Topic: Business — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-14 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Shares of drone makers AeroVironment and Aevex, and "pure-play" drone-parts company Unusual Machines, are higher in premarket trading Thursday after the Trump administration signed a proclamation imposing tariffs of as much as 100% on imported drones and components, part of a broader effort to decouple the nation's drone supply chain from China.
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[2026-08-14 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Minister Janice Tse says analysis of public submissions shows general support for more focused integration into national development
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[2026-08-14 21:35 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Minister Janice Tse says analysis of public submissions shows general support for more focused integration into national development
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[2026-08-14 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spain's leftist government has reversed course and extended the operating life of the country's largest nuclear plant to reduce exposure to turbulent energy markets, the state gazette showed on Friday.
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[2026-08-14 20:43 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Rolling coverage of the latest and economic news, as US sells 30-year bonds at highest borrowing costs since 2001
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[2026-08-14 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Canadian investment company Brookfield has invested in Japan's residential real estate market for the first time. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
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[2026-08-14 18:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong revises full-year economic growth forecast for 2026 to a range of 3.5 to 4.5 per cent
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[2026-08-14 18:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong revises full-year economic growth forecast for 2026 to a range of 3.5 to 4.5 per cent
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[2026-08-14 18:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: President Donald Trump's administration is signalling the US is ready to push Iran’s economy to its limits, cementing a pivot to impose financial pressure and a naval blockade to force Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-14 17:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-08-14 17:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: You have reached your maximum number of saved items.
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[2026-08-14 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto delivers his annual state of the nation address in front of members of parliament in Jakarta on Aug. 14. © Reuters
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[2026-08-14 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Younger, professionally diverse Chinese are turning to local brands for technology and qualities once tied to foreign marques
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[2026-08-14 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Guangdong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Younger, professionally diverse Chinese are turning to local brands for technology and qualities once tied to foreign marques
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[2026-08-14 16:49 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Another week of smoke and mirrors has left markets generally sitting pretty to end the week.
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[2026-08-14 16:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: From tariff turmoil and stock shocks to market meltdowns, the global financial system has never been in such flux.
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[2026-08-14 16:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi's AD Ports Group reported an 86 per cent annual rise in its second quarter net profit as the company managed to diversify its trade routes away from the Strait of Hormuz that remains chocked amid the Iran war.
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[2026-08-14 15:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person walk in front of an electronic stock chart board showing Japan’s Nikkei index at a securities firm Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-08-14 14:34 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Power futures are becoming an increasingly popular tool for Japanese companies to manage risk arising from fuel-price volatility, with the number of short-term contracts traded on the nation’s biggest platform rising for four straight months.
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[2026-08-14 14:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Foreign investors dumped Indian equities in the first six months of the year, with net sales totaling $26.7 billion, but have since turned buyers, with net purchases topping $3.8 billion.
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[2026-08-14 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Consumers shop at a wet market in Kuala Lumpur: Resilient domestic demand helped support Malaysia's economy in the April-June quarter. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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[2026-08-14 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The two top-ranked boomtowns in the United States lie less than 80 miles apart on the same stretch of Texas interstate, turning a single highway into one of the nation's most potent engines of population and economic expansion.
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[2026-08-14 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A new government requirement to pay annual royalties for playing copyrighted music is a positive step towards a functioning creative economy, industry figures have said.
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[2026-08-14 10:00 UTC+10:00] [OECD] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The country has identified seven next-generation industries, including nuclear fusion and small modular reactors, to stem sluggish growth potential
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[2026-08-14 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The country has identified seven next-generation industries, including nuclear fusion and small modular reactors, to stem sluggish growth potential
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[2026-08-14 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The former premier played a key role in the developments that helped shape China’s rise to the world’s second-largest economy today
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[2026-08-14 09:15 UTC+10:00] [John Lee Ka-chiu] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The former premier played a key role in the developments that helped shape China’s rise to the world’s second-largest economy today
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[2026-08-14 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: One of Australia's big four consultancy groups, KPMG, is facing the Senate again over its whistleblower scandal.
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[2026-08-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Via InternationalMan.com,
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[2026-08-14 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Companies such as Kioxia Holdings have seen their profiles rise alongside the AI boom. (Photo by Yohei Fukai)
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[2026-08-14 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Workday shares jumped the most on record during late-afternoon trading on Thursday after a Reuters report said Silver Lake was in discussions to acquire the human-resources and financial-management software company.
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[2026-08-14 05:12 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The US stock market is ticking toward an all-time high following the latest sign that inflation is getting less bad. Stocks also got a lift from easing oil prices in their latest yo-yo move.
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[2026-08-14 03:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: After yesterday's ugly 10Y auction, moments ago we got the last of the week's refunding auctions, when the Treasury sold $25BN in 30Y paper (the same paper that has seen yield shoot up in the past week, ever since Warsh's most recent FOMC meeting in which he left the long-end hang out to dry), and just like the 10Y auction before it, this one was also rather deplorable.
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[2026-08-14 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Flexport founder and CEO Ryan Petersen posted on X what appears to be a recruitment ad from Singapore-based maritime crewing agency Singhai Marine Services, offering a rare look at the pay and "transit" bonuses available to tanker crews transiting the highly contested Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-14 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Channel 12 political commentator Amit Segal on Tuesday published details of what he said was an attempt by Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat to oust and replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shortly after the October 7 massacre.
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[2026-08-14 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: LIS Technologies just bought the building that makes the Nano Nuclear vertical-integration story look more like a fuel cycle, instead of a slide deck.
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[2026-08-14 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-08-14 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance
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[2026-08-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Formerly moribund facility on Yangtze River fills order book as shipowners favour small and medium-sized container vessels
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[2026-08-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Orient Futures] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Formerly moribund facility on Yangtze River fills order book as shipowners favour small and medium-sized container vessels
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[2026-08-14 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Michael Every of Rabobank
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[2026-08-14 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The yen and other Asian currencies weakened sharply against the U.S. dollar this year. (Photo by Akira Kodaka and Reuters)
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[2026-08-13 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: StubHub shares plunged 20% in premarket trading as uncertainty surrounding its second-half outlook fueled concerns that World Cup demand temporarily pulled forward discretionary spending on entertainment and events.
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[2026-08-13 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Land parcels are located in Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen New Development Area and are being set aside for planned modern logistics cluster
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[2026-08-13 23:30 UTC+10:00] [logistics hub] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Land parcels are located in Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen New Development Area and are being set aside for planned modern logistics cluster
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[2026-08-13 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Following yesterday's cooling (in-line) consumer price inflation data (driven in large part by energy deflation), US producer prices were expected to rebound modestly in July from a 0.3% MoM decline (headline) in June.
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[2026-08-13 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Deanna Pearson, 4, browses the children’s shoe section at a Goodwill store in Roseville, Minn., Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)
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[2026-08-13 23:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time rose to 209k last week, rebounding off the lowest levels since 1969...
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[2026-08-13 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Remembered as a candid, decisive leader, the former Chinese premier championed entrepreneurship, welcomed foreign expertise and brought urgency to economic policymaking
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[2026-08-13 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Remembered as a candid, decisive leader, the former Chinese premier championed entrepreneurship, welcomed foreign expertise and brought urgency to economic policymaking
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