Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-14 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
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[2026-07-14 02:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: After a year-long bear market, an almost 20% decline year-to-date, and sell-offs after four of its past four earnings reports, options traders are striking a decidedly bullish tone heading into Netflix's earnings on Thursday.Call volumes doubled puts in back-to-back sessions Friday and Monday, with almost three times as many calls bought versus puts by midday Monday, according to data from ThinkOrSwim.
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[2026-07-14 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Monday expressed concern about inflation but cautioned against "fighting the last war," saying the central bank should wait for more data before raising interest rates.
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[2026-07-14 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates is planning to build a new port and container terminal on the opposite side of the Strait of Hormuz, in a push to bypass the Iranian closure of the waterway, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
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[2026-07-14 02:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: MUFG's new president, Junichi Hanzawa, has overseen the group's growth into Japan's market cap leader. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Hazumu Urushiyama)
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[2026-07-14 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: FORMER Budget secretary Amenah Pangandaman has pledged to expand Islamic banking and deepen financial inclusion after having been appointed to helm Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines.
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[2026-07-14 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: STATE-RUN Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) could postpone plans of returning to the domestic debt market to next year or until economic and market conditions improve.
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[2026-07-14 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IN a move to bolster the circular economy for plastic packaging, the Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) has officially signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with GS1 Philippines to develop the Location-Aware Smart Sorting Interface (Lassi) on July 2, 2026.
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[2026-07-14 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — A pivot in Japan’s massive retirement assets would likely manifest as a slow redirection of maturing debt rather than a fire sale that could roil global markets, analysts say.
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[2026-07-14 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Peatones pasan frente a una sucursal del banco TD Bank, el 24 de junio de 2026, en Boston. (Foto AP/Charles Krupa, Archivo)
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[2026-07-14 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is travelling to the United States for talks with President Donald Trump, in what will be his first foreign trip since taking office in May.
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[2026-07-14 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Strategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, raised fresh capital by selling MSTR shares through its at-the-market (ATM) offering last week while leaving its BTC treasury unchanged.
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[2026-07-14 01:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli high-school student is facing possible disciplinary action after distributing flyers urging classmates to refuse military service over Israel's genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank, according to a report published by Haaretz.
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[2026-07-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Friday’s retrieval of a rocket booster made China the second nation to master the precision recovery of an orbital-class rocket component
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[2026-07-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [rocket booster] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Friday’s retrieval of a rocket booster made China the second nation to master the precision recovery of an orbital-class rocket component
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[2026-07-14 00:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The European Union imported a record 9.89 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia’s largest production plant during the first six months of the year, the Financial Times reported Monday.
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[2026-07-14 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of SpaceX slipped for a second trading day on Monday, bringing Elon Musk's company closer to its $135 initial public offering price just days after making its entrance into the Nasdaq-100.
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[2026-07-14 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Oil prices are climbing Monday following a weekend of attacks in the Middle East, while more losses for computer chipmakers and other winners of the artificial-intelligence boom weigh on stock markets.
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[2026-07-14 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: European Union foreign ministers met in Brussels on Monday to discuss whether there is enough support for new measures to curb trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-07-14 00:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: DP World is planning to construct a new port and a container terminal on the United Arab Emirates’ east coast to bypass the Strait of Hormuz after Iran announced it would be closing the waterway again, the Financial Times has reported on Monday.
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[2026-07-13 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi clean energy company Masdar has reached the financial close for its $6.1 billion "world's first" 24/7 renewable energy facility, as it continues to boost its renewables portfolio.
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[2026-07-13 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are lower on a combination of US/Iran escalation (which is feeding inflationary concerns) and a violent crash in South Korean stocks (which saw SK Hynix plunge by 15% overnight, the most on record, and unironically follows its record ADR launch in the US), which has put Semis and tech under renewed pressure.
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[2026-07-13 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Expectations are high that when banks start posting second-quarter results Tuesday, led by JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, revenue from trading equities and fixed income will approach, or even exceed, the records set earlier this year.
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[2026-07-13 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A core focus for the port, the busiest in the world and China’s shipbuilding centre, is to become a premier international shipping hub
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[2026-07-13 22:00 UTC+10:00] [shipbuilding] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A core focus for the port, the busiest in the world and China’s shipbuilding centre, is to become a premier international shipping hub
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[2026-07-13 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, accompanied by several settlers, raided the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to Wafa news agency, citing a local official.
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[2026-07-13 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmetAdvice.com,
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[2026-07-13 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: SK Hynix shares suffered their steepest decline on record in Seoul following Friday's blockbuster ADR debut in New York. The sell-off spread across South Korea's memory and data storage stocks, helping to drive the benchmark KOSPI down as much as 9% and triggering a 20-minute market-wide trading halt.
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[2026-07-13 21:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong Cat Expo organiser says growing proportion of ageing felines will drive future market growth as owners seek better care for pets
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[2026-07-13 21:12 UTC+10:00] [Wan Chai] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong Cat Expo organiser says growing proportion of ageing felines will drive future market growth as owners seek better care for pets
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[2026-07-13 20:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s Ministry of National Security, headed by far right politician Itamar Ben Gvir, is set to transfer four million shekels ($1.31m) to a sanctioned group which supports illegal settler outposts in the occupied West Bank, Israeli media is reporting.
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[2026-07-13 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s Ministry of National Security, headed by far right politician Itamar Ben Gvir, is set to transfer four million shekels ($1.31m) to a sanctioned group which supports illegal settler outposts in the occupied West Bank, Israeli media is reporting.
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[2026-07-13 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The European Union commission announced the launching of “Team Gaza Initiative” at the Palestine Donor Group meeting in Brussels on Monday, which aims to bring together €883.6 million ($1bn) in financial contributions to support early recovery projects for the strip in line with the 2025 Gaza Peace Plan.
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[2026-07-13 20:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: India's consumer price inflation rose to 4.38% in June, up from 3.93% in May as the U.S.-Iran war and a weak monsoon raised food and fuel prices, adding to cost pressures.
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[2026-07-13 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The European Union’s foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss imposing sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-07-13 20:27 UTC+10:00] [Chinese economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Record numbers find there is little demand for their skills, as entry-level tech roles are hit by AI and automation
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[2026-07-13 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A shopper looks over Apple MacBook laptops on display in a Costco warehouse on June 2, 2026, in Sheridan, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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[2026-07-13 20:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Monday clarified that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s appointment of former Budget secretary Amenah Pangandaman as chairman and chief executive officer of the state-run Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank does not clear her of any potential liability in the ongoing investigation of flood control projects.
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[2026-07-13 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Monday clarified that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s appointment of former Budget secretary Amenah Pangandaman as chairman and chief executive officer of the state-run Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank did not clear her of any potential liability in the ongoing investigation into alleged anomalies related to the government’s flood control projects.
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[2026-07-13 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Treasury yields were broadly flat on Monday after the ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran came under increasing strain over the weekend, as the two sides traded strikes.
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[2026-07-13 18:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-07-13 18:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: An Indonesian worker operates farm equipment in Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. Indonesia was the second biggest destination for overseas remittances from Japan in fiscal 2025. (Photo by Yuji Murakami)
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[2026-07-13 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Beijing makes history by capturing the Long March-10B booster at sea, at least 15 aerospace firms are racing to go public on Shanghai’s Star Market or in Hong Kong
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[2026-07-13 18:30 UTC+10:00] [SpaceX] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Beijing makes history by capturing the Long March-10B booster at sea, at least 15 aerospace firms are racing to go public on Shanghai’s Star Market or in Hong Kong
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[2026-07-13 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Unlike conventional vessels, the platform must maintain exceptional stability and positioning accuracy in rough seas
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[2026-07-13 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Unlike conventional vessels, the platform must maintain exceptional stability and positioning accuracy in rough seas
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[2026-07-13 17:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, Iran launches missile and drone attacks across Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Oman following waves of US strikes inside Iran. Gulf countries activate warnings and defences as Washington says its operation targeted Iranian military infrastructure to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-07-13 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Goldman Sachs says deploying an 800 billion yuan financial instrument into strategic investments could provide an economic boost
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[2026-07-13 17:30 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Goldman Sachs says deploying an 800 billion yuan financial instrument into strategic investments could provide an economic boost
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[2026-07-13 17:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo of the main opposition People Power Party on Monday slammed KB Kookmin Bank for lowering the cap on mortgage lending, accusing it of following government policies at the cost of harming the public.
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