Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-21 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: IBM and small-cap quantum names, including IonQ, D-Wave Quantum, Rigetti Computing, Infleqtion, and other peers, are surging in New York premarket trading after a Wall Street Journal report said the Trump administration is preparing to award $2 billion in CHIPS Act grants to nine quantum-computing companies.
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[2026-05-21 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A steady rebound in US equities driven by peak insanity in Korea (where the two chip stocks that account for most of the market surged and sent the Kospi soaring more than 8% overnight) faded after a report that Iran’s Supreme Leader issued a directive that the country’s near-weapons-grade uranium must remain in the country, rejecting Trump's key ceasefire demand, while oil and bond yields jumped as traders waited in mounting futility to see whether hopes of a peace deal
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[2026-05-21 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil markets could soon enter a "red zone" as global stocks deplete and as demand picks up during the summer travel season, the head of the International Energy Agency warned on Thursday.
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[2026-05-21 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Stellantis said Thursday it plans to invest 60 billion euros (US$69.7 billion) under a new five-year strategic plan by CEO Antonio Filosa that also targets annual cost savings of 6 billion euros by 2028.
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[2026-05-21 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Drones operated by Zipline leave base to make deliveries from a Walmart store in Pea Ridge, Ark., Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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[2026-05-21 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by NOAA, a Parapagurus sp. crab with a coral on its back walks across a field of ferromanganese nodules on the seafloor of Gosnold Seamount, explored during Dive 16 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition. (NOAA via AP)
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[2026-05-21 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Kyiv, Ukraine – In November 2023, representatives of two Chinese companies signed a deal to supply stone-crushing machinery for construction projects.
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[2026-05-21 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: After a decade at the helm of Benin, President Patrice Talon is preparing to hand over power this Sunday, 24 May 2026. As farewells and stock-taking begin in the capital, the outgoing leader chaired his final cabinet meeting on Wednesday, while government spokesman Wilfried Houngbédji faced journalists for one last press conference — touching on sacked radio staff, a defiant defence of Talon’s political record, and a refusal to call imprisoned opponents “political prisoners.”
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[2026-05-21 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: After the October 7 massacre, Israel established an elite task force to track down and kill or capture every Hamas terrorist who participated or planned the attack, from the most minor participants to their leadership, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-21 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Amid the excitement surrounding tech and high-growth sectors, infrastructure is rarely considered one of the most potent investment plays. Yet, according to Navot Bar, CEO and co-founder of Keystone Infra, a publicly traded infrastructure investment company in Israel, and a member of the prestigious TA-90 index on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, it is a rapidly growing field that has produced excellent results.
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[2026-05-21 19:32 UTC+10:00] [Market Place] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chain operator’s executive dismisses speculation of a tie-up, and praises staff amid an ‘extremely competitive environment’
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[2026-05-21 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The slashed price on the GX model ‘surprised the market’ in a segment carmakers have high hopes for amid slumping EV sales
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[2026-05-21 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The slashed price on the GX model ‘surprised the market’ in a segment carmakers have high hopes for amid slumping EV sales
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[2026-05-21 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Toyota plans to export Voxy, pictured, and Noah minivans from Taiwan to Japan, taking the unusual step of setting up a production line dedicated to supplying the home market. (Photo by Tetsuya Kitayama)
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[2026-05-21 18:35 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Each April, the world’s top auto executives and engineers fly to China’s main auto show to take stock of BYD, the electric car powerhouse that passed Tesla in global sales last year.
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[2026-05-21 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Stakes are high for Asia’s tech-driven economies amid a global sell-off in bond markets that signals investor fears
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[2026-05-21 18:30 UTC+10:00] [interest rate] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Stakes are high for Asia’s tech-driven economies amid a global sell-off in bond markets that signals investor fears
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[2026-05-21 18:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: AMD on Thursday said it will invest more than $10 billion across Taiwan's semiconductor and AI ecosystem to advance chip production and performance.
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[2026-05-21 17:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Equities post strong gains driven by improved market sentiment and tech optimism, though profit growth lags, a new survey shows
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[2026-05-21 17:59 UTC+10:00] [Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Equities post strong gains driven by improved market sentiment and tech optimism, though profit growth lags, a new survey shows
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[2026-05-21 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Ubisoft shares plunged 16% on Thursday after the Assassin's Creed maker warned of further losses this year.
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[2026-05-21 17:30 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-21 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE is an important market and an increasingly strategic economic partner, Business France chief executive Louis Margueritte has told The National.
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[2026-05-21 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to today's edition of the Daily Open newsletter.
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[2026-05-21 17:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks spiked more than 8 percent Thursday on tech gains, after Samsung Electronics averted a strike and strong earnings from Nvidia, along with optimism over its robotics business outlook, boosted investor sentiment. The local currency gained ground against the US dollar.
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[2026-05-21 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks spiked more than 8 percent Thursday on tech gains, after Samsung Electronics averted a strike and strong earnings from Nvidia, along with optimism over its robotics business outlook, boosted investor sentiment. The local currency gained ground against the U.S. dollar.
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[2026-05-21 16:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Japan's largest banks posted record annual profits in their latest financial results, but earnings growth could slow as credit costs rise and geopolitical risks cloud the outlook, analysts say.
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[2026-05-21 16:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Experts warn Samsung’s profit-linked bonus model could become template for wage talks across autos, shipbuilding, tech
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[2026-05-21 16:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: NGO survey reveals 40 per cent of earnings go to rent as families struggle to raise children with special needs in cramped flats
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[2026-05-21 16:23 UTC+10:00] [medical subsidies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: NGO survey reveals 40 per cent of earnings go to rent as families struggle to raise children with special needs in cramped flats
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[2026-05-21 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the country's financial regulator said Thursday his agency will soon revise regulations for offshore retail investors so they can buy and sell exchange-traded funds (ETFs) via so-called omnibus accounts, a move aimed at attracting more foreign capital into the domestic stock market.
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[2026-05-21 16:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Strike threat fades, but internal tensions over profit-linked bonuses remain
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[2026-05-21 15:10 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: ROME – Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, a Danish firm eager to invest in Italian offshore wind farms, is getting impatient.
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[2026-05-21 14:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has filed complaints with the Office of the Ombudsman against several Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials and private contractors over ghost farm-to-market road (FMR) projects in Davao Occidental.
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[2026-05-21 14:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Google on Tuesday unveiled the design of new smart glasses, returning to a market the tech giant tried — and failed — to crack more than a decade ago.
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[2026-05-21 14:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Electronics is expected to accelerate its treasury share buyback to fund a special bonus for its chip employees under a tentative labor agreement reached to avert a planned strike, Herald Business reported on Thursday.
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[2026-05-21 14:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HD Hyundai said Thursday that its shipbuilding arm HD Hyundai Heavy Industries signed a framework agreement with TerraPower to supply key components for next-generation sodium-cooled nuclear reactors, strengthening its push into the global small modular reactor market.
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[2026-05-21 13:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The country could face renewed pressure on rice prices and food security as the risk of a very strong El Niño continued to rise, Metrobank Wealth Insights said, potentially disrupting agricultural output across major rice-exporting countries.
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[2026-05-21 13:50 UTC+10:00] [Unemployment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Surprise rise in jobless rate will give Reserve Bank more reason to delay another interest rate hike at June meeting
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[2026-05-21 13:29 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-21 13:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Southeast Asia's largest telecom operator, Singtel, expects to boost its capital expenditure to around 3 billion Singapore dollars in its current fiscal year, up from S$2.5 billion from a year earlier, with a majority marked for AI and data center growth.
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[2026-05-21 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to complete at least 70 percent of the tasks required in the first half for inclusion in the developed market status under Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), the finance ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-05-21 12:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Electronics’ tentative wage agreement with its labor unions came under fresh legal scrutiny Thursday after a shareholders group threatened legal action over a new bonus scheme tied to operating profit.
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[2026-05-21 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded sharply higher late Thursday morning as Samsung Electronics averted a strike and other market heavyweights advanced on hopes for a possible agreement between the United States and Iran to end the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-21 12:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A currency trader talks on the phone near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
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[2026-05-21 12:21 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: There are signs the war against Iran, the surge in inflation and the Reserve Bank’s hikes to interest rates are starting to hit the jobs market.
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[2026-05-21 12:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Chip giant Nvidia on Wednesday posted record quarterly revenue of $81.6 billion, blowing past Wall Street forecasts as insatiable demand for its artificial intelligence hardware powered another blockbuster quarter.
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[2026-05-21 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Online make-up guru back in business after bust-up with agent; says she will share her thoughts on ‘life and growth’ in future
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[2026-05-21 11:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Online make-up guru back in business after bust-up with agent; says she will share her thoughts on ‘life and growth’ in future
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[2026-05-21 10:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company has "largely conceded" China's artificial intelligence chip market to Huawei, as U.S. export restrictions continue to reshape the global AI semiconductor landscape.
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