Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-13 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: NEWARK, Calif., March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucid Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCID), maker of the world's most advanced software-defined vehicles and technologies, today announced a comprehensive financial and product strategy designed to scale its business, accelerate its path to profitability and positive free cash flow, and extend its technology leadership into higher volume premium segments of the global automotive market.
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[2026-03-13 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Screens display financial information on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-03-13 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -A view of the island of Qeshm, which oversees the strategic waterway of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, on Dec. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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[2026-03-13 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Escalating Middle East conflict, currency fluctuations make destinations like Southeast Asia, Australia attractive, top business leader says
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[2026-03-13 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Despite United States President Donald Trump’s repeated declarations of victory in the US-Israeli war on Iran, Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel and US military assets in the region have continued, upending global financial and energy markets.
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[2026-03-13 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Africa is losing nearly 200 billion dollars every year to climate-related destruction, from damaged infrastructure and flooded roads to declining agricultural production. As climate shocks intensify across the continent, attention is turning to the Loss and Damage Fund, created at COP27, to see whether it can deliver meaningful financial support to vulnerable countries.
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[2026-03-13 00:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Britain’s banknotes are set for a notably wilder makeover, with historical figures such as playwright William Shakespeare and wartime leader Winston Churchill now poised to step aside for images of native wildlife on the next series issued by the Bank of England.
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[2026-03-13 00:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Britain’s banknotes are set for a notably wilder makeover, with historical figures such as playwright William Shakespeare and wartime leader Winston Churchill now poised to step aside for images of native wildlife on the next series issued by the Bank of England.
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[2026-03-13 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Trump administration is suing California over a de facto fuel economy rule that it believes the state is using to an enact a pseudo electric vehicle mandate, The California Post has learned.
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[2026-03-12 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, visiting lecturer at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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[2026-03-12 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, visiting lecturer at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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[2026-03-12 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BEIJING, March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Roborock today announced that it has become the world's No. 1 smart cleaning robot brand in 2025, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Smart Vacuum Robotics Tracker, 2025 (1). This recognition reflects Roborock's technology leadership and accelerated global expansion in an industry that is currently entering a new stage of development defined by an expanding product portfolio.
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[2026-03-12 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Early on Sunday morning, residents of Abu Falah, a small town near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, spotted a group of around 100 Israeli settlers gathered on a hill near their homes.
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[2026-03-12 22:44 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Even after a slight price increase on the mainland, fuel there remains roughly one-third the cost in Hong Kong,’ says automobile association’s Ringo Lee
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[2026-03-12 22:15 UTC+10:00] [Apple MacBook Neo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: It looks and feels like a regular MacBook but is half the price, and while lacking a few bells and whistles, the Neo delivers a solid performance
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[2026-03-12 21:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: India's consumer inflation rose for the fourth straight month to 3.21% in February, up from 2.75% in the previous month.
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[2026-03-12 21:00 UTC+10:00] [HTI Financial Solutions] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: HTI Financial Solutions and Haitong International Financial Products filed the petition over a debt due in March last year, firm says
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[2026-03-12 21:00 UTC+10:00] [National Vulnerability Database] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: People’s Bank of China says deployment of AI in financial sector should be ‘proactive yet prudent, safe and orderly’
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[2026-03-12 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BARCELONA, Spain, March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026, Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, announced a collaboration with iyzico, a leading Turkish fintech company, to support iyzico's European expansion and the launch of its first cloud-based production platform in the region.
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[2026-03-12 20:27 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Profits drop to HK$14.6 billion as the rail giant cites lower mainland growth, overseas project losses and mounting maintenance costs
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[2026-03-12 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Deputy Minister of Defence, Aruna Jayasekara, confirmed that a large stock of ‘Ice’ (crystal meth) and heroin, brought to the Dikowita Fishing Harbor, is estimated to be worth Rs. 10 billion.
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[2026-03-12 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It took a once-in-a-century pandemic to drive Australia into its first recession in a generation. It could take oil prices at $US200 a barrel and an inflation breakout to again push the nation to the economic brink.
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[2026-03-12 19:26 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Japan and a host of other countries are being investigated by the United States for unfair trade practices related to excess capacity and could be subject to additional tariffs depending on the results of the investigation.
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[2026-03-12 19:10 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
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[2026-03-12 19:05 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Watchdog says 71 complaints from residents and rest from fans outside city, primarily mainland China
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[2026-03-12 19:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung will chair a policy meeting on March 18 aimed at strengthening the resilience and restoring stability of South Korea’s capital markets, the presidential office said Thursday.
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[2026-03-12 18:20 UTC+10:00] [National Vulnerability Database] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The automated agent requires unusually high levels of access to user devices, raising security concerns
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[2026-03-12 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: With the refreshed brand identity and strengthened core proposition, HLB Islamic is empowering customers to view every financial decision through a Shariah-guided wealth lifecycle approach
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[2026-03-12 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-03-12 17:54 UTC+10:00] [Bahrain] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A video shows the official shooing away Filipino workers seeking financial help outside the Philippine embassy in Bahrain
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[2026-03-12 17:43 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: While many investors may have panicked when $110 billion was wiped off the sharemarket in a matter of hours on Monday, setting the scene for a volatile week, Marina Hilellis was filled with excitement.
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[2026-03-12 17:38 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-03-12 17:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Line Plus, the Korean subsidiary of Line Corporation, on Thursday unveiled ActEngine AI, an artificial intelligence platform designed to automate customer support and sales operations, marking its push into the fast-growing enterprise AI market across Asia.
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[2026-03-12 17:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s decision to make school bullying records a mandatory factor in college admissions starting in 2026 is fueling a new shadow market of consultants promising to erase or neutralize disciplinary records.
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[2026-03-12 17:00 UTC+10:00] [US-China trade war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is pushing for bigger harvests in its new five-year plan, coinciding with renewed pressure on global supply chains
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[2026-03-12 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The energy price shock that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine four years ago is fresh in the minds of European policymakers as the conflict in Iran once again drives oil and gas prices higher. Experts, however, think this time could be different.
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[2026-03-12 15:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: HONG KONG — Oil prices soared back above $100 Thursday as Iran's fresh attempts to hit supplies in the Middle East and threats to bring down the global economy overshadowed a record release of strategic crude by the International Energy Agency.
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[2026-03-12 15:35 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-03-12 15:29 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-03-12 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: This report is from this week's "Inside India" newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse. Subscribe here.
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[2026-03-12 15:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cuba is grappling with a fast-growing wave of synthetic drug use that is hitting young people hard. (AP Video by Ariel Fernández and Milexsy Durán)
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[2026-03-12 14:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers were digging into Jeffrey Epstein's sprawling financial portfolio on Wednesday as a committee deposed his former accountant and tried to understand his connections to some of the world's wealthiest men.
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[2026-03-12 14:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — House lawmakers were digging into Jeffrey Epstein's sprawling financial portfolio on Wednesday as a committee deposed his former accountant and tried to understand his connections to some of the world's wealthiest men.
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[2026-03-12 14:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BANGKOK (AP) — The price of a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, topped $100 a barrel early Thursday, just days after it spiked near $120 in the latest jolts to financial markets and the global economy as a whole.
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[2026-03-12 13:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink insisted the United States’ war with Iran will not have lasting economic consequences, even as oil prices continue to surge nationwide.
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[2026-03-12 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Safran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Amid geopolitical risks and supply-chain disruptions, Beijing is looking to shore up self-sufficiency in aircraft components, and an analyst says it has its work cut out
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[2026-03-12 13:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran warned it could wage a prolonged war with the United States and Israel that would "destroy" the world economy, even as US President Donald Trump said late Wednesday the Islamic republic was facing imminent defeat.
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[2026-03-12 13:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CEBUANA Lhuillier earned multiple Gold and Silver honors at the 13th annual Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, highlighting the company’s purpose-led innovations in financial inclusion, literacy and consumer engagement under the leadership of President and CEO Jean Henri Lhuillier.
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[2026-03-12 12:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-03-12 12:01 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Young people shun sharing feelings, fears with family or friends, turn to virtual spaces, which experts warn could erode real human contact
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