Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-19 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Road map targets 60 per cent non-gaming share of GDP by 2030 through infrastructure, healthcare, hi-tech industries and closer mainland links
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[2026-08-19 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Road map targets 60 per cent non-gaming share of GDP by 2030 through infrastructure, healthcare, hi-tech industries and closer mainland links
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[2026-08-19 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates has said it is suspending all trade and financial dealings with Iran after reporting an Iranian missile attack directed at its ships.
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[2026-08-19 17:49 UTC+10:00] [Robots] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Company’s robots have gained global fame via videos of them performing martial arts and as dancers for pop stars
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[2026-08-19 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CEBUANA Lhuillier secured multiple awards at the prestigious Stevie International Business Awards, highlighting its leadership in financial inclusion, innovative communications, and initiatives that create meaningful value for customers and communities.
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[2026-08-19 17:15 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Raphael Reyes/Rappler
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[2026-08-19 16:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Artificial intelligence is starting to weigh on labor market across major developed economies, with effects varying across industries and seniority levels, according to Goldman Sachs.
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[2026-08-19 16:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran has considered attacking U.S. military targets in Europe if the war escalates, the Financial Times reported Wednesday, citing two regime insiders.
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[2026-08-19 16:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: An estimated 12.7 million university graduates have entered the job market this summer
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[2026-08-19 16:49 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: An estimated 12.7 million university graduates have entered the job market this summer
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[2026-08-19 16:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Electronics’ latest filing has put a price on the strain that the global memory shortage is placing on its smartphone business, even as the same market conditions drive record earnings at its semiconductor arm.
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[2026-08-19 16:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Singapore's financial district is seen in 2023. The city-state is aiming to boost its asset management sector as competition intensifies with Hong Kong and other regional hubs. © Reuters
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[2026-08-19 16:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: First deal opens door to potential multibillion-dollar artillery program
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[2026-08-19 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two Jerusalem residents, along with their one-year-old son, entered Jericho, a city in Area A of the West Bank, on Tuesday, and had to be rescued by Israeli security forces, Israel Police said.
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[2026-08-19 16:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Finance chief pledges market reforms, equal treatment as Seoul seeks deeper strategic cooperation
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[2026-08-19 16:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Higher energy bills drove UK inflation up to 2.9% in the 12 months to July, the latest figures show.
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[2026-08-19 16:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto gestures as he delivers his annual state of the nation address on Aug. 14. In his budget speech the same day, he announced macroeconomic targets that economists say are "ambitious." © Reuters
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[2026-08-19 16:04 UTC+10:00] [Business / Banking & finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The deep drop in new mortgage applications is a stark illustration of how much the housing market has fallen – and some experts are warning we are yet to reach the bottom.
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[2026-08-19 15:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Shinhan, Hanwha also reorganize local operations as Jakarta centralizes oversight of financial groups
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[2026-08-19 15:36 UTC+10:00] [Independent Commission Against Corruption] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Dallas McInerney tells inquiry he wiped data from his devices over the weekend after receiving a security warning from his bank
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[2026-08-19 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Last week, it was revealed that Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest woman, recently acquired some 8 million shares in a company owned by Elon Musk, the world’s richest man. Notably, Rinehart made it clear that her company’s investment in Space X – worth almost $US1.4 billion at the time of disclosure – wasn’t just about the money, it was about her friend being “an exceptional and brilliant person”.
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[2026-08-19 15:07 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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[2026-08-19 14:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong’s bourse operator made US$683 million, a record-high profit in the second quarter, beating its own record a quarter earlier
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[2026-08-19 14:13 UTC+10:00] [Bonnie Chan Yiting] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong’s bourse operator made US$683 million, a record-high profit in the second quarter, beating its own record a quarter earlier
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[2026-08-19 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: AUSTRAC's Operation Claw has uncovered multimillion dollar mortgage fraud across the major lenders. (ABC News: Elise Pianegonda)
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[2026-08-19 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Defense Minister Israel Katz wants to shift responsibility for handling Israeli extremist violence in the West Bank from the IDF to the police. It is an idea worth discussing, but a shift this radical should not be announced before it is actually planned, particularly in an arena as volatile and operationally complicated as the West Bank.
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[2026-08-19 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A currency trader passes by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-08-19 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economy is expected to grow 3.2 percent in 2026, a state-run think tank said Wednesday, revising up its previous forecast of 2.5 percent amid stronger-than-expected global demand driven by the artificial intelligence (AI) boom.
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[2026-08-19 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's household credit rose at the fastest pace in nearly five years to an all-time high in the second quarter on rising demand for housing and investment-related loans, central bank data showed Wednesday.
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[2026-08-19 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Deleting zeros from a national currency can make a country’s numbers look better – but it cannot, by itself, make an economy healthier. This is among the primary problems facing Iraq as officials revive discussions to redenominate the dinar, an idea first floated more than two decades ago.
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[2026-08-19 12:43 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 19, 2026 12:43 | News
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[2026-08-19 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Nikolai G. Wenzel via The Daily Economy,
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[2026-08-19 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Star Market 50 index of mostly chipmakers rebounded 9 per cent in August, recouping some of the 26 per cent slump in the previous month
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[2026-08-19 12:00 UTC+10:00] [China stocks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Star Market 50 index of mostly chipmakers rebounded 9 per cent in August, recouping some of the 26 per cent slump in the previous month
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[2026-08-19 11:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Stock jumps as first listing by humanoid robot maker draws 9.8 million retail investment accounts competing for just 9.7 million shares
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[2026-08-19 11:57 UTC+10:00] [Artificial intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Stock jumps as first listing by humanoid robot maker draws 9.8 million retail investment accounts competing for just 9.7 million shares
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[2026-08-19 11:52 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: One Nation’s Queensland division has filed three years of overdue financial returns after the regulator threatened to strip the party of its legal status in its home state.
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[2026-08-19 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Unitree's humanoid robots have been at the centre of a huge marketing push
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[2026-08-19 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: New Zealand looks to be the best place to hedge impact from severe El Niño shocks to global food supply chains, according to Bank of America.
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[2026-08-19 11:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Unitree Robotics shares rose 542% in early trading Wednesday as the Chinese humanoid robot maker made its stock market debut in Shanghai.
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[2026-08-19 11:35 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-08-19 10:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Financial institutions have strongly opposed the government's plans to relocate public institutions from Seoul to provincial areas, industry watchers said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-19 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator on Wednesday activated a sell-side sidecar for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) as the stock index fell sharp
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[2026-08-19 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-19 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI-generated. Read the article for full context. Report any errors.
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[2026-08-19 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Gulf nation has halted all trade and financial dealings with Iran in response to the attack, which Tehran denies
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[2026-08-19 09:40 UTC+10:00] [uae] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Gulf nation has halted all trade and financial dealings with Iran in response to the attack, which Tehran denies
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[2026-08-19 09:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Congressional advisory panel urges Washington to develop national strategy as Beijing’s data push gives Chinese firms edge in AI, robotics
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[2026-08-19 09:27 UTC+10:00] [data] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Congressional advisory panel urges Washington to develop national strategy as Beijing’s data push gives Chinese firms edge in AI, robotics
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[2026-08-19 09:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: BEIJING — Walk down most streets in China and you'll find a liquor store advertising premium spirits brand Moutai, along with posters of resale prices by vintage year.
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