Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-17 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: From right: Masanori Yoshida, senior executive officer and global chief at Japan Exchange Group; Asadej Kongsiri, president of the Stock Exchange of Thailand; and Michael Syn, president of Singapore Exchange, take part in a panel discussion at the Nikkei Asia Forum APAC 2026 in Bangkok on July 16. (Photo by Akitoshi Sugiura)
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[2026-07-17 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In the first six months to June 30, there were 81 cross-border deals for innovative drugs worth a combined record of US$110 billion
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[2026-07-17 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Guangdong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In the first six months to June 30, there were 81 cross-border deals for innovative drugs worth a combined record of US$110 billion
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[2026-07-17 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) visited Israel last week for the express purpose, as he termed it, of seeing what the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria (the Occupied West Bank, as he called it) who live there are up against.
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[2026-07-17 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-16 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Thursday reiterated that no one is above the law, as it questioned the Defense team's opposition to allowing access to the bank and tax records of Vice President Sara Duterte during the resumption of the impeachment trial.
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[2026-07-16 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Shares of state-run energy giant Gazprom plunged to historic lows on Thursday, weighing heavily on the broader Russian stock market as the benchmark MOEX index extended its longest losing streak on record.
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[2026-07-16 22:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sale information sign is displayed at a retail store in Wheeling, Ill., Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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[2026-07-16 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are lower, erasing much of yesterday's gain with both Nasdaq and Rusell lagging SPX, following a continued rollercoaster in Korea where stocks tumbled after the BOK hired rates for the first time in 3 years. As of 8:15am ET, S&P futures dropped 0.3%, while Nasdaq 100 contracts dropped 0.8%.
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[2026-07-16 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Investors are hoping for a relatively generous allotment rate and sharp gains when the memory-chip maker debuts on Shanghai’s Star Market
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[2026-07-16 22:00 UTC+10:00] [ChangXin Memory Technologies] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Investors are hoping for a relatively generous allotment rate and sharp gains when the memory-chip maker debuts on Shanghai’s Star Market
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[2026-07-16 21:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong Jockey Club proposes leveraging its Guangzhou racecourse as strategic platform for deeper cooperation with mainland
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[2026-07-16 21:55 UTC+10:00] [Jockey Club] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong Jockey Club proposes leveraging its Guangzhou racecourse as strategic platform for deeper cooperation with mainland
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[2026-07-16 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: SpaceX shares dipped below their initial public offering (IPO) price on Wednesday, little more than a month after the company’s record-breaking market debut briefly made Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire.
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[2026-07-16 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: SpaceX shares dipped below their initial public offering (IPO) price on Wednesday, little more than a month after the company’s record-breaking market debut briefly made Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire.
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[2026-07-16 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Nvidia unveiled a new AI model for robots and vision AI agents on Wednesday, deepening its push into the physical AI market in Japan.
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[2026-07-16 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Led by State Grid’s local subsidiary, trial marks the largest single city-level adjustment of computing power load, says official newspaper
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[2026-07-16 21:00 UTC+10:00] [China Telecom] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Led by State Grid’s local subsidiary, trial marks the largest single city-level adjustment of computing power load, says official newspaper
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[2026-07-16 20:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City receives 3.72 million visitors last month, driven largely by 10 per cent rise in mainland Chinese arrivals to 2.88 million
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[2026-07-16 20:06 UTC+10:00] [South and Southeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City receives 3.72 million visitors last month, driven largely by 10 per cent rise in mainland Chinese arrivals to 2.88 million
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[2026-07-16 19:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Egypt's foreign reserves exceeded $55 billion for the first time in the country's history last month, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Wednesday, but households in the country continue to await the effects of its macroeconomic improvement.
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[2026-07-16 19:34 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Dutch punch above their weight in technology transfers that shaped the modern world. In the 17th century their financial and farming innovations spread to Britain, spurring the Industrial Revolution and the British Empire’s expansion. Peter the Great, a Russian tsar, studied Dutch shipbuilding techniques to build the navy that made Russia a maritime power in the 18th century.
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[2026-07-16 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A by-product of LNG production, helium is critical for hi-tech industries including semiconductors, medical equipment and aerospace
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[2026-07-16 19:33 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A by-product of LNG production, helium is critical for hi-tech industries including semiconductors, medical equipment and aerospace
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[2026-07-16 19:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Malacañang on Thursday reiterated that no one is above the law as it questioned the defense team's opposition to allowing access to the bank and tax records of Vice President Sara Duterte during the resumption of the impeachment trial.
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[2026-07-16 19:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. Treasury yields edged higher on Thursday as Wall Street awaits key employment data due later in the session.
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[2026-07-16 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Micah Zimmerman via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-07-16 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The full implementation of China’s curbs on rare earth exports could jeopardise $6.5 trillion in downstream production outside the country, potentially crippling several industries across continents, the International Energy Agency has warned.
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[2026-07-16 18:18 UTC+10:00] [Northeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-07-16 18:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea is tightening restrictions on single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds tracking the country's top chipmakers, which regulators have blamed for exacerbating market volatility, the Finance Ministry announced Thursday.
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[2026-07-16 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- The country's financial regulator on Thursday unveiled a set of measures on leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to help ensure market stability and protect investors, as the country is experiencing extreme market volatility.
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[2026-07-16 17:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Homeplus said Thursday that Meritz Financial Group agreed to extend 200 billion won ($135 million) in emergency financing to the cash-strapped retailer, keeping its court-supervised rehabilitation alive with only days left before liquidation.
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[2026-07-16 17:39 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The Japanese government is considering reviving naphtha stockpiling amid concerns over supply disruptions stemming from the Middle East tensions.
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[2026-07-16 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Food security and trade ministers have already visited this year, with another, by Economy Minister Heleen Herbert, under consideration
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[2026-07-16 17:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Food security and trade ministers have already visited this year, with another, by Economy Minister Heleen Herbert, under consideration
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[2026-07-16 16:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- Following the Bank of Korea's (BOK) first interest rate hike in 3 1/2 years Thursday, analysts expect the central bank to remain on a hawkish path in the coming months to bring mounting inflation under control.
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[2026-07-16 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Parliament
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[2026-07-16 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK's economy grew by 0.1% in May, the latest official data has shown.
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[2026-07-16 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: On this day 40 years ago, Cafe de Coral became the first Hong Kong restaurant group to list on the city’s stock exchange
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[2026-07-16 16:15 UTC+10:00] [Jardine Matheson] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: On this day 40 years ago, Cafe de Coral became the first Hong Kong restaurant group to list on the city’s stock exchange
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[2026-07-16 16:02 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: July 16, 2026 — 4:02pm
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[2026-07-16 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China has taken deleveraging actions amid wake-up call from South Korean market volatility
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[2026-07-16 16:00 UTC+10:00] [China stocks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China has taken deleveraging actions amid wake-up call from South Korean market volatility
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[2026-07-16 15:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Transportation (DOTr) received an unmodified opinion from the Commission on Audit (COA) on its consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2025, marking the agency's first clean audit opinion in more than three decades.
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[2026-07-16 15:38 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Central bank pivots to monetary tightening to curb inflation, signaling more hikes ahead
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[2026-07-16 15:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US' financial regulator has pressured activist hedge funds to reveal who is backing them. For Gulf family offices quietly co-investing in US markets, that means their names could soon be public.
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[2026-07-16 15:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-07-16 15:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Palestinian shepherd Thiab Draghme leads his flock of sheep and goats past an Israeli flag placed on a road in the northern Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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[2026-07-16 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s growing hunger for critical minerals partly drove the increase, but the tariff reduction is also fuelling trade in several new sectors
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[2026-07-16 15:00 UTC+10:00] [African agricultural products] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s growing hunger for critical minerals partly drove the increase, but the tariff reduction is also fuelling trade in several new sectors
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