according to analysts.
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[2026-04-07 12:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares continued to trade higher late Tuesday morning despite paring some of the earlier gains, as retail and foreign investors turned to net selling and caution grew ahead of a deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump for a peace deal with Iran.
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[2026-04-07 12:38 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: GC Wellbeing announced Tuesday that it contracted a deal for exporting GCelle Rebornne to Japan, accelerating its expansion into the Asian medical aesthetics market.
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[2026-04-07 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Convenience store chain Wawa is recalling certain company-branded drinks due to an undeclared milk allergen.
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[2026-04-07 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A women uses an iPhone mobile device as she passes a lighted Apple logo at the Apple store at Grand Central Terminal in New York City on April 14, 2023. The company's long-awaited entry into the foldable smartphone market is encountering some engineering testing issues, Nikkei Asia has learned. © Reuters
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[2026-04-07 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Record payouts come as regulators push listed companies to enhance dividend frequency and predictability
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[2026-04-07 12:30 UTC+10:00] [Agricultural Bank of China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Record payouts come as regulators push listed companies to enhance dividend frequency and predictability
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[2026-04-07 12:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Government-backed Reshoring Investment Accounts are beginning to draw capital back from overseas markets, with balances at Samsung Securities surpassing 100 billion won ($66.2 million) less than two weeks after the program's launch.
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[2026-04-07 12:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BANGKOK, April 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Mula-X today announced the rollout of Passkeys+ from Ideem, potentially replacing SMS-based OTPs with biometric, device-bound authentication across its digital wallet platform. With this move Mula-X has positioned themselves as an industry leader by delivering a significantly improved user experience while also automatically strengthening security for its users.
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[2026-04-07 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of Samsung Electronics rose as much as 4.8% on Tuesday after the South Korean technology giant forecast record quarterly profit amid strong demand for artificial intelligence chips. Shares later pared gains to trade up 0.52%.In its preliminary earnings guidance, Samsung projected its operating profit for the January-March quarter to reach 57.2 trillion won ($37.8 billion), up more than eightfold from just 6.69 trillion won a year ago.
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[2026-04-07 11:59 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 7, 2026 — 11:59am
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[2026-04-07 11:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Posco Group is stepping up its artificial intelligence transformation with a 7 billion won ($4.6 million) investment in robotics engineering firm Brils, a specialist in automation system design.
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[2026-04-07 11:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LONDON (Reuters) -- The Strait of Hormuz's closure and the resulting surge in global oil prices have handed financial windfalls to Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia, while other states that lack alternative shipment routes have lost billions of dollars, a Reuters analysis found.
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[2026-04-07 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Celltrion Inc., a leading South Korean biopharmaceutical company, said Tuesday its biosimilar Truxima, used to treat blood cancers, claimed the largest share of prescriptions in the United States in February.
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[2026-04-07 11:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-07 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo met with the leaders of Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence (AI) companies last week as his business group aims to accelerate its AI transformation drive, the conglomerate said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-07 10:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Wall Street stocks pushed higher Monday on hopes for a ceasefire in the Middle East conflict even as oil prices also climbed.
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