Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-29 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing and Jakarta enjoy unprecedented economic interdependence – but shifting priorities in Indonesia threaten to strain the partnership
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[2026-07-29 07:19 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: July 29, 2026 07:19 | News
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[2026-07-29 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: TOKYO -- On June 1, the day Toyota Motor lost its stock market position as Japan's most valuable company to SoftBank Group for the first time in more than two decades, the automaker announced a personnel move that made few global headlines. Daisuke Toyoda, son of its chairman Akio Toyoda, would come back to the main group from a tech subsidiary on Aug.
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[2026-07-29 06:53 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former PM says ousted Victorian premier was ‘courageous in combating misogyny’ and was a trailblazer for other women. Follow updates
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[2026-07-29 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK, United States — Ford reported a loss Tuesday on the latest financial hit from an electric vehicle retreat but lifted its full-year forecast on strong pricing.
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[2026-07-29 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Most U.S. stocks rose after Coca-Cola and other companies reported stronger profits for the spring than analysts expected.
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[2026-07-29 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Nations warned on Tuesday that a political process cannot succeed while Israeli forces continue to devastate Gaza and escalate violence in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-07-29 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A group representing thousands of retired Israeli military officers and security professionals sent US President Donald Trump a letter rejecting allegations of widespread violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, escalating a dispute between rival groups of former Israeli defense officials seeking to influence the White House.
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[2026-07-29 05:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: An Aeon mall in Japan's Kumamoto prefecture was damaged in an earthquake on July 28, with authorities saying many people could be trapped inside. © Kyodo
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[2026-07-29 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Price reduced. Owner says sell. Motivated vendor. As the property market weakens, some home sellers are cutting their price hopes – and saying so on their online listing.
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[2026-07-29 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: July 29, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-07-29 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 29 Jul 2026 at 4:41am
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[2026-07-29 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A coalition of 44 state attorneys general wrote in a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday that the agency doesn't have the power to regulate sports-related event contracts on prediction market platforms.
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[2026-07-29 04:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: On Friday evening, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a “wide-scale military operation” across the occupied West Bank following a settler attack in the village of Tal that morning, Palestinian ambulance driver Yousef Diriya, 50, found himself trapped for four hours at Awarta checkpoint while transporting kidney dialysis patients.
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[2026-07-29 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A portion of Panasonic's higher-end TVs for the Japanese market are made in Malaysia. (Photo by Kyoko Hariya)
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[2026-07-29 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Apple on Tuesday briefly hit a market capitalization of $5 trillion for the first time, a day after passing Nvidia to become the most valuable publicly traded company.
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[2026-07-29 03:44 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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[2026-07-29 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Market players are watching whether the yen will soften further against the dollar. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
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[2026-07-29 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Following the global success of the movie "Godzilla Minus One" in 2023, Toho will release the next film in the series in the U.S. within days of its Japan release. © 2023 TOHO CO., LTD.
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[2026-07-29 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: July 29, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-07-29 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: July 29, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-07-29 03:28 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-07-29 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Retailers in Japan are joining the trend of offering financial services from banks to get more customer data. (Source photos by Nikkei)
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[2026-07-29 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces have demolished 11 Palestinian homes over the past 24 hours, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday, citing local sources.
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[2026-07-29 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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[2026-07-29 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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[2026-07-29 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Members of a conference to mark the 50th anniversary of space travel stand in the dish of the The Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, Macclesfield, England Thursday Oct. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Jon Super, file)
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[2026-07-29 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Seven years after the onset of the worst financial crisis in Lebanon's history, depositors returned to the streets of Beirut on Tuesday to protest against the continued freezing of their savings amid deteriorating economic conditions.
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[2026-07-29 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Essential poll] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Survey also shows Australians rounding on the government over its handling of inflation and the cost of living crisis
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[2026-07-29 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Surging cross-border deals out of China are running headlong into intensifying US national security fears
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[2026-07-29 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Surging cross-border deals out of China are running headlong into intensifying US national security fears
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[2026-07-29 00:49 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS —Global finance could find itself in a bubble of artificial intelligence overvaluation akin to the dotcom boom and the 2008 financial crisis, a top official from global risk body the Financial Stability Board told POLITICO in an interview.
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[2026-07-29 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Major gas station chains in some Russian regions have begun rolling back gasoline purchase limits, the pro-Kremlin newspaper Izvestia reported Tuesday, with the easing of rationing measures concentrated in major urban centers like Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as parts of southern Russia.
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[2026-07-29 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: MAS chief says a lengthy boom could lead to inflation, while a pullback in AI investments ‘could sharply weaken global growth’
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[2026-07-29 00:30 UTC+10:00] [Edward Robinson] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: MAS chief says a lengthy boom could lead to inflation, while a pullback in AI investments ‘could sharply weaken global growth’
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[2026-07-29 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee to deliver the semiannual monetary policy report to Congress, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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[2026-07-29 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ada Torres holds tomatoes while shopping for produce, Thursday, July 2, 2026, in Cleveland, Texas, about 45 miles northeast of Houston. (Sandy Guatibonza/La Esquina TX via AP)
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[2026-07-29 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Conference Board's measure of Americans' Consumer Confidence fell more than expected in July, from an upwardly revised 92.2 to 90.8 (well below the 92.4 expectation)...
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[2026-07-29 00:05 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The 26,457 Victorian year 8 students who are disengaged from school this year will cost the state economy $33 billion over the course of their lives, research has estimated.
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[2026-07-29 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A 16-year-old from the West Bank was indicted by the IDF's military prosecutor on Monday for planning a terror attack, after being arrested two weeks prior.
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[2026-07-28 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: An Aeon mall in Japan's Kumamoto prefecture was damaged in an earthquake on July 28, with authorities saying many people could be trapped inside. © Kyodo
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[2026-07-28 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The company has a market capitalisation of 3.28 trillion yuan (US$484.7 billion) as of July 27, making it mainland China’s most valuable onshore listing.
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[2026-07-28 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The rare sight of an Emirates Airbus at Hangzhou became chaotic as 373 passengers were left stranded on board amid a logistical nightmare
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[2026-07-28 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The rare sight of an Emirates Airbus at Hangzhou became chaotic as 373 passengers were left stranded on board amid a logistical nightmare
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[2026-07-28 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In October 2025, while the world and his pet rabbit was buying anything-AI with both hands and feet, we were the first to warn that "AI Is Now A Debt Bubble Too, Quietly Surpassing All Banks To Become The Largest Sector In The Market"...
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[2026-07-28 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A Moscow judge has ordered the Belgian financial group Euroclear to pay $194.2 million to a little-known Russian financial shell company, Russian state media reported Tuesday.
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[2026-07-28 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A Moscow judge has ordered the Belgian financial group Euroclear to pay $194.2 million to a little-known Russian financial shell company, Russian state media reported Tuesday.
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[2026-07-28 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Workers assemble charging stations at the Mengma Intelligent Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Base in Hohot in northern China’s Inner Mongolia province on Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, file)
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[2026-07-28 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures extend Monday's losses as the Tech tape continues to unravel; global Semis were hit yesterday and again overnight (despite the best attempts of Goldman and JPM to force retail to buy the falling knives) with Asian stocks and especially Korea (-10%) bearing the brunt with fears of Chinese competition accelerating the sell-off and then spilling back over into the US.
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[2026-07-28 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: China’s largest memory-chip maker, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), has become the mainland’s most valuable listed company after its shares jumped more than five fold on their market debut.
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