Topic: Business — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-01 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Hershey reported first-quarter sales and earnings that exceeded Bloomberg-tracked analyst expectations, driven by higher candy prices and resilient consumer demand.
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[2026-05-01 09:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Markets in Australia and Japan were set to climb Tuesday, mirroring gains on Wall Street that saw both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite reach new highs.This comes as investors took in strong earnings from Apple and Caterpillar, looking past weaker-than-expected economic data and threats of escalation in Iran by U.S.
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[2026-05-01 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Compass Datacenters has decided to withdraw from its plan to develop a major data-center corridor in Northern Virginia after spending years pursuing approvals and investing tens of millions of dollars, according to Bloomberg.
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[2026-05-01 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With the nationwide average gasoline price accelerating above the politically sensitive $4-per-gallon level, and the consumer backdrop for low-income households darkening, Goldman analysts published a note on Wednesday identifying which big-box retailers have the greatest exposure to working-poor households.
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[2026-05-01 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Global investors are again embracing risk with strong rallies in equity markets across the US and Europe as oil prices retreated from four-year highs.
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[2026-05-01 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ahead of today's AAPL earnings report, we've had a mixed picture from Mag 7 earnings so far: GOOGL soared to a record high, MSFT and AMZN both dropped (although they recovered much of their losses throughout the day) and META crashed, all on different reads of their capex. Which leaves AAPL to complete the picture of the big 5 megacaps (with NVDA set to report in a few weeks).
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[2026-05-01 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Fresh data showed the US economy grew at a 2% annualized pace in the first quarter while core inflation rose 3.2% year-over-year in March as data shows a resilient, if uneven, recovery.
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[2026-05-01 05:19 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices whipsawed and surged toward their highest levels since the war with Iran began, only for the leaps to quickly vanish. The US stock market, meanwhile, is rising following strong profit reports from big companies like Alphabet.
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[2026-05-01 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-01 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An advertisement for prediction market platform Kalshi hangs at 13th and L Streets in northwest Washington, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)
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[2026-05-01 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Earlier this month, when much of the attention was largely focused on private credit, we warned that one of the old, familiar credit market time-bombs, commercial real estate which for many years had been penned as the "Next Big Short", was deteriorating rapidly: according to the latest TREPP CMBS monthly report, March saw a surge in the CMBS delinquency rate, which jumped by 41bps to 7.55%, the highest in years, led by a surge in the lodging rate, a category
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[2026-05-01 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a rule barring senators from trading on prediction markets effective immediately.
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[2026-05-01 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gasoline prices are displayed at a Mobil gas station on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
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[2026-05-01 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi spoke about the naphtha supply situation on April 30. (Photo by Ken Suzuki)
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[2026-05-01 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The US economy accelerated at the start of 2026, expanding at a modest 2% pace from January through March after recovering from last fall’s 43-day federal government shutdown. But the outlook is clouded by the Iran war.
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[2026-05-01 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Bas van Geffen, Senior Macro strategist at Rabobank
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[2026-05-01 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Wolf Richter via Wolf Street,
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[2026-05-01 01:09 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 1, 2026 01:09 | News
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[2026-05-01 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE and South Korea have formally enacted their Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the first of its kind Seoul has signed with a country in the Middle East and North Africa.
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[2026-05-01 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Shares in Domino’s Pizza, KFC operator Collins Foods and multi-brand food franchise owner Retail Food Group have all suffered double-digit falls
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[2026-05-01 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: State media has cast the deal as a security concern, while stressing Beijing remains open to foreign investment
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[2026-05-01 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: State media has cast the deal as a security concern, while stressing Beijing remains open to foreign investment
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[2026-05-01 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The statewide average for 87-octane gasoline in California has topped $6 a gallon as the Iran-war-driven global energy crunch ripples across the West Coast, the hardest-hit U.S. region. Meanwhile, the national average remains above the politically sensitive $4-a-gallon threshold, hovering around $4.30, according to AAA data as of Thursday morning.
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[2026-05-01 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Bank of England has revealed some interesting details on the ways our finances might be affected as the conflict in the Middle East hits the economy.
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[2026-05-01 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UN chief Antonio Guterres sounded the alarm on Thursday over the worsening global economic impacts of the Strait of Hormuz remaining effectively closed due to the Iran war.
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[2026-05-01 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oman plans to build a new economic area centred on developing its artificial intelligence capabilities, as the sultanate steps up its technology sector to boost its economy.
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[2026-05-01 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With Brent surging to a new post war high overnight, rising as high as $125 on fear of an imminent resumption of hostilities in Iran, which dragged yields higher, and also pushed the USDJPY above 160 for the first time since late March, overnight Japan made clear - again - it wouldn't take it any more, with the usual round of jawboning.
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[2026-05-01 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Technology heavyweights posted strong quarterly results, driven by AI-fuelled cloud demand, echoing the post-pandemic surge but raising questions over durability.
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[2026-04-30 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama issued a verbal warning about the yen's weakness on Thursday. (Nikkei montage)
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[2026-04-30 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama issued a verbal warning about the yen's weakness on Thursday. (Nikkei montage)
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[2026-04-30 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The economy also recovered from last autumn’s 43-day federal shutdown
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[2026-04-30 23:50 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The economy also recovered from last autumn’s 43-day federal shutdown
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[2026-04-30 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: We have gone from a "low hire, low fire" economy to "AI chatbot hire, no fire." We joke, but really there is no other way to explain what is going on here: this morning the Dept of Labor reported that in the week ended April 25, jobless claims fell 26k to 189k (from an upward revised 215k), compared with median est.
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[2026-04-30 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Heavily shorted shares of rental-car company Hertz are soaring in premarket trading after the company announced a partnership with Uber Technologies to scale both autonomous robotaxi and driver-led rideshare operations.
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[2026-04-30 23:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Fed's favorite inflation indicator - Core PCE - rose 0.3% MoM in January (as expected), a dip from the 0.4% sequential increase in February, with YoY rising by 3.2% (also as expected), slightly higher than the 3.0% in Feb. That is the highest annual increase in Core PCE since Nov 2023.
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[2026-04-30 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gas prices are displayed at a gasoline station, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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[2026-04-30 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged, as expected, with officials signaling they need more time to assess the extent of the Iran war’s jolt to the economy. The deposit rate was left at 2%, where it’s been since June 2025 and in line with the predictions of all analysts in a Bloomberg survey.
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[2026-04-30 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures erase an overnight slide, and have resumed their ascent trading near all time highs, despite a hawkish Fed statement but stronger Mag7 earnings. The hawkish Fed followed by a less hawkish press conference, plus the news that Powell is staying on seemingly removing a cut, actually have bond yields lower pre-mkt by 2-4bp as the Dollar weakens on what appears to be BOJ intervention which has sent the USDJPY plunging most since 2022.
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[2026-04-30 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: TOKYO -- The yen surged into the 155-per-dollar range from around 160 -- a move that followed Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama and other officials verbally warned against excessive yen depreciation on Thursday evening.
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[2026-04-30 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Activist investor Oasis Management has been campaigning for changes to Kao's board since taking a stake in the household products company in 2024. (Source photos Tomoki Mera, Oasis website)
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[2026-04-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Italian club’s former midfielder sees positives in promoting club brand in new markets, but issues warning over player welfare
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[2026-04-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Serie A] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Italian club’s former midfielder sees positives in promoting club brand in new markets, but issues warning over player welfare
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[2026-04-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China aims to solve its graduate jobs crisis by sending academic students to vocational school. But many young people remain sceptical
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[2026-04-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China aims to solve its graduate jobs crisis by sending academic students to vocational school. But many young people remain sceptical
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[2026-04-30 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The emergence of the humanoid robotics industry worldwide continues to gather pace. UBS analyst Phyllis Wang noted some of the most recent developments:
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[2026-04-30 20:11 UTC+10:00] [Central banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: FRANKFURT — The eurozone economy eked out another quarter of growth at the start of the year — but the outlook is darkening fast.
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[2026-04-30 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A face-off during the third period of an NHL hockey game between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota Wild with the Kalshi sign in the background Tuesday, March, 17, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Banks)
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[2026-04-30 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama issued verbal warnings against the weak yen on Thursday. (Photo by Jo Ishibuchi)
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[2026-04-30 19:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spain's dynamic economy withstood the turmoil unleashed by the Middle East war to post 0.6 percent growth in the first quarter, in line with expectations, official data showed on Thursday.
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[2026-04-30 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -Clouds cover the sky over the headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
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