Topic: Business — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-14 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher Thursday as investors look to a high-stakes meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for clues on the future of U.S.-China ties and global trade.
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[2026-05-14 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Submitted by Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com
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[2026-05-14 08:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,
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[2026-05-14 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Large Japanese companies continue to tap growth potential overseas, but foreign businesses also have their eye on firms in Japan. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)
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[2026-05-14 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The conventional wisdom heading into 2026 was simple enough: an unpopular president, a restless electorate, and history's gravitational pull toward the opposition party would deliver the House back to Democrats.
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[2026-05-14 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran’s absent Supreme Leader is begging employers to “avoid layoffs” as the nation’s economic woes continue to face pressure from the US blockade in rare public remarks — admitting that the nation is facing punishing economic conditions.
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[2026-05-14 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Australian market is expected to open slightly down as markets continue to make sense of the federal budget, while results from GrainCorp and Xero are out today.
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[2026-05-14 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Shinoken looks to operate low-rise buildings with 20 to 100 studio units, catering to single professionals. (Shinoken Group)
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[2026-05-14 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Dai-ichi Life's Kazuyuki Shigemoto said yield curves will flatten if the Bank of Japan hikes interest rates twice this year. (Photo by Shinichi Arakawa)
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[2026-05-14 06:05 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The “National SME Strategy Framework 2026” to empower Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), the backbone of the Sri Lankan economy, locally and globally, was officially launched yesterday (13) under the patronage of Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development, Sunil Handunnetti, and Deputy Minister Chathuranga Abeysinghe.
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[2026-05-14 05:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday stressed that the Government bears the responsibility of managing the country’s economy in a way that would prevent a recurrence of the economic crisis experienced in recent years.
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[2026-05-14 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: He is taking over as the world’s largest economy reels from repeated shocks, including inflation fuelled in part by the Iran war
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[2026-05-14 05:42 UTC+10:00] [Columbia] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: He is taking over as the world’s largest economy reels from repeated shocks, including inflation fuelled in part by the Iran war
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[2026-05-14 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A Tokyo area supermarket. Japanese consumers are bracing for faster inflation. (Photo by Nanami Sato)
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[2026-05-14 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Marking a historic milestone in the progressive development of Port City Colombo which is widely regarded as the turning point of Sri Lanka’s economy, Home Lands Group’s Home Lands Port City (Pvt) Limited signed the Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt) Limited to develop the most iconic twin tower high-rise project in the Central Park district of Port City, that will merge with and overlook 40 acres of lush Central Parkland.
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[2026-05-14 05:20 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Wall Street is drifting in mixed trading on Wednesday after another discouraging update on inflation and a recovery for technology stocks.
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[2026-05-14 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,
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[2026-05-14 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kalshi has a welcome bonus for first-time users who want to sign up for the fast-growing prediction market platform this spring.
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[2026-05-14 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abdulla bin Touq, Minister of Economy and Tourism, has announced measures to crack down on gold being traded for money laundering and financing terrorism.
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[2026-05-14 03:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Moments ago, the last refunding auction of the week, the sale of $25BN in 30Y paper, made history: it was the first 30Y auction to print with a high yield above 5%, and a coupon of 5%, since August 2007... which as veteran traders will recall was the month of the historic quant crash which marked the S&P highs at the time and eventually culminated in the global financial crisis.
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[2026-05-14 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The possibility of a widening interest rate gap between Japan and the U.S. is driving the yen to weaken against the dollar. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
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[2026-05-14 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A Chinese electronics factory. China's exports to the U.S. fell in 2025, but its overall trade surplus with the world grew. © Reuters
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[2026-05-14 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Readers of The Post can take advantage of the latest Polymarket offer with a $20 bonus when they create an account on the fast-growing prediction platform using the Polymarket promo code NYPMAX.
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[2026-05-14 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: To support current commercial nuclear operations, plus 300 GW of new nuclear capacity for a total of roughly 400 GW by 2050, all fueled domestically, the country would need to invest between $105 billion and $170 billion across the entire nuclear fuel cycle.
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[2026-05-14 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Bas van Geffen, senior macro strategist of Rabobank
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[2026-05-14 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Mortgage delinquencies fell slightly in March, with the first-lien delinquency rate declining to 3.35%, down 37 basis points from February, as seasonal factors and tax refunds supported borrowers.
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[2026-05-14 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-05-14 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Palmer Luckey's Anduril announced a $5 billion Series H funding round at a $61 billion valuation, led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. This comes as President Trump's 'war economy' and the rise of 'war unicorns' gain momentum.
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[2026-05-14 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Dh6.2 billion ($1.69 billion) relief for bank customers in the UAE is nothing compared to the Dh200 billion in assistance the UAE Central Bank extended during the Covid pandemic, reflecting the far smaller impact of the current crisis on the country's economy, the UAE Banks Federation chairman Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair has said.
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[2026-05-14 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: As president Trump was on his way to China, a Chinese tanker appears to have exited the Strait of Hormuz as it sails toward an area where the US has enforced a blockade, ahead of talks between US President Donald Trump and counterpart Xi Jinping, Bloomberg reported today, citing ship-tracking data showing the VLCC moving south along the eastern side of the chokepoint.
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[2026-05-14 00:01 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Paul Keating has described his most important declaration about the state of the economy as a weighty truth lifted from his shoulders – but it may not have happened but for a woman washing some heavy pots.
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[2026-05-13 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — Chinese tech giant Alibaba said Wednesday that net profit dropped by nearly a fifth during its most recent fiscal year, weighed by challenges in the domestic economy and an expensive push into artificial intelligence.
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[2026-05-13 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A saleswoman shows off gold necklaces inside a jewelry store in Kolkata on Jan. 28. Dealers are reeling now that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked Indians to curtail purchases of the precious metal.
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[2026-05-13 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are up (alongside oil and yields, go figure), reversing yesterday's modest losses, as optimism around the earnings potential of AI outweighs concerns over hot inflation readings bringing dip buyers back to drive tech stocks higher, with traders betting that the tech rally has further room to run while also hoping on good news from the Trump-Xi summit set to start today in Beijing.
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[2026-05-13 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ahead of Terminal 2’s opening, sources tell SCMP that the authority has assumed control of 70 per cent of the troubled project
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[2026-05-13 21:46 UTC+10:00] [AsiaWorld-Expo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ahead of Terminal 2’s opening, sources tell SCMP that the authority has assumed control of 70 per cent of the troubled project
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[2026-05-13 21:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The potential outflow from active and passive investors due to the stock exclusion is estimated at around US$1.7 billion. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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[2026-05-13 20:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: First-time disclosure of AI-related sales illustrates pivot towards full-stack capabilities as Hangzhou tech giant embraces ‘token economy’ to fuel growth
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[2026-05-13 20:57 UTC+10:00] [Citi Research] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: First-time disclosure of AI-related sales illustrates pivot towards full-stack capabilities as Hangzhou tech giant embraces ‘token economy’ to fuel growth
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[2026-05-13 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Supply disruptions and rising costs linked to Middle East instability are forcing companies to adjust sourcing, production and investment plans
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[2026-05-13 20:30 UTC+10:00] [European companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Supply disruptions and rising costs linked to Middle East instability are forcing companies to adjust sourcing, production and investment plans
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[2026-05-13 20:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Iran's grip over the Strait of Hormuz is throttling the world’s energy supplies and inflicting global economic pain, but a U.S. naval blockade and deepening pressures on its own economy are also testing its ability to withstand the war and defy Washington's demands.
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[2026-05-13 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Britain faces among the highest borrowing costs of any developed nation — but bond markets offer 4 key lessons the government can embrace to remedy the issue, according to former U.K. Treasury minister Jim O'Neill.
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[2026-05-13 19:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Britain's King Charles III will set out the agenda of a fragile U.K. government on Wednesday after Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced down calls for his resignation that sparked heavy selling pressure on gilts in the previous session.
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[2026-05-13 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The two delegations met in Seoul’s Incheon Airport, spoke for a few hours and skipped the press conferences typically held after earlier sessions
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[2026-05-13 19:09 UTC+10:00] [Scott Bessent] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The two delegations met in Seoul’s Incheon Airport, spoke for a few hours and skipped the press conferences typically held after earlier sessions
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[2026-05-13 19:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Evan Duke, a 30-year-old bartender who lives in Raleigh, N.C., works at the Pearl & Peril, March 10, 2026, in the city’s Glenwood South bar district. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)
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[2026-05-13 17:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: AD Ports Group, the operator of industrial cities and free zones in Abu Dhabi, reported 43 per cent annual jump in its first-quarter profit as the company focused on diversifying its trade routes amid Iran conflict.
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[2026-05-13 17:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Uzbekistan Airways is one of the assets held by UzNIF, which is due to list in Tashkent and London on May 18. © AP
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[2026-05-13 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ahead of Trump’s China visit, experts at an RCEP forum discuss a supply-chain overhaul, looking to insulate the world’s biggest trading bloc
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