Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-24 11:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Baltimore Ravens fan reacts to the team’s first overall draft selection of guard Olaivavega Ioane during an NFL football draft party at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
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[2026-04-24 11:50 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: It’s been almost two months since the US and Israel launched a war on Iran, unleashing violence across the region and chaos in the global economy. But one of the strange and definitely unintended consequences of this war has been a renewed focus on green energy. Jo Tovey sits down with Gabrielle Jackson and Adam Morton to discuss whether this crisis will energise or end the renewables revolution
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[2026-04-24 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AdvertisementAdvertisementNEWSCMP Tech SeriesA new era? China takes stock as world frets over MythosUS start-up Anthropic’s Mythos model has caused an unprecedented global response over AI cybersecurity risks. Amid fierce tech competition, China remains shut out from the Anthropic’s breakthrough. In this three-part series, we examine Beijing’s reaction and the escalating questions over what Mythos means for China and the world.
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[2026-04-24 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AdvertisementAdvertisementNEWSCMP Tech SeriesA new era? China takes stock as world frets over MythosUS start-up Anthropic’s Mythos model has caused an unprecedented global response over AI cybersecurity risks. Amid fierce tech competition, China remains shut out from the Anthropic’s breakthrough. In this three-part series, we examine Beijing’s reaction and the escalating questions over what Mythos means for China and the world.
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[2026-04-24 10:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump has repeatedly said that Iran "better not" collect tolls from ships seeking to traverse the Hormuz Strait waterway, as both warring sides have initiated their own rival blockades of different sectors of the strait.
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[2026-04-24 10:38 UTC+10:00] [Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The case highlights the swelling concern around the threat of insider trading on prediction market platforms like Polymarket.
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[2026-04-24 10:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The financial future of Canberra United FC remains in limbo. (Getty Images: Jaimi Joy)
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[2026-04-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Leaving an abusive relationship can have financial, safety, and wellbeing impacts for years afterwards. Source: Getty / Frazao Studio Latino/==
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[2026-04-24 09:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Japanese government has rolled out subsidies to ease the burden on consumers grappling with higher living costs. (Photo by Akitoshi Sugiura)
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[2026-04-24 09:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Analysts at Mercuria, the Geneva-based Swiss commodities trading firm, are sounding the alarm on the global aluminum market after severe disruptions in the Gulf region, adding to a growing list of trading desks and research teams warning of a deepening supply shock.
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[2026-04-24 09:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Core inflation in Japan accelerated for the first time in five months, rising to 1.8% in March as Iran war-fueled higher energy prices stoke consumer inflation.
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[2026-04-24 09:32 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: A US soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $US400,000 ($560,000) in an online betting market, federal officials announced.
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[2026-04-24 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Bank of England expects stock markets around the world to fall as share prices do not reflect the many risks facing the global economy, its deputy governor has told the BBC.
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[2026-04-24 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Strategic financial corridors now bridge mainland bourses with global hubs, enabling more seamless investment through specialised fund vehicles and receipts
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[2026-04-24 09:00 UTC+10:00] [SIX Swiss Exchange] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Strategic financial corridors now bridge mainland bourses with global hubs, enabling more seamless investment through specialised fund vehicles and receipts
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[2026-04-24 08:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As financial incentives fall flat, the government should take aim at the pressures holding back family formation
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[2026-04-24 08:45 UTC+10:00] [birth rate] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As financial incentives fall flat, the government should take aim at the pressures holding back family formation
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[2026-04-24 08:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Intel faces chip supply constraints due to rising demand, and the company prioritized meeting customer demand for its data center and AI products over PC products. (Nikkei montage)
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[2026-04-24 08:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Gannon Ken Van Dyk is accused of using his access to classified information to make money on the prediction market site Polymarket
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[2026-04-24 08:29 UTC+10:00] [Venezuelan President] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Gannon Ken Van Dyk is accused of using his access to classified information to make money on the prediction market site Polymarket
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[2026-04-24 08:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Buyers scooping up coveted Anthropic shares have vaulted the AI giant’s valuation on some trading platforms to $1 trillion – eclipsing OpenAI’s market capitalization by over $100 billion in a sea change in the AI race.
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[2026-04-24 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A U.S. Army soldier was arrested on a federal indictment accusing him of using classified information to make bets that won him $400,000 on the Polymarket prediction market related to the American military mission that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, the Department of Justice said on Thursday.
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[2026-04-24 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks pulled back from their record heights on a shaky Wall Street.
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[2026-04-24 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The country’s GDP per capita has reached USD 5,003 and Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) closing on the Rs. 5 trillion mark, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Annual Economic Review 2025 reveals.
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[2026-04-24 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: There are certain memories we don’t let go of.Not because we can’t.But because, in some quiet way, we choose not to. They don’t stay with us loudly. They don’t interrupt every day. But every now and then, without warning, they return. A conversation. A decision. A moment we wish we had lived differently.
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[2026-04-24 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Over 5,000 buildings in the Big Apple are nearing total financial collapse, as Mayor Zohran Mamdani continues to support a rent-freeze for the city’s nearly one million rent-stabilized apartments.
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[2026-04-24 05:35 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: Ukraine has gained a $147 billion funding boost to turn back Russian forces after a deadlock over European financial support, as Prince Harry conducts a surprise visit to Kyiv and calls for American leadership to end the war.
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[2026-04-24 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Carson Beck’s ambiguous persona is defining his draft stock, and oddsmakers are scrambling.
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[2026-04-24 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: People’s Bank has come forward to donate Rs. 300 million to the ‘Government’s Rebuilding Sri Lanka Fund’ to support the development of a multi-storey housing project in the Nuwara Eliya District, which is being constructed to resettle families affected by Cyclone Ditwah.
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[2026-04-24 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: DFCC Bank PLC has been recognised at the Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Awards 2026, winning the ‘Innovation – Use of Proceeds (Green Bond)’ category for its DFCC Blue Bond 2025, Sri Lanka’s first listed blue bond.
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[2026-04-24 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: LOLC Finance PLC, one of Sri Lanka’s largest Non-Banking Financial Institution (NBFI), has reaffirmed its leadership in digital financial services, with its flagship platform iPay securing the Gold Award for Overall Excellence in Digital Payments for the seventh consecutive year at the LankaPayTechnnovation Awards 2026.
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[2026-04-24 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: HNB PLC, one of Sri Lanka’s most customer centric Bank welcomed the Sinhala and Tamil New Year with HNB ‘Singithi Jumbo’ to revive the nation’s savings culture.
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[2026-04-24 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sanath Manatunge, Managing Director/CEO of Commercial Bank and Dmitri Cooray, Director Biodiversity Sri Lanka and Managing Director Jetwing Hotels, exchange the agreement in the presence of senior representatives of the two institutions.
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[2026-04-24 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Seylan Bank PLC has strengthened its proposition for salaried professionals with the introduction of the Seylan Accelerate Salary Advance Facility, offering interest-free access to a portion of monthly income when financial needs arise.
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[2026-04-24 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-04-24 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka has significantly strengthened its national security framework by placing renewed emphasis on Targeted Financial Sanctions (TFS), a critical tool used to disrupt the financing of terrorism and safeguard the country’s financial system.
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[2026-04-24 05:19 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-04-24 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The state government has secured a last-minute deal with the community services sector to reduce a portable long service leave levy by 25 per cent in the first year after warnings the financial burden could lead to service closures and additional costs for taxpayers.
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[2026-04-24 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Rents in regional NSW towns have skyrocketed by up to 27 per cent in the past year, and the regional rental market’s growth is outpacing Sydney.
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[2026-04-24 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 24, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-04-24 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Rents in regional Victoria’s far-flung pockets are outstripping growth in traditional commuter towns, as a shortage of stock and shifting migration patterns push regional affordability to a breaking point.
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[2026-04-24 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hezbollah runs financial operations across the European continent, including drug smuggling and blood diamond trading, Austria’s Documentation Center on Political Islam (DPI) revealed in its new report.
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[2026-04-24 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A 15-year-old Palestinian has died from his wounds after he was shot by Israeli forces during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian media reported.
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[2026-04-24 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Millions of current and former Capital One customers should soon start receiving payments from the bank’s $425 million settlement — and it takes just a few steps to check if you’re eligible.
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[2026-04-24 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Zohan Mamdani’s plan for a city-owned grocery market in East Harlem’s La Marqueta has a deeper problem than the absurdity of spending $30 million to launch a mere 9,000-square-foot store that won’t open until 2029.
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[2026-04-24 03:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Terry Tsai, country manager for Japan, unveils Lime's new electric bike model for the market at a briefing April 23 in Tokyo. (Photo by Yuki Nakao)
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[2026-04-24 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Goldman analyst Christine Cho has published her latest quarterly survey of 2,000 consumers for 1Q26, pointing to a softer restaurant environment. Muted demand backdrop suggests that the K-shaped economy continues to fester, with working-poor consumers still facing the greatest downward pressure.
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[2026-04-24 02:01 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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[2026-04-24 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Palawan Group of Companies has launched a new in-app savings feature, PalaSave, aiming to make banking more accessible to millions of Filipinos, particularly those underserved by traditional financial institutions.
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[2026-04-24 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Ajman authorities have waived a number of tourism-related fees as part of a new programme launched to support its burgeoning tourism industry, amid uncertainty stemming from the US-Iran conflict.
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