Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-09 15:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Lee In-hyung says NPS must turn new shareholder rights into lasting corporate change
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[2026-09-09 14:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Specialists Dilip Patel works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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[2026-09-09 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Chinese companies rushed into electric cars a decade ago, and now they are expanding into humanoid robots as the EV market sees a slowdown amid intense competition.
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[2026-09-09 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The entrance of the Renoir Museum is pictured after thieves stole four valuable Renoir paintings, in Cagnes-sur-Mer, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Philippe Magoni)
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[2026-09-09 13:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: If a proposed joint venture with JSW Group materializes, it would bring an end to Volkswagen's search for a partner in the world's third-largest auto market. (Source photos by Reuters and Ryosuke Hanada)
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[2026-09-09 13:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: If a proposed joint venture with JSW Group materializes, it would bring an end to Volkswagen's search for a partner in the world's third-largest auto market. (Source photos by Reuters and Ryosuke Hanada)
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[2026-09-09 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Majid Al Futtaim Holding, one of Dubai's largest private-sector companies, is considering potential expansion into Syria, its chief executive said, as the company posted a 25 per cent jump in profit for the first half of the year.
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[2026-09-09 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Majid Al Futtaim Holding, one of Dubai's largest private-sector companies, expects continued strong performance from its businesses for the rest of 2026, after the company reported a 25 per cent annual jump in its first-half profit on the back of higher revenue.
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[2026-09-09 12:58 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: As the reuse market continues to boom, Japan’s government has begun working with an industry group to take steps against malicious actors among businesses that collect used items from homes to then sell at secondhand shops.
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[2026-09-09 12:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: GS Caltex will supply sustainable aviation fuel to DHL Express in Korea, expanding its presence in the fast-growing market for lower-carbon aviation fuels.
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[2026-09-09 12:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korea's export-led growth continues at a brisk clip this year, and the government moves in tandem to advance capital market innovation, Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said at the latest edition of The Korea Herald's HIT Forum on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-09 12:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea is ready to work with African nations to share and combine its prowess in artificial intelligence and digital technologies with the massive growth potential of the resource-rich continent for mutual prosperity, Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said Wednesday.
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[2026-09-09 12:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial watchdog on Wednesday conducted raids targeting a journalist covering the agency over alleged stock manipulation.
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[2026-09-09 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Dallas, Texas – At a farmers market, 58-year-old Cody Johnson said he still believed in United States President Donald Trump’s ability to energise voters.
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[2026-09-09 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is ready to work with African nations to share and combine its prowess in artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies with the massive growth potential of the resource-rich continent for mutual prosperity, Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said Wednesday.
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[2026-09-09 09:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: China's state-owned tobacco monopoly was established with a fundamental purpose "to guarantee national fiscal revenue," and it has become a major investor in state banks. © Reuters
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[2026-09-09 09:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: HWASEONG, South Korea, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- Kia Corp. is seeking to tap deeper into the global commercial vehicle market by industrializing vehicle customization, betting that flexible manufacturing and integrated conversion can give it an edge in a market long dominated by established vanmakers.
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[2026-09-09 08:45 UTC+10:00] [Shanghai Stock Exchange] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city’s deep capital markets and SOE listing expertise offer Central Asia’s largest economy a proven pipeline to global investors
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[2026-09-09 08:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK, United States — World oil prices climbed Tuesday, once more closing in on $100 a barrel, and stock markets mostly retreated owing to a flare-up in the Middle East war.
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[2026-09-09 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Corning and Qualcomm rallied on Tuesday and brought a host of AI-related stocks along with them, as a pair of infrastructure deals lifted Wall Street's confidence that data center spending will remain strong.
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[2026-09-09 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Reinvestigate lobbying, stock manipulation claims: Authorities must swiftly investigate whether political lobbying, clinical trial approval and suspected stock manipulation were connected
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[2026-09-09 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Right now, Chinese open-weight AI models are on the cusp of dominating closed-weight US frontier models in both price and performance. All ten of the top open-weight models on Artificial Analysis’s spring Intelligence Index came from China-based labs, and the best sat just six points behind the leading closed model; Chinese models also passed American ones in token share on OpenRouter in early June.
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[2026-09-09 07:53 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The former site of Bluesfest in Byron Bay has hit the market, five months after the music event was cancelled.
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[2026-09-09 07:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-09 07:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: JR Freight aims to make rail cargo transport a viable alternative to trucking in Thailand. (Photo obtained by Nikkei)
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[2026-09-09 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III on Tuesday pushed for stronger farmers’ and irrigators’ associations and better market access, arguing that raising farm incomes is essential to securing the country’s food supply.
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[2026-09-09 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered relatively restrained remarks on Tuesday in response to western allies announcing a slew of unprecedented punitive moves against Israel, adding only that the US will not follow suit.
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[2026-09-09 06:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks drifted lower in their return to trading from a three-day weekend after the latest fighting in the war with Iran pushed oil prices higher.
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[2026-09-09 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The average price for apples is higher than it was 18 months ago. (ABC News: Bec Whetham)
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[2026-09-09 05:17 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US stocks are drifting lower in their return to trading from a three-day weekend.
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[2026-09-09 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered relatively restrained remarks on Tuesday in response to western allies announcing a slew of unprecedented punitive moves against Israel, adding only that the US will not follow suit.
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[2026-09-09 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Real estate agents are starting to think the property market is picking up. Auction clearance rates have risen for two months in a row, there are a few more buyers attending open homes now and a handful of homes have surprised everyone by selling for more than their reserve price.
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[2026-09-09 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-09 03:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-09 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-09 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: In a Manila market, a platoon of plastic Santa Claus figures hangs from the ceiling of a shop that is already stacked high with Christmas decorations, despite the holiday being four whole months away. But in the Philippines, the arrival of the "ber months" -- September, October, November, December -- signals the start of the world's longest and most anticipated Christmas season in the predominantly Catholic country.
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[2026-09-09 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Dozens of businesses owned or operated by women immigrants to Israel, offering food, clothing, accessories, jewelry, and more, were featured last Thursday evening in central Tel Aviv at an olot (female immigrants) night market held as part of the HER Tel Aviv International Summer Festival.
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[2026-09-09 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-09 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE peso plunged to a new record low of P62.625 against the dollar on Tuesday, weakening by 3.9 centavos from a day earlier as rising oil prices weighed on market sentiment.
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[2026-09-09 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE benchmark Philippine Stock Market index (PSEi) could end 2026 topping 6,600 despite a bearish year so far, brokerage firm Philstocks Financial Inc. said, as local equities could benefit from relatively cheap valuations once macroeconomic conditions improve.
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[2026-09-09 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PHILWEB Corp. is investing a combined P4.23 billion in JKS Tech Solutions Inc., a Philippine technology and digital infrastructure company serving licensed operators in the digital entertainment sector.
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[2026-09-09 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CEBU Landmasters Inc. (CLI) is deepening its presence in Bohol with a 5.6-hectare residential development in Tagbilaran City, its third project in the province as it expands residential offerings across different market segments.
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[2026-09-09 01:53 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Tax Big Oil, make Big Tech invest in renewables and protect Europe from climate disasters. Teresa Ribera’s post-summer policy wishlist isn’t short of ambitious ideas.
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[2026-09-09 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Canada's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods took effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday - raising duties of 15%, 25%, and 50% on hundreds of American products after last month's collapse of bilateral talks. Ottawa says the package matches the United States "dollar for dollar, rate for rate." Finance Canada values the covered U.S.
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[2026-09-08 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: American patients would ultimately bear the cost of President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs on generic drugs, the CEO of Swiss pharmaceutical company Sandoz told CNBC, warning that manufacturers could be forced to raise prices or stop supplying some medicines.
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[2026-09-08 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Qualcomm shares jumped 6% on Tuesday after the company announced a data center infrastructure partnership with Amazon Web Services, a major win as the chipmaker tries to take on Nvidia in the artificial intelligence market.
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[2026-09-08 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In his August 29, 2026 article for The Wall Street Journal, “The ICC Tried to Take On the World’s Big Powers. Now It’s Fighting for Survival,” Matthew Dalton framed Israel as a global power alongside Russia and the United States.
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[2026-09-08 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US futures fell as Brent crude approached $100 a barrel, chasing Shanghai crude which is now trading above $102, reinforcing expectations that central banks will have to raise interest rates to contain inflation while a key CPI print looms on Friday. As of 8:15am, S&P 500 futures were 0.3% lower while Nasdaq futures were fractionally negative after reversing an earlier rise.
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[2026-09-08 22:29 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's science ministry plans to invest 4.7 trillion won ($3.49 billion) for a project to develop a homegrown artificial intelligence (AI) model that will be on par with global frontier models, government officials said Tuesday.
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[2026-09-08 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Copper futures in London reached a record high on Tuesday as expectations of US tariffs drew record volumes from the seaborne market into US warehouses, tightening availability elsewhere despite subdued demand. As we highlighted on Monday, deteriorating conditions across global mining operations are adding to supply woes.
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