Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-18 12:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares trimmed earlier gains late Tuesday morning on profit-taking amid fading hopes for a deal to end the war between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-08-18 12:25 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 18, 2026 12:25 | News
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[2026-08-18 12:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Five years in, Frieze Seoul has raised the city’s global profile, but its impact on the art market remains an open question
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[2026-08-18 11:57 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-08-18 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- Hanwha Systems Co., the defense arm of Hanwha Group, said Tuesday it held a kick-off meeting with Austrian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) maker Schiebel as part of their efforts to tap the global UAV export market.
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[2026-08-18 11:35 UTC+10:00] [Government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-18 11:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-18 10:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul shares opened higher Tuesday, led by gains by major chipmakers, despite overnight losses on Wall Street, as hopes for a deal to end the war with Iran fade.
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[2026-08-18 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Executives say they are actively pursuing business opportunities in Malaysia and that adapting to local market dynamics is key
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[2026-08-18 10:30 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong Trade Development Council] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Executives say they are actively pursuing business opportunities in Malaysia and that adapting to local market dynamics is key
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[2026-08-18 10:28 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: China’s Unitree unveiled a new high-speed robot it dubbed “Superman”, days before becoming the first general-purpose robotics company to list on mainland China’s stock market.
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[2026-08-18 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares opened higher Tuesday, led by gains by major chipmakers, despite overnight losses on Wall Street, as hopes for a deal to end the war with Iran fade.
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[2026-08-18 09:46 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A copper bonanza is fuelling a jump in revenue and profit at global miner BHP as the red metal’s price hits record highs and shortages of concentrates and other feedstocks in China crimp output from its smelters.
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[2026-08-18 09:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A wave of South Korean investors is flocking to U.S. markets to avoid a correction at home, even as global investors pile in.
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[2026-08-18 09:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-18 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Amid AI’s impact, slower population growth, regional integration and newly built homes, investment bank says property prices likely to remain flat
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[2026-08-18 09:00 UTC+10:00] [Greater Bay Area] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Amid AI’s impact, slower population growth, regional integration and newly built homes, investment bank says property prices likely to remain flat
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[2026-08-18 08:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-18 07:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Australia's biggest company BHP will report earnings, as we delve into the books of some of the nation's most valuable listed companies.
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[2026-08-18 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Delta Electronics (Thailand), which employs almost 22,000 people, became the country's first company to hit a market capitalization of $100 billion. (Source photos by Joseph Rachman and Kenya Akama)
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[2026-08-18 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks slipped further from their record heights after rising oil prices cranked up the pressure on inflation and financial markets.
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[2026-08-18 06:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Net inflows into Japanese stocks are moving at a record pace this year. (Photo by Kazuho Fujiwara)
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[2026-08-18 05:22 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US stocks are edging further from their record heights on Monday, ahead of a week where profit reports from the nation’s biggest retailers could give a hint about how shoppers are dealing with high inflation and a slowing job market.
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[2026-08-18 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Hitachi expects to earn greater profit with its high global share in power transmission and distribution equipment, which benefits from the data center boom. (Hitachi)
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[2026-08-18 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Copper prices in London have held above $14,000 a ton for nine consecutive sessions, with steep backwardation signaling that near-term demand is outstripping available supply. A confluence of bullish drivers is pushing prices toward record highs, while the key cash-to-three-month spread has widened to its highest level since the 2021 market squeeze.
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[2026-08-18 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-18 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GLOBE continues to invest in the next generation of talent, helping students to develop the skills, confidence and perspective they need to thrive in a digital future.
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[2026-08-18 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While global equity indices are at or close to all-time highs, DB's Peter Sidorov writes that we’re seeing more challenging August crosswinds playing out in bond markets. Expectations for an imminent Fed rate hike have been pulled back, but this has been accompanied by a significant US curve steepening, with the backdrop of higher oil prices, elevated fiscal deficits, and demand for capital from the AI investment boom putting upward pressure on yields.
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[2026-08-18 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEWYORK — U.S. stocks are drifting near their record heights on Monday, ahead of a week where profit reports from the nation’s biggest retailers could give a hint about how shoppers are dealing with high inflation and a slowing job market.
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[2026-08-18 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund’s profit more than doubled last year, as revenue rose on the back of strong contributions from maturing portfolio companies.
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[2026-08-17 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: China’s July activity data weakened from June, missing market expectations across the board, and signaling a soft start to Q3 amid continued divergence between resilient exports and subdued domestic demand.
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[2026-08-17 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are higher again, just a few basis points away from a new all time high, led by Tech as the week starts with Semis / Memory / AI themes bid globally, as small-caps are fractionally in the red. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are 0.1% higher, while Nasdaq futures climb 0.5% after strong revenue growth at Anthropic helped boost optimism around artificial intelligence and bolstered the view that massive spending on artificial intelligence will be sustained.
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[2026-08-17 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Wall Street's so-called "fear gauge" has fallen to its lowest level of 2026 so far, reflecting relative market tranquility in a year marked by geopolitical turbulence — but the calm appears unlikely to last.
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[2026-08-17 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Shares of ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China's top DRAM maker, surged 12% to a record 61.80 yuan on Monday, lifting its market capitalization to 4.13 trillion yuan. The upside is because reports that Apple is considering using CXMT memory chips, alongside continued momentum across chip stocks following last week's gains in SanDisk and Micron.
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[2026-08-17 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s second-largest carmaker names new chairman and CEO as profit drops despite record revenue and export surge
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[2026-08-17 21:32 UTC+10:00] [Geely Auto] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s second-largest carmaker names new chairman and CEO as profit drops despite record revenue and export surge
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[2026-08-17 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Meta wants to lead in open-source AI. China's Alibaba just reminded the U.S. tech giant how competitive the market is.
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[2026-08-17 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Global giants fight for a bite of China’s burger market as budget-conscious diners and changing eating habits fuel a new fast-food obsession
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[2026-08-17 21:15 UTC+10:00] [hambuger] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Global giants fight for a bite of China’s burger market as budget-conscious diners and changing eating habits fuel a new fast-food obsession
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[2026-08-17 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Our mid-June initiation, "How To Profit From the Asymmetric Warfare Boom," identified the leading public and private companies positioned across the drone and counter-drone space.
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[2026-08-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Genscript posted adjusted net profit of US$62.52 million for the six months ended June 30, a 203 per cent year-on-year surge
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[2026-08-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Genscript posted adjusted net profit of US$62.52 million for the six months ended June 30, a 203 per cent year-on-year surge
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[2026-08-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-17 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Top cities in China see flat readings last month, ending a streak of improvement in the struggling housing market
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[2026-08-17 19:04 UTC+10:00] [housing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Top cities in China see flat readings last month, ending a streak of improvement in the struggling housing market
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[2026-08-17 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Journalists peer into a Geely Starray EM-i car, a mid-sized plug-in hybrid SUV, at a news conference in Paris on April 28. © Reuters
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[2026-08-17 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Japan’s commercial property market is in a league of its own, but the sharp repricing in China creates compelling opportunities for investors
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[2026-08-17 18:30 UTC+10:00] [property market] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Japan’s commercial property market is in a league of its own, but the sharp repricing in China creates compelling opportunities for investors
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[2026-08-17 17:32 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-17 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Journalists peer into a Geely Starray EM-i car, a mid-sized plug-in hybrid SUV, at a news conference in Paris on April 28. © Reuters
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