Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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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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[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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[2026-05-21 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Toyota plans to export Voxy, pictured, and Noah minivans from Taiwan to Japan, taking the unusual step of setting up a production line dedicated to supplying the home market. (Photo by Tetsuya Kitayama)
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[2026-05-21 18:35 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Each April, the world’s top auto executives and engineers fly to China’s main auto show to take stock of BYD, the electric car powerhouse that passed Tesla in global sales last year.
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[2026-05-21 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Stakes are high for Asia’s tech-driven economies amid a global sell-off in bond markets that signals investor fears
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[2026-05-21 18:30 UTC+10:00] [interest rate] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Stakes are high for Asia’s tech-driven economies amid a global sell-off in bond markets that signals investor fears
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[2026-05-21 18:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: AMD on Thursday said it will invest more than $10 billion across Taiwan's semiconductor and AI ecosystem to advance chip production and performance.
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[2026-05-21 17:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Equities post strong gains driven by improved market sentiment and tech optimism, though profit growth lags, a new survey shows
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[2026-05-21 17:59 UTC+10:00] [Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Equities post strong gains driven by improved market sentiment and tech optimism, though profit growth lags, a new survey shows
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[2026-05-21 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Ubisoft shares plunged 16% on Thursday after the Assassin's Creed maker warned of further losses this year.
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[2026-05-21 17:30 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-21 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE is an important market and an increasingly strategic economic partner, Business France chief executive Louis Margueritte has told The National.
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[2026-05-21 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to today's edition of the Daily Open newsletter.
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[2026-05-21 17:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks spiked more than 8 percent Thursday on tech gains, after Samsung Electronics averted a strike and strong earnings from Nvidia, along with optimism over its robotics business outlook, boosted investor sentiment. The local currency gained ground against the US dollar.
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[2026-05-21 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks spiked more than 8 percent Thursday on tech gains, after Samsung Electronics averted a strike and strong earnings from Nvidia, along with optimism over its robotics business outlook, boosted investor sentiment. The local currency gained ground against the U.S. dollar.
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[2026-05-21 16:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Japan's largest banks posted record annual profits in their latest financial results, but earnings growth could slow as credit costs rise and geopolitical risks cloud the outlook, analysts say.
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[2026-05-21 16:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Experts warn Samsung’s profit-linked bonus model could become template for wage talks across autos, shipbuilding, tech
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[2026-05-21 16:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: NGO survey reveals 40 per cent of earnings go to rent as families struggle to raise children with special needs in cramped flats
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[2026-05-21 16:23 UTC+10:00] [medical subsidies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: NGO survey reveals 40 per cent of earnings go to rent as families struggle to raise children with special needs in cramped flats
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[2026-05-21 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the country's financial regulator said Thursday his agency will soon revise regulations for offshore retail investors so they can buy and sell exchange-traded funds (ETFs) via so-called omnibus accounts, a move aimed at attracting more foreign capital into the domestic stock market.
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[2026-05-21 16:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Strike threat fades, but internal tensions over profit-linked bonuses remain
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[2026-05-21 15:10 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: ROME – Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, a Danish firm eager to invest in Italian offshore wind farms, is getting impatient.
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[2026-05-21 14:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has filed complaints with the Office of the Ombudsman against several Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials and private contractors over ghost farm-to-market road (FMR) projects in Davao Occidental.
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[2026-05-21 14:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Google on Tuesday unveiled the design of new smart glasses, returning to a market the tech giant tried — and failed — to crack more than a decade ago.
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[2026-05-21 14:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Electronics is expected to accelerate its treasury share buyback to fund a special bonus for its chip employees under a tentative labor agreement reached to avert a planned strike, Herald Business reported on Thursday.
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[2026-05-21 14:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HD Hyundai said Thursday that its shipbuilding arm HD Hyundai Heavy Industries signed a framework agreement with TerraPower to supply key components for next-generation sodium-cooled nuclear reactors, strengthening its push into the global small modular reactor market.
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[2026-05-21 13:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The country could face renewed pressure on rice prices and food security as the risk of a very strong El Niño continued to rise, Metrobank Wealth Insights said, potentially disrupting agricultural output across major rice-exporting countries.
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[2026-05-21 13:50 UTC+10:00] [Unemployment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Surprise rise in jobless rate will give Reserve Bank more reason to delay another interest rate hike at June meeting
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[2026-05-21 13:29 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-21 13:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Southeast Asia's largest telecom operator, Singtel, expects to boost its capital expenditure to around 3 billion Singapore dollars in its current fiscal year, up from S$2.5 billion from a year earlier, with a majority marked for AI and data center growth.
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[2026-05-21 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to complete at least 70 percent of the tasks required in the first half for inclusion in the developed market status under Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), the finance ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-05-21 12:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Electronics’ tentative wage agreement with its labor unions came under fresh legal scrutiny Thursday after a shareholders group threatened legal action over a new bonus scheme tied to operating profit.
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[2026-05-21 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded sharply higher late Thursday morning as Samsung Electronics averted a strike and other market heavyweights advanced on hopes for a possible agreement between the United States and Iran to end the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-21 12:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A currency trader talks on the phone near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
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[2026-05-21 12:21 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: There are signs the war against Iran, the surge in inflation and the Reserve Bank’s hikes to interest rates are starting to hit the jobs market.
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[2026-05-21 12:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Chip giant Nvidia on Wednesday posted record quarterly revenue of $81.6 billion, blowing past Wall Street forecasts as insatiable demand for its artificial intelligence hardware powered another blockbuster quarter.
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[2026-05-21 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Online make-up guru back in business after bust-up with agent; says she will share her thoughts on ‘life and growth’ in future
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[2026-05-21 11:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Online make-up guru back in business after bust-up with agent; says she will share her thoughts on ‘life and growth’ in future
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[2026-05-21 10:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company has "largely conceded" China's artificial intelligence chip market to Huawei, as U.S. export restrictions continue to reshape the global AI semiconductor landscape.
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[2026-05-21 10:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Elon Musk's SpaceX rocketed toward Wall Street on Wednesday, filing plans for what could become the largest initial public offering in history as the company seeks to raise up to $75 billion on the public markets.
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[2026-05-21 10:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of SoftBank Group jumped over 16% Thursday as blockbuster earnings from Nvidia overnight signal strong momentum in the artificial intelligence space.
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[2026-05-21 10:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Elon Musk’s SpaceX is seeking to raise up to $80 billion in an IPO that would value the company at a $2 trillion. © Reuters
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[2026-05-21 10:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Elon Musk’s SpaceX is seeking to raise up to $80 billion in an IPO that would value the company at a $2 trillion. © Reuters
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[2026-05-21 09:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to to open higher Thursday, tracking Wall Street gains, as growing hopes that the Middle East conflict could end soon cooled oil prices.
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[2026-05-21 09:22 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 21, 2026 09:22 | News
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[2026-05-21 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The chores most of us find tedious provide mental health benefits, say psychologists and a Zen monk, who explain how and share cleaning tips
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[2026-05-21 09:15 UTC+10:00] [anxiety] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The chores most of us find tedious provide mental health benefits, say psychologists and a Zen monk, who explain how and share cleaning tips
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[2026-05-21 08:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-21 08:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-21 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Beyond a bonus disputeSamsung Electronics conflict underscores Korea's widening labor market inequality
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