Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-26 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese biotech firms are already working on more than 100 cancer vaccines. Now, many are seeing their shares surge amid Moderna’s breakthrough
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[2026-08-26 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese biotech firms are already working on more than 100 cancer vaccines. Now, many are seeing their shares surge amid Moderna’s breakthrough
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[2026-08-26 10:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks turned higher after a weak start Wednesday on gains in chipmakers ahead of the earnings release from US chip giant Nvidia.
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[2026-08-26 10:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts stress that future tenders will require greater flexibility and longer bidding windows to encourage more competition
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[2026-08-26 10:32 UTC+10:00] [China Merchants Land] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts stress that future tenders will require greater flexibility and longer bidding windows to encourage more competition
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[2026-08-26 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Warnings on Wall Street about a confluence of stressors building deep within global agricultural supply chains are growing louder by the week, raising the risk of a food crisis next year.
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[2026-08-26 10:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES headline, lead, para 2; ADDS additional info at bottom; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-08-26 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks opened slightly lower Wednesday, as investors took to the sidelines ahead of the earnings release from U.S. chip giant Nvidia.
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[2026-08-26 10:01 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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[2026-08-26 10:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The 2026 Global Bio Conference opened on Wednesday, bringing together regulators, industry leaders and researchers to discuss emerging biopharmaceutical technologies and the regulatory frameworks needed to bring them to market.
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[2026-08-26 09:49 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Nine Entertainment has shifted its focus away from traditional TV broadcasting, emphasising positive results for its subscription streaming and publishing businesses, alongside newly acquired outdoor media company QMS as it posted growth in profit and revenue amid a hard market.
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[2026-08-26 09:42 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 26, 2026 09:42 | News
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[2026-08-26 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Under-pressure owners are cutting prices to exit Hong Kong’s luxury property market, with some homes losing more than HK$100 million in value
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[2026-08-26 09:00 UTC+10:00] [One Stanley] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Under-pressure owners are cutting prices to exit Hong Kong’s luxury property market, with some homes losing more than HK$100 million in value
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[2026-08-26 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: For decades, Hong Kong has drawn affluent Chinese wanting to build up their wealth through stock listings or asset acquisitions
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[2026-08-26 09:00 UTC+10:00] [cross-border anti-corruption law] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: For decades, Hong Kong has drawn affluent Chinese wanting to build up their wealth through stock listings or asset acquisitions
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[2026-08-26 09:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea is emerging as a major coffee exporter despite relying entirely on imported beans, with growth driven by an expanding domestic market and an advanced roasting industry.
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[2026-08-26 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Over the past few months, we have been closely following the chaos (rise and fall) in a once only marginally-monitored market on the other side of the world.
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[2026-08-26 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Oil prices fell again, which helped ease worries in the bond market and support stock prices.
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[2026-08-26 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-26 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Before attacking Iran, US President Donald Trump was warned by US intelligence that killing Iran's former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, could result in him being replaced by a more radical regime with greater interest in acquiring nuclear weapons, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-26 05:24 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices are falling again, which is helping to ease worries in the bond market and support stock prices.
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[2026-08-26 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The U.S. Department of War has announced a $750 million investment aimed at securing long-term supplies of critical rare-earth elements from Serra Verde’s Pela Ema mine in central Brazil, as Washington accelerates efforts to reduce its dependence on China for strategically important minerals, according to a DOW press release out this week.
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[2026-08-26 05:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-26 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Home sellers with a pressing reason to offload their properties are the key owners selling in a downturn, while those with less urgency hold fire as market watchers tip property prices have further to fall.
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[2026-08-26 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Hospitals in Perth’s southern suburbs could distribute iodine tablets to the community in the “extremely low” chance of a radiation spill, as WA prepares for the arrival of nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS partnership.
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[2026-08-26 03:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: After last week's post "Bessent buyback" fireworks, which sent yields on a rollercoaster ride in the subsequent days, many were very curious to see how today's sale of $69BN in 2 year paper, the week's first coupon auction, would go and whether Bessent inadvertently had impaired primary market issuance. In the end, the auction went through without a glitch.
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[2026-08-26 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A first-lien loan due in 2031 tied to Guggenheim Investments, the asset-management arm of Mark Walter's Guggenheim Partners, cratered to roughly 72 cents on the dollar Monday, according to Bloomberg data. The hefty discount suggests that lenders remain unconvinced by management's efforts to contain mounting fears over deteriorating earnings, accounting practices and ongoing federal investigations into Walter's financial empire.
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[2026-08-26 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Alphabet's Waymo on Tuesday said it plans to roll out robotaxi rides in Germany in 2027, marking its third international market and first in the EU.
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[2026-08-26 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Bank of Japan and other agencies look to launch the new settlement system within the next few years. (Photo by Nanami Sato)
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[2026-08-26 02:55 UTC+10:00] [Defence policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Government resilience campaign aims to ensure people can cope in a national disaster, in order to free resources for most vulnerable
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[2026-08-26 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Egypt faces a region erupting in crisis, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has said, as Cairo works to mediate between the US and Iran, contain the war in Gaza and protect its share of the Nile waters.
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[2026-08-26 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: EVERY management team knows the scene. A crisp strategy, walk the board through disciplined forecasts and land on a valuation built from rigorous cash-flow projections discounted at the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). The math says: execute well and value will follow. Then the stock goes nowhere or drifts lower.
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[2026-08-26 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is open to exploring the tokenization of shares as part of efforts to encourage financial innovation and broaden participation in the Philippine capital market, Chairperson Francis Lim said.
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[2026-08-26 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's bond market interventions have generated a modest decline in yields along with a growing chorus of derision from those who think they won't work over the long haul and could have dangerous repercussions.
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[2026-08-26 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BAGUIO CITY — No suspected poisonous crabs were found during a joint inspection in the seafood section of the Baguio City Public Market on Monday, following a report of an alleged poisonous crab sold to a consumer.
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[2026-08-26 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SINGAPORE ─ Bitcoin rose above $80,000 to hit a more than three-month high on Tuesday as a soft US dollar, in the wake of the moves by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to calm the bond market, revived momentum in the crypto sector.
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[2026-08-26 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MCDONALD’S Philippines’ Crispy Chicken Fillet is the country’s best-tasting chicken fillet, according to a recent study by market research firm FastForward.
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[2026-08-26 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The main economic flash point in the US campaign against Iran has been the Strait of Hormuz, which carried roughly 20 million barrels of oil a day before the war. That choke point no longer dominates the global energy market the way many feared it would.
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[2026-08-26 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Sakura Fund will look to invest in Australian companies such as Q-CTRL, which develops GPS-free navigation systems. (Photo by Rurika Imahashi)
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[2026-08-25 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Higher gross margins, surging projects and continued demand from North American markets help power the drug developer’s strong first-half performance
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[2026-08-25 23:03 UTC+10:00] [WuXi Biologics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Higher gross margins, surging projects and continued demand from North American markets help power the drug developer’s strong first-half performance
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[2026-08-25 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Global stocks rose as chipmakers rebounded, with falling bond yields adding support to risek sentiment after Brent crude slid below $90 a barrel, down more than 3% after a New York times reports that "evacuated foreign service officers could begin heading back to their posts as early as this week...
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[2026-08-25 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Nvidia has been the profit engine of the artificial intelligence boom, filling up data centers with its graphics processing units, which are also powering the biggest AI models.
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[2026-08-25 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Newly drafted rules would expand oversight of direct offshore investments, with more reporting requirements but limited changes for market-linked schemes
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[2026-08-25 21:30 UTC+10:00] [NDRC] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Newly drafted rules would expand oversight of direct offshore investments, with more reporting requirements but limited changes for market-linked schemes
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[2026-08-25 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The debasement trade is gaining new traction on Wall Street as concern over the size and cost of the budget deficit mounts.
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[2026-08-25 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Dick's Sporting Goods on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that missed Wall Street expectations and lowered its outlook for Foot Locker amid what it called a "challenging athletic footwear and apparel marketplace."
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[2026-08-25 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A BYD electric vehicle is charged at a public charging station in Bangkok, Thailand. Strong EV demand has helped support the recovery of Thailand's auto market. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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[2026-08-25 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Open models reached a record share of 62 per cent on a US web development platform on Saturday, a reversal of figures in June
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