Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-28 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi speaks at the U.S. Iraq Business Summit at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Friday, July 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., file)
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[2026-07-28 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: President Sheikh Mohamed and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reviewed efforts to strengthen long-standing ties during a phone call on Tuesday.
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[2026-07-28 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures extend Monday's losses as the Tech tape continues to unravel; global Semis were hit yesterday and again overnight (despite the best attempts of Goldman and JPM to force retail to buy the falling knives) with Asian stocks and especially Korea (-10%) bearing the brunt with fears of Chinese competition accelerating the sell-off and then spilling back over into the US.
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[2026-07-28 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Nate Kostar via CoinTelegraph.com,
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[2026-07-28 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: China’s largest memory-chip maker, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), has become the mainland’s most valuable listed company after its shares jumped more than five fold on their market debut.
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[2026-07-28 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraqi authorities have seized 2.5 billion Iraqi dinars ($1.9 million) from the home of a former senior finance official, who is now being held on corruption charges.
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[2026-07-28 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: “Cagayan is both geographically and economically primed to serve as our gateway to space and host the country's first spaceport," President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared in his fifth State of the Nation Address.
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[2026-07-28 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The country has maintained relatively warm ties with Beijing even as the bloc has toughened its stance on trade
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[2026-07-28 21:03 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The country has maintained relatively warm ties with Beijing even as the bloc has toughened its stance on trade
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[2026-07-28 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BERLIN — Volkswagen’s premium brand Audi must work with the group toward a comprehensive restructuring, the subsidiary’s finance chief said on Monday, after reporting a weak second quarter hit by falling sales in China and the United States.
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[2026-07-28 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — The Bank of England (BoE) looks set to keep interest rates unchanged at 3.75 percent on Thursday, despite a recent spike in oil prices above $100 a barrel which may test whether it can avoid raising borrowing costs in response to the US-Iran conflict.
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[2026-07-28 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh isn't likely to oversee an increase in interest rates at this week's Fed meeting, for at least three reasons.
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[2026-07-28 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Yankees need bats. Desperately. They completed the weekend having mustered more than five runs just twice in the past 33 games.
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[2026-07-28 20:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Gold declined ahead of a potentially divisive decision on US interest rates later this week, while a fragile pause in Middle East hostilities soothed inflation fears.
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[2026-07-28 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Insurer joins global scramble to serve Asian clients looking to transfer wealth to next generation via insurance products
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[2026-07-28 20:58 UTC+10:00] [HSBC Life] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Insurer joins global scramble to serve Asian clients looking to transfer wealth to next generation via insurance products
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[2026-07-28 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Third edition of annual e-commerce event has attracted a record number of local brands across mainland and Asean editions, organiser says
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[2026-07-28 20:47 UTC+10:00] [Lazada] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Third edition of annual e-commerce event has attracted a record number of local brands across mainland and Asean editions, organiser says
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[2026-07-28 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Three days after SpaceX’s blockbuster public debut, Rep. William Timmons bought as much as $100,000 of the rocket company's stock.
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[2026-07-28 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: HKMA warns of second‑half risks from potential AI asset corrections and uncertainty over the US rate path
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[2026-07-28 20:10 UTC+10:00] [Artificial intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: HKMA warns of second‑half risks from potential AI asset corrections and uncertainty over the US rate path
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[2026-07-28 20:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Cars are lined up for export at Shanghai's port on July 14. (China Daily via Reuters)
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[2026-07-28 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing says it ‘never deliberately pursued a trade surplus’ and that its strong exports are driven by innovation, not subsidies or overcapacity
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[2026-07-28 20:00 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing says it ‘never deliberately pursued a trade surplus’ and that its strong exports are driven by innovation, not subsidies or overcapacity
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[2026-07-28 19:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's first project for investment in the United States under a bilateral trade deal is likely to be a power plant, government sources said Tuesday.
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[2026-07-28 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Sir Christopher Nolan's latest film, The Odyssey, may have won rave reviews from critics and done storming business at the box office - but one person is definitely not happy.
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[2026-07-28 19:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: ASML's stock fell Tuesday after a report that China is mass-producing a critical tool that the Dutch tech giant has long held a monopoly over.
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[2026-07-28 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Taxpayers and parents of the 270,000 students in Catholic schools across NSW all have good cause to be disgusted by the evidence of financial abuse and breathtaking entitlement aired during a major corruption inquiry on Tuesday. They also have a right to demand answers.
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[2026-07-28 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's first project for investment in the United States under a bilateral trade deal is likely to be a power plant, government sources said Tuesday.
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[2026-07-28 19:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. Treasury yields continued to retreat on Tuesday as traders await this week's Federal Reserve interest rate decision, while the ongoing pause in U.S.-Iran hostilities sent oil prices lower, raising hopes of a more sustainable ceasefire arrangement.
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[2026-07-28 19:03 UTC+10:00] [Stock markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Samsung and SK Hynix fall by more than 10% amid renewed fears over AI spending and Chinese competition
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[2026-07-28 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: CCB holds the largest CXMT stake among the five banks at 1.714 per cent while BoC owns the smallest position at 0.38 per cent
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[2026-07-28 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Bank of China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: CCB holds the largest CXMT stake among the five banks at 1.714 per cent while BoC owns the smallest position at 0.38 per cent
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[2026-07-28 18:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has offered $5.5 billion to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits claiming that its talcum powder products caused ovarian cancer, the company said on Monday.
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[2026-07-28 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Welcome to The Manila Times, where we bring you stories that shape our world. Today is July 28th.
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[2026-07-28 18:30 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Bernard Arnault, Europe’s richest man, has rejected claims he doesn’t hire “fat” people in a letter ridiculing a newspaper investigation into his business empire.
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[2026-07-28 18:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi clean energy company Masdar and Montenegro’s national power utility, Elektroprivreda Crne Gore, have signed agreements to develop two solar projects and a hydro energy storage project.
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[2026-07-28 18:17 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-07-28 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japan Meteorological Agency website
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[2026-07-28 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dual listing on Bursa Malaysia and HKEX comes as Hong Kong officials further expand financial ties beyond mainland China
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[2026-07-28 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dual listing on Bursa Malaysia and HKEX comes as Hong Kong officials further expand financial ties beyond mainland China
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[2026-07-28 17:57 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Sacked Four Corners reporter Mahmood Fazal has accused his critics of betraying the ABC and portraying him a diversity hire amid the fallout from the retraction of two of his programs on Australia’s drug trade.
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[2026-07-28 17:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Stock indexes were down across major Asian markets on July 28, following declines on Wall Street and fears over stiffer Chinese competition. (Photo by Ahn Seong-bok)
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[2026-07-28 17:33 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Bulls N’ Bears Big Hits looks at notable drill hits recently reported to the ASX, led by Broken Hill Mines’ Centenary Zone in the Rasp mine at Broken Hill in NSW and followed by Gorilla Gold’s Sovereign Zone at Comet Vale, 100km north of Kalgoorlie and Meeka Metals’ Turnberry Mine at the company’s Murchison gold project, 50km northwest of Meekatharra.
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[2026-07-28 17:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The number of companies at the Dubai International Financial Centre grew at a record pace in the first half of this year despite uncertainty over the Iran war, as the emirate’s financial hub continued to attract banks, wealth and asset managers, and hedge funds from around the globe.
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[2026-07-28 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A shopping mall in Beijing. Falling home prices have generated a persistent negative wealth effect that continues to weigh on Chinese consumers.
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[2026-07-28 17:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Clinton Foundation unveiled a new initiative Monday to help state and local governments develop and enact nonpartisan policy solutions to improve health outcomes, especially for women and children, economic security and democracy.
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[2026-07-28 17:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks crashed more than 10 percent Tuesday as investors sold off tech shares on intensifying doubts over the future of large-scale investment into artificial intelligence infrastructure. The local currency strengthened against the US dollar.
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[2026-07-28 17:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Kristofor Lawson is a Regional Content Producer with ABC News based in regional Victoria. Kris lives in the Macedon Ranges and has a passion for covering big ideas and the people making them happen. Prior to re-joining the ABC, Kris produced a range of independent podcasts including the IT journalism award-winning technology podcast Moonshot, and the business interview series Building A Unicorn.
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[2026-07-28 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In May, a company that did not exist two years ago became a unicorn. Kela, founded in the summer of 2024, raised $200 million at a $1.2 billion valuation, led by Stripes and D1, with Bill Ackman and Eric Schmidt in the round, on top of the $100m. it had already taken from Sequoia, Lux Capital, and In-Q-Tel, the CIA's investment arm.
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