Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-19 06:03 UTC+10:00] [Cryptocurrencies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: SEC now classifies crypto into five categories, with securities laws only applicable to one: digital securities
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[2026-03-19 05:56 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Jetstar passengers travelling on some international flights are being booted from Qantas lounges under a rule change that brings an end to the era of easy lounge access for customers of the low-cost carrier.
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[2026-03-19 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Tom Hartley is a reporter for 7.30 based in Brisbane specialising in broadcast news and current affairs. Before commencing at the ABC, he worked at the Seven Network in Sydney as a senior reporter, and internationally with Sky News in the United Kingdom. With roots in regional Queensland, Tom’s now been in the field for 12 years.
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[2026-03-19 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: JPMorganChase announced the creation of a new Athlete Council oin Wednesday, which will focus on helping athletes navigate financial decisions early in their careers.
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[2026-03-19 05:06 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US stocks are sinking after another climb for oil prices raised worries about inflation, which may have been primed to worsen even before the war with Iran began.
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[2026-03-19 05:02 UTC+10:00] [US interest rates] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Jerome Powell resists Trump pressure as policymakers weigh energy shock against a weakening US jobs market
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[2026-03-19 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday voted 11-1 to hold interest rates in the current range as the war in Iran and conflicting economic signals throw snags in the path to rate cuts this year.
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[2026-03-19 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday voted to hold its key interest rate steady as policymakers navigate their way through higher-than-expected inflation readings, mixed signs on the labor market – and a war.
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[2026-03-19 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Meta Platforms has launched a new monetization initiative aimed at attracting established content creators, as competition intensifies with rivals TikTok and YouTube.
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[2026-03-19 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: When Alexandra Gold and Alexis Dalinka first started baking sourdough, they weren’t thinking about launching a business — they were thinking about survival.
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[2026-03-19 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US wholesale prices came in hotter than expected in February.
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[2026-03-19 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: In an attempt to ease soaring gasoline prices amid the war in Iran, President Trump on Wednesday announced a 60-day waiver on the Jones Act – a US shipping law that traces back more than a century and has been criticized for keeping energy prices sky-high.
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[2026-03-19 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson has warned that wedding planning site The Knot Worldwide could be violating federal law as it faces allegations of defrauding small business owners, The Post has learned.
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[2026-03-19 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia has dispatched two tankers carrying oil and gas to Cuba as the island grapples with a deepening energy crisis exacerbated by a U.S. oil blockade, the Financial Times reported Wednesday.
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[2026-03-19 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Meta announced it is signing a 10-year lease with Vornado Realty Trust to turn its Meta Lab location in Midtown Manhattan into a permanent flagship.
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[2026-03-19 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE ongoing war in the Middle East has been a severe disruption to the entire world, and has been particularly difficult for the Philippines. Not only have we experienced the shock of surging energy prices, which is a consequence of our near-total reliance on imports for fuel, the Gulf region is a major trade and travel hub that is now mostly impassable, and of course, our most critical concern is for the safety of the nearly 2 million Filipinos in
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[2026-03-19 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-19 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-19 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-19 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-19 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-19 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-19 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-19 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-19 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kalshi has been making a huge splash in the sports prediction space over the past year. The Kalshi promo code NYPMAX offers new users the chance to trade $10 and get $10 on their platform for various sports, including college basketball.
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[2026-03-19 02:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: X is down for many users, with a sharp spike in reported issues.
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[2026-03-19 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: JAKARTA, Indonesia, March 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Fintech lending plays an important role in Indonesia's economy by expanding financing access for households and micro-entrepreneurs. Through digital platforms, it strengthens household resilience, supports microbusiness growth, and stimulates economic circulation across sectors.
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[2026-03-19 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The financial cost of the Iran war to American taxpayers is being understated by officials and could balloon into the trillions of dollars over the long term, The Intercept has warned.
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[2026-03-19 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela's state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limitations, on Wednesday as the Trump administration looks for ways to boost world oil supplies during the Iran war.
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[2026-03-19 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Investors have flocked to gold IRAs to diversify their retirement savings as the asset soared well above $5,000 an ounce — but with that surge in popularity comes a wave of bad actors who have no business touching anyone’s retirement savings.
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[2026-03-19 01:50 UTC+10:00] [Stock Exchange of Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Securities and Futures Commission made several recommendations to improve the stock exchange’s regulations
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[2026-03-19 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A hotter-than-expected wholesale inflation reading for February had traders contemplating the possibility that the Federal Reserve won't be lowering interest rates at all this year.
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[2026-03-19 01:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump issued a 60-day waiver of a longstanding U.S. shipping law in an attempt to stabilize oil markets amid the Iran war, the White House confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday.
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[2026-03-19 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A failure to seize the moment amid soaring energy prices and act in the May budget could make voters turn their anger toward the federal government
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[2026-03-19 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: But analysts warn the strategy can only partially offset disruptions and that security risks remain high
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[2026-03-19 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, March 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Pylontech (688063.SH), a global energy storage system provider, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DAT Group Joint Stock Company, a leading provider of industrial automation and sustainable energy solutions in Vietnam. The agreement outlines a 150MWh energy storage deployment, marking an important step in Pylontech's continued expansion across Southeast Asia.
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[2026-03-19 00:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People and vehicles crowd at a popular market in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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[2026-03-19 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Demand for new AI data centers is surging, but they can't build themselves.
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[2026-03-19 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Organised Crime
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[2026-03-19 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BEIJING, March 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- During the 2026 Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW), SANY Foundation and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) , formalizing a cooperation framework covering disaster preparedness, emergency response, and early recovery for people in crisis worldwide.
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[2026-03-19 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Labor has floated the radical idea of shutting down tobacconists so that cigarettes are only sold in places like supermarkets as one way of curbing a flourishing tobacco black market, while revealing new laws to take on tobacco kingpins.
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[2026-03-18 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves visited Madrid on Wednesday to meet with Spanish businesses and agree on other ways to strengthen ties between both countries post-Brexit, including a short-stay work visa waiver.
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[2026-03-18 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Turkish government has tightened controls on the transit and re-export of military equipment and defence-related items to third countries through Turkey under a new regulation introduced on Monday.
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[2026-03-18 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vehicles move along the 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV assembly line at the General Motors Orion Assembly June 15, 2023, in Lake Orion, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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[2026-03-18 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The producer price index was expected to increase 0.3% in February.
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[2026-03-18 23:31 UTC+10:00] [Africa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Unit of Cosco Shipping reports 1.1 per cent profit increase on 6.2 per cent rise in throughput in 2025
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[2026-03-18 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Turkish government has tightened controls on the transit and re-export of military equipment and defence-related items to third countries through Turkey under a new regulation introduced on Monday.
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[2026-03-18 23:24 UTC+10:00] [Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun says one fourth of imported workers from various schemes are foreign passport holders
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[2026-03-18 23:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: This assistant got a little overzealous and then his boss gave him the business.
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[2026-03-18 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: INCHEON, South Korea, March 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SK bioscience announced on 18 that it has entered into a funding agreement with the Research Investment for Global Health Technology Foundation (RIGHT Foundation) to receive financial support for early clinical development of its RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) preventive monoclonal antibody candidate, RSM01.
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