Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-24 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli women are visible almost everywhere. They serve in the military, dominate classrooms and welfare services, and make up a large share of the workforce. During war and crisis, that visibility only intensifies. Women are described as resilient, capable, and indispensable.
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[2026-02-24 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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[2026-02-24 21:57 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: The Commonwealth Bank is expected to cut 300 jobs, a move slammed by the union as "totally unacceptable" in the wake of $5 billion in half-yearly profit.CBA chief Matt Comyn announced today a $90 million Future Workforce Program to up-skill employees and help the bank prepare for change, in particular due to the impact of AI."Australia has to get really good at adopting this technology and whatever follows it," Comyn said.READ MORE: Melbourne hit with flood warnings as 70mm forecast
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[2026-02-24 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Экономика и бизнес24.03.202024 марта 2020 г.
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[2026-02-24 21:03 UTC+10:00] [Books] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The so-called ‘pocket book’ sold in supermarkets is being phased out across the US, the latest sign of an ongoing shift in how people are choosing to read
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[2026-02-24 21:02 UTC+10:00] [Tottenham Hotspur] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tottenham have lowest wage bill among ‘big six’ sides
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[2026-02-24 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The court’s initiative marks ‘a positive sign that the market would sustain its upward momentum’, hedge fund manager Zhou Ling says
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[2026-02-24 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: South Korean and his T1 team failed to qualify for the tournament, leading to a drop in prices of tickets in the secondary market
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[2026-02-24 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Are the US and Iran moving closer to war?
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[2026-02-24 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WHEN regional financial leaders convened for this year’s Asean Capital Market Forum, the choice of venue elevated the experience beyond the boardroom.
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[2026-02-24 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A proposed revision to the Commercial Act -- often referred to as the “third amendment” -- that would require companies, in principle, to cancel treasury shares they hold, was introduced at a plenary session of the National Assembly on Monday.
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[2026-02-24 19:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Etihad Airways posted a record profit last year amid strong travel demand backed by fleet expansion, with plans to invest Dh80 billion ($21.8 billion) in new aircraft and products over the next decade.
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[2026-02-24 16:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Share swap may trigger 22% tax on top foreign stock for Koreans
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[2026-02-24 16:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Brokerages raise Seoul stock forecasts after 40% surge this year
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[2026-02-24 16:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Award-winning directors, major production studios are betting on phone-sized format reshaping global entertainment
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[2026-02-24 16:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines will enter the South Korean market with the launch of direct routes starting June 1.
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[2026-02-24 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: ABC Midwest & Wheatbelt
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[2026-02-24 15:54 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Cutting the capital gains tax discount would give first home buyers a better chance at getting into the property market, Treasury officials have conceded even as the housing industry warns any change would lead to fewer homes and higher rents.
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[2026-02-24 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Snow falls outside the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-02-24 15:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors raided the Seoul office of local brokerage Daishin Securities on Tuesday over suspicions that a company executive may have been involved in a stock price manipulation case, sources said.
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[2026-02-24 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A new deal gives America unrestricted access to Indonesia’s nickel – and challenges China’s ‘preferential’ position in the market, analysts say
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[2026-02-24 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Exclusive Content] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-02-24 14:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: For years - literally - we have been pounding the table and pointing out market rigging and manipulation irregularities in the crypto markets which, for reasons of our own, we attributed to one of the world's foremost HFT shops and most profitable "market makers" in the world (if not India), Jane Street.
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[2026-02-24 14:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A Senate committee is looking into how the capital gains tax discount affects inequality and the property market. (ABC News: Daniel Miles)
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[2026-02-24 14:32 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Apple has been accused by Australian banking and financial representatives of creating a "monopoly-like" market in Australia's digital payment ecosystem. Source: Getty / Picture alliance/dpa
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[2026-02-24 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- New household loans per borrower in the fourth quarter of 2025 fell to the lowest level in about two years amid the government's tightened regulations to cool the overheated housing market, the central bank said Tuesday.
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[2026-02-24 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Solana’s memecoin casino has seen its fair share of rug pulls, pump-and-dumps, and surrealist performance art. But this weekend, it got something new: an AI agent that appears to have fumbled a quarter-million dollars in tokens while trying to tip a stranger 4 SOL.
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[2026-02-24 13:16 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: February 24, 2026 13:16 | News
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[2026-02-24 12:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Families share how they have been managing social media with their kids since the under-16s ban came into effect late last year. (Pexels)
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[2026-02-24 12:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tech heavyweights drag Hong Kong stocks lower as investors fret over AI disruption following Wall Street’s decline
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[2026-02-24 11:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Society12/23/2025December 23, 202506:11 min
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[2026-02-24 11:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Business04/07/2025April 7, 202501:51 min
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[2026-02-24 11:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks opened lower Tuesday, tracking overnight declines on Wall Street amid renewed uncertainty over US trade policy.
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[2026-02-24 11:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened lower Tuesday, tracking overnight declines on Wall Street amid renewed uncertainty over U.S. trade policy.
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[2026-02-24 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: If your goal is to get someone to "take your side", counselling may not help. (Adobe Stock)
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[2026-02-24 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- Dividend payouts by listed firms in South Korea rose more than 15 percent from a year earlier in 2025 amid an unprecedented rally in the local stock market, industry data showed Tuesday.
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[2026-02-24 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs join Morgan Stanley in lifting their market outlook to double digits, as price gains outpace previous expectations
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[2026-02-24 10:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Politika14.02.202314. veljače 2023
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[2026-02-24 09:34 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Nine Entertainment grew earnings by 6 per cent in the December half, its second period of rising profits in a row despite a drop in revenue in its first results since the sale of Domain Group.
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[2026-02-24 09:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US stock futures fell on Monday, as uncertainty over American trade policy and continuing fears of artificial intelligence-related disruption clouded sentiment.
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[2026-02-24 09:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Nieve cayendo frente a la Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York el lunes 23 de febrero de 2026. (AP Foto/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-02-24 08:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Freed hostage Segev Kalfon has announced he will be launching a “Chabad House tour” across the US, where he will share his firsthand account of more than two years in Hamas captivity.
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[2026-02-24 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks slumped after President Donald Trump ramped up his newest tariffs, while investors continued to punish companies that could be losers in the artificial-intelligence revolution.
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[2026-02-24 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In contrast to Western proposals that come with strings attached, China has turned its own market into the main instrument of partnership
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[2026-02-24 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The construction sector’s contribution to GDP is expected to reach around 5% in 2026, supported by infrastructure projects already under way such as Central Expressway Section 1 and port developments, as well as upcoming projects including the new airport terminal and Central Expressway Phase 3, alongside Cyclone Ditwah reconstruction and other projects in the pipeline, Access Engineering Executive Vice Chairman Christopher Joshua told the Asia Securities organised Sri Lanka Investor Conference 2026 held in Colombo recently.
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[2026-02-24 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The cost of 6 sheets, 12 pillowcases, 6 bath towels, 6 face towels and an assortment of caftans collected at the hotel laundry last week equaled what a dhobi took almost a year to earn in the 1960s. For one thing, there were no laundries. I know of an enterprising businessman who did invest in a laundry around that time and lost every penny.
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[2026-02-24 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Lanka Bio Fertilizers (Pvt) Ltd (LBF), one of Sri Lanka’s leading manufacturers and distributors of next-generation fertilisers, recently formalised the extension of its strategic partnership with the Market Development Facility (MDF) at an agreement signing ceremony attended by senior representatives of both organisations.
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[2026-02-24 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Celebrating 78th National Independence Day, the Embassy together with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), convened an Investor Forum attracting Chinese investment into the Colombo Port City recently.
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[2026-02-24 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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[2026-02-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: 700,000 new domestic gas cylinders will be released to the market shortly by the Litro Gas Company.
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