Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-25 15:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Asian Development Bank-backed Integrated Growth Network Development initiative seeks to build an economic corridor through Bangladesh, integrating transport, logistics, ports, energy, industrial zones, digital infrastructure and skills development. (Source photos by Suzu Takahashi and Getty Images)
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[2026-06-25 15:01 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-25 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Homelessness] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With tourists buying up property and landlords opting for lucrative Airbnb rentals, young Cornish people are turning to old campervans to give them a roof over their heads
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[2026-06-25 13:46 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The Bank of Japan needs to raise interest rates every few months and should quicken the pace in the face of stronger upside inflation risks, Naoki Tamura, one of the most hawkish board members, has said.
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[2026-06-25 13:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AdvertisementAdvertisementNEWSCMP Business SeriesCan Hong Kong keep its financial crown?As Hong Kong marks the anniversary of its handover, the city’s status as a premier global financial hub is evolving. In this miniseries, we explore the future of Hong Kong finance, from efforts to boost market liquidity to the rising competition it faces from Shanghai in the offshore yuan market.
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[2026-06-25 13:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AdvertisementAdvertisementNEWSCMP Business SeriesCan Hong Kong keep its financial crown?As Hong Kong marks the anniversary of its handover, the city’s status as a premier global financial hub is evolving. In this miniseries, we explore the future of Hong Kong finance, from efforts to boost market liquidity to the rising competition it faces from Shanghai in the offshore yuan market.
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[2026-06-25 13:30 UTC+10:00] [global financial centre] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is accelerating Shanghai’s offshore finance ambitions, raising questions over whether Hong Kong’s long-held edge can endure
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[2026-06-25 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-25 13:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Investors continue to rely on professional financial advisers for their final investment decisions, even as artificial intelligence becomes more widely used in the initial stages of research, according to a survey by HSBC.
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[2026-06-25 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial assets in the United States reached a fresh record high last year on increased investment in the U.S. stock market amid a rally on Wall Street, a central bank report showed Thursday.
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[2026-06-25 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Despite the region’s vast expanses and varied landscapes, rail travel is far from a novelty in the Middle East. A line between Alexandria and Cairo opened in 1854 and the Hejaz Railway, constructed by the Ottoman Empire between 1900 and 1908, are two examples of early modernisation in the Arab world.
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[2026-06-25 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: I've sat across from enough successful people in their late forties to recognise a particular pattern. They have a financial plan. It's a good one. It's been running quietly in the background for years. And they're about to interfere with it.
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[2026-06-25 12:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. maintained its position as the world's largest dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) supplier in the first quarter, industry data showed Thursday.
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[2026-06-25 12:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A view shows apartment complexes in Seoul on Aug. 7, 2025. © Reuters
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[2026-06-25 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Average daily southbound turnover soared 84 per cent year on year to HK$124.1 billion, equal to 24 per cent of city’s total market turnover
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[2026-06-25 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Average daily southbound turnover soared 84 per cent year on year to HK$124.1 billion, equal to 24 per cent of city’s total market turnover
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[2026-06-25 11:40 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Troubled travel business Corporate Travel Management has warned the market its financial accounts would not be available until August.
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[2026-06-25 11:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-25 11:10 UTC+10:00] [Australian economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: New financial year will also see a tax cut, more anti-price-gouging measures and SMS sender ID changes designed to protect against scam texts
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[2026-06-25 11:03 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Plans to transform an industrial block on the riverfront in South Brisbane into thousands of homes and public parkland have been released.
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[2026-06-25 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: World’s longest three-tower cable-stayed bridge and longest railway bridge built directly over the sea nearing completion
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[2026-06-25 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Shanghai] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: World’s longest three-tower cable-stayed bridge and longest railway bridge built directly over the sea nearing completion
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[2026-06-25 10:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- The country's top economic policymaker said Thursday that the government will mobilize all available tools, including taxes and fiscal measures, to rein in rising inflation and reduce the burden on ordinary people.
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[2026-06-25 10:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of South Korean chip giant SK Hynix surged 11% on Thursday after the company said it plans to raise as much as $29.4 billion in a U.S. stock market listing.
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[2026-06-25 10:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The number of stock trading accounts in South Korea has reached a new high, thanks to a bull run led by major chipmakers despite some market gyrations, data showed Thursday.
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[2026-06-25 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator on Thursday activated a buy-side sidecar for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) as the index spiked sharply, driven by a tech rally.
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[2026-06-25 10:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- The number of stock trading accounts in South Korea has reached a new high, thanks to a bull run led by major chipmakers despite some market gyrations, data showed Thursday.
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[2026-06-25 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City’s prime office market shows recovery signs as Central nears full occupancy, boosting rentals and spillover demand in nearby districts
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[2026-06-25 10:00 UTC+10:00] [JLL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City’s prime office market shows recovery signs as Central nears full occupancy, boosting rentals and spillover demand in nearby districts
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[2026-06-25 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Judea and Samaria police rescued an IDF soldier from the West Bank town of Tarqumiyah, following a report from security forces of a person in military uniform handcuffed in the center of the town.
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[2026-06-25 09:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Experts at Hungry Digital, Jules & Co and Red Ant Asia discuss the city’s evolving role in marketing strategies
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[2026-06-25 09:30 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Experts at Hungry Digital, Jules & Co and Red Ant Asia discuss the city’s evolving role in marketing strategies
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[2026-06-25 08:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trust is written not in pixels but on paper ... for Asia’s affluent, print offers prestige and emotional depth
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[2026-06-25 08:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trust is written not in pixels but on paper ... for Asia’s affluent, print offers prestige and emotional depth
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[2026-06-25 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Ajinomoto is resistant to Palliser's across-the-board price hike proposal, but is open to raising some prices. (Source photos by Kyodo and Nikkei)
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[2026-06-25 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Is finding another Hanoi haven possible, or would trying be a fool’s errand for Chinese firms looking to get the jump on Trump and evade tariffs?
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[2026-06-25 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Is finding another Hanoi haven possible, or would trying be a fool’s errand for Chinese firms looking to get the jump on Trump and evade tariffs?
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[2026-06-25 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In all the excitement over Micron's blowout earnings, we almost forgot that today was another Fed stress test day - which every bank passed with flying colors as usual - which in turn allowed bank to unleash a fresh flood of dividends and buybacks.
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[2026-06-25 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's business sentiment worsened for the first time in three months in June on sluggish construction and travel sectors, a central bank survey showed Thursday.
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[2026-06-25 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With rate-hikes increasingly back 'on the table' fort Fed Chair Warsh's 'regime change' last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says that cutting interest rates won't necessarily lead to a weaker dollar - arguing that "you can have a strong dollar when rates are being cut" because if the fed is cutting because inflation is falling, while the economy stays strong - capital keeps flowing in and the dollar holds.
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[2026-06-25 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Stocks wavered to a mixed close on Wall Street as losses for several tech giants including Microsoft weighed on the market.
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[2026-06-25 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Japanese market faces an oversupply of premium wagyu beef, known for intense marbling. (Photo obtained by Nikkei)
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[2026-06-25 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: We never had it so good. The S&P 500 and Nikkei 225 just hit record highs. SpaceX had its spectacular initial public offering, raising an eye-popping $75 billion (the largest IPO in history) with a sharp rise in share price to a mind-blowing valuation of $2.5 trillion. The possibility of a US-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz has caused gasoline prices to drop back to below $4 per gallon, or about $1 per liter.
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[2026-06-25 06:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Micron's revenue more than quadrupled in the fiscal third quarter, the company said on Wednesday, as the memory maker continued to benefit from soaring demand tied to the artificial intelligence boom. The stock rose about 9% in extended trading.
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[2026-06-25 06:02 UTC+10:00] [Elon Musk] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Falling shares push tech mogul back down to billionaire ranks after SpaceX IPO made him world’s first trillionaire
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[2026-06-25 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: WTI futures briefly fell below $70 a barrel for the first time since the US-Iran conflict erupted, as tanker flows through the Strait of Hormuz are showing further signs of normalization and physical market tightness continues to ease.
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[2026-06-25 05:17 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Stocks wavered in afternoon trading on Wall Street as big technology stocks slipped and weighed on the broader market.
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[2026-06-25 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out (Syd)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Rice is a trend like breathing is a trend – it’s a staple food for more than half the world’s population, remember – but it’s undeniable that koshihikari has become the Next Big Rice in restaurants of a certain stripe. But while so much attention has been on this strain of soft, lustrous short-grain, most commonly grown and threshed in the paddies of Japan, we forgot to look somewhere else: the Mekong.
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[2026-06-25 04:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Bitcoin dropped on Wednesday to its lowest level since October 2024 amid a pullback in tech stocks, as the crypto bear market drags on.
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[2026-06-25 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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