Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-27 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Knuckles Spring Water bottled and marketed by CPC Lanka, a fully owned subsidiary of Cargills (Ceylon) PLC, has recently introduced Sri Lanka’s first tethered bottle cap to the market.
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[2026-02-27 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-02-27 06:01 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The owners of a Brisbane bayside shopping centre who benefited from a council decision to cancel a rival project are now selling the “blue chip” site.
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[2026-02-27 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The government made significant changes to the 5% Deposit Scheme on October 1. (ABC News: Keana Naughton)
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[2026-02-27 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Nassim Khadem is an award-winning multimedia journalist. She reports on business news across online, radio and TV for ABC News. Her recent reporting has also focused on international affairs, including Iran's protest movement. Nassim began working as a journalist with The Age in 2003, including as that newspaper's economics correspondent.
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[2026-02-27 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: After yesterday's mediocre 5Y auction, we had just one coupon sale left: 7Y paper at 1pm today. And with today's wholesale post-Nvidia, risk-off move it was expected to be an easy sale, which is more or less what it was.
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[2026-02-27 05:27 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Nvidia’s latest blowout profit report is getting waved off by Wall Street on Thursday, and it’s dragging the US market down even though most stocks are rising.
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[2026-02-27 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Regulatory Authorities
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[2026-02-27 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At the time this article was written, the United States was moving large forces to the Middle East. Many units of the American navy, air force, and land forces were preparing themselves for war, and many intelligence resources were being deployed to prepare and enrich the bank of targets.
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[2026-02-27 05:04 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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[2026-02-27 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Kingdom’s government is investing in spyware developed and tested on Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank despite its public criticism of Israeli action there.
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[2026-02-27 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Chelsea won the first edition of the revamped Fifa Club World Cup last July, but have also beaten their rivals to the title of biggest financial losers
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[2026-02-27 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran is weighing economic incentives to entice US President Donald Trump as nuclear negotiations with Washington continue, the Financial Times has reported.
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[2026-02-27 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli security forces shot dead a 14-year-old boy in the Fara refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, and stood around as he bled out, CCTV footage revealed by the BBC shows.
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[2026-02-27 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) — being finalized by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) — was expected to double the region’s digital economy to $2 trillion by 2030.
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[2026-02-27 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Shell Lubricants has once again been ranked the world’s leading global supplier of finished lubricants, marking its 19th consecutive year at the top of the industry, according to the ‘Global Lubricants: Market Analysis and Assessment 2025’ report by Kline & Company. This recognition maintains Shell’s leadership while meeting evolving customer needs globally, further reinforcing its role as a trusted partner across automotive and industrial sectors.
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[2026-02-27 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Finance super app GCash, together with Manulife Investment Management and Trust Corporation (Manulife Investments Philippines), is expanding Filipinos’ access to the global property market by introducing Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) funds and other income-paying unit investment trust funds (UITFs) within the GCash app.
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[2026-02-27 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SINGAPORE ꟷ Southeast Asia’s top ride-hailing and delivery firm, Grab, is betting on artificial intelligence (AI) and expansion of new services such as online groceries and financial products to triple profit by 2028, the company’s president told Reuters.
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[2026-02-27 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Philippines and the Asean region are poised for stable growth in the upcoming years. In order to sustain this, both must rise to the challenges in the complex global and geopolitical trends that shape its current economy. This was elucidated by Yasuto Watanabe, director and CEO of the Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), during The Manila Times economic forum on Feb.
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[2026-02-27 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The handset’s launch in Madrid marks Huawei’s renewed push into the global smartphone market
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[2026-02-27 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Citi was recognized as the Philippines’ Best Transaction Bank in the Euromoney Transaction Banking Awards 2025, highlighting the strength of the franchise in supporting clients in the areas of e-commerce, bank-to-bank cross-border flows, and digital trade solutions. “As a global bank, Citi endeavors to consistently bring trends and best practices across industries.
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[2026-02-27 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, is interviewed by the Associated Press in Rome, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file)
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[2026-02-27 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: RT’s Charlotte Dubenskij has met Mohammed ‘Dodi’ Assad, a five-year-old boy from the West Bank city of Ramallah, who has been battling acute blood and bone marrow cancer.
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[2026-02-27 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during an interview following President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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[2026-02-27 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Workers repair the destroyed DTEK company’s power plant after a Russian missile attack on the country’s energy system in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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[2026-02-27 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Economists optimistic for 2026-27, pointing to stabilised property market and transfer of finances between government funds or accounts
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[2026-02-27 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The international community’s lack of action in taking punitive action against Israel over its pervasive breaches of international law in the occupied West Bank has contributed to making the annexation of Palestinian territory an “irreversible” reality, Amnesty International has said.
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[2026-02-27 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures managed to erase overnight losses and were trading flat after Nvidia and Salesforce failed to assuage fears about an overheated AI economy while traders awaited color from today's round of US / Iran talks. As of 8:00am S&P futures were unchanged and nasdaq futures were down 0.1%, with NVDA up 1% premarket but well off overnight highs after its earnings report and guidance smashed expectations while CEO Jensen Huang talked about “exponentially” growing computing demand and “skyrocketing”
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[2026-02-27 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Initial jobless claims continue to hover near multi-decade lows, refusing to show any signs of labor market stress.
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[2026-02-26 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Angola's state-owned oil company Sonangol announced Wednesday it is negotiating a $4.8 billion loan with Chinese financial institutions to partially finance a new refinery in the Atlantic port of Lobito, marking the country's first such borrowing from China since 2017.
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[2026-02-26 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Financial Secretary Paul Chan says issuance of ‘tertiary education bond’ in supporting University Town’s construction would be considerable
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[2026-02-26 23:32 UTC+10:00] [Cristiano Ronaldo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: No financial details of deal with Saudi-owned club
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[2026-02-26 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city’s commercial property market remains on a sustained downturn, as rents continue to fall and vacancy rates soar
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[2026-02-26 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Former ICBC chairman Chen Siqing says alternatives needed due to risk of financial weaponisation in US dollar-centric world
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[2026-02-26 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Egyptians walk past a poster depicting U.S. dollars and other currencies outside an exchange office in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
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[2026-02-26 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Behind high hedgerows in Windsor Great Park, Royal Lodge sits secluded, its pale stucco facade largely shielded from passing eyes.
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[2026-02-26 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: EV car dealer says sales surged seventeenfold across 12 stores on Wednesday, jumping from daily average of 20 cars to about 340 by morning
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[2026-02-26 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Newspapers & magazines] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: BBC and Financial Times among those calling for frameworks to help publishers gain control over their content being ‘scraped and copied’
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[2026-02-26 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Markets assuming Trump will chicken out and downplaying risks contribute to the normalisation of Trump’s chaotic behaviour
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[2026-02-26 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Experts say committee proposed in the latest budget needs diverse panel of voices and be ‘action-driven’ to adapt to fast-moving industry
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[2026-02-26 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: MPs have questioned whether the GST rise was necessary after the government projected a US$12 billion surplus in the current financial year
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[2026-02-26 21:03 UTC+10:00] [Palestine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In the second episode of a new series, reporter Matthew Cassel travels across the West Bank to document what daily life looks like under deepening Israeli occupation. In this episode he travels from Bethlehem to Nablus, to ask those living there if a Palestinian state is possible amidst an increasingly entrenched settler network.
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[2026-02-26 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran is seeking to entice US president Donald Trump with potential business opportunities, including investment in its oil and gas sector, as high-stakes nuclear talks resume on Thursday, the Financial Times reported.
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[2026-02-26 20:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Nations has approved the first credits to be issued under a carbon market established by the Paris climate accord, aimed at reducing emissions – a mechanism that has faced scrutiny over greenwashing concerns.
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[2026-02-26 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Participating as the chief guest at the ITAM-32 International Conference at the University of Vavuniya, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Eranga Weeraratne declared that Artificial Intelligence is driving a massive shift in the national economy.
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[2026-02-26 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Streets in Uba and nearby Juiz de Fora remain covered in mud and debris after floods and landslides killed at least 46 people and left dozens missing. Residents have returned to clear shops and recover vehicles buried under sludge. Business owners in the area reported water levels reaching almost two metres, causing extensive damage to stock and premises.
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[2026-02-26 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Migration debates and the rise of anti-immigration sentiment are jeopardising Australia’s $54 billion international student market, multiple experts have warned, as the sector braces for fallout from a crackdown on non-genuine students from South Asia.
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[2026-02-26 19:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SKC said Thursday it will raise about 1 trillion won ($750 million) through a rights offering to accelerate growth in future businesses and improve its financial health.
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[2026-02-26 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday vowed to improve undervalued Korean shares and sustain the ongoing rally by enhancing the market environment and encouraging a shift of capital from real estate to productive finance.
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[2026-02-26 19:14 UTC+10:00] [South Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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