Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-04 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On Tuesday we reported that China had derailed the G20's joint communiqué in Asheville, with a senior US official telling the FT the impasse "came down to a few words." It turns out one word did most of the damage.
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[2026-09-04 03:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-04 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The daily benchmark measuring the cost of shipping raw materials across major global maritime routes is breaking out to a nearly three-year high this week, as Bloomberg reports that typhoons are squeezing the supply of Capesize vessels just as mining companies increase iron ore shipments across the Pacific and Atlantic.
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[2026-09-04 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FOX Business Network’s Mornings with Maria show anchor Maria Bartiromo, speaks during an interview, June 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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[2026-09-04 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump attends an event with Republican lawmakers in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-09-04 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A bill to clarify how schools should spend California’s $1 billion annual investment in arts education is headed for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk after legislators reached a compromise with a champion of the original initiative.
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[2026-09-04 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the national central bank of the Netherlands, announced on Wednesday that it was moving nearly 90 tons of gold from the United States and Canada amid rising tensions between the US and Europe.
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[2026-09-04 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-04 03:00 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Since 1972, the Pilbara town of Karratha has held an annual fête known to locals as the FeNaclNG Festival.
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[2026-09-04 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Amazon held an event in Tokyo on Sept. 3 announcing the strategy for its Prime Video platform in Japan, including upcoming releases. (Photo by Hiroki Sakuragi)
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[2026-09-04 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-04 02:24 UTC+10:00] [Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — Four U.S. space companies have decided not to participate in next week’s international space summit in Paris after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration pressured firms to ditch the event.
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[2026-09-04 02:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TO overcome barriers facing traditional delicacies, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) launched a joint initiative to bring Butuan City’s native delicacy palagsing to the global scene. By equipping local producers with advanced food preservation and modern packaging tools, the program transforms the fast-perishing snack into an export-ready product.
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[2026-09-04 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TAX collections in the Philippines have remained weaker than in most other economies in the region as slower economic activity dampened consumption-based tax revenues, the Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said.
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[2026-09-04 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, United States — The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday flagged that while the country’s general economic outlook was positive, heightened uncertainty due to high energy prices, policy issues and the Iran war was weighing on industry and household sentiment.
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[2026-09-04 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE peso regained some ground on Thursday, ending a run of four straight record lows, and the stock market also rebounded slightly ahead of today’s release of August inflation data.
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[2026-09-04 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The won's strength contrasts with the weak yen, though authorities in both countries are seen as having intervened in July. (Source photos by Nikkei)
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[2026-09-04 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A CRITICAL issue confronting the Philippine economy today is identifying future drivers of expansion to sustain respectable growth rates. Maintaining high economic momentum is key to generating more jobs and investments, reducing poverty and attaining a higher development status.
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[2026-09-04 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is looking to adopt China’s smart farming technologies, as the Philippines seeks to improve its own farm productivity.
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[2026-09-04 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IN the past week, we experienced two kinds of rising pressure: interest rates and floodwaters.
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[2026-09-04 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LIPA, Batangas — The Philippines may need about $60 billion in investments to explore and fully tap its estimated 2,100 megawatts (MW) of undeveloped geothermal resources, Energy Secretary Sharon Garin told reporters at the Philippine International Geothermal Conference held here Thursday.
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[2026-09-04 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has issued supplemental guidelines for the allocation and distribution of 60,000 metric tons (MT) of imported frozen small pelagic fish to augment domestic supply and stabilize prices during the upcoming closed fishing season.
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[2026-09-04 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ACEN Corp. on Thursday said that it had approved the dissolution of 12 subsidiaries as well as the sale of three other units to a joint venture platform as part of a streamlining effort.
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[2026-09-04 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ABORLAN, Palawan — DMCI Mining Corp. a wholly-owned subsidiary of listed DMCI Holdings, Inc., expects to hit its nickel ore production target this year following strong shipments from its Palawan and Zambales mines.
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[2026-09-04 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ALLIANCE Select Foods International Inc. is planning an equity restructuring that aims to wipe out about $21.3 million (approximately P1.33 billion) in accumulated deficit while paving the way for a P660-million capital infusion from parent company Strongoak Inc.
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[2026-09-04 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday returned fire after Trump administration Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed Ottawa tanked trade talks with the U.S. for political purposes.
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[2026-09-04 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — A US federal judge on Wednesday refused to force Google to sell a division of its digital advertising business, rejecting the government’s push to break up part of the company’s ad empire.
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[2026-09-04 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Infrastructure in South Africa's economic hub Johannesburg is increasingly at risk from illegal mining, residents and officials are warning. They say the illicit trade in gold and other minerals is damaging the city's transport and power networks, as well as its homes and buildings.
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[2026-09-04 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BROADCOM on Wednesday forecast strong AI chip sales for the next two years, offering fresh evidence that Big Tech’s appetite for AI infrastructure remains undiminished as investors scrutinize returns on massive spending.
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[2026-09-04 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: ChargePoint Holdings CEO Rick Wilmer believes a surge in the electric vehicle charging company's stock Thursday is just "the beginning of the momentum," he told CNBC.
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[2026-09-04 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CONTINUED borrowings and a weaker peso drove the national government’s (NG) outstanding debt to a new record high of P19.39 trillion in July, Bureau of the Treasury data showed on Thursday.
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[2026-09-04 01:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Daiichi Life's acquisition of a New Zealand insurer is part of efforts to boost the proportion of profit coming from overseas. (Photo by Takashi Miyazaki)
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[2026-09-04 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-04 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In the 21st century, clean energy is no longer just an environmental talking point – it is the indispensable foundation of economic expansion, industrialization, and the emerging digital economy. Across East Africa, a major transformation is underway, and its center of gravity sits in Addis Ababa.
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[2026-09-04 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Nvidia bought AI giant Hugging Face for almost $13 billion, CEO Jensen Huang announced in a company blog post shared on Thursday.
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[2026-09-04 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Kioxia's CXL module is currently undergoing client reviews. (Photo by Shuhei Ochiai)
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[2026-09-04 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-04 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Benjamin Picton, Senior Market Strategist at Rabobank
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[2026-09-04 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-04 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: An EUV lithography system supplied by ASML. The Dutch company is the world's only supplier of these advanced machines. (ASML)
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[2026-09-04 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Bond yields across major advanced economies haven’t been this high since before the GFC – here’s why
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[2026-09-04 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Men catch fish in front of a container port in Ho Chi Minh City. © Reuters
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[2026-09-04 00:54 UTC+10:00] [Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — The European Parliament will push for stricter limits on allowing oil and gas companies to be classed as green investments under the EU’s updated sustainable finance rules, according to a document obtained by POLITICO,
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[2026-09-04 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The newsroom of the Associated Press headquarters at 50 Rockefeller Plaza, 1939. (AP Photo/Corporate Archives)
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[2026-09-04 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-09-04 00:43 UTC+10:00] [Negotiations] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Canada’s Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu has been invited to join his EU counterparts for talks in Dublin at the end of October, his spokesperson confirmed to POLITICO — potentially alongside U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
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[2026-09-04 00:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Fund management giant Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager, led a $27 million investment round into Israeli cybersecurity startup Huskeys, the company announced on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-04 00:33 UTC+10:00] [Yen] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Jump lifts currency to highest level against dollar in a month, while global markets remain jittery
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[2026-09-04 00:16 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Air bases used by US in the UAE and Kuwait hit as the Israeli defence chief says Iran’s regime fears collapse due to economic pressures
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[2026-09-04 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The island’s cabinet approves supplementary budget, with heavy investment in missiles, drones and classified programmes
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