Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-26 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A 13-page report from FTI Consulting is providing some insight on how the U.S. government has rewritten the rules for critical minerals.
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[2026-02-26 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Tobacco industry] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former Australian Border Force officer Rohan Pike, who has been quoted extensively as an expert, also advises nicotine-industry-linked organisations
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[2026-02-26 08:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Heading into NVDA's earnings, we said that all else equal, the bare minimum for the stock - which has underperformed peers rather dramatically in recent months - to outperform, was to (solidly) beat expectations of another 2+2 quarter, i.e., beat the guide by $2BN and beat Street expectations for the April quarter guide by $2BN.
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[2026-02-26 08:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: South Africa's debt burden is stabilising for the first time in nearly two decades, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced Wednesday, as Africa's most developed economy shows cautious signs of recovery and pledges increased spending on security.
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[2026-02-26 08:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks rose and erased their losses for the week so far, as Nvidia and other technology companies led the way.
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[2026-02-26 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: President Donald Trump's administration ordered US diplomats last Wednesday to lobby against attempts to regulate US tech companies' handling of foreigners' data, saying in an internal diplomatic cable seen by Reuters that such efforts could interfere with artificial intelligence-related services.
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[2026-02-26 07:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins (18) walks off the field after an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Danny Karnik, File)
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[2026-02-26 07:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: On the day households found out their energy bills would fall in April, the Chancellor chose to go to the headquarters of the company that has quietly become the UK's biggest domestic energy supplier, Octopus.
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[2026-02-26 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran is loading almost three times the amount of oil it normally does onto tankers in the Persian Gulf in a sign it is anticipating a US attack that could prevent its oil from hitting the market.
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[2026-02-26 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump’s administration drew a flurry of condemnations for its decision to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s “endangerment finding”: a formal, evidence-based acknowledgement that greenhouse-gas emissions pose a threat to public health. Although the change may seem minor, it is anything but. Since 2009, the endangerment finding has underpinned much of the climate-related policymaking at the EPA and other agencies.
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[2026-02-26 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The recent US Supreme Court ruling that invalidated President Donald Trump’s so-called “reciprocal tariffs” marks a significant turning point. The policy debate surrounding these tariffs has highlighted the growing tension between domestic economic priorities and the institutional foundations of the multilateral trading system that has underpinned global economic stability since the end of the Cold War.
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[2026-02-26 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wall Street is extending its tech-led rally ahead of Nvidia results that are due to be released after the US market closes.
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[2026-02-26 07:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-02-26 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) Sri Lanka, marked a defining milestone in its distinguished history with the official launch of the revised Chartered Qualification in Human Resource Management (CQHRM), now internationally accredited by Qualifications Scotland (QS) at Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) Level 11.
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[2026-02-26 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The units of the “CAL Three Year Closed End Fund” were officially listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) recently. Accordingly, a total of 841,263,375 units of the ‘CAL Three Year Closed End Fund’ were listed by Capital Alliance Investments Ltd (CALI), a member of the Capital Alliance Ltd Group (CAL Group).
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[2026-02-26 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: National Development Bank PLC (NDB) announced its results for the financial year ended December 31, 2025 to the Colombo Stock Exchange recently. Full year results tabled by the Bank showcase a strong growth across all business lines with Net Banking Revenue increasing by a 45.2% on a comparable basis. Like most other peers, the Bank’s 2024 financial performance was positively impacted following the successful conclusion of the ISB debt restructure with a one-off impact on interest income, fee income and
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[2026-02-26 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s country-code domain administrator, the LK Domain Registry, has entered into a strategic partnership with Norway-based cybersecurity firm to strengthen monitoring and protection of the .LK namespace amid rising online threats.
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[2026-02-26 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Growth and stability are synonymous with each other. Stable and consistent macroeconomic policies empower clearer decision making, investments and growth. Thereby enhancing the overall welfare of the society. This happens because stability provides reliability in decision making to economic agents (government, banks, businesses and households) as they can depend on macroeconomic sentiments with higher certainty.
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[2026-02-26 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Court of Appeal has permitted the importation of specified consignments of BYD vehicles, reaffirming that such imports may proceed on the same basis as earlier directed by Court, subject to the submission of a corporate guarantee covering any duty difference.
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[2026-02-26 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The logo for ExxonMobil appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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[2026-02-26 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Asia Plantation & Export (Pvt) Ltd formally signed a memorandum of understanding with the Sri Lanka Sharia Council, a move that will become a turning point in the island’s export sector.
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[2026-02-26 06:45 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-02-26 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This rendering provided by Foster+Partners shows an office tower planned for 2 World Trade Center as the new headquarters for American Express in New York. (Foster+Partners via AP)
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[2026-02-26 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Bridgette Buckley says she was lucky to secure an apartment with a friend in Brisbane's hot rental market. (ABC News: Nickoles Coleman)
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[2026-02-26 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A committee consisting of seven experts has been appointed to evaluate the current coal supply methodology for the Lakvijaya Power Plant by the Secretary of Energy Ministry.
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[2026-02-26 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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[2026-02-26 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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[2026-02-26 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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[2026-02-26 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government plans to introduce digital systems for agriculture, health, transport, education, and child protection, Digital Economy Deputy Minister Eranga Weeraratne said.
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[2026-02-26 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has demanded a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) led by the Opposition to carry out an independent, impartial investigation into the coal procurement process. He said that the recent imports are of inferior quality and have caused massive financial losses to the State.
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[2026-02-26 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Smithfield Foods’ century-old pork processing facility in Sioux Falls, S.D. in June 2022. (Bart Pfankuch/South Dakota News Watch via AP)
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[2026-02-26 05:41 UTC+10:00] [Cost of Living] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Young Australians like Patricia Nicula are facing an entry-level housing market that has steadily increased in price since the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: SBS, Supplied
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[2026-02-26 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
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[2026-02-26 05:16 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Nvidia is helping to lead a split US stock market higher on Wednesday, ahead of the chip company’s highly anticipated profit report coming after trading ends for the day.
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[2026-02-26 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Nvidia is helping to lead the US stock market higher on Wednesday, ahead of the chip company's highly anticipated profit report coming after trading ends for the day.
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[2026-02-26 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Commuters drive past Saint Sarkis church and a mural of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-02-26 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A drastic proposal to merge inner-city municipalities into a single mega-council has been floated as a “last resort” option as mayors entertain redrawing boundaries to cope with crushing financial pressures.
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[2026-02-26 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The billionaire co-founder of Spotify made a rare visit to Australia this week as the company tries to convince the Albanese government that its plans to force streaming services to play more local music could kill the nation’s ability to produce the next Troye Sivan.
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[2026-02-26 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE- Larry Summers speaks during a panel on the second day of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
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[2026-02-26 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In any private business, if you doubled the budget and got a decrease in output, the CEO would be fired. In the Israel Police and justice system, it’s exactly the opposite: failure is the engine for requesting more budgets.
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[2026-02-26 04:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US issued new sanctions against Iran on Wednesday, targeting more than 30 individuals and companies connected to its so-called shadow fleet.
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[2026-02-26 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Retailer John Lewis is closing down its housebuilding business, scrapping plans to build 1,000 homes across three sites.
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[2026-02-26 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Paul Chan has proposed transferring HK$150 billion from the Exchange Fund in the coming two years
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[2026-02-26 04:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,
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[2026-02-26 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: February 26, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-02-26 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The ninth instalment of the zombie-blasting "Resident Evil" franchise set for release this Friday builds on the game series' 30-year legacy of chilling horror and high-octane action.
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[2026-02-26 03:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AUTOMOBILE sales posted a rocky start to 2025, plunging by double digits month on month and a year earlier — a result automakers blamed on a rush to hit targets in December, which saw a surge in the number of units leaving showrooms.
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[2026-02-26 03:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE government exceeded the 2025 national budget by more than P160 billion via unprogrammed appropriations (UAs) based on data from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
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[2026-02-26 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SPECIALTY retailer SSI Group Inc. on Wednesday said that it would be closing all Marks & Spencer stores in the country by May 2, citing changing consumer tastes and behaviors.
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[2026-02-26 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: STATE-OWNED Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) are preparing to return to the capital markets later this year to support lending programs and projects, top officials said.
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