Topic: Business — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-05 16:01 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-05-05 15:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sustainable aviation fuel plants backed by tycoon Peter Lee’s family office hailed by Hong Kong leader as ‘milestone’ cross-border collaboration
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[2026-05-05 15:38 UTC+10:00] [Wei Hao] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sustainable aviation fuel plants backed by tycoon Peter Lee’s family office hailed by Hong Kong leader as ‘milestone’ cross-border collaboration
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[2026-05-05 15:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Civil society groups in Uganda have strongly criticised a proposed “Protection of Sovereignty Bill,” warning it could stifle dissent and harm the economy, as debate intensifies ahead of its presentation in parliament.
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[2026-05-05 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Facing pressure to address the economic fallout of his war in Iran, President Donald Trump sought to portray his policy wins for small businesses as evidence that he was succeeding in building up the economy.
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[2026-05-05 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LONDON — European stocks are expected to open mostly lower on Tuesday as investors digest the latest developments in the Iran war.
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[2026-05-05 15:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Shin Je-yoon warns walkout could hit chip output, ripple across economy
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[2026-05-05 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lawmakers suggest capping plays at HK$5 and prizes at HK$300 as first step, while calling for a balance between user protection and industry development
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[2026-05-05 15:01 UTC+10:00] [user addiction] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lawmakers suggest capping plays at HK$5 and prizes at HK$300 as first step, while calling for a balance between user protection and industry development
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[2026-05-05 14:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: More than 85 per cent of Iranian drones that were launched at the UAE were eliminated by Edge Group’s defence systems, the UAE defence conglomerate has said.
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[2026-05-05 14:31 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Reserve Bank has lifted interest rates as insurance against an inflation breakout from the Iran war, while warning that higher oil prices risk pushing the economy to the brink of a per-person recession.
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[2026-05-05 14:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A train arrives at a Wall Street subway station in New York’s Financial District on Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)
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[2026-05-05 14:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Millions of Indonesian Muslims traveled to their hometowns for Eid al-Fitr, which fell in late March this year. Increased household spending during the holiday helped the economy grow 5.61% on an annualized basis in the first quarter of 2026. © Reuters
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[2026-05-05 13:54 UTC+10:00] [Business / Banking & finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Westpac has raised its buffers for soured loans as it prepares for a weakening in the economy due to the Middle East war, even as its latest results showed fewer borrowers were struggling with repayments.
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[2026-05-05 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: RAK Ceramics is offsetting the Iran-war-driven slowdown in exports with a pivot to the domestic market, where the push for new developments to be completed on time is supporting sales, its chief executive has said.
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[2026-05-05 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: At a time of heightened uncertainty in the Middle East, a closer look at the UAE this week offers a glimpse of how one country is articulating a new way forward.
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[2026-05-05 12:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: EU official says Brussels has identified cybersecurity and dependency risks in foreign inverters
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[2026-05-05 12:57 UTC+10:00] [European Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: EU official says Brussels has identified cybersecurity and dependency risks in foreign inverters
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[2026-05-05 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Back in January, just days before the latest private crash swept across markets, we reminded readers that one of the biggest abusers of private credit SPVs was none other than Meta which as of 2025 was "already neck deep in off-balance sheet debt." We then showed a schematic of its $27.3 billion SPV with private credit ground zero - Blue Owl - titled "Project Beignet", which was created for Meta's Hyperion data center, "none of this touches META's balance sheet."
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[2026-05-05 12:06 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: May 5, 2026 — 12:06pm
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[2026-05-05 11:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The head of the International Monetary Fund on Monday warned that inflation was already picking up and the global economy could face a "much worse outcome" if the war in the Middle East drags into 2027 and oil prices hit around $125 per barrel.
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[2026-05-05 11:24 UTC+10:00] [United States Politics and Government] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Facing pressure to address the economic fallout of his war in Iran, President Trump on Monday sought to portray his policy wins for small businesses as evidence that he was succeeding in building up the economy.
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[2026-05-05 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Landbridge Group’s legal claim over the port could take several years to resolve, analysts said, providing more time for dialogue
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[2026-05-05 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World Bank] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Landbridge Group’s legal claim over the port could take several years to resolve, analysts said, providing more time for dialogue
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[2026-05-05 10:53 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON – U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told European Union and German trade officials over the weekend that Washington will move forward with U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to raise EU car import tariffs to 25%, according to a statement made Monday on CNBC.
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[2026-05-05 10:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices declined after closing sharply higher on Monday, as traders continue to assess the risk of immediate supply disruptions amid renewed tensions between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-05-05 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Two parole reform bills advancing in New York are triggering intense debate, with supporters calling them long-overdue criminal justice reforms and critics warning they could allow violent offenders to leave prison early, according to the NY Post.
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[2026-05-05 10:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The head of the International Monetary Fund on Monday warned that inflation was already picking up and the global economy could face a "much worse outcome" if the war in the Middle East drags on into 2027 and oil prices hit around $125 per barrel.
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[2026-05-05 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Theodore Dalrymple via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-05-05 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China accounts for about a third of global fertiliser production, and 70 per cent of the raw materials for chemical pesticides
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[2026-05-05 08:00 UTC+10:00] [fertiliser] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China accounts for about a third of global fertiliser production, and 70 per cent of the raw materials for chemical pesticides
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[2026-05-05 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Earlier today we joked when, after the third intervention attempt by Japan's MOF/BOJ, the yen promptly sold off again as Japanese officials continued to sink billions of dollars into what has become bottomless monetary pit (ignoring for a second the lunacy of spending dollars to strengthen your currency while at the same time printing yet), one which gets bigger every day the BOJ refuses to simply raise interest rates.
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[2026-05-05 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The US Department hiked its estimates for US debt borrowing in the current quarter, citing lower net cash flows.
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[2026-05-05 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Opec+ has agreed to increase output in June in a move aimed at reassuring markets that supply will continue despite the Israeli-US war on Iran.
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[2026-05-05 05:50 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lankan economy has become predictable and stable, enhancing investment opportunities with the Government undertaking institutional reforms through digitization, creating a single window for trade and investments Deputy Minister of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development Chathuranga Abeysinghe told the Global Innovation & Leadership Summit held in Colombo on May 2.
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[2026-05-05 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The political instability, unpredictable oil trade, and changing alliances have changed the ways energy is consumed and traded. It is no longer a simple commodity. It is a strategic resource that alters the way politics and economics are conducted. Countries that have prioritised energy trade and focused on energy supply are now using their energy supply to trade for market equity.
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[2026-05-05 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Google has begun construction of its largest artificial intelligence (AI) hub outside the United States, marking a major expansion of global AI infrastructure and a significant investment in India’s digital economy.
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[2026-05-05 05:22 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The US stock market is falling from its record heights while oil prices jump following escalations in the Middle East that may be undermining the ceasefire in the war with Iran.
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[2026-05-05 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prime minister to meet city leader John Lee on Wednesday and join Uzbek officials and business leaders already exploring opportunities
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[2026-05-05 02:06 UTC+10:00] [Nicholas Ho Lik-chi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prime minister to meet city leader John Lee on Wednesday and join Uzbek officials and business leaders already exploring opportunities
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[2026-05-05 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Stefan Koopman, senior macro strategist at Rabobank
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[2026-05-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shenzhen’s retail sales barely rose in the first quarter despite strong GDP growth, a sign of the Chinese tech hub’s unbalanced development
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[2026-05-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [retail sales] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shenzhen’s retail sales barely rose in the first quarter despite strong GDP growth, a sign of the Chinese tech hub’s unbalanced development
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[2026-05-04 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Shares of transportation and logistics giants FedEx and UPS dropped in premarket trading after Amazon debuted Amazon Supply Chain Services, opening its freight network to sellers far beyond the Amazon marketplace.
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[2026-05-04 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,
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[2026-05-04 23:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-05-04 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ITIF argues that regional sales help finance domestic R&D and block local rivals, while warning that a full exit would be a self-inflicted wound to innovation leadership
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[2026-05-04 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ITIF argues that regional sales help finance domestic R&D and block local rivals, while warning that a full exit would be a self-inflicted wound to innovation leadership
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[2026-05-04 22:58 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-05-04 22:51 UTC+10:00] [Institute of Dining Professionals] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Total visitor arrivals, including overseas travellers, reached 854,929 over first three days of Labour Day holiday, also slightly up from last year’s 803,612
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