Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-26 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump’s administration drew a flurry of condemnations for its decision to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s “endangerment finding”: a formal, evidence-based acknowledgement that greenhouse-gas emissions pose a threat to public health. Although the change may seem minor, it is anything but. Since 2009, the endangerment finding has underpinned much of the climate-related policymaking at the EPA and other agencies.
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[2026-02-26 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wall Street is extending its tech-led rally ahead of Nvidia results that are due to be released after the US market closes.
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[2026-02-26 07:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-02-26 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The units of the “CAL Three Year Closed End Fund” were officially listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) recently. Accordingly, a total of 841,263,375 units of the ‘CAL Three Year Closed End Fund’ were listed by Capital Alliance Investments Ltd (CALI), a member of the Capital Alliance Ltd Group (CAL Group).
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[2026-02-26 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: National Development Bank PLC (NDB) announced its results for the financial year ended December 31, 2025 to the Colombo Stock Exchange recently. Full year results tabled by the Bank showcase a strong growth across all business lines with Net Banking Revenue increasing by a 45.2% on a comparable basis. Like most other peers, the Bank’s 2024 financial performance was positively impacted following the successful conclusion of the ISB debt restructure with a one-off impact on interest income, fee income and
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[2026-02-26 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Growth and stability are synonymous with each other. Stable and consistent macroeconomic policies empower clearer decision making, investments and growth. Thereby enhancing the overall welfare of the society. This happens because stability provides reliability in decision making to economic agents (government, banks, businesses and households) as they can depend on macroeconomic sentiments with higher certainty.
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[2026-02-26 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The logo for ExxonMobil appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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[2026-02-26 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Days after the firm announced that they were scrapping DEI requirements for new board members, and six years after the death of George Floyd that ushered in institutionalized virtue-signaling, the bank's head of DEI is leaving.
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[2026-02-26 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Bridgette Buckley says she was lucky to secure an apartment with a friend in Brisbane's hot rental market. (ABC News: Nickoles Coleman)
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[2026-02-26 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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[2026-02-26 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government plans to introduce digital systems for agriculture, health, transport, education, and child protection, Digital Economy Deputy Minister Eranga Weeraratne said.
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[2026-02-26 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has demanded a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) led by the Opposition to carry out an independent, impartial investigation into the coal procurement process. He said that the recent imports are of inferior quality and have caused massive financial losses to the State.
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[2026-02-26 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Smithfield Foods’ century-old pork processing facility in Sioux Falls, S.D. in June 2022. (Bart Pfankuch/South Dakota News Watch via AP)
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[2026-02-26 05:41 UTC+10:00] [Cost of Living] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Young Australians like Patricia Nicula are facing an entry-level housing market that has steadily increased in price since the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: SBS, Supplied
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[2026-02-26 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: It's not just Trump who is stacking his central bank with uberdoves.
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[2026-02-26 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump delivers the 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. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
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[2026-02-26 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Hamas and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have condemned an announcement by the United States that it will offer consular services at a settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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[2026-02-26 05:16 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Nvidia is helping to lead a split US stock market higher on Wednesday, ahead of the chip company’s highly anticipated profit report coming after trading ends for the day.
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[2026-02-26 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Nvidia is helping to lead the US stock market higher on Wednesday, ahead of the chip company's highly anticipated profit report coming after trading ends for the day.
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[2026-02-26 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Commuters drive past Saint Sarkis church and a mural of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-02-26 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A drastic proposal to merge inner-city municipalities into a single mega-council has been floated as a “last resort” option as mayors entertain redrawing boundaries to cope with crushing financial pressures.
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[2026-02-26 04:22 UTC+10:00] [West Bank] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Israel welcomes move described by Palestinian Authority as undermining possibility of an independent state
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[2026-02-26 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Paul Chan has proposed transferring HK$150 billion from the Exchange Fund in the coming two years
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[2026-02-26 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: State prosecutors on Wednesday filed an indictment at Jerusalem District Court against Israel Harpaz, 19, of Ma’alot-Tarshiha, accusing him of taking part in an organized, racially motivated riot that included assaults, arson, and widespread property damage in the Palestinian village of Jaba, allegedly carried out in retaliation after the evacuation of an illegal outpost last November.
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[2026-02-26 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: February 26, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-02-26 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: STATE-OWNED Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) are preparing to return to the capital markets later this year to support lending programs and projects, top officials said.
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[2026-02-26 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) wants banks and other financial institutions to conduct annual cybersecurity assessments to improve the financial system’s defenses against digital threats.
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[2026-02-26 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Feb. 24 issued two notices that would encourage more companies to list on the Philippine stock market, as well as develop the country’s Islamic capital market.
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[2026-02-26 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: QUEZON City 1st District Rep. Juan Carlos Atayde urged his fellow lawmakers to approve his bill that would institutionalize film and television tourism as a national economic strategy.
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[2026-02-26 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ILOILO CITY — The Philippine government will advocate for a stronger Digital Economy Framework Agreement among member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as it advances the bloc’s economic agenda under its current chairmanship.
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[2026-02-26 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Oil prices are sliding this morning following as an over-supplied market (API reported a huge 11.4mm barrel build last week) beats the geopolitical risk premia (with the US poised to attack Iran).
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[2026-02-26 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi’s Edge Group signed an agreement with Spain’s EM&E Group on Thursday to explore the establishment of a joint venture in the UAE focused on advanced defence technologies. The companies said the agreement was supported by a commercial pipeline of about $1.5 billion.
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[2026-02-26 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Latest budget announces new government committee to be tasked with reviewing Hong Kong’s tax policies
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[2026-02-26 01:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – After Israeli settlers killed 19-year-old United States citizen Nasrallah Abu Siyam in the occupied West Bank last week, the US State Department said it “has no higher priority than the safety and security of Americans”.
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[2026-02-26 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The White House is weighing an executive order that would force banks to collect citizenship information from customers, the Financial Times has reported.
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[2026-02-26 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Northern Metropolis, San Tin Technopole cornerstones of innovation and technology strategy, finance chief Paul Chan says in budget address
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[2026-02-26 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Tim Wilson] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Liberal MP has continued to hold investment that makes money when Australia’s benchmark falls even after his appointment as shadow treasurer
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[2026-02-26 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are higher into NVDA earnings release after the close, and the risk-on tone in the US yesterday has spread globally with tech giant's earnings a catalyst for maintaining the rally aided by Tech. As of 8:00am ET, S&P 500 futures were up 0.3% as with Nasdaq 100 contracts +0.4%; NVDA is up 0.6% in premarket trading and while blowout results from the company later today may soothe nerves about the AI trade, “even if they have tremendous
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[2026-02-26 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong Investment Corporation aims to draw overseas funds into commercial property projects, while advancing open-source RISC-V chip initiatives
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[2026-02-25 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Provided continued AI disruption, indiscriminate software stock selling, and credit market risks do not trigger a broader risk-off market event in the coming weeks or months, a June SpaceX IPO could become the bedrock for the grand reopening of the IPO market. The second-order effects of a SpaceX IPO would be improved sentiment toward AI companies going public and potentially a serious investor appetite for the low-Earth-orbit space industry.
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[2026-02-25 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israeli ministers have lauded the start of construction on a bypass road in the occupied West Bank, which they see as a step towards annexing the territory.
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[2026-02-25 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Market participants largely welcome Paul Chan’s renewed push to strengthen Hong Kong’s position as an international financial centre
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[2026-02-25 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts expect Ottawa to diversify trade as future of North American trade pact remains uncertain, while a US departure would ‘hit Canada like an earthquake’
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[2026-02-25 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Concerns about rising inflation, and the Fed hiking rates to contain it, have reversed rather dramatically.
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[2026-02-25 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Companies overseeing megaproject’s Hetao Hong Kong Park, San Tin Technopole and Hung Shui Kiu Industrial Park to each get HK$10 billion
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[2026-02-25 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli forces responded to arson attempts allegedly conducted by extremist settlers in the West Bank on Tuesday, the IDF said.
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[2026-02-25 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump exits the House Chamber after delivering the 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. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
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[2026-02-25 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: HKEX proposes to shorten stock settlement cycle from current two days after transactions to one day to bolster city as global financial centre
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[2026-02-25 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘We expect Hong Kong’s residential market in 2026 to remain resilient and positive,’ CBRE’s Hannah Jeong says
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[2026-02-25 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: JD.com founder Richard Liu has launched a nautical brand with a massive investment in yacht production, aiming to make ownership affordable
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