Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-01 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Chinese robotics maker Unitree formally launched its IPO on Shanghai's STAR Market on Thursday, opening the books on a deal that aims to raise about 4.2 billion yuan (roughly $618 million) at an implied valuation near 42 billion yuan ($5.9 billion). Once the shares start trading, the listing will put a real, daily market price on a profitable humanoid-robot maker operating at scale - the first the sector has had.
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[2026-08-01 12:02 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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[2026-08-01 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The group says growing asset value has led to an increase in fakes, fraudulent sales and the use of card transactions for money laundering
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[2026-08-01 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The group says growing asset value has led to an increase in fakes, fraudulent sales and the use of card transactions for money laundering
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[2026-08-01 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Black and White brand of full-cream evaporated milk was created for the Hong Kong market in the 1940s and has been a favourite ever since
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[2026-08-01 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Black and White brand of full-cream evaporated milk was created for the Hong Kong market in the 1940s and has been a favourite ever since
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[2026-08-01 11:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli settler attempts to run over a Palestinian before setting fire to olive trees in the village of Al-Minya, southeast of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, according to Quds News Network.
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[2026-08-01 11:12 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The U.S. Treasury stepped into the currency market on Friday to back the battered yen, the Financial Times reported, marking Washington’s first intervention along with Tokyo to support Japan’s currency in more than a decade as it languishes near 40-year lows.
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[2026-08-01 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Chinese families grow cautious, South Korean retail investors use record leverage to chase tech ETFs despite mounting risks
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[2026-08-01 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Chinese families grow cautious, South Korean retail investors use record leverage to chase tech ETFs despite mounting risks
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[2026-08-01 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Filipino tennis ace Alex Eala is on a collision course with newly-minted Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova of Czech Republic at the National Bank Open in Toronto, Canada.
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[2026-08-01 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: More than two years after campaigning to "blow up" Argentina's central bank, President Javier Milei has announced his "Fiscal Shackle" bill - a permanent rule aimed at preventing Argentina from approving or maintaining budgets with fiscal deficits that could have consequences for politicians.
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[2026-08-01 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Prices for electronic devices reliant on advanced memory chips, from smartphones to gaming consoles, have risen as the AI data-center buildout tightens supply and drives component costs higher. The resulting memory-chip crunch is now weighing on consumer demand, with Goldman’s latest note showing that the pressure is increasingly visible in China’s handheld-device market.
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[2026-08-01 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Financial Services
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[2026-08-01 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Pigeon CEO Ryo Yano poses holding one of the company's baby bottles. Since entering China in 2002, its operating profit from the market has come to account for more than 60% of total earnings. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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[2026-08-01 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks rallied to the finish of a wild July as Amazon leaped, Apple sank and rising oil prices worsened worries about inflation.
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[2026-08-01 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Friday said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was just following the law, following his clearance for the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to submit subpoenaed bank records of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, Atty. Mans Carpio, to the Senate or the Impeachment Court.
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[2026-08-01 05:01 UTC+10:00] [Money / Saving] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: August 1, 2026 — 5:01am
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[2026-08-01 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: David Griffith, a yachtsman and intellectual property law veteran, and his wife, Penny, have put their Elizabeth Bay secondary home on the market with a price guide of $21 million to $23 million.
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[2026-08-01 04:47 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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[2026-08-01 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-01 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Audiences love a feel-good story. The 2011 documentary Cinema Jenin: The Story of a Dream had good feelings in spades, featuring German activist and filmmaker Marcus Vetter stopping at nothing to revive a once-beloved cinema in a small town in the occupied West Bank and bring culture back to the dispossessed.
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[2026-08-01 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While the BOJ understandably refuses to admit it spent a record $140BN (across all markets, $90BN on EBS) to briefly manipulate the Japanese yen higher...
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[2026-08-01 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces shot and wounded at least one Palestinian, arrested at least three, and closed entrances to the village of Tal in the occupied West Bank on Friday as more than 100 Israeli settlers marched towards the village, residents said.
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[2026-08-01 03:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-01 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Adnoc will move its pricing benchmark to the Platts Dubai system from November 1, as it seeks to sustain the strong demand for its crude oil products amid shifting geopolitical patterns.
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[2026-08-01 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Pricing data from June indicated that outside of some select items where costs continue to grow, inflation is trending back towards the Federal Reserve's inflation goal.
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[2026-08-01 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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[2026-08-01 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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[2026-08-01 00:32 UTC+10:00] [New York] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Calling it an ‘illegal, unlicensed gambling operation’, state seeks to halt Kalshi’s operations and force it to forfeit profits
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[2026-07-31 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Campaigners say reopening North Sea oil and gas fields in the UK would be in breach of international law over a stakeholder company’s links to illegal West Bank settlements.
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[2026-07-31 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-31 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing aims to expand nation’s world-leading network coverage, raising questions over need for more infrastructure projects as authorities flag ‘weak links’
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[2026-07-31 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Tibet] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing aims to expand nation’s world-leading network coverage, raising questions over need for more infrastructure projects as authorities flag ‘weak links’
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[2026-07-31 22:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After signing John Stones on free transfer, Christian Chivu says English clubs are on different financial level from even Serie A champions
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[2026-07-31 22:58 UTC+10:00] [Christian Chivu] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After signing John Stones on free transfer, Christian Chivu says English clubs are on different financial level from even Serie A champions
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[2026-07-31 22:31 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Lotte Card Co. has been slapped with 5 billion won (US$3.38 million) in financial penalties and a business suspension of 1.5 months over its massive data leak, the financial regulator said Friday.
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[2026-07-31 22:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said Friday new strict regulations will be implemented in early August to curb "split listing" by conglomerates, in a bid to bolster the fiduciary duty of listed firms and interests of ordinary shareholders.
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[2026-07-31 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An ad for the prediction market app Kalshi is displayed on a mobile phone Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, file)
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[2026-07-31 22:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Federal Reserve officials who voted this week against the decision to hold interest rates steady said Friday they favor hiking now as a way to stave off inflation.
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[2026-07-31 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A Qatari company has embarked on a $3.3 billion farming and food-processing project in Syria that is expected to employ thousands, as Gulf investors step up efforts to support the country’s economic rehabilitation.
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[2026-07-31 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Progressive Democrats have won major electoral victories across the country in recent months. As inequality and affordability become flashpoints for the midterms, many candidates and supporters are citing religion as a rationale for their positions.
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[2026-07-31 20:34 UTC+10:00] [Global Risk-Reward Monitor] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-07-31 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Nikkei to lower Advantest's weight in Nikkei 225 from October as stock's index share exceeds 10% cap rule.
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[2026-07-31 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Debt-level gains mask private-sector contraction, with government lone growth lever as households deleverage, firms shun borrowing: report
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[2026-07-31 20:00 UTC+10:00] [National Institution for Finance and Development] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Debt-level gains mask private-sector contraction, with government lone growth lever as households deleverage, firms shun borrowing: report
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[2026-07-31 19:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The IMF approved $1.8 billion in funding to Egypt following a review of two reform programmes, bringing total disbursements to $7.3 billion.
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[2026-07-31 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli settlers escorted by soldiers have stormed the town of Tal and other areas southwest of Nablus in the latest escalation of violence and tensions in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-07-31 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Only two months into his tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh is leading the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) at a time of unusually deep division over the direction of monetary policy in the world's largest economy.
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[2026-07-31 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- SK Inc., SK Group's holding company, said Friday it has signed a 2.3 trillion-won (US$1.6 billion) stock sale deal to hand over its stake in chip materials affiliate SK Siltron Co. to Doosan Group.
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