Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-05 09:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Morgan Stanley is slashing about 3% of its global workforce — roughly 2,500 jobs — across its key divisions, as the Wall Street giant realigns priorities amid a banner year for profits, according to a report.
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[2026-03-05 09:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An oceanfront Hamptons home owned by the estate of the late Belgian-Armenian diamond-dealing heir Ara Arslanian has hit the market for a cool $45 million.
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[2026-03-05 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. stock market rebounded after oil prices stopped spiking and reports gave encouraging updates on the economy.
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[2026-03-05 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The market gyrations over the Iran conflict are starting to feel a bit like “Liberation Day” – and that could be a good thing.
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[2026-03-05 07:47 UTC+10:00] [Elon Musk] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Twitter investors allege the billionaire publicly derided the social network to sink its stock price and buy it at a bargain
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[2026-03-05 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Legendary portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz has sold her Manhattan penthouse for a $3 million profit after less than a year of ownership.
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[2026-03-05 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Ceylinco Life has recorded its 22 nd consecutive year of market leadership in Sri Lanka’s life insurance industry, posting gross written premium income of Rs. 44.18 billion for the year ending December 31, 2025, achieving strong growth of 18.96 per cent.
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[2026-03-05 06:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government has increased the limit for businesses to invest overseas from US$ 200,000 to 500,000 and personal account limits have been raised to US$ 25,000, Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Deputy Minister Chathuranga Abeysinghe told Parliament.
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[2026-03-05 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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[2026-03-05 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Following yesterday’s 1,291 points plunge in the market, triggered by the outbreak of the Iran–Israel conflict that led to panic selling and a temporary trading halt, the Colombo Bourse recorded modest gains yesterday,
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[2026-03-05 06:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Joel Sherman kicks off his piece Wednesday with the question of whether the Mets should consider extending their new hurler Freddy Peralta early. He’ll weigh the plusses and minuses for both Mets brass and the player, and comps Peralta’s future earnings with other similar pitchers who have gotten paid in the past.
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[2026-03-05 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — The US stock market is rebounding Wednesday from two days of punishing swings after oil prices stopped spiking and reports gave encouraging updates on the economy.
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[2026-03-05 05:22 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The US stock market is rebounding from two days of punishing swings after oil prices stopped spiking and reports gave encouraging updates on the economy.
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[2026-03-05 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-05 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said he was surprised at markets’ response to the escalating Iran war, calling the dip in stocks “more benign” than he expected as the conflict entered its fifth day.
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[2026-03-05 04:18 UTC+10:00] [European Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Plan, which aims to preserve jobs in clean tech and low-carbon sectors, could include UK if there is reciprocal market access
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[2026-03-05 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is open to studying the proposed four-day workweek as a mitigating measure should oil prices in the world market continue to surge and hostilities in the Middle East take longer to resolve.
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[2026-03-05 03:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: As home shoppers head into the spring buying season, where they live will dictate the median home prices they’ll see.
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[2026-03-05 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Rihanna is ready for spring.
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[2026-03-05 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-05 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-05 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has plummeted by 90 percent since Israel and the US launched their five-day onslaught on Iran, energy market intelligence firm Kpler reported.
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[2026-03-05 01:11 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New World scion Adrian Cheng highlights city’s status as safe haven for capital; K Wah’s Francis Lui says property and stock markets holding firm
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[2026-03-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US president’s plan will hurt consumers, companies and the stock market, as well as relations with other countries
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[2026-03-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HONG KONG, March 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Newborn Town Inc. (Newborn Town or the company, stock code: 09911.HK), a leading global social entertainment company, issued a positive profit alert for the year ended December 31, 2025, reporting solid revenue growth and a significant increase in profits.
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[2026-03-04 23:30 UTC+10:00] [US-Iran war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Withdrawals by people leaving the city or retiring dropped last quarter, indicating expectations of greater gains, analysts say
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[2026-03-04 20:04 UTC+10:00] [stock] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: South Korea’s Kospi is the worst-hit in Asia, with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix falling 11.7 per cent and 9.6 per cent, respectively
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[2026-03-04 19:48 UTC+10:00] [Tim Wilson] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Shadow treasurer tells MPs he has cashed in the investment and donated the gains to an advocacy group for gay rights in Iran
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[2026-03-04 19:47 UTC+10:00] [backdoor listing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chim, 79, was convicted in 2024 for conspiring with his son and others to defraud a listed company and the city’s stock exchange
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[2026-03-04 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Elon Musk attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
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[2026-03-04 15:54 UTC+10:00] [Stock markets] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index leads Asian market sell-off, despite Donald Trump’s suggestion that US Navy could protect vessels moving through vital strait of Hormuz
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[2026-03-04 15:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Three New Equipment Introductions Highlight North American Market Focus
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[2026-03-04 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Xi’s appointments underscore his policy priorities as economy slowsChina’s government promoted Yi Huiman, the chairman of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), to head of the securities regulator to help steer the stock market toward an avenue for fundraising.
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[2026-03-04 13:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean shares plunged more than 8 percent on Wednesday, prompting the stock exchange to temporarily halt trading on the benchmark Kospi and secondary Kosdaq markets, as risk-averse sentiment intensified following US-Israel strikes on Iran.
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[2026-03-04 13:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person walks by an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei index at a securities firm in Tokyo Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (Masanori Kumagai/Kyodo News via AP)
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[2026-03-04 13:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Korea Enterprises Federation said Wednesday it has published an English-language booklet titled “2026 Business Environment and Labor Market in Korea,” aimed at enhancing global understanding of the country’s economic and labor policies.
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[2026-03-04 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The big cornerstone comeback: what’s driving investors back to Hong Kong IPOs?After four subdued years, the cornerstone investors that anchor Hong Kong’s IPO market are returning in force, reshaping the deal landscape.
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[2026-03-04 12:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California’s real estate market could be about to fall off a cliff.
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[2026-03-04 12:07 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Risk – at some level – is intrinsic to any investment, but diversity is a choice. And when it comes to diversity, Dollar Bill is not talking about all that woke nonsense that seems to be gripping the corporate world by the short and curlies. I’m talking about that super-diverse investment category of index funds, the practise of investing in a fund that invests in pretty much every company in a particular market.
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[2026-03-04 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The big cornerstone comeback: what’s driving investors back to Hong Kong IPOs?After four subdued years, the cornerstone investors that anchor Hong Kong’s IPO market are returning in force, reshaping the deal landscape.
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[2026-03-04 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: MONT-SAINT-GUILBERT, Belgium, March 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenWay is included in the 2026 Gartner Market Guide for Digital Commerce Payment Platforms.
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[2026-03-04 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A parolee with 26 busts under his belt – including a crime spree just last week – slashed a woman and a man back-to-back at an Astoria fish market Monday afternoon, cops and sources said.
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[2026-03-04 11:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California’s spiraling housing crisis is being driven by insane property prices, draconian building restrictions and historically low mortgage rates that deter people from moving, an expert has revealed.
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[2026-03-04 11:20 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: When under pressure on inflation, tariffs, immigration and even the Jeffrey Epstein case, the Trump administration has pointed to the success of the financial markets.But Donald Trump's biggest move of his presidency, the war with Iran, has seen a sharp drop in shares globally.And there's no end in sight for the market decline.READ MORE: Trump's past comments on Iran come back to haunt himDonald Trump is under increasing pressure over his war with Iran.
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[2026-03-04 11:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: City Hall says Gov. Kathy Hochul is sending Mayor Zohran Mamdani “$73 million to fund the first set of free 2-K seats,” 2,000 spots in four neighborhoods — or $36,500 per “free” seat, which is half again the $24,000 market rate for day care (which is all 2-K even pretends to be) for such tots.
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[2026-03-04 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: This is the first in a two-part series examining the Jets’ options at quarterback. The first part is a look at the veterans expected to be available via trade or in free agency. The second part will be a look at the NFL draft.
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[2026-03-04 10:00 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 4, 2026 10:00 | News
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[2026-03-04 09:30 UTC+10:00] [semiconductor] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US investors currently hold about 23 per cent of the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s total market capitalisation
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[2026-03-04 08:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sell-off for stocks wrapped around the world and hit Wall Street, while oil prices climbed even higher on worries about the widening war with Iran.
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[2026-03-04 08:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has warned that the growing private credit market could lead to a financial crisis similar to the one in 2008, potentially affecting retail investors and the broader economy.
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