Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-05 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares extended gains late Wednesday morning as easing concerns over artificial intelligence (AI) profitability and hopes for an interim agreement between the United States and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz lifted investor sentiment.
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[2026-08-05 12:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SK Telecom said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday that its second-quarter operating profit jumped 67.3 percent on-year to 566 billion won ($397 million), driven by strong growth in its data center business.
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[2026-08-05 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Big Tech] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Palantir is shifting profits from its European operations to the United States, allowing the Florida-based data analytics giant to pay minimal taxes in Europe, a new report finds.
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[2026-08-05 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: After SpaceX spent way more on its AI buildout than analysts expected, executives tried to convince investors on Tuesday that it's all worthwhile, claiming that the company is making its money back within a year.
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[2026-08-05 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The rise of physical AI is already underway, with humanoid robots entering factories, warehouses, and other industrial environments, and soon the modern battlefield.
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[2026-08-05 10:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asian technology stocks surged Wednesday after a strong Wall Street rally overnight that saw robust corporate earnings and easing oil prices push major U.S. indexes to fresh records.
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[2026-08-05 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: For most of the history of dairy, whey was the stuff you got rid of - the watery byproduct left after milk becomes cheese, fed to hogs or poured out while the actual product went to market. In 2026, with an entire nation proteinmaxxing its way through GLP-1 prescriptions and 40-gram breakfast bars, the 'cheddar' isn't in the cheese itself: America is now producing record amounts of cheese because that's how you get whey.
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[2026-08-05 10:29 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul shares opened sharply higher Wednesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street, amid eased woes over artificial intelligence profitability and hopes for an interim agreement between the United States and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-05 10:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator on Wednesday activated a buy-side sidecar for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) after the index surged, driven by gains in technology stocks.
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[2026-08-05 10:21 UTC+10:00] [Housing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ministers love to claim credit for things like cheaper petrol and cheaper pharmaceuticals – why not cheaper housing?
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[2026-08-05 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares opened sharply higher Wednesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street, amid eased woes over artificial intelligence (AI) profitability and hopes for an interim agreement between the United States and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-05 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- Leading online lender Kakao Bank said Wednesday it posted record earnings in the first half due to a rise in both interest and non-interest income.
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[2026-08-05 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Nohshad Shah, Citadel Securities EMEA Head of Fixed Income,
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[2026-08-05 08:24 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-05 08:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Data centers and European heat waves buoyed Daikin Industries' operating profit to a record April-June high. (Photo by Kento Awashima)
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[2026-08-05 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: SpaceX, which went public in June, has three business segments: space, connectivity and AI. © Reuters
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[2026-08-05 07:59 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-05 07:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: SpaceX on Tuesday reported a 92 per cent rise in revenue for the April-June quarter – in its first earnings report since going public – buoyed by strong growth in its Starlink satellite-internet and artificial intelligence businesses.
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[2026-08-05 07:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Paramount CEO David Ellison said Tuesday that the legal battle over his proposed multibillion-dollar takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery was fueled by politics rather than concerns over market share.
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[2026-08-05 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-05 07:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On the rolling hills outside Dodoma, Tanzania's wine capital, an agricultural partnership is taking root. Israeli non-profit CultivAid is working with local growers, researchers, and young agricultural professionals to modernize grape cultivation and winemaking through hands-on training, using Israeli cultivation techniques to improve yields, grape quality, and long-term sustainability.
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[2026-08-05 06:59 UTC+10:00] [SpaceX] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Company beat analysts’ predictions with a revenue jump of 92% since June, following stock plummet after IPO
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[2026-08-05 06:56 UTC+10:00] [Stock markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: S&P 500 shot up 1.8% and the main measure of Wall Street’s health topped its prior all-time high set a few months ago
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[2026-08-05 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — McDonald's reported slower sales growth in the US market in the second quarter as executives blamed too many simultaneous promotional offers, including a World Cup campaign that disappointed.
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[2026-08-05 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Elon Musk's SpaceX in June became a publicly traded company.
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[2026-08-05 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-05 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Michael Burry of "The Big Short" fame is sticking with his bearish wagers even as the S&P 500 surges to a record high, warning that the rally could still end in a sharp sell-off reminiscent of the 1987 stock-market crash.
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[2026-08-05 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ahead of the SpaceX earnings today - its first as a public company - we said that investor focus is increasingly shifting beyond the quarter itself, and while revenue and EBITDA performance will matter, the August 6 lockup expiration appears likely to be the bigger near-term driver, opening the door to the first meaningful wave of insider selling just days after results.
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[2026-08-05 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Advanced Micro Devices reported second-quarter earnings on Tuesday that beat expectations, but the stock slumped in extended trading.
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[2026-08-05 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAN FRANCISCO, United States — SpaceX's revenue jumped 92 percent in the second quarter, beating analyst expectations by around $1 billion in its first earnings report since going public in June, the company announced Tuesday.
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[2026-08-05 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Wall Street sent stocks soaring to records on Tuesday as a multitude of factors combined to form a broad rally.
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[2026-08-05 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. stock market rallied to records as companies kept piling up profits and oil prices eased.
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[2026-08-05 06:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-05 06:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Paramount Skydance raised its full-year guidance on Tuesday and reported second-quarter results that showcased the continued strengths of streaming and weaknesses of linear TV.
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[2026-08-05 05:45 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 5 August 2026 5:45am
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[2026-08-05 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-05 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) shares fell sharply Tuesday after Bloomberg reported that the chain had removed jalapeños from Minnesota restaurants over a suspected link to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 110 people in the state - while WaPo reports that the outbreak has spread to 15 states. Chipotle stock fell as much as 8.5% against Monday's close - some outlets clocked the low nearer 9% - and was trading roughly 7% lower in the afternoon.
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[2026-08-05 05:17 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The US stock market is rushing toward records as profits keep piling up for companies and as oil prices ease.
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[2026-08-05 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Joseph McCarthy was right about everything. Communist movements have been playing the long game from inside western nations, exploiting the liberal freedoms westerners enjoy as a backdoor to sabotage free market choice and constitutional checks and balances from within. The players might have changed over the decades, but the ideological goals remain the same.
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[2026-08-05 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Elon Musk has delivered another reminder to bears piling into SPCX shorts that "doubling down" can be a very costly strategy.
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[2026-08-05 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Big Oil delivered its strongest quarter since the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with six of the world's biggest oil companies posting a combined $79.4 billion in second-quarter net income as Brent crude averaged about $104 a barrel, up more than 50 per cent year-on-year. The Iran war sent prices higher while disrupting flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-05 03:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-05 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Chipotle Mexican Grill said Tuesday it temporarily pulled jalapenos from restaurants in Minnesota after learning that their supply may have been linked to a salmonella outbreak.
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[2026-08-05 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-05 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A new report by a top Democrat in the United States Senate presents evidence that Wall Street banks “looked the other way” when it came to the behaviour of disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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[2026-08-05 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Toyota Motor increased its U.S. sales volume for the April-June quarter while GM and Ford declined. (Photo by Shintaro Ino)
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[2026-08-05 01:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-05 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos plans to sell 15 million shares worth roughly $4.07 billion under a prearranged trading plan, according to a Form 144 regulatory filing. The planned sale comes after Amazon shares surged about 25% over the last several trading sessions.
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[2026-08-05 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli cybersecurity company Vega announced on Tuesday the launch of Detection Skills, an open standard designed to help security teams capture, share, and automate the reasoning used by experienced defenders to detect and investigate cyber threats.
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[2026-08-05 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A now hiring sign is seen in front of an auto body shop in Chicago, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)
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