Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-29 17:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. Treasury yields rose Wednesday, with oil prices jumping ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision and subsequent press conference with chair Kevin Warsh.
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[2026-07-29 17:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS more info, photo)
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[2026-07-29 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Foreign Affairs
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[2026-07-29 17:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Private home owners can now buy public resale flats without delay, aimed at boosting a sluggish market after months of slow growth
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[2026-07-29 17:12 UTC+10:00] [National Development Minister] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Private home owners can now buy public resale flats without delay, aimed at boosting a sluggish market after months of slow growth
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[2026-07-29 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: South Korea's finance minister apologized on Wednesday after retail investors racked up heavy losses from leveraged bets on stocks, following rule changes earlier this year.
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[2026-07-29 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New York-listed firm aims to modernise the city’s opaque wholesale market, which sits at the centre of a vast global network for used devices
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[2026-07-29 17:00 UTC+10:00] [ReRe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New York-listed firm aims to modernise the city’s opaque wholesale market, which sits at the centre of a vast global network for used devices
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[2026-07-29 16:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Tiger Woods' more than 26-year reign as the PGA Tour's all-time career money leader is nearing its end.
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[2026-07-29 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Leonie Kidd coming to you from London.
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[2026-07-29 16:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Analysts see little systemic risk but warn policy shifts could hinder market re-rating
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[2026-07-29 15:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS lead; ADDS more info throughout, photo)
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[2026-07-29 15:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: 16 funds launched at market’s peak, amplifying moves in Samsung Electronics, SK hynix and Kospi
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[2026-07-29 15:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the intermediate holding company for HD Hyundai’s shipbuilding businesses, said Wednesday its second-quarter operating profit jumped 72.5 percent from a year earlier driven by expanded sales of high-priced vessels, including liquefied natural gas carriers.
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[2026-07-29 15:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korean burger chain Mom’s Touch said Wednesday it is entering Singapore through a master franchise agreement with FairPrice Group, the country’s largest retailer, as it seeks a springboard into Southeast Asia and the global halal market.
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[2026-07-29 15:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Posco International is expanding into Brazil's rare earth market, partnering with a mineral exploration company to secure and diversify its critical minerals supply chain, the company said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-29 15:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- A high-level official from NASA visited Seoul on Wednesday to share the U.S. space agency's ambitious plan to build a lunar surface base at record speed.
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[2026-07-29 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Despite the success of BTS powering South Korea's largest K-pop agency Hybe to a stellar set of second quarter results, the agency saw as much as 2.845 trillion won ($1.96 billion) wiped from its market cap in less than 24 hours.
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[2026-07-29 14:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Aldar Properties, Abu Dhabi's biggest listed developer, reported a 10 per cent annual jump in its second-quarter profit as revenue rose 5 per cent during the period despite Iran-war-driven uncertainty.
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[2026-07-29 14:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Rio Tinto's exposure to the global tech trends of electrification and data center construction helped deliver a major earnings jump for the miner. © Reuters
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[2026-07-29 14:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ADDS more details in last para; REPLACES photo)
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[2026-07-29 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday.-----------------■ (2nd LD) SK hynix logs record profit in Q2 on AI chip supercycle
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[2026-07-29 13:59 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: July 29, 2026 13:59 | News
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[2026-07-29 13:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A screen shows the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-07-29 13:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator on Wednesday activated a circuit breaker for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) on an extended sell-off in tech shares.
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[2026-07-29 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BRYAN, Texas (AP) — The Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association Class 2A all-state baseball team, distributed by The Associated Press:
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[2026-07-29 12:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info throughout)
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[2026-07-29 12:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors said Wednesday they have indicted eight people, including six business daily journalists, for allegedly manipulating stock prices and pocketing over 9 billion won (US$6.19 million) in illicit gains.
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[2026-07-29 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s largest crude oil processing facility was damaged in a drone strike on Monday, according to open-source analysts reviewing satellite imagery and a Gulf official cited by the Wall Street Journal.
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[2026-07-29 12:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix has benefited from the ongoing boom in demand for semiconductors spurred by artificial intelligence. (Photo by Ahn Seong-bok)
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[2026-07-29 12:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The chief financial regulator said Wednesday that his agency may draw up more measures to cool the single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which have been cited as one of the factors rocking the local stock market.
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[2026-07-29 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator on Wednesday activated a sell-side sidecar for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) after the index fell sharply, led by tech losses.
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[2026-07-29 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-29 11:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: "Workers face new tax to fund social care" says the Daily Telegraph in its top story, as "health officials draw up plans" for a 1.8% levy on earnings to pay for Prime Minister Andy Burnham's reforms. Under the reported proposal, which the paper says is one of "several new models for social care" drawn up last month after Burnham said he would make it a priority, workers over the age of 34 would pay the extra levy that "could fund
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[2026-07-29 11:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-07-29 10:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Chief Persida Rueda-Acosta has sought the help of the anti-cybercrime authorities as well as social media platforms regarding a viral fake video showing her convincing the public to invest money and quickly make profit.
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[2026-07-29 10:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Prime Minister Han Seong-sook instructed officials Wednesday to make sure to crack down on market-disturbing acts, such as hoarding, amid persistent concerns about supply strains due to the on-again, off-again conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-07-29 10:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Seong-sook instructed officials Wednesday to make sure to crack down on market-disturbing acts, such as hoarding, amid persistent concerns about supply strains due to the on-again, off-again conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-07-29 10:26 UTC+10:00] [Health] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Of more than 1,000 medicinal cannabis products available, only two have been evaluated by the drugs regulator
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[2026-07-29 10:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix has benefited from the ongoing boom in demand for semiconductors spurred by artificial intelligence. (Photo by Ahn Seong-bok)
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[2026-07-29 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info throughout)
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[2026-07-29 09:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix has benefited from the ongoing boom in demand for semiconductors spurred by artificial intelligence. (Photo by Ahn Seong-bok)
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[2026-07-29 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS more info throughout, photo)
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[2026-07-29 09:42 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Official declines to say whether Gabriel Perez, who allegedly bet on prediction market Kalshi, resigned or was fired
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[2026-07-29 09:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SK hynix reported record quarterly earnings for the second quarter on Wednesday, with operating profit of 60.54 trillion won ($41.6 billion), a 557.2 percent jump from a year earlier as memory prices for AI servers kept climbing.
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[2026-07-29 09:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Things are not going to be fun in South Korea tonight...
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[2026-07-29 09:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean chipmaker SK hynix reported a 557 percent increase in quarterly operating profit to a record high on Wednesday, driven by robust demand for advanced memory chips as big technology firms ramped up spending on AI data centres.
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[2026-07-29 09:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: SK Hynix on Wednesday posted another record quarterly profit, but missed analysts' estimates.
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[2026-07-29 08:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Use of a multilateral central bank digital currency platform and a broader panda bond market will help China and other nations reduce reliance on the West
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[2026-07-29 08:45 UTC+10:00] [digital currency] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Use of a multilateral central bank digital currency platform and a broader panda bond market will help China and other nations reduce reliance on the West
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