Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-27 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks closed over 1 percent higher Thursday, boosted by better-than-expected earnings results from Nvidia, despite a back-to-back rate hike by the Bank of Korea (BOK). The Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar.
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[2026-08-27 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Facebook X More Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger Copy URL URL is copied. OK
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[2026-08-27 16:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Leonie Kidd coming to you from London.
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[2026-08-27 15:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SM Entertainment has established a joint venture with Tencent Music Entertainment Group in China, setting the stage for joint development of a new idol group targeting the Chinese market.
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[2026-08-27 15:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Suwon Migrant Community Service Center will hold a three-day employment preparation program for married immigrant women seeking to understand the Korean job market and develop practical job-seeking skills.
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[2026-08-27 15:12 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Ryozo Himino kept the door open to an interest rate increase next month, offering no clear pushback against growing market expectations for a move.
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[2026-08-27 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person walks near an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei index at a securities firm Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-08-27 15:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of Australian carrier Qantas Airways jumped 4% on Thursday after the airline reported full-year earnings and unveiled new business-class suites amid growing demand for premium travel.
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[2026-08-27 14:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Scores are dead and hundreds are missing after landslides and flash floods swept through villages in the Himalayan region.
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[2026-08-27 13:57 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Micro-investing fintech Raiz Invest has capped off a bumper financial year, swinging from a $400,000 loss in 2025 to bank a maiden net profit after tax of $3.5 million in 2026. Total revenue grew by more than 21 per cent to a hefty $29.2 million, while funds under management (FUM) surged to a record $2.32 billion.
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[2026-08-27 13:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: AI juggernaut Nvidia on Wednesday reported quarterly revenue of $96.2 billion, more than double from a year earlier, as the world's most valuable company beat Wall Street expectations and forecast even stronger sales ahead.
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[2026-08-27 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE is expected to announce September petrol prices on Monday as global oil markets remain volatile amid the nearly seven-month Iran war. Traditionally, petrol prices have moved in synch with those benchmarks but not all the time.
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[2026-08-27 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Fans of Turkish drama series can easily recognise their Arabic remakes: they share the same settings, storylines and key scenes, recreated by a new cast speaking in a Levantine dialect and bringing local humour and social codes to the material.
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[2026-08-27 13:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-08-27 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Battery energy storage systems are gaining momentum for good reason. They are in a position to address some of the most pressing needs in the power market.
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[2026-08-27 12:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The surrogate, already a mother of five, gave birth to a boy and girl last November. (Adobe Stock)
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[2026-08-27 12:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-27 11:54 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 27, 2026 11:54 | News
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[2026-08-27 11:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: China's industrial profits growth in July slowed to its weakest pace this year, expanding 11.2% from a year earlier, according to National Bureau of Statistics data on Thursday.
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[2026-08-27 11:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Jin of BTS has shown his star power again: The black leather jacket he sported in the latest Gucci campaign sold out across Europe in less than 24 hours, despite the hefty $9,900 price tag. In the US and Korea, the stock is running low, available in only two sizes out of nine.
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[2026-08-27 11:22 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 27, 2026 11:22 | News
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[2026-08-27 10:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks opened sharply higher Thursday as Nvidia's market estimate-beating strong earnings helped ease woes over a slowdown in demand for semiconductors.
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[2026-08-27 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTNS: UPDATES para 2; ADDS info from para 5; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-08-27 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Melbourne bookshop owner Jaye Chin-Dusting is concerned about stock supply leading up to the busy Christmas period. (ABC News: Ethan White)
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[2026-08-27 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks opened sharply higher Thursday as Nvidia's market estimate-beating strong earnings helped ease woes over a slowdown in demand for semiconductors.
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[2026-08-27 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore.
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[2026-08-27 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-08-27 08:55 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A financial trader who bragged he was involved in a scheme that was bigger than the Wolf of Wall Street has been sentenced for laundering millions of dollars for a heroin trafficker known only as “DinkDonk”.
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[2026-08-27 08:54 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 27, 2026 08:54 | News
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[2026-08-27 08:53 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Qantas profits have taken a hit as rising fuel costs outpaced the benefit of sustained demand for international travel.
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[2026-08-27 08:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has warned that artificial intelligence and social media are eroding people’s ability to think and feel, while powerful interests exploit technology, politics and war for profit.
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[2026-08-27 08:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has warned that AI and social media are eroding people’s ability to think and feel, while powerful interests exploit technology, politics, and war for profit.
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[2026-08-27 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Credit card companies in South Korea saw their combined net profit advance by more than 5 percent in the first half of 2026 from a year earlier, due to a rise in commission income, data showed Thursday.
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[2026-08-27 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Insurance companies in South Korea posted 13 percent growth in their net profit in the first six months of the year from a year earlier on the back of increased investment returns, data showed Thursday.
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[2026-08-27 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: BYD in July launched the Racco, an electric vehicle developed for Japan's kei minicar market. (Photo by Marie Yoshimura)
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[2026-08-27 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: CrowdStrike popped more than 11% in extended trading after the cybersecurity company topped Wall Street's fiscal second-quarter estimates and boosted guidance as artificial intelligence threats mount.
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[2026-08-27 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Update (5:10pm): NVDA stock is very volatile, and after sliding 3% at first on solid earnings but weak margin guidance, the stock has since recovered and is up over 5% as the earnings call begins, on the following comments from Jensen Huang:
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[2026-08-27 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jensen Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia, waits for a groundbreaking ceremony for an expansion of Coherent’s manufacturing facility to begin on June 16, 2026, in Sherman, Texas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter, File)
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[2026-08-27 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Investors have no shortage of reasons to diversify away from the United States. America’s public debt is rising, political polarization is deepening, trade policy has become unpredictable, the rule of law is now in doubt and financial sanctions have encouraged other governments to seek alternatives to the dollar. Yet there has been no great exodus from US markets.
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[2026-08-27 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Okta shares gained about 15% in extended trading after the identity software provider surpassed Wall Street's fiscal second-quarter estimates.
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[2026-08-27 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The market capitalization for Mitsubishi Motors has sunk roughly 40% since Nissan Motor's investment in October 2016. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
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[2026-08-27 06:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Salesforce shares soared 14% in extended trading on Wednesday after the cloud software vendor reported results and issued guidance that surpassed Wall Street projections.
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[2026-08-27 05:26 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The US stock market is drifting after a report said inflation was a touch worse last month than economists expected. Yields in the bond market, home to some of Wall Street’s biggest recent worries, ticked higher following the data.
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[2026-08-27 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Kioxia holds the third-largest share of the global NAND market after Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. (Source photos by Nikkei)
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[2026-08-27 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Travel / Travel news] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Age
Snippet: JetZero’s windowless Z4 aircraft could be carrying passengers as early as 2030, according to The Wall Street Journal, as the company secured a loan of up to $US3 billion ($4.2 billion).
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[2026-08-27 04:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-27 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE-This is a shelf of General Mills Lucky Charms cereal at a market in Homestead, Pa., on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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[2026-08-27 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: AD Ports Group’s board has recommended that shareholders accept L'imad’s Dh6.25-a-share offer to take full control of the Abu Dhabi ports and logistics company, following a fairness opinion from its independent financial adviser HSBC.
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[2026-08-27 00:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran and Oman have reached an agreement on their share of the Strait of Hormuz and its revenues, but the vital waterway will not be reopened if the US does not accept their conditions, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday.
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[2026-08-26 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: An IRGC spokesman has announced Wednesday that Iran and Oman have reached agreements on their share of the Strait of Hormuz and its revenues, according toTasnim news agency. So essentially the "fee" scheme has been set. There's talk of reopening the strait on an "interim" basis, Bloomberg says.
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