Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-09 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Near strangers suddenly have to share physical intimacy -- without knowing what it is, or how it is supposed to work.
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[2025-12-08 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: More than 5 million investors vied for allotments in the chipmaker’s share offering, which aims to raise US$594 million
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[2025-12-08 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s bachelor crisis meets Nepal’s poverty in a trade that blurs the lines between arranged marriage and coercion
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[2025-12-08 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) today sealed approximately 12,000 kilograms of meat stored at a livestock farm in the Anuradhapura District after determining that the stock was no longer safe for human consumption, the Public Health Inspectors Union announced.
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[2025-12-08 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Agreements signed during the trip reflect evolving trade and economic relations, with France now in the market for Chinese technology
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[2025-12-07 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Many Chinese exporters expect the first wave of post-war demand in Russia to come from infrastructure
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[2025-12-07 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: PublishedDecember 7 2025
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[2025-12-07 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Strong competition from non-bank players in mainland market forces banks to improve continuously, consulting firm Sia says
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[2025-12-06 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Liu’s son and Yuanyuan, high school sweethearts, have been married for 15 years and share two children
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[2025-12-06 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Armed with a variety of AI tools, a new breed of young entrepreneurs forges a path in a challenging economy
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[2025-12-06 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: Investment trusts 2025A traditional investment sector battles for a share of a rapidly changing market
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[2025-12-06 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s state-owned aircraft maker is stepping up efforts to break into the business jet market with its CBJ model
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[2025-12-06 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Despite its lightweight build, Livis promises robust performance with an impressive battery life of 18.8 hours under normal usage
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[2025-12-06 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The 14 clubs in the Women's Bundesliga have announced a plan to go it alone in establishing a league association similar to the German Football League (DFL), which operates the men's Bundesliga.
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[2025-12-06 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Vast pool of engineering talent seen as a potent driving force for country’s challenge to US tech supremacy
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[2025-12-06 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The final barriers are being set up at Bonn's Christmas market. Concrete blocks now seal off the streets in the western German city leading into the central square, where visitors are already enjoying mulled wine and gingerbread hearts.
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[2025-12-05 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Xiaomi’s smart EV, AI and other new initiatives turned a profit for the first time in the third quarter
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[2025-12-05 15:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: CSRC chairman Wu Qing outlines ‘deep transformation’ of capital market to attract long-term investors who ‘can stay and can develop well’
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[2025-12-05 13:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Moore’s shares began trading at 650 yuan amid a declining market, a 468 per cent jump from their initial public offering price of 114.28 yuan
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[2025-12-05 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Closure marks a turning point, where Chinese brands have not only caught up with foreign rivals but have also begun to dominate home market
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[2025-12-05 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese investment in Brazil is soaring as firms eye the vast potential growth in South America’s ‘blue ocean market’
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[2025-12-05 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Teachers are adapting to engage students – but with caution – while experts share insights on this rapidly evolving digital dialect
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[2025-12-05 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: “Please come,” Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya requested those rethinking their travel plans after the recent floods addressing the opening day of the Sri Lanka Economic and Investment Summit 2025 which concluded on Wednesday. (3) She invited visitors to enjoy the vibrant experiences available throughout the rest of the country and pledged to ensure that the areas affected by the floods would soon be restored and open to visitors.
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[2025-12-05 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Assetline Finance Limited, which forms the core financial services pillar within the David Pieris Group, reported a strengthened and increasingly resilient first-half performance for FY 2025/26, with significant gains in asset growth, income enhancement, and core profitability for the six months ended September 30, 2025. Total assets expanded to Rs.
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[2025-12-05 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: Abigail Hauslohner in Washington
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[2025-12-05 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Starke Meinungen, klare Argumente, internationale Positionen! Drei Journalisten und unsere Moderatoren bringen ein aktuelles, internationales Thema auf den Punkt.
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[2025-12-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China once exported cheap goods to Europe – now, French leader urges its firms to transfer tech expertise
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[2025-12-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Capital from the government and Big Tech firms is set to make up for any lack of market-driven capital, analysts say
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[2025-12-04 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shanghai-based MetaX set its IPO pricing at 104.66 yuan, according to a company filing on Wednesday
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[2025-12-04 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Consumer retailers, carmakers and internet companies are expected to bear the brunt of fund outflows
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[2025-12-04 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: HashKey is likely to debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange within the next two to three months ‘if it receives adequate investor interest’
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[2025-12-04 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: The FT Style Holiday Gift Guide 2025Anya Hindmarch, Paolo Carzana, Merlin Labron-Johnson, Eiesha Bharti Pasricha, Campbell Addy and more share the best gifts for fashion, beauty and the home Anya Hindmarch photographed for the FT by Stephen Burridge
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[2025-12-04 13:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China is Brazil’s top trading partner and is seeking to expand economic and political ties across the region amid tensions with the US
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[2025-12-04 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rates traders price in more than 90 per cent probability of a quarter-point reduction next week after private US labour market report
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[2025-12-04 12:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: He, who has children together with founder Zhao Changpeng, will share the title with Richard Teng
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[2025-12-04 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A market once dominated by generics is now an AI-powered pharmaceutical hub drawing billion-dollar investments from the likes of Pfizer and GSK
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[2025-12-04 12:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Every dollar invested by the HKIC has attracted more than six in long-term market capital, Financial Secretary Paul Chan says
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[2025-12-04 09:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.
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[2025-12-04 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A stock of dry rations was airlifted to the affected people in Kotmale by a helicopter belonging to Indian Air Force from the Badulla Vincent Dias grounds with the intervention of Badulla District Secretariat.
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[2025-12-04 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City’s internet regulators shut down 70,000 accounts in a ‘special campaign’ against pessimistic content as real estate jitters continue
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[2025-12-03 20:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Appointment surprises market after HSBC CEO Georges Elhedery earlier said the 75-year-old was not keen on a permanent role
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[2025-12-03 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China stocks’ next phase of growth hinges on earnings, not just higher valuations, says BofA Global Research’s Winnie Wu
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[2025-12-03 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: One of the world’s most successful liberalising projects of the late 20th century has fizzled to leave Europe’s economy in secular decline. This FT series examines what went wrong — and why it is so difficult to revive the single market as a growth engine.
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[2025-12-03 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Patient questioning by woman police officer leads elderly man to reveal details of stock trading racket; victim finally gets his money back
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[2025-12-03 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A wave of billion-dollar offerings is building behind four new listings this week, signalling sustained momentum in Hong Kong’s IPO market
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[2025-12-03 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Skyrocketing costs and stock of old estates turn an industry rife with bid-rigging and collusive conduct into a gold mine, experts say
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[2025-12-03 09:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Company pulls out of field dominated by foreign incumbents, seeing dim profit prospects
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[2025-12-03 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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[2025-12-03 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te last week outlined a plan to invest an additional $40 billion (around €34.4 billion) in a special defense budget for the next eight years to develop an advanced defense system to counter China.
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[2025-12-02 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Impact will be manageable, but insurers may have to rethink pricing strategies that have led them to cut premiums amid competition, S&P says
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