Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-17 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-03-17 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-03-17 06:22 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Just a few months after Warren Buffett convened a series of high-end dinners across America to collect signatures for something called the Giving Pledge, he was feeling optimistic about his new idea for philanthropy.
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[2026-03-17 06:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Bill Gates-backed campaign urging billionaires to donate most of their fortunes to good causes is reportedly facing backlash as tech moguls mock the philanthropy club and Gates’ recently revealed ties to late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continue to shadow the initiative.
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[2026-03-17 06:01 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-17 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Dmitry Trenin, a research professor at the Higher School of Economics and a lead research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. He is also a member of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
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[2026-03-17 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Dmitry Trenin, a research professor at the Higher School of Economics and a lead research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. He is also a member of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
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[2026-03-17 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Raising interest rates today won't solve the energy crisis and it won't push oil prices lower, Ian Verrender writes. (AAP Image: Flavio Brancaleone)
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[2026-03-17 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The market thinks the likelihood of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lifting interest rates today is 71 per cent.
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[2026-03-17 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Reno, Nevada, once known as the nation’s “quick-divorce capital,” is reinventing itself as a landing pad for Californians fleeing the Golden State’s punishing housing costs.
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[2026-03-17 05:26 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: As the war in Iran enters its third week, one major beneficiary has emerged.It's not US President Donald Trump, who is facing meagre-at-best support for the conflict at home, and who repeatedly claims the war is "won" while at the same time asking allies and even China to help get crucial commodities moving.It's not Iran, which has launched hundreds of missiles and thousands of drones to cause global economic chaos but has had its supreme leader assassinated, other senior officials
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[2026-03-17 05:25 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-03-17 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Travelers could soon see summer air travel tickets jump by more than $100 as the oil economy continues to reel from the war on Iran, sending jet fuel prices sky-high, The Post has learned.
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[2026-03-17 05:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: NEW YORK (AP) — A bipartisan group of 13 attorneys general sued the financial company OneMain Financial on Monday, alleging the company placed unwanted additional products and other hidden costs on its loans that led to higher costs for its borrowers.
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[2026-03-17 05:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: VCU head coach Phil Martelli Jr., right, standing, and associate head coach and younger brother Jimmy Martelli (kneeling, left) watch from the sideline during the Rams’ victory over Dayton in the NCAA Atlantic-10 championship basketball game Sunday, March 15, 2026 in Pittsburgh. (Pittsburgh Tribune Review/Chaz Palla via AP)
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[2026-03-17 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: HAVANA (AP) — Officials in Cuba reported an island-wide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen. Cuba has blamed its woes on a U.S. energy blockade after President Donald Trump in January warned of tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to it.
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[2026-03-17 05:11 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices are down, and stocks are up, though such moves have been quick to reverse since the war in Iran began.
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[2026-03-17 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Phoenix Suns’ owner Mat Ishbia stands near the court after their win over San Antonio Spurs at the end of an NBA basketball game in Phoenix, Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb, file)
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[2026-03-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Qantas is embracing artificial intelligence to enhance operational reliability rather than simply to cut costs, says its chief executive, as a range of industries grapple with the impact of technological change.
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[2026-03-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: To date, the US remains the most capable military power in the world. But the distribution of economic and technological influence has shifted significantly. (Reuters: Kevin Lamarque)
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[2026-03-17 04:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Tenants paying top dollar for modern New York City apartments are battling chronic maintenance issues.
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[2026-03-17 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Saks Global — owner of luxury stores including Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus — is cutting over 1,200 jobs as it shutters more than a dozen locations nationwide following its bankruptcy filing earlier this year.
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[2026-03-17 04:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Apollo's John Zito had a blunt assessment of how private equity firms are valuing their software holdings as shares of comparable public tech companies have plunged: They're not, he said.
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[2026-03-17 04:05 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-17 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russians’ psychological well-being has worsened as financial anxiety grows and hopes for a quick end to the war in Ukraine fade, according to a February survey by the Russian Academy of Sciences’ (RAS) Institute of Psychology.
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[2026-03-17 03:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An Encino home where Elisabeth Shue’s character Ali lived in “The Karate Kid” is back on the market for $4.99 million.
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[2026-03-17 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LAS VEGAS, March 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026, one of the world's largest construction machinery exhibitions, was held from March 3 to 7 in Las Vegas. Leading Chinese construction machinery manufacturer XCMG has presented a strong exhibition of equipment and integrated solutions tailored for the North American market.
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[2026-03-17 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 17, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-03-17 03:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields warms up before an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints on Dec. 21, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ella Hall, File)
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[2026-03-17 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kouri Richins, the Utah mom accused of killing her husband and writing a children’s book about her kids’ grief, offed him because she was an aggressive social climber who couldn’t deal with the debt she racked up as an “incompetent” business owner, prosecutors said in blistering closing arguments Monday.
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[2026-03-17 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The European Union is losing credibility because it is not pushing back against the US, former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said. He criticized the bloc’s passive stance on the Iran war and a trade deal with Washington, according to Politico.
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[2026-03-17 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has formally completed the roster of private sector representatives for the Philippine Creative Industries Development Council (PCIDC), filling the remaining seats for the nation’s nine recognized creative domains.
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[2026-03-17 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WHEN a Filipino economist recently warned that a Sara Duterte presidency would be “full of fiscal risks,” the claim sparked controversy, not because it was outrageous, but because it captured only part of a more complicated reality. A fuller examination of Duterte’s record as a local executive reveals a leader whose economic governance resists simple categorization, confounding both her critics and her supporters.
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Meta’s stock jumped more than 3% in early Monday trading on news that Mark Zuckerberg’s company is planning to cut more than 20% of the company’s workforce as it ramps up spending on artificial intelligence.
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[2026-03-17 02:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States-Israeli war on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes across the Gulf region have upended global financial and energy markets, raising concerns of a global economic crisis – and even of a recession.
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[2026-03-17 02:49 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: By imposing massive costs on the global economy, the Iranian government hopes to cause the US to back down
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[2026-03-17 02:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mental-health experts advising OpenAI are reportedly furious over the company’s push to roll out an erotic chatbot that one adviser warned could become a “sexy suicide coach.”
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[2026-03-17 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Bank of America has settled a civil lawsuit brought by women who accused the bank of facilitating their sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein, court records showed on Monday.
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[2026-03-17 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: In case Patrick Mahomes isn’t ready to play Week 1, the Chiefs turned to the Jets – of all places – for quarterback help.
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[2026-03-17 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Brent crude oil held above $100 per barrel on Monday, pushing national average gasoline prices to their highest level since October 2023 as President Trump urged allies to help protect oil tankers from Iranian attacks in the key Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-17 01:44 UTC+10:00] [ByteDance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese tech companies are aggressively promoting the deployment of the AI agent amid a nationwide frenzy
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