Topic: Business — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-27 17:22 UTC+10:00] [IPO] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The bourse operator is exploring creating a chapter listing rule to absorb 300-plus firms from the GEM board
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[2026-08-27 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Inflation has averaged 5% for the first seven months of the year, above the central bank's 2% to 4% comfort zone. (Photo by Yuichi Shiga)
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[2026-08-27 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Inbound visitors are considered a low-cost initiative to address the nation’s consumption figures
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[2026-08-27 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Inbound visitors are considered a low-cost initiative to address the nation’s consumption figures
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[2026-08-27 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Ryozo Himino said in a meeting with business leaders in Saitama prefecture on Aug. 27 that the Middle East conflict, demand for funds for the buildout of artificial intelligence and the weaker yen could raise inflation. (Photo by Kosuke Takeuchi)
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[2026-08-27 15:52 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: August 27, 2026 — 3:52pm
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[2026-08-27 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Nvidia has forecast a 70 per cent increase in revenue for the next fiscal year, underscoring unabated demand for AI computing while warning that shortages of memory components could curb its growth.
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[2026-08-27 14:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Grammy-winning US pop star will perform on May 7, 8, 11 and 12 in ‘Romantic Tour’ that also includes stops in Singapore, Japan and Thailand
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[2026-08-27 14:48 UTC+10:00] [AsiaWorld-Expo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Grammy-winning US pop star will perform on May 7, 8, 11 and 12 in ‘Romantic Tour’ that also includes stops in Singapore, Japan and Thailand
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[2026-08-27 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mutual funds’ net assets under management shrank by 1.4 per cent in July, while private funds grew 8.7 per cent to record high
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[2026-08-27 14:00 UTC+10:00] [mutual funds] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mutual funds’ net assets under management shrank by 1.4 per cent in July, while private funds grew 8.7 per cent to record high
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[2026-08-27 13:57 UTC+10:00] [Announcements] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Editor’s note: This content is sponsored by GCash and was handled by BrandRap, the sales and marketing arm of Rappler. No member of the news and editorial team participated in the publishing of this piece.
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[2026-08-27 13:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A drone view shows mud covering properties following a flash flood at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal, on Aug. 26. © Reuters
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[2026-08-27 13:30 UTC+10:00] [gig economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss labour protection for delivery riders, and a new era for India-Bangladesh relations
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[2026-08-27 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE is expected to announce September petrol prices on Monday as global oil markets remain volatile amid the nearly seven-month Iran war. Traditionally, petrol prices have moved in synch with those benchmarks but not all the time.
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[2026-08-27 12:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: South Korea's central bank on Aug. 27 delivered its first back-to-back interest rate hike since January 2023. (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita)
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[2026-08-27 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City leads in business, connectivity and talent diversity but trails rivals in technology investment, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce finds
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[2026-08-27 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong Palace Museum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City leads in business, connectivity and talent diversity but trails rivals in technology investment, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce finds
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[2026-08-27 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment has announced a joint venture with Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) as it seeks to expand its presence in Chinese-speaking markets.
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[2026-08-27 09:55 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: If the August 5–20 capital raising fortnight proved anything, it was that Australia’s capital markets have lost none of their appetite for writing sizeable cheques.
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[2026-08-27 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Update (5:10pm): NVDA stock is very volatile, and after sliding 3% at first on solid earnings but weak margin guidance, the stock has since recovered and is up over 5% as the earnings call begins, on the following comments from Jensen Huang:
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[2026-08-27 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A senior US Embassy delegation, led by acting Economic Counselor Wendy Nassmacher, visited Israel’s Upper Galilee in recent days to support efforts to revive the region’s economy as it recovers from years of war.
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[2026-08-27 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Investors have no shortage of reasons to diversify away from the United States. America’s public debt is rising, political polarization is deepening, trade policy has become unpredictable, the rule of law is now in doubt and financial sanctions have encouraged other governments to seek alternatives to the dollar. Yet there has been no great exodus from US markets.
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[2026-08-27 05:26 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The US stock market is drifting after a report said inflation was a touch worse last month than economists expected. Yields in the bond market, home to some of Wall Street’s biggest recent worries, ticked higher following the data.
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[2026-08-27 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's president insisted on Wednesday that the United States would achieve nothing with its new sanctions campaign after Washington laid out plans to collapse the country's economy.
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[2026-08-27 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While yesterday's 2 Year auction was absolutely blockbuster, today's sale of 5Y paper left quite a bit to be desired.
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[2026-08-27 03:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Workers prepare extruded aluminum product for packaging at Magna Aluminum Profile’s fully electric powered extrusion facility in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada, on Sept. 3, 2025. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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[2026-08-27 02:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities are adamant that their country’s domestic capacities will be able to keep the country’s economy afloat, despite new economic sanctions targeting Iran unveiled by the United States this week.
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[2026-08-27 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW DELHI — The World Bank is seeking to develop more investment-ready projects in emerging markets to attract private capital for development, saying a shortage of viable projects remains a major barrier to financing sectors such as agriculture, health, and water.
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[2026-08-27 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Michael Every of Rabobank
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[2026-08-27 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: SoftBank Group's 8.5% notes due 2036 fell as much as 2.5 cents to about 98 cents on the dollar after Bloomberg reported that Masayoshi Son's conglomerate is considering a $10 billion to $20 billion bond offering, prompting traders to price in additional leverage and supply risk as the investment firm plans to refinance the massive bridge loan backing its OpenAI investment.
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[2026-08-27 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: AD Ports Group’s board has recommended that shareholders accept L'imad’s Dh6.25-a-share offer to take full control of the Abu Dhabi ports and logistics company, following a fairness opinion from its independent financial adviser HSBC.
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[2026-08-27 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Datacentres - Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Booms in investment usually lead to economic growth. But this one looks unlikely to translate into better living standards for Australians
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[2026-08-27 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Oil prices extended their declines for a third straight day after the US plan to ramp up economic pressure on Iran spared the country’s trading partners from harsher measures for now, while mediators said they were continuing efforts to end the conflict.
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[2026-08-27 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Agriculture is vital to East Africa's economy, but a 2025 soil report by the Heinrich Boll Foundation, a German think tank, found that more than 40 per cent of the region's soils were degraded.
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[2026-08-27 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trade barriers, oversupply and falling export prices are squeezing steel producers as the Qiushi Journal warns against letting the industry contract
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[2026-08-27 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trade barriers, oversupply and falling export prices are squeezing steel producers as the Qiushi Journal warns against letting the industry contract
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[2026-08-26 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Meta Platforms has reached a $16.7 billion settlement to resolve a landmark claim brought by several states that the company designed Instagram and Facebook to addict children, improperly collected children's personal data, and misled consumers about their safety.
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[2026-08-26 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Central bankers, policymakers and economists will gather in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Thursday for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's annual economic policy symposium.
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[2026-08-26 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While far less relevant than the rest of today's data barrage, including the core PCE report and Durable Goods data which showed a mixed real-time picture of the economy as core prices rose more than expected while core CapEx missed expectations, the BEA also reported its second revision of Q2 GDP data - yes, for the quarter ended June 30 or almost two months ago - and which came in at 1.5%, right on top of expectations, and unchanged from
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[2026-08-26 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An employee checks a customer’s identification card before checking out alcohol at a cash register in a grocery store in Arlington Heights, Ill., Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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[2026-08-26 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cold War rivals used ground rules to make competition more transparent, bounded and predictable. Today’s weaponised trade needs the same ambition
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[2026-08-26 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Asean] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cold War rivals used ground rules to make competition more transparent, bounded and predictable. Today’s weaponised trade needs the same ambition
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[2026-08-26 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Stock futures are are flat and Treasuries slipped while oil stumbled heading into today's PCE report and NVDA earnings. As of 8:00am ET, S&P Futures are unchanged and Nasdaq futures drop 0.2% as NVDA and MRVL both rise 0.2% with Semis flat, Memory down 80bp, Korea down 46bp, Software down 1.3%, but Unprofitable Tech +83bp which point to continued de-risking into NVDA / MRVL where expectations are positive, but a stronger print may mean more for the ecosystem than for
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[2026-08-26 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Bank Indonesia Acting Gov. Destry Damayanti is the sole candidate for the top job, and underwent a parliamentary "fit and proper" hearing for the position on Aug. 26. © Reuters
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[2026-08-26 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing bets on next-generation manufacturing – and stricter industrial oversight – to secure its economic strategy
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[2026-08-26 21:00 UTC+10:00] [ANZ Research] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing bets on next-generation manufacturing – and stricter industrial oversight – to secure its economic strategy
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[2026-08-26 20:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The move came after the Trump administration imposed 50% tariffs over the weekend on Canadian goods following the collapse of trade negotiations. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney accused Washington of trying to subordinate Canada.
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[2026-08-26 19:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Emirates Global Aluminium’s smelter restoration work at its Al Taweelah plant has reached 25 per cent after it incurred significant damage in an Iranian strike in March.
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[2026-08-26 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Takeaway emerges as Haidilao’s fastest-growing segment as it diversifies its formats, expands into lower-tier markets despite a soft economy
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