Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-02 16:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Japan’s housekeeping services market has been expanding as the number of dual-income households increases
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[2026-08-02 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The EU is using a currency redesign as an opportunity to be less neutral and try some finely balanced identity-building
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[2026-08-02 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The high-profile tower initially struggled to lease out space, but is now testing HK$100 per square foot rents amid rising demand for Central offices
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[2026-08-02 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Ricacorp Properties] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The high-profile tower initially struggled to lease out space, but is now testing HK$100 per square foot rents amid rising demand for Central offices
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[2026-08-02 15:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Finance chief also vows to promote global renminbi adoption after offshore Chinese government bond futures contract debuts in city on Monday
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[2026-08-02 15:57 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Finance chief also vows to promote global renminbi adoption after offshore Chinese government bond futures contract debuts in city on Monday
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[2026-08-02 15:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SK hynix, whose profit-linked bonus formula helped trigger similar demands across South Korean industry, is now testing whether mandatory stock compensation could become the next model to spread.
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[2026-08-02 14:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong authorities investigating after accident during trial run on Saturday
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[2026-08-02 14:54 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong International Airport] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong authorities investigating after accident during trial run on Saturday
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[2026-08-02 14:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Electronics is expected to overtake SK hynix in the high-bandwidth memory market, fueled by the rapid expansion of its next-generation HBM4 business, according to a global investment bank’s report on Sunday.
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[2026-08-02 14:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hana Financial Group said Sunday it would run a groupwide promotional campaign through Sep. 30 to mark the relocation of its headquarters to Cheongna in Incheon, offering financial benefits, community programs and support for the local economy.
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[2026-08-02 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Industry expert Mark Thomas sees great opportunity in state-owned Jiushi Dongyu Culture, Sports & Tourism Group responding to market forces
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[2026-08-02 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Formula Chinese Grand Prix] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Industry expert Mark Thomas sees great opportunity in state-owned Jiushi Dongyu Culture, Sports & Tourism Group responding to market forces
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[2026-08-02 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In China’s northwestern province of Shaanxi, heavy rains triggered by severe convective weather battered the capital city Xian.
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[2026-08-02 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With China’s flexible workforce estimated at nearly 300 million, Beijing pledges to strengthen their safety, wages and basic social security
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[2026-08-02 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Peking University's National School of Development] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With China’s flexible workforce estimated at nearly 300 million, Beijing pledges to strengthen their safety, wages and basic social security
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[2026-08-02 12:31 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hyundai Motor Group said Sunday that Executive Chair Chung Eui-sun visited the company's Turkey plant to inspect production readiness and quality control for the Ioniq 3, Hyundai's first subcompact battery-powered electric vehicle developed for the European market.
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[2026-08-02 12:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- Prices of seven out of 10 stocks listed on South Korea's main and secondary stock markets fell last month as the country's bourses posted their steepest monthly declines since the 2008 global financial crisis, market data showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-02 12:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HD Hyundai Electric said Sunday it has produced its 1,000th power transformer at its manufacturing subsidiary in Alabama, underscoring the company's growing presence in the North American power equipment market.
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[2026-08-02 11:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The South Korean won appreciated at its fastest monthly pace since 2009, driven largely by a surge in US dollar inflows into the country's foreign exchange market following SK hynix Inc.'s American depositary receipt offering on the Nasdaq, industry data showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-02 11:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Poverty is a mindset, not a status,’ resonates as a powerful mantra often heard echoing through the FQ training camps
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[2026-08-02 11:54 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Poverty is a mindset, not a status,’ resonates as a powerful mantra often heard echoing through the FQ training camps
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[2026-08-02 11:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won appreciated at its fastest monthly pace since 2009, driven largely by a surge in U.S. dollar inflows into the country's foreign exchange market following SK hynix Inc.'s American depositary receipt (ADR) offering on the Nasdaq, industry data showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-02 11:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Household loans by major banks rose sharply in July despite tight borrowing regulations, as mortgage and credit loans picked up, financial data showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-02 10:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- Household loans by major banks rose sharply in July despite tight borrowing regulations, as mortgage and credit loans picked up, financial data showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-02 10:04 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Disclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump
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[2026-08-02 06:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palestinian children were among those detained in the latest round of Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Al Jazeera is reporting.
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[2026-08-02 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Older Australians are overrepresented in every sphere of life, from politics to the economy and media … and they’re living longer. It’s time we stack the deck in favour of young people. Here’s how
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[2026-08-02 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian immigration and asylum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Belonging is hard when gaining citizenship is so expensive. The state has just become a regulator of the market
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[2026-08-02 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: There is a growing sense that something is beginning to shift. An increasing number of Israelis – on television panels, across social media, and even in online comment sections – appear genuinely disturbed by what has come to be known as “settler violence.”
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[2026-08-02 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: This is a time of year that the Yankees, like many teams, make sure they canvas the whole market and know what is available.
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[2026-08-02 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Seven Palestinians, including two children, have been detained by Israeli forces in overnight and predawn raids across the West Bank, according to Palestinian local sources.
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[2026-08-02 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has signalled that he is exploring taking firmer measures against Israeli settlers in the West Bank amid ongoing attacks on Palestinians in the occupied territory.
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[2026-08-02 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — All three US Federal Reserve (Fed) policymakers who dissented from the central bank’s decision to keep interest rates steady earlier this week said on Friday that rate hikes were needed now in order to avoid entrenched inflation.
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[2026-08-02 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made the Pax Silica hub the centerpiece of his artificial intelligence (AI) pitch on Monday. He did not say who would govern its data. In his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA), he called it an ecosystem “that will have AI at its core,” one that would bring quality jobs and revitalize the economy, and placed it within the Luzon Economic Corridor.
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[2026-08-02 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-08-02 01:25 UTC+10:00] [Liverpool] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: New head coach needs to use the transfer market with defensive cover vital as injuries hamper US pre-season tour
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[2026-08-02 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump walked back his decision to let Ukraine produce its own Patriot interceptors in comments to the Financial Times on Thursday.
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[2026-08-02 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Three Palestinians were slightly injured during an Israeli settler extremist attack on the West Bank village of Surif overnight on Saturday, according to an Army Radio report.
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[2026-08-02 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A customer shops at a grocery store in Arlington Heights, Ill., Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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[2026-08-01 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Lebanon’s Mount Amel Castles, the ancient Phoenician city of Tyre, and the historic site of Sebastia in Area C of the West Bank, were designated as World Heritage Sites in Danger by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee during its 48th session in Busan, South Korea over the weekend.
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[2026-08-01 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Despite trade tensions and tariffs, California wineries are hopeful that US wine exports to China will recover as trade relations stabilise
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[2026-08-01 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Despite trade tensions and tariffs, California wineries are hopeful that US wine exports to China will recover as trade relations stabilise
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[2026-08-01 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: U.S. crude inventories fell sharply last week as refineries ramped up production to capitalize on higher fuel prices following renewed conflict with Iran, according to Financial Times.
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[2026-08-01 22:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israeli troops detained seven Palestinians, including two 16-year-old boys, during overnight raids across the occupied West Bank, Palestinian authorities said.
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[2026-08-01 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Wall Street got back to its winning ways last week after navigating a hawkish Federal Reserve meeting, volatile swings in chip stocks, and a critical round of Big Tech earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1% for the week, snapping a three-week losing streak. The S & P 500 gained 1% last week, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 1.6%.
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[2026-08-01 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jason Sorens via The Daily Economy,
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[2026-08-01 19:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump’s conflict keeps escalating, with Saudi Arabia joining airstrikes in Iraq and reportedly planning an attack on the Houthis. A recession could follow
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[2026-08-01 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming tops rankings this year, but vibrant market makes them much more fluid than in US, Hurun says
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[2026-08-01 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming tops rankings this year, but vibrant market makes them much more fluid than in US, Hurun says
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