Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-03 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Climate crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Though coffee is one of the world’s most important commodities, little of the profit trickles down to the farmers, while workers are abandoning the countryside in search of more lucrative jobs in the city
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[2026-03-03 21:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong stocks rise to wrap up best lunar-year performance in eight yearsAs market closes for Lunar New Year, benchmark hits 32 per cent gain since the Year of the Snake began in January 2025.
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[2026-03-03 21:30 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong Stock Exchange] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Modelled on Stock Connect, the proposal would give investors in the Greater Bay Area cross-border access to new share listings
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[2026-03-03 21:21 UTC+10:00] [Stock markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: FTSE 100 on track for its worst day in 11 months, while Japan’s Nikkei and South Korea’s Kospi also fall
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[2026-03-03 21:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Germany's share market has dived 3 per cent. (Reuters: Daniel Munoz)
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[2026-03-03 21:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ‘reverse comparison’ trend is emerging as young people feel immense pressure, seek to move away from consumerism, says expert
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[2026-03-03 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BARCELONA, Spain, March 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- uCloudlink Group Inc. (NASDAQ: UCL), the world's leading mobile data traffic sharing marketplace, today unveiled its strategic roadmap at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026, focusing on unlocking significant market opportunities through its unique terminal-side advantages. Driven by its proprietary CloudSIM® and AI HyperConn® technologies, the company is empowering partners to scale global networks with zero infrastructure cost while capturing untapped profits across three digital frontiers.
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[2026-03-03 18:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks plunged more than 7 percent Tuesday to close below the 5,800-point mark as investor sentiment was dampened by escalating geopolitical concerns triggered by the ongoing Middle East conflict. The Korean won lost sharply against the US dollar.
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[2026-03-03 17:41 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City’s sole delegate to National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee also calls for bigger bond market amid ongoing conflict in Middle East
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[2026-03-03 16:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Partnering with London Stock Exchange, LG rolls out explainable equity forecast scores across entire US market
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[2026-03-03 16:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Toss Bank CEO Lee Eun-mi is set to extend her leadership after the bank’s executive nomination committee recommended her for reappointment.
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[2026-03-03 15:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Tina Arena and Ngaiire have reimagined Sia's Unstoppable to highlight blood donations. (Supplied: Drew Wheeler)
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[2026-03-03 14:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The S&P 500 fell as much as 1.2% Monday and finished with a gain of less than 0.1%. The Dow added 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.4%.
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[2026-03-03 14:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: TOKYO, March 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart Energy Week Spring 2026, one of the world's largest exhibitions for renewable energy, clean power technologies and next generation energy systems, will open at Tokyo Big Sight from March 17 to 19. The exhibition brings together the latest global energy technologies and services, attracting numerous international exhibitors and professional visitors.
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[2026-03-03 14:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Why restaurants are replacing shops, changing Hong Kong’s retail landscapeThe mix of tenants in malls and at street level is changing as restaurateurs pounce on slumping rents to expand, often taking the spaces left behind by retailers forced to leave during the pandemic.
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[2026-03-03 14:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Why restaurants are replacing shops, changing Hong Kong’s retail landscapeThe mix of tenants in malls and at street level is changing as restaurateurs pounce on slumping rents to expand, often taking the spaces left behind by retailers forced to leave during the pandemic.
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[2026-03-03 13:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: San Francisco’s already cutthroat rental market has a new villain — social media scammers swiping legit apartment listings and flipping them into viral bait for desperate renters.
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[2026-03-03 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Defense contractors are winning on Wall Street, as the uncertainty of a war with Iran and increased tension in the Middle East continue to fuel substantial gains in the stock market.
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[2026-03-03 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Both sides exploring structured joint ventures and licensing deals, with Beijing seeking protection and Washington eyeing better market access amid declining capital flows
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[2026-03-03 12:17 UTC+10:00] [Reserve Bank of Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Michele Bullock not ‘making a prediction’, but cites rise in oil prices due to attacks on Iran and tight labour market as factors in possible cash rate rise
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[2026-03-03 11:55 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Bets that were placed on the ouster of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei drew scrutiny on Monday of prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi, sparking calls from Democratic U.S. lawmakers to outlaw wagers on military actions that could enrich officials with inside knowledge.
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[2026-03-03 11:47 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 3, 2026 11:47 | News
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[2026-03-03 11:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks started sharply lower Tuesday amid subdued investor sentiment over ongoing US and Israeli air strikes on Iran.
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[2026-03-03 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Attracting foreign institutions might prove difficult amid the commercial property sector’s elevated vacancy rates and uncertain recovery
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[2026-03-03 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
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[2026-03-03 08:32 UTC+10:00] [Stock markets] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Major US indexes recover after falls earlier in the day amid concerns of rising gas prices
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[2026-03-03 08:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Oil prices leaped on worries that war with Iran could clog the flow of crude, while U.S. stocks swung from sharp losses to small gains.
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[2026-03-03 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Seylan Bank reported its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2025, reporting a strong growth in profitability recording a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of LKR 19.6 billion, reflecting a 22.3% increase compared to LKR 16.0 billion reported in the previous financial year. For the year under review, Profit After Tax (PAT) stood at LKR 12.1 billion, a 20.5% growth over LKR 10.0 billion recorded in the corresponding year of 2024.The reported PAT of LKR 12.1 billion represents the
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[2026-03-03 06:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Janashakthi Life, announced strong financial performance for the year ended December 2025, with 67% growth in new business, and 31% growth in total Gross written premiums recording Rs 8.65billion, endorsing credentials of a fast-growing insurer in the local insurance industry.
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[2026-03-03 06:24 UTC+10:00] [Business / Banking & finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Lloyd Blankfein, who led Goldman Sachs Group through the 2008 financial crisis, is now ringing alarm bells as Wall Street steers cash from US savers into its latest lending binge: private credit.
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[2026-03-03 05:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: When a major big-box retailer opens its doors in a community, it’s typically more than just a new place to shop—it’s a signal. These chains follow rising consumer demand, so their arrival often points to population growth, new residential construction, and a housing market on the upswing.
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[2026-03-03 05:21 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices are leaping Monday with worries that the Iran war will clog the global flow of crude and make inflation even worse. US stocks, meanwhile, are swinging between sharp losses and a tiny gain.
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[2026-03-03 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A heartbroken Savannah Guthrie and her siblings were spotted hugging at a memorial outside their missing mom, Nancy Guthrie’s, Arizona home on Monday.
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[2026-03-03 05:02 UTC+10:00] [Macalester College] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 66-million-year-old fossil, for sale on musician Pharrell Williams’ auction platform Joopiter, is expected to fetch up to US$5.5 million
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[2026-03-03 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A triceratops skeleton that stood in a Wyoming museum for decades will be auctioned off, a rare instance of a museum-exhibited dinosaur going to the auction block just as the market for the prehistoric giants has hit record highs.
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[2026-03-03 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: There appears to be a market for Tua Tagovailoa.
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[2026-03-03 04:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Apple on Monday launched iPhone 17e, its more affordable smartphone model that starts at a price of $599 with 256 gigabytes of storage, as it looks to defend its share in a fiercely competitive global handset market.
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[2026-03-03 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine— Ukraine is offering to share its hard-won battlefield lessons on Iranian drones with allies now confronting the same threat it has for years, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warning no country can assume it’s fully protected from the kind of drone barrages Russia unleashes nightly.
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[2026-03-03 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-03 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kalshi, a prediction market that is exploding in notoriety, is giving new users an incentive to sign up with the Kalshi promo code NYPMAX.
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[2026-03-03 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US stocks plunged Monday morning as oil prices spiked and investor uncertainty shook markets amid US and Israeli air strikes on Iran, while defense stocks like Lockheed Martin jumped.
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[2026-03-03 02:05 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US stock market has opened, with a bump!
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[2026-03-03 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Amazon on Monday announced another €18 billion ($21 billion) of investment in data centre projects in Spain, more than doubling its spending there on the infrastructure crucial for artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
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[2026-03-03 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo made available by JOOPITER, a triceratops skeleton, dubbed Trey, is displayed at Le Freeport, Singapore, Feb. 5, 2026. (Courtesy of Joopiter via AP)
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[2026-03-02 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: QINGDAO, China, March 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Hisense, a leading brand in global consumer electronics and home appliances, has reaffirmed its leadership in the global large-screen TV market. According to Omdia's full-year 2025 global shipment data, Hisense ranked No. 1 worldwide in the 100-inch-and-above TV segment for three consecutive years (2023–2025), with global shipment share reaching 57.1% in 2025.
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[2026-03-02 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BEIJING and GUANGZHOU, China, March 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SALIAI ("Guangzhou SALIAI Stem Cell Science and Technology Co., Ltd." and "Guangzhou SALIAI Biological Gene Engineering Co., Ltd.," collectively referred to as "SALIAI") is a China-based biotechnology company engaged in stem cell research and related commercial applications. The Company states that it was the first stem cell-focused company quoted on the National Equities Exchange and Quotations (NEEQ), China's New Third Board market.
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[2026-03-02 17:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Major banks roll out emergency support programs as government reviews 100 trillion won market stability plan
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[2026-03-02 15:37 UTC+10:00] [Housing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Biggest house price increases in February come in smaller capital cities as buyers undeterred by interest rate hikes
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[2026-03-02 12:47 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Brent crude rose by 13% during early trading and stock markets came under pressure as US-Israeli strikes on Iran raised fears of disruption
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[2026-03-02 12:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Business groups expressed concerns over the conflict in the Middle East, citing its impact on the country's market and commodities.
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