Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-02-26 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) wants banks and other financial institutions to conduct annual cybersecurity assessments to improve the financial system’s defenses against digital threats.
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[2026-02-26 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Feb. 24 issued two notices that would encourage more companies to list on the Philippine stock market, as well as develop the country’s Islamic capital market.
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[2026-02-26 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: I KEEP asking myself a simple question: what exactly are we training Filipinos to do with AI? There are a lot of programs and big numbers tossed around. Project AGAP.AI, an AI Academy, strategy roadmaps, training ten thousand “AI-ready” Filipinos. It sounds impressive. But when you dig into it, I wonder if we are really talking about meaningful skills or just teaching people how to use free AI tools and write a few good prompts.
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[2026-02-26 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: (UPDATE) A CIVIL society organization led by former Finance undersecretary Cielo Magno has filed an ethics complaint before the Senate against Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa, citing his continued absence from official duties for more than three months.
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[2026-02-26 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SOME 117 local government units (LGUs) across the country are facing charges before the Office of the Ombudsman for alleged violations in connection with the establishment of the mandated electronic Business One-Stop Shop (eBOSS), the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) on Wednesday reported a consolidated core net income of P50.57 billion for 2025, up 12 percent from P45.142 billion a year earlier and led by higher contributions from power generation and steady distribution sales.
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[2026-02-26 03:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ACEN Corp. said Wednesday that it had executed an additional subscription agreement with unit ENEX Energy Corp. to help fund the latter’s operational requirements and address negative stockholders’ equity.
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[2026-02-26 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: QUEZON City 1st District Rep. Juan Carlos Atayde urged his fellow lawmakers to approve his bill that would institutionalize film and television tourism as a national economic strategy.
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[2026-02-26 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MEGAWORLD Corp. said Wednesday that it had started land development for the first residential village in the 84-hectare Ilocandia Coastown.
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[2026-02-26 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IN an interview this week, former Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) deputy governor and now economist with GlobalSource Partners Diwa Guinigundo suggested that further policy easing by the BSP may pass the point of diminishing returns in terms of spurring faster economic growth, unless the government implements structural and other reforms.
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[2026-02-26 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: FACEBOOK owner Meta Platforms will buy artificial intelligence (AI) chips from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in a deal that will also give it the opportunity to buy up to a 10-percent stake of the chip company.
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[2026-02-26 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ILOILO CITY — The Philippine government will advocate for a stronger Digital Economy Framework Agreement among member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as it advances the bloc’s economic agenda under its current chairmanship.
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[2026-02-26 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — The United States Supreme Court did the right thing by ruling that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977 “does not authorize the President to impose tariffs.” Half of the court’s conservative majority has, at long last, stood up to US President Donald Trump’s brazen overreach of executive power.
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[2026-02-26 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-02-26 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Oil prices are sliding this morning following as an over-supplied market (API reported a huge 11.4mm barrel build last week) beats the geopolitical risk premia (with the US poised to attack Iran).
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[2026-02-26 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi’s Edge Group signed an agreement with Spain’s EM&E Group on Thursday to explore the establishment of a joint venture in the UAE focused on advanced defence technologies. The companies said the agreement was supported by a commercial pipeline of about $1.5 billion.
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[2026-02-26 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Latest budget announces new government committee to be tasked with reviewing Hong Kong’s tax policies
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[2026-02-26 01:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Finance chief Paul Chan says city will also establish a high-level steering committee to spearhead AI development
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[2026-02-26 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Wednesday that a new U.S. global tariff will rise to 15 percent or higher from 10 percent for some countries, as President Donald Trump's administration is taking steps to replace its sweeping emergency tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court.
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[2026-02-26 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The White House is weighing an executive order that would force banks to collect citizenship information from customers, the Financial Times has reported.
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[2026-02-26 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Northern Metropolis, San Tin Technopole cornerstones of innovation and technology strategy, finance chief Paul Chan says in budget address
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[2026-02-26 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A behavioral AI simulation created by Israeli startup AskIt suggests that a decisive majority of senior commanders in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) would back a military leader, not a cleric, to replace Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-02-26 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Tim Wilson] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Liberal MP has continued to hold investment that makes money when Australia’s benchmark falls even after his appointment as shadow treasurer
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[2026-02-26 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Tax] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Undoing bad policy does not require rewarding those who have benefited from it
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[2026-02-26 00:46 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Jamieson Greer warns tariffs may climb from 10% after Trump imposed global levy amid US supreme court setback
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[2026-02-26 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are higher into NVDA earnings release after the close, and the risk-on tone in the US yesterday has spread globally with tech giant's earnings a catalyst for maintaining the rally aided by Tech. As of 8:00am ET, S&P 500 futures were up 0.3% as with Nasdaq 100 contracts +0.4%; NVDA is up 0.6% in premarket trading and while blowout results from the company later today may soothe nerves about the AI trade, “even if they have tremendous
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[2026-02-26 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong Investment Corporation aims to draw overseas funds into commercial property projects, while advancing open-source RISC-V chip initiatives
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[2026-02-26 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A row is simmering between the United States government and Anthropic, one of the tech companies that develops artificial intelligence (AI) tools for defence and civilian uses.
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[2026-02-26 00:01 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The medical and education records of more than 4000 children aged 10 to 16 will be monitored for more than two years as part of a major study evaluating the impact of Australia’s world-first under-16s social media ban on young people and their families.
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[2026-02-25 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Provided continued AI disruption, indiscriminate software stock selling, and credit market risks do not trigger a broader risk-off market event in the coming weeks or months, a June SpaceX IPO could become the bedrock for the grand reopening of the IPO market. The second-order effects of a SpaceX IPO would be improved sentiment toward AI companies going public and potentially a serious investor appetite for the low-Earth-orbit space industry.
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[2026-02-25 23:30 UTC+10:00] [Games] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With its longtime figureheads stepping aside, Microsoft’s gaming division faces a pivotal moment, raising questions about whether it can still balance creative ambition with corporate strategy in the age of AI
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[2026-02-25 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Market participants largely welcome Paul Chan’s renewed push to strengthen Hong Kong’s position as an international financial centre
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[2026-02-25 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts expect Ottawa to diversify trade as future of North American trade pact remains uncertain, while a US departure would ‘hit Canada like an earthquake’
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[2026-02-25 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Concerns about rising inflation, and the Fed hiking rates to contain it, have reversed rather dramatically.
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[2026-02-25 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Companies overseeing megaproject’s Hetao Hong Kong Park, San Tin Technopole and Hung Shui Kiu Industrial Park to each get HK$10 billion
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[2026-02-25 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump exits the House Chamber after delivering 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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[2026-02-25 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: HKEX proposes to shorten stock settlement cycle from current two days after transactions to one day to bolster city as global financial centre
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[2026-02-25 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘We expect Hong Kong’s residential market in 2026 to remain resilient and positive,’ CBRE’s Hannah Jeong says
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[2026-02-25 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Cuba is buckling under a severe economic crisis. Years of economic mismanagement, turbocharged by hyperinflation and population decline, have left the nearly seven-decade-old communist government weaker than at any point in years. Now, the Trump administration has promised maximum pressure, with President Trump openly vowing to bring the regime to its knees.
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