Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-17 09:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: SpaceX scrubbed the launch of its Starship mega rocket on Thursday, with CEO Elon Musk pledging to make another attempt "hopefully in a few days."
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[2026-07-17 09:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: This World Cup has been bigger than any tournament before it.
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[2026-07-17 09:14 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: President Donald Trump’s media company is planning to charge for special high-speed access to Truth Social posts, including possibly his own affecting national security and financial markets.
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[2026-07-17 08:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Kalshi on Thursday acknowledged that President Donald Trump's teleprompter operator was using the prediction market platform to bet on his speeches.
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[2026-07-17 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, is launching a paid service to give Wall Street firms high-speed access to its most influential posts.
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[2026-07-17 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: It has been a brutal year for NFLX longs, who have seen their favorite stock slide in a straight line since last summer, erasing almost 50% from the July 2025 all time high of $134. And unfortunately for them, it appears this brutality isn't going to end any time soon after the company mangled its Q2 earnings moments ago, reporting mediocre earnings, but more importantly, projecting numbers that missed consensus estimates for both Q3 and and the full year.
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[2026-07-17 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Several Palestinians have been injured in separate attacks across the occupied West Bank amid Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.
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[2026-07-17 06:20 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of this site. This site does not give financial, investment or medical advice.
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[2026-07-17 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Drops for computer chipmakers and other AI winners dragged down stock markets worldwide.
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[2026-07-17 05:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-07-17 05:19 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Computer chipmakers and other winners of the artificial-intelligence boom are slumping again and weighing on stock markets worldwide. They’re drowning out strength for most of the rest of Wall Street, leaving US stocks mixed.
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[2026-07-17 05:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Alphabet shares sank 4% on Thursday following a report that the company has delayed releasing its flagship artificial intelligence model.
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[2026-07-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [2040 climate target] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — The European Commission will ring the opening bell for the biggest climate bust-up of the year on Friday when it unveils an overhaul of the EU’s carbon market.
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[2026-07-17 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE and Senegal aim to make implementation the focus of this year's UN Water Conference, calling for faster action by governments, financial institutions and the private sector to address the worsening global water crisis, a senior Emirati official has said.
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[2026-07-17 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The logo for Merck appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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[2026-07-17 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The global PC market is facing mounting pressure as a worsening memory-chip crunch, limited product availability, and consumers balking at higher prices threaten to deepen the downturn. These headwinds prompted Goldman analysts to "further trim" their PC shipment forecasts for this year and next.
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[2026-07-17 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Two different reads on the housing market released Thursday point to the same problem, one that appears to be getting worse. Housing is just too expensive — to own and to build.
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[2026-07-17 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli settlers injured three Palestinians during an attack in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday, citing the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.
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[2026-07-17 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's minister of economy, trade and industry, left, shakes hands with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Tokyo on July 16. (Photo by Shintaro Ino)
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[2026-07-17 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Lebanon and Syria will, in the coming months, begin revising decades-old trade agreements to revive their economic relationship following the ouster of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in 2024, Lebanon's economy minister told Reuters on Thursday.
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[2026-07-17 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,
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[2026-07-17 02:19 UTC+10:00] [Cryptocurrencies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The entrepreneur is known in Washington as the financial power behind the president’s crypto fortune. How did Sun’s business love-in with the Trump family spiral into dueling lawsuits?
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[2026-07-17 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, third from right, and Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Ryosei Akazawa, center, at the July 16 announcement of a Japanese AI consortium. (Photo by Shintaro Ino)
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[2026-07-17 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ACER continues its two-decade streak as the Philippines' No. 1 laptop brand. According to Nielsen-GfK data for the first five months of 2026, Acer maintains its dominant position, commanding 37 percent and 34.5 percent market shares in the consumer and gaming laptop segments, respectively.
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[2026-07-17 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has been the lead regulator on event contract exchanges for over 30 years after it issued a 1992 ruling on the Iowa Electronic Markets, widely recognized as the first prediction market.
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[2026-07-17 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: For the first time in over three years, South Korea’s central bank raised its policy interest rate by 0.25% points to 2.75%, inline with expectations, and kicking off a monetary tightening cycle aimed at containing inflationary pressures spurred by the AI-driven semiconductor boom. It also helped spark a fresh rout in Korean stocks whose daily volatility has become borderline farcical with daily 5% swings having become the norm.
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[2026-07-17 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Satyajit Das via NewIndiaExpress.com,
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[2026-07-17 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: From right: Masanori Yoshida, senior executive officer and global chief at Japan Exchange Group; Asadej Kongsiri, president of the Stock Exchange of Thailand; and Michael Syn, president of Singapore Exchange, take part in a panel discussion at the Nikkei Asia Forum APAC 2026 in Bangkok on July 16. (Photo by Akitoshi Sugiura)
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[2026-07-17 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In the first six months to June 30, there were 81 cross-border deals for innovative drugs worth a combined record of US$110 billion
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[2026-07-17 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Guangdong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In the first six months to June 30, there were 81 cross-border deals for innovative drugs worth a combined record of US$110 billion
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[2026-07-17 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) visited Israel last week for the express purpose, as he termed it, of seeing what the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria (the Occupied West Bank, as he called it) who live there are up against.
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[2026-07-17 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-16 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Thursday reiterated that no one is above the law, as it questioned the Defense team's opposition to allowing access to the bank and tax records of Vice President Sara Duterte during the resumption of the impeachment trial.
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[2026-07-16 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Shares of state-run energy giant Gazprom plunged to historic lows on Thursday, weighing heavily on the broader Russian stock market as the benchmark MOEX index extended its longest losing streak on record.
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[2026-07-16 22:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sale information sign is displayed at a retail store in Wheeling, Ill., Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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[2026-07-16 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are lower, erasing much of yesterday's gain with both Nasdaq and Rusell lagging SPX, following a continued rollercoaster in Korea where stocks tumbled after the BOK hired rates for the first time in 3 years. As of 8:15am ET, S&P futures dropped 0.3%, while Nasdaq 100 contracts dropped 0.8%.
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[2026-07-16 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Investors are hoping for a relatively generous allotment rate and sharp gains when the memory-chip maker debuts on Shanghai’s Star Market
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[2026-07-16 22:00 UTC+10:00] [ChangXin Memory Technologies] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Investors are hoping for a relatively generous allotment rate and sharp gains when the memory-chip maker debuts on Shanghai’s Star Market
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[2026-07-16 21:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong Jockey Club proposes leveraging its Guangzhou racecourse as strategic platform for deeper cooperation with mainland
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[2026-07-16 21:55 UTC+10:00] [Jockey Club] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong Jockey Club proposes leveraging its Guangzhou racecourse as strategic platform for deeper cooperation with mainland
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[2026-07-16 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: SpaceX shares dipped below their initial public offering (IPO) price on Wednesday, little more than a month after the company’s record-breaking market debut briefly made Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire.
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[2026-07-16 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: SpaceX shares dipped below their initial public offering (IPO) price on Wednesday, little more than a month after the company’s record-breaking market debut briefly made Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire.
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[2026-07-16 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Nvidia unveiled a new AI model for robots and vision AI agents on Wednesday, deepening its push into the physical AI market in Japan.
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[2026-07-16 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Led by State Grid’s local subsidiary, trial marks the largest single city-level adjustment of computing power load, says official newspaper
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[2026-07-16 21:00 UTC+10:00] [China Telecom] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Led by State Grid’s local subsidiary, trial marks the largest single city-level adjustment of computing power load, says official newspaper
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[2026-07-16 20:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City receives 3.72 million visitors last month, driven largely by 10 per cent rise in mainland Chinese arrivals to 2.88 million
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[2026-07-16 20:06 UTC+10:00] [South and Southeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City receives 3.72 million visitors last month, driven largely by 10 per cent rise in mainland Chinese arrivals to 2.88 million
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[2026-07-16 19:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Egypt's foreign reserves exceeded $55 billion for the first time in the country's history last month, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Wednesday, but households in the country continue to await the effects of its macroeconomic improvement.
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[2026-07-16 19:34 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Dutch punch above their weight in technology transfers that shaped the modern world. In the 17th century their financial and farming innovations spread to Britain, spurring the Industrial Revolution and the British Empire’s expansion. Peter the Great, a Russian tsar, studied Dutch shipbuilding techniques to build the navy that made Russia a maritime power in the 18th century.
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[2026-07-16 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A by-product of LNG production, helium is critical for hi-tech industries including semiconductors, medical equipment and aerospace
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