Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-01 20:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. No attachments, please include your letter in the body of the email. See here for our rules and tips on getting your letter published.
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[2026-05-01 19:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of AstraZeneca turned lower Friday after U.S. regulatory advisors voted against approving its experimental cancer drug.
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[2026-05-01 17:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's financial regulator has again ordered Hanwha Solutions to revise its share sale plan, citing insufficient disclosures, the company said Friday.
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[2026-05-01 17:20 UTC+10:00] [Business / Banking & finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A mansion built for the Qatari royal family in the Los Angeles district of Bel-Air has hit the market with a $US400 million ($562 million) asking price, a potential record for a US home sale.
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[2026-05-01 17:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: An attendant holds a bottle of Wuliangye, one of China's most famous liquors: The company is mired in a scandal and slashed its earnings in a restatement. © Reuters
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[2026-05-01 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The global memory crisis played an outsized role in tech earnings season, which hit an apex this week. Apple CEO Tim Cook warned it's just the beginning.
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[2026-05-01 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial regulator has again ordered Hanwha Solutions to revise its share sale plan, citing insufficient disclosures, the company said Friday.
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[2026-05-01 16:34 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-01 16:32 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Racing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: 1. Tenenbaum is very short in betting on the back of an impressive first-up win at Wyong over the Black Opal runner-up, so there’s a bit of depth to that win. Ticked over well winning a trial and 1400m on his home track looks ideal. The one to beat, but the market tells us that anyway.
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[2026-05-01 15:00 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: People describe awkward and unnatural process as survey finds nearly half of job seekers have been interviewed by AI
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[2026-05-01 14:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: BEIJING — Electric carmakers in China are layering on more of the same artificial intelligence features as they try to survive a prolonged price war in the world's largest auto market.
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[2026-05-01 14:14 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-05-01 13:02 UTC+10:00] [Australian budget 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The top 10% of Australia’s earners get 90% of the benefit of the CGT, while young Australians are struggling to get into the housing market
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[2026-05-01 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The first 18 days of April saw primary home sale volumes across 30 key cities rise 3 per cent year on year: Bank of America data
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[2026-05-01 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The first 18 days of April saw primary home sale volumes across 30 key cities rise 3 per cent year on year: Bank of America data
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[2026-05-01 12:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FIL:E - The New York Stock Exchange is shown in New York’s Financial District on Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)
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[2026-05-01 12:42 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 1, 2026 12:42 | News
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[2026-05-01 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 1 (Yonhap) -- Foreign investors increased their purchases and holdings of South Korean government bonds in the month following the country's inclusion in the World Government Bond Index (WGBI), supporting the local debt market, data showed Friday.
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[2026-05-01 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Stewart Cink birdied the par-5 18th for a 7-under 65 and share of the first-round lead with Alex Cejka on Thursday in the Regions Tradition, the second major of the year on the PGA Tour Champions.
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[2026-05-01 10:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Nelly Korda celebrates after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 26, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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[2026-05-01 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Hershey reported first-quarter sales and earnings that exceeded Bloomberg-tracked analyst expectations, driven by higher candy prices and resilient consumer demand.
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[2026-05-01 09:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Markets in Australia and Japan were set to climb Tuesday, mirroring gains on Wall Street that saw both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite reach new highs.This comes as investors took in strong earnings from Apple and Caterpillar, looking past weaker-than-expected economic data and threats of escalation in Iran by U.S.
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[2026-05-01 08:45 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 1, 2026 08:45 | News
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[2026-05-01 07:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Wood McKenzie has released a report that US spending on power generation gear for data centers alone could hit $65 billion by 2030, more than triple the $20 billion logged last year. Data center capacity is forecast to reach 110 GW by the end of the decade, with Bloomberg also commenting that “total US spending on power-plant equipment may climb to $215 billion."
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[2026-05-01 07:32 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Advertised prices for new rental listings rising at fastest pace since October 2024. Follow updates
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[2026-05-01 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Apple’s John Ternus speaks during an announcement of new products at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., Monday, June 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
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[2026-05-01 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Global investors are again embracing risk with strong rallies in equity markets across the US and Europe as oil prices retreated from four-year highs.
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[2026-05-01 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ahead of today's AAPL earnings report, we've had a mixed picture from Mag 7 earnings so far: GOOGL soared to a record high, MSFT and AMZN both dropped (although they recovered much of their losses throughout the day) and META crashed, all on different reads of their capex. Which leaves AAPL to complete the picture of the big 5 megacaps (with NVDA set to report in a few weeks).
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[2026-05-01 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: If the primary purpose behind the Trump Administration's snatch-and-grab operation against the illegitimate president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, was not readily apparent in January, it should be crystal clear today. Under Maduro, around 75% of the country's energy exports were going to China. This year, the US will be receiving around 50% of the oil supply while China's share is reduced to 10%.
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[2026-05-01 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S stock market motored to more records as profits keep piling up for big businesses.
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[2026-05-01 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Reddit reported better-than-expected profit and revenue in its first-quarter earnings report on Thursday, and also issued an optimistic forecast. The stock jumped over 9% in extended trading.
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[2026-05-01 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Toyota unveils an Urban Cruiser electric SUV for the Indian market in Mumbai on April 20. (Photo by Takanori Okabe)
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[2026-05-01 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: This case judgment concerns an appeal brought by the petitioner-appellants following the dismissal of their revision application by the Provincial High Court of the Central Province. The nub of the dispute involves a partition action (No. P2508) in the District Court of Matale regarding a 36-acre land originally owned by Lokubanda Thoradeniya.
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[2026-05-01 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Dozens of government schools across Victoria will share $295 million in much-needed building upgrade works to be announced in Tuesday’s state budget.
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[2026-05-01 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Meryl Streep confirmed that she and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour are distant cousins while promoting the highly anticipated “Devil Wears Prada 2” film.
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[2026-05-01 05:19 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices whipsawed and surged toward their highest levels since the war with Iran began, only for the leaps to quickly vanish. The US stock market, meanwhile, is rising following strong profit reports from big companies like Alphabet.
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[2026-05-01 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The iconic Skipping Girl neon sign in Abbotsford sat down, glued to her phone, last month, part of a health campaign funded by the dairy industry to highlight the dangers of our obsession with technology.
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[2026-05-01 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: OAKLAND, California — Elon Musk wrangled with Sam Altman's lawyer on Thursday over the timing of his decision to sue OpenAI and whether he knew about discussions to turn it into a for-profit company, as he was cross-examined in a trial over his lawsuit that could determine the future of the ChatGPT maker.
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[2026-05-01 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An advertisement for prediction market platform Kalshi hangs at 13th and L Streets in northwest Washington, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)
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[2026-05-01 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hawaiʻi will need nearly 60,000 additional housing units by 2050 to meet future demand driven largely by an aging population and to prevent younger residents from getting squeezed out of the housing market.
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[2026-05-01 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Earlier this month, when much of the attention was largely focused on private credit, we warned that one of the old, familiar credit market time-bombs, commercial real estate which for many years had been penned as the "Next Big Short", was deteriorating rapidly: according to the latest TREPP CMBS monthly report, March saw a surge in the CMBS delinquency rate, which jumped by 41bps to 7.55%, the highest in years, led by a surge in the lodging rate, a category
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[2026-05-01 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference at the Federal Reserve, following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, in Washington, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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[2026-05-01 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Wall Street analysts estimate total AI capital expenditures could now climb above $1 trillion in 2027, following even bigger spending plans unveiled by the hyperscalers during Wednesday's tech earnings.
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[2026-05-01 03:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: 1 of 16 Anna Wintour and Sarah Jessica Parker greet one another with an embrace at a literary engagement at New York Public Library in NYC. Getty Images 2 of 16 Noah Beck goes for a jog while on the set of “Baywatch” in Venice Beach, Calif. Dsanchez/CPR / BACKGRID 3 of 16 Shakira greets fans after landing at Galeao Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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[2026-05-01 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: For a stock that's gone nowhere for six months, Apple sure has options traders excited.
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[2026-05-01 03:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: On Apple's first earnings call since the company announced its planned C-suite changes, traders on Kalshi think the company may discuss its creator studio, streaming platform and a fellow megacap tech company's artificial intelligence model.
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[2026-05-01 03:04 UTC+10:00] [Children's health] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Belgium’s federal government on Thursday approved a ban on flavored vapes, with only tobacco-flavored and unflavored e-cigarettes allowed on the market from September 2028.
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[2026-05-01 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A rare, double-wide Gilded Age mansion by Prospect Park in Brooklyn is on the market for $16 million, Gimme Shelter can reveal.
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[2026-05-01 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US inflation accelerated in March as the Iran war raised gasoline prices, bolstering financial market expectations that the Federal Reserve could keep interest rates unchanged well into next year.
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[2026-05-01 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Christine Quinn and Heather Rae El Moussa are sold on Season 10.
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