Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-30 19:30 UTC+10:00] [property market] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While the country’s economy and currency are struggling, Japan’s property fundamentals remain strong
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[2026-03-30 19:23 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Stock markets in Asia drop sharply, with investors nervous over escalation of Middle East conflict
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[2026-03-30 18:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks fell nearly 3 percent Monday, led by heavy foreign selling, as an intensifying conflict surrounding Iran deepened concerns about global oil supplies and market uncertainties. The Korean won weakened against the US dollar.
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[2026-03-30 17:45 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s telecom carriers and fintech firms are tightening energy use as the government calls for conservation amid oil-market volatility, extending the response from office operations to the infrastructure behind mobile networks and online finance.
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[2026-03-30 17:01 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korean auto giant targets 41,000 EV sales in China’s fiercely competitive, domestic-led market
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[2026-03-30 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Brussels holidays] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Beyond the Belgian capital’s more obvious sights lies a thriving district known for its classic Belgian cuisine, alternative art scene and gigantic flea market
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[2026-03-30 16:45 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LG Display has effectively taken control of the OLED panel market for the Apple Watch after Japan Display Inc. exited the business amid financial struggles and restructuring.
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[2026-03-30 16:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LS Cable & System reported its highest-ever profits in 2025, fueled by growing investment in power grid development and surging demand tied to artificial intelligence infrastructure.
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[2026-03-30 16:22 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: West Wits Mining has taken aim at one of the market’s favourite risk topics – fuel supply – unveiling a multi-layered diesel security plan to keep its Qala Shallows underground gold operation in South Africa running smoothly while the site waits for a grid power connection.
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[2026-03-30 16:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: China’s first humanoid robot IPO offers reality check on valuations ahead of Boston Dynamics’ Nasdaq push
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[2026-03-30 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Webjet chief executive Katrina Barry has resigned less than two years after taking the role, as a lawsuit from the online travel agent’s former legal boss heats up and suitors continue to buy up stock despite a rejected takeover offer last month.
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[2026-03-30 14:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Asian currencies remained under pressure against the US dollar, with South Korea’s won weakening to about 1,515 per dollar, near its lowest levels in years.
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[2026-03-30 14:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Dealers work near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), right, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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[2026-03-30 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Co-development of physical AI services integrating AI avatars and autonomous robots Exploration of applications across retail, finance, manufacturing and public sectors
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[2026-03-30 13:38 UTC+10:00] [Transport] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: South Korea’s transport ministry says domestic airlines have asked authorities to redirect export-bound jet fuel back to the local market amid a supply crunch
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[2026-03-30 12:32 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Brisbane character home has sold for more than $1 million above its 2023 price, fetching $2.85 million after a marathon 90-minute auction that defied growing fears of a market slowdown.
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[2026-03-30 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian food and drink] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: From the not-for-profit Jewish culinary collective comes a leek and mushroom matzo brei, one-pot roasted fish and a creamy charoset parfait
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[2026-03-30 08:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: “Astroturf” — advocates who pretend to have grassroots support — might be the best term for “a small circle of podcasters on the right who condemn President Trump’s strikes on Iran yet claim to speak for all ‘MAGA,’ ” thunders The Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley A. Strassel. “All evidence shows they remain a tiny minority,” but “Democrats and their media allies want you to believe” this bunch of “outliers” is representative.
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[2026-03-30 08:16 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Greg "Joz" Joswiak, Senior Vice President Worldwide Marketing, Apple. From his interview with Today tech expert Trevor Long. X Facebook Mail Apple is now one of the most valuable companies in the world — a market capitalisation of more than $3.5 trillion — but a core part of Apple's history is the time it almost went broke.As the company marks its 50th anniversary, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, Greg Joswiak, spoke exclusively to 9News to reflect on 50
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[2026-03-30 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The price of coffee is increasing faster than any other household grocery, and it’s not just tariffs driving the surge — bad weather, war and a frenzy of market traders are also to blame for the rise.
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[2026-03-30 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A major Wall Street powerhouse is weighing a southern escape as New York City’s new mayor talks about soaking big business with taxes, according to a report published Sunday.
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[2026-03-30 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India has begun settling payments for crude oil imports from Russia using non-dollar currencies, reflecting shifting geopolitical dynamics and adjustments to evolving policies from the United States, according to market reports.
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[2026-03-30 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG) has signed an agreement to invest USD 108 million in new container handling equipment, marking a major expansion of its container terminal capacity to 2 million TEUvand reinforcing Sri Lanka’s position as an emerging logistics hub in the Indian Ocean.
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[2026-03-30 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Negotiating flexible arrangements is not limited to those who have a right under the Fair Work Act. (Adobe Stock)
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[2026-03-30 05:24 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US stocks deepened their drops as Wall Street finished off a fifth-straight losing week, its longest such streak in nearly four years.
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[2026-03-30 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: There are 10 candidates running to replace term-limited California Governor Gavin Newsom, and while polling may suggest one story, their tax returns reveal a very different picture of who leads in earnings.
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[2026-03-30 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: US and Israeli attacks on Iran have driven up prices, darkened the outlook for the world economy, sent global stock markets reeling, and forced developing countries to ration fuel and subsidize energy costs to protect their poorest.
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[2026-03-30 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-30 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: BEIJING — U.S. pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has reached a $2.75 billion deal to bring drugs developed using artificial intelligence by Hong Kong-based Insilico Medicine to the global market.
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[2026-03-29 17:00 UTC+10:00] [lived-in home transactions] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Increased resale activity, driven by first-time buyers and policy support, is fuelling hopes that China’s property market may be stabilising
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[2026-03-29 15:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Effective fee cut seen at about 5 percentage points, raising questions over savings and pressure on Apple to respond
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[2026-03-29 15:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's KAIST, the country's leading science and technology university, said the compression technology behind Google's TurboQuant will strengthen memory semiconductor demand rather than weaken it, pushing back against the investor fears that drove chip stocks lower this week.
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[2026-03-29 15:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — US and Israeli attacks on Iran have driven up prices, darkened the outlook for the world economy, sent global stock markets reeling and forced developing countries to ration fuel and subsidize energy costs to protect their poorest.
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[2026-03-29 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Nairobi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A black market in harvester ants has sprung up in Kenya, with big implications for the environment
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[2026-03-29 14:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Defence stocks in South Korea have surged in the weeks following the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli conflict involving Iran, Yonhap news agency reported, citing market data.
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[2026-03-29 13:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The market capitalization of defense stocks rose while that of auto and shipbuilding shares fell on the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index about a month after US-Israeli air strikes on Iran, bourse data showed Sunday.
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[2026-03-29 12:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: New York City’s bonds have suddenly become a hot topic on Wall Street — and you can thank socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani for this certifiably bizarre development.
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[2026-03-29 12:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The South Korean currency has fallen sharply to its fourth-lowest level against the US dollar in March amid a foreign selloff on the stock market, financial data showed Sunday.
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[2026-03-29 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Batteries powered by renewables are pushing gas plants off the electricity grid, proving that green energy will reduce fuel bills driven higher by shocks to the global fossil fuel market such as the crisis being driven by the Iran war.
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[2026-03-29 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-03-29 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: War in the Middle East has caused energy market turbulence around the globe, forcing governments in Europe to intervene and keep fuel costs down for consumers.
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[2026-03-28 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Managed future strategies are gaining renewed attention as investors look for new sources of returns from the market at a time when both stocks and bonds are under pressure as a result of the U.S.-Iran war and the risk of 1970s-style stagflation.
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[2026-03-28 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The clock is ticking on the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran. The emerging view from oil industry executives and analysts is that the economic and market fallout from the war could escalate sharply if the Strait of Hormuz isn't reopened within roughly the next one to three weeks. Even then, enough damage may have been done already to leave energy and many other prices higher for longer.
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[2026-03-28 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Germany] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Turkish immigrants to Germany in the 60s were seen as temporary labour, not people. Today’s government in Berlin is at risk of repeating the mistake
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[2026-03-28 15:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: This pen of crossbred heavy lambs fetched a record price of $500 a head. (Supplied: Darren Dean)
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[2026-03-28 14:29 UTC+10:00] [Clara Chan Ka-chai] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong government-backed investor says strong returns and co-investment flows are reinforcing the region’s appeal to global capital
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[2026-03-28 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Mobile and Internet Access
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[2026-03-28 12:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Actress Aubrey Plaza has secured a buyer for her Spanish-style California compound—nearly three months after she put it back on the market for the reduced price of $5.75 million.
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[2026-03-28 11:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — US stocks deepened their drops Friday as Wall Street finished off a fifth straight losing week, its longest such streak in nearly four years.
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[2026-03-28 11:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Stocks keep falling as investors lose patience with the Iran war. (AP Photo: Seth Wenig)
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