Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-03 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City government tapped TikTok Shop to help micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) expand their market reach through digital platforms, as around 300 business owners and staff joined the Unlad Lokal Roadshow Caravan.
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[2026-05-02 17:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: FTC designates Toss as new publicly disclosed business group; Kiwoom and DB also climb in rankings
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[2026-05-02 15:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Wall Street Journal reported that the Iran war has provided countries including China, Russia and North Korea with insights into the capabilities and limitations of the United States military.
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[2026-05-02 14:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — The US stock market set more records Friday after Apple, Estee Lauder and others joined the list of companies delivering fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected. Easing oil prices also helped steady the stock markets around the world that were still open on the May Day holiday.
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[2026-05-02 13:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CANDON, Ilocos Sur — The 2026 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Star event was not only limited to professional players— as linesmen, ball boys, and volunteers also had the opportunity to play along with the league stars.
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[2026-05-02 13:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Always a Runner (9) ridden by Jose L. Ortiz wins the 152nd running of the Kentucky Oaks horse race at Churchill Downs, Friday, May 1, 2026, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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[2026-05-02 12:13 UTC+10:00] [Indigenous Australians] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Gurindji families mourn ‘a life so precious, gone far too soon’
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[2026-05-02 09:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: De izquierda a derecha, los astronautas Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch y Jeremy Hansen, integrantes de la misión Artemis II de la NASA, hacen sonar una campana ceremonial durante su visita al piso de remates de la Bolsa de Valores, el viernes 1 de mayo de 2026, en Nueva York.
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[2026-05-02 08:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: GameStop is preparing an offer for eBay as CEO Ryan Cohen pursues plans to boost the struggling videogame retailer’s market value more than tenfold, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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[2026-05-02 07:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: At least five people — including a Queens congressional candidate — were arrested Friday as part of a May Day protest outside the New York Stock Exchange.
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[2026-05-02 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A China policy giving Africa's biggest economies tariff-free access to its market for the next two years came into effect Friday while its economic rival the United States seeks to impose new import taxes under President Donald Trump's push for protectionism.
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[2026-05-02 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. stock market is rising toward more records after Apple, Estee Lauder and others joined the list of companies delivering fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected.
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[2026-05-02 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: If you’re in the market for a high-octane action series with visceral performances, Man on Fire has arrived on Netflix to satiate your TV appetite.
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[2026-05-02 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates has announced its withdrawal from OPEC and the OPEC+ format effective May 1, 2026, ending nearly six decades of membership. This marks the largest institutional disruption to the oil production coordination system since the establishment of the expanded OPEC+ format in 2016 and is perceived by the market as a step towards weakening the group’s ability to influence global oil prices.
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[2026-05-02 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Polymarket has an exclusive sign-up offer for readers of The Post when they create an account on the fast-growing prediction market using the Polymarket promo code NYPMAX.
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[2026-05-02 05:00 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 2, 2026 05:00 | News
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[2026-05-02 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-02 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Sue Gibson, a horse breeder and the ex-wife of mining magnate Steve Wyatt, has put her Southern Highlands estate on the market with a price guide of $11 million to $12 million.
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[2026-05-02 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: With Sydney’s property market at “peak fear” and buyers in high-priced lifestyle coastal markets also catching the jitters, NSW’s less sexy inland regions have come to the fore, flaunting spectacular house price growth.
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[2026-05-02 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Spirit Airlines is preparing to shutter operations, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, and customer are sure to be wondering what this means for their future travel plans.
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[2026-05-02 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In 2006, weeks after a monthlong missile war with Hezbollah had shut down much of northern Israel, Warren Buffett flew to Tel Aviv and acquired an 80% stake in Iscar, a precision metalworking business in Tefen.
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[2026-05-02 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran told Saudi Arabia and Oman that it planned to “heavily target” the UAE in response to the US-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic, in an apparent move to drive a wedge between Abu Dhabi and its Gulf neighbours, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal published on Thursday.
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[2026-05-02 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Just because it’s a shared amenity doesn’t mean a resident can share it with the outside world.
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[2026-05-02 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods warned Friday that the market has not absorbed the full impact of the unprecedented oil supply disruption triggered by the Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-02 02:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Apple shares jumped more than 4% on Thursday, headed for the sharpest rally since August, after the iPhone maker reported better-than-expected quarterly results and issued revenue guidance for the current period that sailed past analysts' estimates.
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[2026-05-02 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Apple shares popped more than 4% on Friday morning after reporting huge demand from shoppers for its flagship iPhones and MacBooks – but Wall Street still has questions about the company’s artificial intelligence strategy.
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[2026-05-02 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE United Arab Emirates (UAE) has opted out of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the cartel that controls the ebb and flow of oil in the global market.
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[2026-05-02 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-02 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ana Navarro and the hosts of The View had some choice words to share with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth after he testified before Congress about the impact the ongoing war in Iran could be having on everyday Americans.
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[2026-05-02 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: This morning, most of the world's energy giants including Exxon and Chevron, reported stellar earnings as surging oil prices more than offset curtailed output. They also issued several loud warnings about the ongoing Hormuz blockage which is no closer to resolution.
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[2026-05-02 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The main uncertainty for the global economy is where oil prices will go because of the Iran war
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[2026-05-02 01:10 UTC+10:00] [Persian Gulf] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The main uncertainty for the global economy is where oil prices will go because of the Iran war
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[2026-05-02 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Apple CEO Tim Cook's warning during Thursday evening's earnings call about the deepening global memory shortage sent us back to review memory stick prices.
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[2026-05-02 00:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A shell company backed by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump has agreed to a merger with a mining group that secured up to $1.6 billion from the US government in 2025 to facilitate the extraction of tungsten in Kazakhstan, the Financial Times has reported.
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[2026-05-02 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Amid the fog of war and fading 'hard' data, the final April S&P Global Manufacturing PMI printed 54.5, a small gain from the flash 54.0 print, and higher than the 52.3 February final print, although it came with a warning from Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence:
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[2026-05-01 23:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Wall Street financier Chirayu Rana, the anonymous ‘John Doe’ who filed a sensational—and fiercely disputed—sexual harassment lawsuit against a JPMorgan Chase executive has left investment firm Bregal Sagemount, senior company sources have told The Post.
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[2026-05-01 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Department of War has finalized agreements with OpenAI, Google, SpaceX/xAI, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, and Reflection AI to deploy AI tools in "classified settings." This means these tools will operate within secure government networks where sensitive or secret national security information is handled, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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[2026-05-01 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” has been the subject of controversy since its publishing in 1945 — and director Andy Serkis’ animated adaptation of the novella is no different, drawing its own share of criticism ahead of its release from Angel Studios.
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[2026-05-01 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Online gaming platform Roblox crashed the most in four years in premarket trading to the tune of 24%, after the company reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter user metrics and slashed its full-year bookings outlook.
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[2026-05-01 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Welcome to The California Post’s weekly Dodgers recap, where baseball writers Dylan Hernández and Jack Harris review the week that was, hand out player superlatives and take stock of the state of the season.
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[2026-05-01 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Tucked into the tree-lined hills of Thousand Oaks, a 1980s home by the legendary architect Frank Gehry has quietly traded hands for $2.45 million without ever hitting the open market.
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[2026-05-01 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are higher, set for a new all time high, as the rally that’s pushed Wall Street to record highs on strong megacap tech earnings continues, after the S&P posted its best monthly increase since November 2020. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are up 0.3% (spiking moments ago on a report that Iran submitted its latest response to US amendments on the ceasefire agreement), while Nasdaq futures are modestly in the red and the Russell underperforms.
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[2026-05-01 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Quietly, shares of Google-parent Alphabet are on the verge of topping $5 trillion, and overtaking AI-leader Nvidia as the world's most valuable company.
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[2026-05-01 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo taken with a slow shutter speed, traffic moves past a sign for a Mobil gas station on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
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[2026-05-01 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran’s economy is undergoing one of the most brutal stress tests in its modern history. Official annual inflation has surged to 50% according to central bank figures released shortly after the ceasefire, while the year-on-year rate reached as high as 67% through mid-April, according to the Wall Street Journal. The rial has crashed to a record low of 1.8 million to the dollar, roughly two million workers have lost their jobs, and the US naval blockade of the Strait of
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[2026-05-01 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Japanese yen surged against the dollar on Friday, extending gains that came the previous day after officials in Tokyo said they stood ready to intervene in the foreign exchange market.
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[2026-05-01 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: All five Japanese trading houses reported earnings and predicted profit rises for their current fiscal years on Friday. (Source photos by Nikkei)
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[2026-05-01 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The impact of the war in Iran is on full display this morning in the earnings of two oil giants - Chevron and Exxon Mobil - as both smashed earnings expectations (despite production pressures).
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[2026-05-01 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Surging oil prices due to the Iran war did not result in a windfall for Exxon Mobil and Chevron in the first quarter.
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[2026-05-01 20:09 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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