Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-22 10:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: SoftBank Group shares extended their scorching rally to a second day, rising over 12% Friday, and building on momentum after Nvidia's blockbuster earnings boosted AI-linked stocks.
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[2026-05-22 10:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said Friday the government plans to supply some 90,000 rental housing units for young people in the greater Seoul area by 2027, as part of broader efforts to stabilize the housing market and improve living conditions for youths.
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[2026-05-22 10:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks opened slightly higher Friday following the previous session's sharp rise, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street amid rising hopes for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-05-22 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with more info throughout; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-05-22 10:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Consumer sentiment rose at the fastest pace in about a year in May, driven by robust semiconductor exports and the stock market rally, the central bank said Friday.
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[2026-05-22 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened higher Friday following the previous session's sharp rise, led by tech gains, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street amid rising hopes for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-05-22 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-05-22 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PostMag gains rare entry into Aberdeen’s Wholesale Fish Market with the men who supply many of Hong Kong’s Michelin-starred kitchens and the chef who helm them – just days before the annual fishing moratorium
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[2026-05-22 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Peter Seafood] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PostMag gains rare entry into Aberdeen’s Wholesale Fish Market with the men who supply many of Hong Kong’s Michelin-starred kitchens and the chef who helm them – just days before the annual fishing moratorium
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[2026-05-22 09:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Fanatics is set to displace Panini as the exclusive licensee of FIFA's collectibles in 2031, following an agreement with FIFA over the licensing rights for World Cup soccer collectibles.
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[2026-05-22 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Shortly after we learned that Turkey had sold virtually all of its Treasuries in March to defend the lira after the Iran war broke out, the country was thrown into fresh political turmoil on Thursday when a Turkish court removed the leader of the country’s main opposition party in a landmark ruling that triggered a stock market crash, including one marketwide halt, and could strengthen President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s grip on power while further alienating foreign capital.
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[2026-05-22 08:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-22 08:17 UTC+10:00] [Nascar] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Nascar says it is ‘heartbroken’ to share news of Busch’s death after he was hospitalized with a severe illness
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[2026-05-22 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-22 06:45 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-22 06:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks ticked higher following the latest reversal for oil prices.
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[2026-05-22 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- Consumer sentiment rose at the fastest pace in about a year in May, driven by robust semiconductor exports and the stock market rally, the central bank said Friday.
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[2026-05-22 05:16 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Hour-to-hour swings for oil prices keep jerking financial markets around, and US stocks are drifting following the latest reversal.
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[2026-05-22 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Security Intelligence
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[2026-05-22 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Elon Musk announced plans for one of the biggest stock sales ever by taking public a space company that is currently losing billions of dollars a year. The stock sale could also make Musk, who founded SpaceX in 2002, the world’s first trillionaire. (AP Video: Marissa Duhaney)
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[2026-05-22 02:50 UTC+10:00] [Weight-loss drugs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Eli Lilly says participants in a sizable trial of retatrutide lost much more weight compared to other weight-loss drugs
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[2026-05-22 02:46 UTC+10:00] [Ankara] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The move to oust Ozgur Ozel triggered a stock market sell-off and could strengthen President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s grip on power
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[2026-05-22 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The move to oust Ozgur Ozel triggered a stock market sell-off and could strengthen President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s grip on power
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[2026-05-22 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai's Arabian Travel Market, the emirate's flagship tourism industry event, will be held in September in an effort to “maximise participation” after being put on hold by the Iran war.
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[2026-05-22 01:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Katharine McPhee isn’t in the market for drama.
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[2026-05-22 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A nationwide strategy allowing landlords to request the credit scores of prospective tenants could boost stability in the UAE's property market but must be used “fairly and responsibly”.
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[2026-05-22 01:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El especialista James Denaro trabaja en su puesto en la sala de operaciones de la Bolsa de Nueva York, el lunes 20 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Richard Drew)
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[2026-05-22 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: NAND flash memory chips made by Kioxia. AI-related stocks rose on May 20 after American chip company Nvidia announced strong earnings. (Kioxia)
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[2026-05-22 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LIV Golf is preparing to take its updated business plan and investor pitch on the road as soon as Thursday, in an effort to raise fresh capital to continue operations past the end of the current season, people familiar with the plans told CNBC.
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[2026-05-22 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance
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[2026-05-22 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-22 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Elon Musk's SpaceX is best known for its reusable rockets, and has been capturing headlines this year for its high-priced move into artificial intelligence through its merger with xAI. But as the company pitches investors ahead of its mammoth IPO, there's another part of its business that dwarfs the rest in terms of growth and profits: Starlink.
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[2026-05-21 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Extending concerns about US consumer weakness - now that the bumper OBBBA tax refund period is over - after yesterday's earnings by Home Depot and Target, this morning Walmart reported Q1 earnings (the last big company to report, rounding out earnings season) and warned that fuel costs are squeezing the company’s bottom line and could lead to higher prices for shoppers.
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[2026-05-21 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: International investors remain interested in Hong Kong tech listings due to attractive valuations, UBS and JPMorgan say
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[2026-05-21 23:00 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: International investors remain interested in Hong Kong tech listings due to attractive valuations, UBS and JPMorgan say
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[2026-05-21 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time fell to 209k last week (below expectations), continuing to show absolutely on signs of any labor market stress...
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[2026-05-21 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: SIA can capture more Asia-Europe traffic due to its strong oil hedging strategy and balance sheet, and the Iran war’s impact, analysts say
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[2026-05-21 22:33 UTC+10:00] [All Nippon Airways] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: SIA can capture more Asia-Europe traffic due to its strong oil hedging strategy and balance sheet, and the Iran war’s impact, analysts say
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[2026-05-21 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: IBM and small-cap quantum names, including IonQ, D-Wave Quantum, Rigetti Computing, Infleqtion, and other peers, are surging in New York premarket trading after a Wall Street Journal report said the Trump administration is preparing to award $2 billion in CHIPS Act grants to nine quantum-computing companies.
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[2026-05-21 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A steady rebound in US equities driven by peak insanity in Korea (where the two chip stocks that account for most of the market surged and sent the Kospi soaring more than 8% overnight) faded after a report that Iran’s Supreme Leader issued a directive that the country’s near-weapons-grade uranium must remain in the country, rejecting Trump's key ceasefire demand, while oil and bond yields jumped as traders waited in mounting futility to see whether hopes of a peace deal
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[2026-05-21 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil markets could soon enter a "red zone" as global stocks deplete and as demand picks up during the summer travel season, the head of the International Energy Agency warned on Thursday.
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[2026-05-21 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Stellantis said Thursday it plans to invest 60 billion euros (US$69.7 billion) under a new five-year strategic plan by CEO Antonio Filosa that also targets annual cost savings of 6 billion euros by 2028.
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[2026-05-21 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Drones operated by Zipline leave base to make deliveries from a Walmart store in Pea Ridge, Ark., Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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[2026-05-21 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by NOAA, a Parapagurus sp. crab with a coral on its back walks across a field of ferromanganese nodules on the seafloor of Gosnold Seamount, explored during Dive 16 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition. (NOAA via AP)
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[2026-05-21 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Kyiv, Ukraine – In November 2023, representatives of two Chinese companies signed a deal to supply stone-crushing machinery for construction projects.
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[2026-05-21 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: After a decade at the helm of Benin, President Patrice Talon is preparing to hand over power this Sunday, 24 May 2026. As farewells and stock-taking begin in the capital, the outgoing leader chaired his final cabinet meeting on Wednesday, while government spokesman Wilfried Houngbédji faced journalists for one last press conference — touching on sacked radio staff, a defiant defence of Talon’s political record, and a refusal to call imprisoned opponents “political prisoners.”
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[2026-05-21 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: After the October 7 massacre, Israel established an elite task force to track down and kill or capture every Hamas terrorist who participated or planned the attack, from the most minor participants to their leadership, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-21 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Amid the excitement surrounding tech and high-growth sectors, infrastructure is rarely considered one of the most potent investment plays. Yet, according to Navot Bar, CEO and co-founder of Keystone Infra, a publicly traded infrastructure investment company in Israel, and a member of the prestigious TA-90 index on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, it is a rapidly growing field that has produced excellent results.
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[2026-05-21 19:32 UTC+10:00] [Market Place] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chain operator’s executive dismisses speculation of a tie-up, and praises staff amid an ‘extremely competitive environment’
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[2026-05-21 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The slashed price on the GX model ‘surprised the market’ in a segment carmakers have high hopes for amid slumping EV sales
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