Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-05 12:29 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-03-05 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chinese Premier Li Qiang speaks during opening session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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[2026-03-05 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: There’s a reason we seldom see registered sex offenders running for public office: They lack judgment, they’re unpopular, and they have no business going near elected positions of public trust.
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[2026-03-05 12:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Financial information is displayed on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-03-05 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Corporate Crimes
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[2026-03-05 11:58 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 5, 2026 — 11:58am
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[2026-03-05 11:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson took a major hit last week when a multimillion-dollar load of his ALP nicotine pouches vanished in a hijacking in Los Angeles. Now he’s offering a financial windfall to whoever tracks them down or the people responsible.
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[2026-03-05 11:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Anju Poudel is sending her son Anwesh to a private school because she believes it is an investment in his future. (ABC News: Scott Preston)
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[2026-03-05 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Expanding gold vault capacity and new tax incentives for family offices are part of Hong Kong’s broader push to attract global wealth.
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[2026-03-05 11:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Elon Musk took the stand in a shareholder trial on Wednesday in San Francisco, where he’s accused of making false and misleading statements that drove down Twitter’s stock price before he bought the social media platform for $44 billion in 2022.
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[2026-03-05 11:07 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Middle powers such as Canada and Australia will be overrun by increasingly assertive global superpowers unless they join together on defence, trade and technology, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has told the Australian parliament in a rare address.
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[2026-03-05 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Finance Minister Katy Gallagher said it was clear the government didn't have enough support to pass the legislation in its current form. Source: AAP / Dean Lewins
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[2026-03-05 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump Administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: $19B–$48B Asset Values
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[2026-03-05 10:40 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Companies will pay for upgrades and new electricity generation in agreement to mitigate concerns of rising bills
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[2026-03-05 10:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kansas City Chiefs defensive back Trent McDuffie (22) during an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Nov. 27, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Patterson, File)
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[2026-03-05 10:30 UTC+10:00] [Mark Carney] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Visiting PM tells Australia’s parliament ‘middle power’ countries must work together on defence, trade and AI
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[2026-03-05 10:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: There could actually be power in talking something into existence.
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[2026-03-05 10:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: TAMPA — The Yankees have yet to conduct substantive contract talks with star second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. even though he’s months from free agency, and they did field trade offers for him. But that’s just the business of baseball, both sides agree. Means nothing. Or close to it, anyway.
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[2026-03-05 10:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel has carried out air strikes targeting security forces across Iran on the fifth day of the US-Israeli assault, as the death toll surpassed 1,000 and Iran launched more counterattacks and warned of the destruction of military and economic infrastructure across the Middle East.
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[2026-03-05 10:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva smiles during the presentation ceremony of the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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[2026-03-05 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Thousands of Americans have been trapped in the Middle East since the US and Israel began their surprise military attack on Iran – and many are desperately pleading with the US government on social media to get them out.
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[2026-03-05 10:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Interview magazine has profiled four young Wall Streeters for its March issue — with the baby-faced bankers dishing on their dating lives, fledgling finance careers and favourite places to blow off steam in the city.
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[2026-03-05 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A year after Canadian provinces yanked American whiskey from store shelves in a trade clash triggered by President Donald Trump’s tariffs, U.S. spirits exports have collapsed by nearly 70%, gutting what had been one of the industry’s most important overseas markets.
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[2026-03-05 09:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Morgan Stanley is slashing about 3% of its global workforce — roughly 2,500 jobs — across its key divisions, as the Wall Street giant realigns priorities amid a banner year for profits, according to a report.
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[2026-03-05 09:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Rams are going all in after trading for All-Pro cornerback Trent McDuffie.
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[2026-03-05 09:38 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Federal Court’s Justice Michael Lee is due to hand down his judgment this morning on the landmark civil case ASIC brought against an entire board of former Star Entertainment directors in 2022, alleging they breached their directors’ duties to act with care and diligence.
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[2026-03-05 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SYDNEY, March 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Place To Work®, the global authority on workplace culture, today announces the 2026 list of Australia's Best Workplaces™ for Women, recognising 50 organisations that have proven it's possible to deliver exceptional business performance while still creating cultures where women can thrive at every level.
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[2026-03-05 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Containers are stored in a cargo terminal in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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[2026-03-05 09:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Renewable Energy
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[2026-03-05 09:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An oceanfront Hamptons home owned by the estate of the late Belgian-Armenian diamond-dealing heir Ara Arslanian has hit the market for a cool $45 million.
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[2026-03-05 08:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman stayed at Jeffrey Epstein’s private island and at his Upper East Side townhouse, sent the dead pedophile ice cream “either for yourself or for ‘the girls,’” and once hosted him at a dinner with Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, emails and documents show.
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[2026-03-05 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. stock market rebounded after oil prices stopped spiking and reports gave encouraging updates on the economy.
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[2026-03-05 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The market gyrations over the Iran conflict are starting to feel a bit like “Liberation Day” – and that could be a good thing.
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[2026-03-05 08:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAN FRANCISCO — Google will lower the lucrative fees imposed on its Android app store and offer a way for rival options to gain its stamp of approval, ending a bruising legal battle that led to one of several rulings condemning its tactics as an illegal monopoly.
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[2026-03-05 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Florida Panthers center Sam Bennett (9) skates with the puck as Toronto Maple Leafs center Bobby McMann (74) defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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[2026-03-05 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Some Anthropic investors are growing frustrated with CEO Dario Amodei’s combative stance toward the Trump administration — even as as defense contractor Lockheed Martin said it will comply with the government’s ban on the AI startup, according to reports.
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[2026-03-05 07:47 UTC+10:00] [Elon Musk] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Twitter investors allege the billionaire publicly derided the social network to sink its stock price and buy it at a bargain
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[2026-03-05 07:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Great minds go off on odd tangents. In 1930, John Maynard Keynes took time out from thinking about the Great Depression, which was throwing millions out of work, to write a charming essay about the “economic possibilities for our grandchildren.” What would life be like a hundred years hence, he asked.
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[2026-03-05 07:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Last week, the world was reminded that history often moves in two directions at once. The US and Israel carried out military strikes against Iran, followed by Iranian retaliation. At nearly the same time, President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea met President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil to deepen bilateral cooperation.
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[2026-03-05 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, visiting lecturer at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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[2026-03-05 07:10 UTC+10:00] [USAID] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With a fast-growing digital economy and young population, the continent is becoming a critical front in the global race to shape AI’s future
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[2026-03-05 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Pedro Sanchez has doubled down on his criticism of the US and Israel's military action against Iran despite pressure from Donald Trump. (AP: Michael Probst)
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[2026-03-05 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kevin Warsh, visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in a panel discussion on “Central Banking in an Age of Improvisation,” Nov. 28, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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[2026-03-05 07:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Tao Ma stressed that the ICAO is ready to provide all necessary support for the advancement of the civil aviation sector in the country.
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[2026-03-05 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Ceylinco Life has recorded its 22 nd consecutive year of market leadership in Sri Lanka’s life insurance industry, posting gross written premium income of Rs. 44.18 billion for the year ending December 31, 2025, achieving strong growth of 18.96 per cent.
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[2026-03-05 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Labour Minister and Finance and Planning Deputy Minister Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando told Parliament yesterday that an independent body, the Microfinance and Credit Regulatory Authority, will be established to license and supervise the previously under-regulated microfinance and moneylending sector, aiming to protect borrowers from exploitation and ensure financial stability.
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[2026-03-05 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The private bus service operating under the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Road Passenger Transport Authority will be integrated with digital technology in line with the Government’s digitalization move.
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[2026-03-05 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Spain has denied the White House’s claim that Madrid is now cooperating militarily with Washington amid the war with Iran, despite President Donald Trump’s threat to use trade to punish the Spanish authorities for their stance.
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[2026-03-05 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: To maintain stocks sufficient for three to four months Six new storage tanks being constructed in Kolonnawa In a bid to strengthen national energy security amid the volatile situation in the Middle East, the Government is prioritising large-scale investment in fuel storage facilities to maintain stocks sufficient for three to four months.
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[2026-03-05 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Department of Commerce, with the assistance of the Matara District Secretariat, successfully organized a Regional Awareness Seminar targeting Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector entrepreneurs in the Matara District.
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