Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-26 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Breaking down the key figures in Hong Kong 2026-27 budgetA deep dive into the data from Hong Kong finance chief Paul Chan’s latest budget announcement, looking at the government’s growing revenue and increasing investment in infrastructure.
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[2026-02-26 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. reclaimed the top spot in the global dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) market in the fourth quarter of last year, driven by increased sales of high bandwidth memory (HBM), data showed Thursday.
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[2026-02-26 18:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Why China’s travellers spent little, despite rise in Chinese New Year tripsThe country logged a record 596 million domestic trips over the extended holiday, but consumers are still reluctant to loosen their purse strings.
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[2026-02-26 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts said the platform’s departure underscored how hard it is to turn a profit in a dense, tightly contested market
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[2026-02-26 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Rising valuations ease tensions as corporations grow more receptive to activists
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[2026-02-26 17:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The country logged a record 596 million domestic trips over the extended holiday, but consumers are still reluctant to loosen their purse strings
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[2026-02-26 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Five individuals in France have been charged with financing terrorism over their alleged links to charities suspected of funnelling millions of euros to Hamas.
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[2026-02-26 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘I am disappointed that giving out money or consumption vouchers has fallen off the radar,’ resident says
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[2026-02-26 16:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Exchange (KRX) held a virtual event Thursday to introduce to offshore investors Seoul's ongoing efforts to promote the local stock market that include various government policies and market reform measures.
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[2026-02-26 16:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Flooding vast parts of central Australia has been declared a natural disaster and financial assistance has been made available by the governments.
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[2026-02-26 16:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person stands as a vehicle passes by in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei index at a securities firm Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-02-26 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Net profit in 2025 rises to HK$17.75 billion (US$2.28 billion), beating market expectations
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[2026-02-26 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) recorded a P30.09 billion in revenue for 2025, the highest recorded in its history, and an 8.86-percent increase from its 2024 earnings, based on its unaudited financial report.
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[2026-02-26 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
Snippet: XS SM MD LG
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[2026-02-26 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
Snippet: XS SM MD LG
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[2026-02-26 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: For decades, disability inclusion has been framed as charity, compliance or corporate social responsibility. The intentions are often good, but the results are predictable: pilot programmes that never scale, roles that lack advancement, and initiatives that quietly disappear once the grant cycle ends. Inclusion, when treated as a moral gesture rather than an operational strategy, rarely survives market realities.
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[2026-02-26 14:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Financial Secretary Paul Chan unveiled a slew of initiatives in his annual budget address, ranging from relief measures to spending big on AI
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[2026-02-26 14:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline; ADDS BOK chief's comments, details from 9th para, additional photo)By Oh Seok-min
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[2026-02-26 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -Workers offload grains from a truck at the Mile 12 Market in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 16, 2024. AP Photo/Mansur Ibrahim, File)
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[2026-02-26 13:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A driver in her 30s has been arrested after driving her car off a Hangang River bridge and landing on another car on another bridge below, before falling landing on the river bank, police said Thursday.
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[2026-02-26 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) S. Korea, U.S. to stage annual military exercise next month, still in consultation over field training
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[2026-02-26 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- The central bank on Thursday released a "dot plot" for the first time showing its monetary policy board members' projections for the key rate over the next six months.
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[2026-02-26 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Nvidia warns China market for powerful GPU remains uncertain, even as data centre revenue surges to new highs
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[2026-02-26 12:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday completed its reviews of Egypt's economic reform programmes and a separate Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) programme, unlocking roughly $2.3 billion in funding for Cairo.
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[2026-02-26 12:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- The following is the full text of a statement by the Bank of Korea (BOK) on its monetary policy decision Thursday, where the central bank held the key rate steady at 2.5 percent for the sixth consecutive meeting at its rate-setting meeting in Seoul.
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[2026-02-26 12:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The IMF on Wednesday called on the United States to work with trading partners and find ways to mutually ease trade curbs, as it issued a review of the world's biggest economy.
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[2026-02-26 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tourism Board to launch light festivals ‘across various locations at different times of year to replace A Symphony of Lights,’ Paul Chan says
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[2026-02-26 12:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The South Korean central bank on Thursday raised to 2 percent its growth forecast for the local economy this year, citing strong exports and a recovery in private consumption.
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[2026-02-26 12:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- SK hynix Inc. said Thursday it has joined hands with U.S. computer technology firm Sandisk Corp. to begin standardizing next-generation memory technology known as high bandwidth flash (HBF) to strengthen its position in the fast-growing artificial intelligence (AI) chip market.
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[2026-02-26 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate steady Thursday, citing stronger-than-expected growth momentum, as it sought to safeguard financial stability amid a weak local currency and an unstable housing market.
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[2026-02-26 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean central bank on Thursday raised to 2 percent its growth forecast for the local economy this year, citing strong exports and a recovery in private consumption.
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[2026-02-26 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Propelled by strategic R&D, China’s tech prowess is now the third highest, with key sectors such as batteries and biotech showing big gains over rivals
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[2026-02-26 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Court orders money-grabbing divorcee who took accumulated New Year gift money held in son’s bank account to pay back full amount
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[2026-02-26 11:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate steady Thursday, citing stronger-than-expected growth momentum, as it sought to safeguard financial stability amid a weak local currency and an unstable housing market.
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[2026-02-26 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has stressed South Korea's possible winning of Canada's major submarine procurement project will greatly contribute to Canada's economy during a meeting with his Canadian counterpart in Ottawa, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-02-26 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Runaway gold: why even Wall Street can’t keep up with the metal’s record ascentSome Chinese funds halt subscriptions as uncertainty fuels volatility in the metals market, while Hong Kong’s first gold exchange-traded fund surges on its debut.
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[2026-02-26 11:07 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump will sign a directive in the coming days raising his global tariff to 15% "where appropriate” and is seeking "continuity” with nations that struck trade deals, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said.
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[2026-02-26 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Aldi has announced its second wage increase for floor staff since the new year, as it vies to increase its market share in the UK.
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[2026-02-26 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This year’s budget and clear adoption of national goals show Hong Kong government playing a greater role in the economy
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[2026-02-26 10:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — A “buoyant’’ U.S. economy is poised to see accelerated growth and lower unemployment this year. But big federal budget debts ”represent a growing stability risk,’' the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 10:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Monetary Policy
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[2026-02-26 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city’s improving economy and public finances have enabled a raft of tax allowances and concessions, but a volatile global environment means sustaining fiscal discipline remains critical
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[2026-02-26 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A 13-page report from FTI Consulting is providing some insight on how the U.S. government has rewritten the rules for critical minerals.
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[2026-02-26 08:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Heading into NVDA's earnings, we said that all else equal, the bare minimum for the stock - which has underperformed peers rather dramatically in recent months - to outperform, was to (solidly) beat expectations of another 2+2 quarter, i.e., beat the guide by $2BN and beat Street expectations for the April quarter guide by $2BN.
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[2026-02-26 08:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: South Africa's debt burden is stabilising for the first time in nearly two decades, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced Wednesday, as Africa's most developed economy shows cautious signs of recovery and pledges increased spending on security.
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[2026-02-26 08:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks rose and erased their losses for the week so far, as Nvidia and other technology companies led the way.
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[2026-02-26 08:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Jerusalem Border Police and IDF troops detained terrorists in the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp in the West Bank in a joint operation on Wednesday, an Israel Police spokesperson said in a statement.
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[2026-02-26 07:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins (18) walks off the field after an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Danny Karnik, File)
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[2026-02-26 07:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: On the day households found out their energy bills would fall in April, the Chancellor chose to go to the headquarters of the company that has quietly become the UK's biggest domestic energy supplier, Octopus.
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[2026-02-26 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran is loading almost three times the amount of oil it normally does onto tankers in the Persian Gulf in a sign it is anticipating a US attack that could prevent its oil from hitting the market.
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