Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-24 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Retail investors worry about secondary share-price movements following equity transfers resulting from large shareholders’ divorces
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[2026-07-24 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Battery giant’s stake in Sichuan plant reflects Beijing’s push to diversify funding and inject market discipline into public infrastructure
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[2026-07-24 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Battery giant’s stake in Sichuan plant reflects Beijing’s push to diversify funding and inject market discipline into public infrastructure
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[2026-07-24 10:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Patriotic signage in support of the Cambodian government and military leadership sits atop empty market stalls at Poipet's New Market. (Photo by Ananth Baliga)
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[2026-07-24 10:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Allianz Group said on Friday it has agreed to acquire HSBC's Singapore life insurance unit for 2.7 billion Singapore dollars ($2.09 billion), expanding the company's footprint in Asia's life and health insurance market.
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[2026-07-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Century Pacific Food Inc. executive chairman Christopher Po (left) and International Container Terminal Services Inc. chairman/president Enrique Razon Jr.
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[2026-07-24 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The country's financial regulator on Friday said investors' minimum deposit requirement for a single-stock leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs) will be hiked starting later this month.
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[2026-07-24 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Japan's core inflation came in at 1.6% in June, as higher oil prices start to spill over into the wider economy.
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[2026-07-24 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Brent crude futures topped $100 a barrel (Read RBC note) as disruption at the Strait of Hormuz spread to Bab el-Mandeb in the southern Red Sea. Combined with intensifying Black Sea fighting between Russia and Ukraine, the widening chokepoint crisis has put the energy complex and broader global commodities market on edge.
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[2026-07-24 08:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-24 08:35 UTC+10:00] [Tesla] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Elon Musk’s EV company lost a quarter of its value after revealing weak profits and high spending on AI and robotics
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[2026-07-24 08:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-24 07:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Goods coming from India, Malaysia, Mexico, Bangladesh, Cambodia are among the countries that were given a 10% tariff rate, while Chinese goods were given a 12.5% levy. © Reuters
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[2026-07-24 07:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese investment funds, traditionally focused on the domestic market, are expanding elsewhere in Asia. (Source photos by Nikkei)
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[2026-07-24 07:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-24 07:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Economists are skeptical that the Japanese government's investment push will spur enough growth to drive down debt relative to GDP. (Photo by Rie Ishii)
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[2026-07-24 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The new troubling development is that maritime chokepoint chaos spread overnight from the Strait of Hormuz to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, where Iran-backed Houthis targeted two Saudi Arabian tankers. The attacks expose yet another maritime chokepoint and risk further physical market tightening, forcing traders to price a larger war-risk premium into Brent crude futures and pushing the benchmark above $100 a barrel Thursday morning.
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[2026-07-24 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una corredora de divisas pasa frente a una pantalla que muestra el Índice Compuesto del Precio de Acciones de Corea (KOSPI) y el tipo de cambio entre el dólar estadounidense y el won surcoreano en la sala de comercio de divisas de las oficinas centrales del Hana Bank en Seúl Corea del Sur, el jueves 23 de julio de 2026.
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[2026-07-24 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Wuhan skyline and a wanted notice for "drug kingpin" Ye Chuanfa, also known as Yip Chuen Fat. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration)
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[2026-07-24 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli strike killed two Palestinians in northern Gaza on Thursday, medics there said, and three others were shot dead in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian authorities and the Israeli military.
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[2026-07-24 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brent oil shot to its highest price since May after increased fighting in the Middle East threatened to slow the global flow of crude. Sharp drops for Alphabet and Tesla, meanwhile, yanked the U.S. stock market on Thursday to its worst loss in a month.
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[2026-07-24 06:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Germany’s Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Johann Wadephul met with South Africa's foreign minister, Ronald Lamola with talks that would focus on growing the economy and accelerating the Just Energy Transition and addressed pressing global challenges.
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[2026-07-24 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Intel reported better-than-expected second-quarter results on Thursday, notching its fastest revenue growth rate for any quarter since 2011 and issuing guidance that topped expectations. The stock jumped 11% in extended trading.
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[2026-07-24 05:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Beef Cattle Farming
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[2026-07-24 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US on Thursday imposed new sanctions on an Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood official and three other people as to try to disrupt the financial networks of the Islamist group and Hamas.
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[2026-07-24 05:24 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Brent oil shot to its highest price since May as increased fighting in the Middle East threatens to slow the global flow of crude. At the same time, sharp drops for two of Wall Street’s most influential companies, Alphabet and Tesla, yanked the US stock market lower.
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[2026-07-24 05:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-24 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Automotive Industry
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[2026-07-24 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Cerebras shares gained about 4% on Thursday after the company forged an agreement with Advanced Micro Devices that involves the two chipmakers to work together on artificial intelligence systems.
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[2026-07-24 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The World Bank has said that the powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela in late June caused an estimated $19.6bn in physical damage, underscoring the country’s challenging path to recovery.
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[2026-07-24 04:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: JB Financial Group posted a record second-quarter profit on Thursday, supported by solid earnings across its banking and nonbanking businesses, while announcing its largest-ever quarterly shareholder return.
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[2026-07-24 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Ford logo is seen on the grille of an unsold vehicle at a Ford dealership, Nov. 2, 2025, in Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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[2026-07-24 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Both Iyogin and Ehime Bank have expertise in ship financing.. © Kyodo
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[2026-07-24 02:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Major U.S. stock indexes tumbled on Thursday as investors began to price in the consequences of a renewed and prolonged conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-07-24 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: SpaceX's Tuesday rebound was short-lived, with shares sliding to a new low of $110.85 late Thursday morning and extending their brutal post-IPO selloff.
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[2026-07-24 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli forces have shot dead two Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank, after they attempted to extinguish fires on Palestinian farmland started by Israeli settlers, according to local reports.
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[2026-07-24 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Initial reports suggested the perpetrator was holding people hostage inside the bank branch, but this later became unclear
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[2026-07-24 01:50 UTC+10:00] [Regensburg] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Initial reports suggested the perpetrator was holding people hostage inside the bank branch, but this later became unclear
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[2026-07-24 01:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: En esta fotografía de archivo del 16 de agosto de 2012, el panorama urbano de Charlotte, Carolina del Norte, se alza detrás del estadio Bank of America en esta vista aérea. (Foto AP/Chuck Burton, Archivo)
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[2026-07-24 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Five human rights groups are suing the French government in the country’s highest administrative court for not acting to prevent domestic companies from participating in financial activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).
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[2026-07-24 01:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Nearly a decade after the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), many of the small businesses it was designed to empower say its benefits remain out of reach. While the agreement promises a unified market across Africa, entrepreneurs continue to face barriers such as poor infrastructure, complex border procedures, and limited access to trade opportunities, highlighting the gap between policy goals and everyday economic realities.
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[2026-07-24 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Five human rights groups are suing the French government in the country’s highest administrative court for not acting to prevent domestic companies from participating in financial activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).
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[2026-07-24 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com,
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[2026-07-24 00:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: UAE lenders reported strong second-quarter financial results on Thursday as the country’s economy remained resilient despite uncertainties driven by the Iran war.
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[2026-07-24 00:43 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde pledged to stay in her role until at least the end of the year, quashing ongoing rumors that she will step down in the near term to take part in France’s 2027 presidential election.
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[2026-07-23 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It’s been 11 months since NeueHouse — the exclusive members-only co-working and social spot where memberships cost thousands — closed its Venice Beach outpost on Market Street when it abruptly shut all its locations in Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
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[2026-07-23 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-23 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: IDF soldiers killed a terrorist after he attempted to carry out stabbing attack in the Ganim area of the West Bank, the military said on Thursday.
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[2026-07-23 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index (BCOMAGSP) climbed to a three-year high Wednesday as widening conflict across critical energy and grain trade corridors, from the Black Sea to the Strait of Hormuz and the southern Red Sea, collided with scorching heat waves across Europe and the US and mounting El Niño risks in critical agri growing belts, reviving the threat of global food inflation.
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[2026-07-23 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The European Central Bank voted on Thursday to leave its main interest rate unchanged at 2.25%, in a move that fell broadly in line with market expectations.
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