Topic: Business — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-31 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Economy and finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries have vowed to do what it takes to stabilise roiling energy markets amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-31 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: New York City is suing Empower, a ride hailing service that markets itself as a cheaper alternative to Uber and Lyft, for operating without proper licenses.
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[2026-03-31 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS — G7 economy and finance ministers Monday said they stood ready to take "all necessary measures" to ensure the stability of the energy market as they tackled the economic consequences of war in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-31 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say disruption at plants could shift more output to China, which already produces more than half of global supply
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[2026-03-31 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Global energy giant Shell is cautioning Australia against taxing gas exporters’ windfall profits, declaring it would destabilise vital trade ties with Asian partners and make it harder for the government to secure increasingly scarce deliveries of petrol, diesel and jet fuel from the region.
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[2026-03-30 23:55 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Background image by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters
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[2026-03-30 23:30 UTC+10:00] [1970s stagflation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A timeline of past oil shocks is seen offering ‘clear lessons’ for today’s Strait of Hormuz crisis, with an eye on ripple effects and contingency tools
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[2026-03-30 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday proposed an Eastern ceasefire with Russia, while also calling for a mutual halt on strikes against energy infrastructure to help relieve pressure building in oil and gas markets.
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[2026-03-30 22:30 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Vast hog farms – some rising 26 storeys high – have caused China’s pig herd to swell, but consumers dislike the industrially produced meat
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[2026-03-30 22:02 UTC+10:00] [Xinhua] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s sci-fi industry has built on the success of breakout hits like ‘The Three-Body Problem’, with revenues up over 15 per cent last year
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[2026-03-30 20:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Quantum computing firms are defying turbulent markets to go public this year, as companies seek to raise funds to capitalize on recent scientific breakthroughs and push the experimental technology closer to commercialization.
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[2026-03-30 19:37 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-30 19:30 UTC+10:00] [property market] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While the country’s economy and currency are struggling, Japan’s property fundamentals remain strong
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[2026-03-30 19:23 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Stock markets in Asia drop sharply, with investors nervous over escalation of Middle East conflict
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[2026-03-30 18:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The war in the Middle East has triggered sky-high fuel prices and shortages around Australia. (ABC News: Timothy Ailwood)
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[2026-03-30 17:10 UTC+10:00] [Brent crude oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Most Asian markets retreat as surging oil prices fuel concerns over the economic and investment fallout
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[2026-03-30 16:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LONDON — European stocks are expected to open in negative territory on Monday as investors grapple with a further escalation in the Iran war and the conflict enters its fifth week.
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[2026-03-30 15:15 UTC+10:00] [Petrol prices] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Injecting $1.5bn via petrol subsidies into an inflated economy may change things for the Reserve Bank board at its next meeting
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[2026-03-30 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The president may not be benefiting directly from betting markets, but he has encouraged a culture that treats politics like a casino floor
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[2026-03-30 14:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Dealers work near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), right, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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[2026-03-30 11:58 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 30, 2026 — 11:58am
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[2026-03-30 11:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The factories, which buy cheap crude and turn it into fuel, are struggling as higher oil prices threaten their razor-sharp margins
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[2026-03-30 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to fall Monday as the Middle East war entered its fifth week.
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[2026-03-30 10:30 UTC+10:00] [Central] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shifting dining habits and cross-border competition are forcing legacy brands like Maxim’s to reinvent themselves to stay relevant
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[2026-03-30 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government has prepared a comprehensive programme to stabilise the economy in the face of global challenges and steps have also been taken to provide services without interruption during the festive season, Labour Minister and Finance and Planning Deputy Minister Anil Jayantha Fernando said.
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[2026-03-30 06:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: EWIS recently announced the launch of EWIS AEGIS, a first-of-its-kind AI-powered platform developed in Sri Lanka to be introduced to local and overseas markets that is designed to help organisations modernise mission-critical legacy systems with greater speed, control and predictability. The platform incorporates proprietary technology for which a patent is currently pending.
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[2026-03-30 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is facing its most serious economic shock in decades, as the Israeli-US war on Iran delivers a direct hit to its core industries, from finance to aviation, exposing major vulnerabilities in its economic model.
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[2026-03-30 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vehicles drive as light poles are switched off to save electricity, as part of a series of measures the government has taken to mitigate the fallout of the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Khaled Elfiqi)
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[2026-03-30 05:24 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US stocks deepened their drops as Wall Street finished off a fifth-straight losing week, its longest such streak in nearly four years.
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[2026-03-30 05:07 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 30, 2026 — 5:07am
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[2026-03-30 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Travel / Travel news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: United Airlines has broken new ground with the announcement of its United Relax Row, a big win for economy flyers looking for a more comfortable time on long-haul flights.
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[2026-03-30 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: US and Israeli attacks on Iran have driven up prices, darkened the outlook for the world economy, sent global stock markets reeling, and forced developing countries to ration fuel and subsidize energy costs to protect their poorest.
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[2026-03-30 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-30 00:36 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A spokesperson for President Prabowo Subianto said the country was seeking to set aside 80 trillion rupiah to shield its economy from the Middle East fallout
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[2026-03-29 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan – The US-Israel war on Iran has not paused. The strikes have not stopped from either side. However, diplomacy is now moving at a pace not seen since the conflict that affected Iran’s neighbours and rattled the world economy for a month.
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[2026-03-29 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Bilateral relations between China and Seychelles are entering a new phase, with rising trade and growing private-sector collaboration, alongside new cooperation in the blue economy and digital innovation.
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[2026-03-29 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shipowners say billionaire Richard Liu’s new venture to make yacht ownership more affordable will need to surmount significant challenges
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[2026-03-29 18:26 UTC+10:00] [Art Basel Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Paul Chan says the city’s service-led economy helps buffer short-term impact of Middle East unrest, while vowing to monitor energy volatility
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[2026-03-29 17:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Thousands across the US have joined “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump, blaming him for the flagging economy, rising cost of living and the conflict with Iran.
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[2026-03-29 17:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Won sinks to a 17-year low, Kospi sheds $444 billion and growth forecast slips below 2 percent
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[2026-03-29 15:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — US and Israeli attacks on Iran have driven up prices, darkened the outlook for the world economy, sent global stock markets reeling and forced developing countries to ration fuel and subsidize energy costs to protect their poorest.
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[2026-03-29 15:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A worker walks on the deck of a feeder vessel as he works to offload cargo of rice into trucks at Umm Qasr Port, a deep-water port, in the city of Umm Qasr, Iraq, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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[2026-03-29 14:33 UTC+10:00] [Business / Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Labor will heap pressure on Uber and other rideshare platforms to better handle sexual misconduct complaints against drivers, as the Albanese government concedes its laws giving gig economy workers unfair dismissal-style protections need bolstering.
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[2026-03-29 12:30 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wealthy Gulf visitors are extending their stays in Hong Kong as investors from the region look to hedge risk and tap Asian markets
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[2026-03-29 11:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: VERACRUZ, Mexico — Every year, fish markets in the seaside Mexican city of Veracruz flood with a crush of customers in the lead up to Holy Week. This year, they were virtually empty.
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[2026-03-29 09:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Dmitry Trenin, a research professor at the Higher School of Economics and a lead research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. He is also a member of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
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[2026-03-29 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By RT newsroom, a team of multi-lingual journalists with over a decade of experience in Russian and international reporting, delivering original research and insights often missing from mainstream coverage
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[2026-03-29 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By RT newsroom, a team of multi-lingual journalists with over a decade of experience in Russian and international reporting, delivering original research and insights often missing from mainstream coverage
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[2026-03-29 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WITH the surge in gasoline and diesel prices in the Philippines due to the escalating war in the Middle East, panic has set in among lawmakers and is now spreading fast to the public. One senator raised hell in a recent hearing and reprimanded officials from the executive department for their lack of urgency and coherent planning in responding to the ongoing oil crisis.
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[2026-03-29 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The price of naphtha may not keep you up at night when you think about the inflation yet to hit the economy from the U.S.-Iran war and Strait of Hormuz closure, but perhaps it should.
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