Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-03 07:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Stocks overcame early losses to finish with slim gains and close out their first winning week since the start of the Iran war.
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[2026-04-03 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It has been the poster child for America’s AI-driven chip boom since Donald Trump’s reelection.
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[2026-04-03 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It costs a ton of dough to raise a family in New York City — and, according to a new residential market report, the costs are getting even worse.
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[2026-04-03 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Gold prices fell sharply yesterday (April 02), snapping a four-day winning streak, after U.S. President Donald Trump signalled an escalation in the ongoing conflict with Iran, dampening investor sentiment and triggering a broader market pullback.
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[2026-04-03 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s homegrown financial institution Siyapatha Finance PLC displayed robust financial performance for the year ended 31st December 2025, reflecting the Company’s continued strategic growth initiatives, solid asset quality, and resilience amidst volatile economic conditions. The Company posted a profit before tax (PBT) of Rs. 2,660 million, an increase of 26% compared to the previous year.
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[2026-04-03 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC (Chevron Lanka) (LLUB), a listed entity in the Colombo Securities Exchange (“CSE”), notched up record earnings in 2025, the highest ever in its 32-year history of operations in Sri Lanka. Earnings surpassed the LKR 4 billion milestone for the first time, on a topline of LKR 24.39 billion based on the fourth quarter 2025 interim financial statements released to the CSE.
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[2026-04-03 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-04-03 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kirk Cousins will be seeing plenty of green this season.
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[2026-04-03 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Electricity network providers are lobbying the Minns government to scrap rules preventing them from entering the EV charging market, pointing to a swath of suburbs across Sydney which have little to no access to public chargers as evidence of failure to keep up with surging demand.
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[2026-04-03 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out (Syd)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: For the past dozen or so years, the most popular restaurant I’ve regularly visited in Merrylands, near Parramatta, has been Kabul House – a place of barbecued meats and lamb stock-bolstered rice, qabili palaw. Kids play under tables. Old blokes share skewers next to a large-format photo of Mazar-i-Sharif’s Blue Mosque.
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[2026-04-03 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pain at the petrol pump is pushing Australians into the second-hand car market where prices are climbing for EVs while dropping for unleaded diesel makes.
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[2026-04-03 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Pete Davidson is finally parting ways with his Staten Island condo — but the exit comes at a steep cost.
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[2026-04-03 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Homeowners living in some of America’s oldest homes are facing a double burden as the housing stock continues to age.
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[2026-04-03 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Elon Musk’s Tesla posted one of its weakest sales quarters in years to start 2026, as the onetime Wall Street darling struggles to turn around its business.
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[2026-04-03 03:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Holmby Hills mansion that was built in 1939, gut-renovated and redesigned by top interior designer Kelly Wearstler has hit the market for $34.5 million.
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[2026-04-03 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Stocks recovered most of their earlier losses as volatility returned to Wall Street after two days of solid gains.
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[2026-04-03 01:28 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Crude prices had been inching back towards US$100 per barrel before Trump’s Wednesday address in which he promised more strikes on Iran
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[2026-04-03 01:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A motorist sits in a Tesla Model 3 at a Tesla charging station Friday, March 13, 2026, in Lakewood, Colo., in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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[2026-04-03 00:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US stock futures plunged Thursday morning as oil prices surged after President Trump vowed to hit Iran “extremely hard” in the coming weeks and failed to provide a timeline on when investors could see the free flow of crude through the Strait of Hormuz again.
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[2026-04-02 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Wegovy pill showed more pronounced weight loss and less cumbersome side effects than Eli Lilly's rival pill that was approved this week, Novo Nordisk said Thursday.
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[2026-04-02 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Taiwan plans to invest more in its coast guard capabilities, according to the minister overseeing the force, to accelerate early warning and enhance its ability to shift to a wartime posture when necessary. (Photo by Chungi Chen)
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[2026-04-02 20:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung met with a delegation of U.S. lawmakers Thursday and reaffirmed his commitment to regain wartime operational control from Washington as part of a push to take on a greater share of the defense burden on the Korean Peninsula.
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[2026-04-02 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: In a televised speech on April 1, U.S. President Donald Trump said the war in Iran is nearing its end and that the flow of energy in the Middle East will return to normal soon. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
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[2026-04-02 19:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SHANGHAI, April 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 27, 2026, the three-day productronica Shanghai 2026 successfully concluded, attracting a total of 67,184 visitors. productronica Shanghai 2026 brought together 1,156 exhibitors across nearly 100,000 square meters, presenting the latest technologies in electronic intelligent manufacturing. Spanning the entire industry value chain—from SMT production and industrial automation to wiring harness processing and quality inspection—the exhibition provided a comprehensive platform for technology exchange, business development, and insights into emerging industry trends in Asia.
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[2026-04-02 19:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Oil prices rose more than $5 as President Donald Trump said the United States would continue attacks on Iran without committing to a specific timeline to end the war, fanning investor fears about sustained disruptions to supply.
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[2026-04-02 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BRASÍLIA — No more arguments over who gets the dog: A law passed by the Brazilian Congress will allow separating couples to share custody of their pets.
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[2026-04-02 18:45 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has marked out a contentious tax reform package to boost home ownership as a way to counter populism. He is also pledging to rebuild Australia’s fuel stocks and floating the prospect of caps on coal and gas prices if the war in Iran further spikes commodity prices.
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[2026-04-02 18:29 UTC+10:00] [Elon Musk] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s commercial rocket champion plans to raise US$600 million on the Star Market after its listing application is accepted
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[2026-04-02 18:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks fell sharply Thursday, as US President Donald Trump's renewed threat of strikes against Iran rattled investor sentiment and pushed up global oil prices. The Korean won weakened against the US dollar.
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[2026-04-02 17:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Koreans opened nearly 60,000 Reshoring Investment Accounts in the first week of the government’s push to bring overseas investment back home, but actual inflows have lagged as investors remain cautious amid market volatility.
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[2026-04-02 17:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Europe-listed shares look set to open broadly lower on Thursday, as concerns about the trajectory of the U.S.-Iran war grip global markets once again.
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[2026-04-02 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Racing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: 6. Belvante seemed to really react to the blinkers going on in his trial since his first-up run at Warwick Farm where he was kept safe in betting but didn’t attack the line. If he can settle nicely and get a genuine enough tempo he could surprise. 7. Aryaam has the form on the board from the same day when she was run down by Satono Glow, who has since won again, though in much slower time.
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[2026-04-02 16:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Sky News
Snippet: It was the latest in a series of attempts by Donald Trump to allay voter and investor worries about the war's duration, oil and gas supply and the cost of living concerns.
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[2026-04-02 16:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Upbit, South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, has signed a technology partnership with Indonesia's ICEx to help advance the country’s digital asset infrastructure and broader market development.
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[2026-04-02 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Schools] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Details about compensation for personal injury awarded to UK school staff revealed by NASUWT
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[2026-04-02 15:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hyundai Motor Company and Kia unveiled a midsized pickup concept and a new Seltos SUV at the New York International Auto Show on Wednesday, signaling a stronger push into higher-margin utility vehicles in the key North American market.
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[2026-04-02 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Chinese companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The e-commerce giant is issuing the yuan-denominated notes in two tranches of 7.5 billion yuan and 2.5 billion yuan
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[2026-04-02 14:24 UTC+10:00] [Lunar New Year] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong’s property market remains strong, with transactions likely to reach 8,000 units in April, analyst says
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[2026-04-02 13:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Persons walk in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei index at a securities firm Thursday, April 2, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-04-02 13:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: More than 4.4 trillion won ($2.9 billion) in foreign capital has flowed into South Korea's bond market this week, financial authorities said Thursday, as the country began its phased inclusion in a key global government bond index managed by FTSE Russell.
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[2026-04-02 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Huatai Securities] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The two Chinese start-ups show promising commercialisation of AI models, which are reflected in rising demand and revenue
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[2026-04-02 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Some GPs that do not bulk bill have been charging patients administration fees on top of consult fees. (Adobe Stock)
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[2026-04-02 11:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: This report is from this week's "Inside India" newsletter, which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse — Subscribe today
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[2026-04-02 10:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of Globalstar jumped more than 15% in extended trading on Wednesday after the Financial Times reported Amazon is in talks to acquire the satellite communications company, citing people familiar with the matter.
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[2026-04-02 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to rise on Thursday, tracking similar moves on Wall Street as investors await an address by Donald Trump later in the day amid hopes that the U.S. president is looking to exit the Iran war.
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[2026-04-02 10:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Those in search of Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s Nintendo-themed bobbleheads better make sure their wallets are powered up.
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[2026-04-02 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Long Island’s oyster industry has been left shellshocked after the “worst winter of the century” cost purveyors tons of inventory — and steep profit losses — thanks to an unprecedented deep freeze.
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[2026-04-02 09:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Somalia’s government said it has limited control over fuel prices as imports are handled by private companies in a largely liberalised market.
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[2026-04-02 07:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Amateur golfer Asterisk Talley hits at tee shot at the second hole during the final round of the LPGA Ford Championship golf tournament, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Chandler, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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[2026-04-02 07:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Stocks rushed higher worldwide, and oil prices eased as hopes built that the war with Iran could end soon. That’s even though some of the signals investors saw as hopeful on Wednesday are already under dispute.
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