Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-15 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Morgan Stanley on Wednesday posted results that topped analyst estimates as the firm's trading operations generated $1 billion more in revenue than expected.
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[2026-04-15 20:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Iran war is "very close to over" with authorities in Tehran eager to agree a peace deal, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed in an interview broadcast Wednesday.
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[2026-04-15 20:33 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-15 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Snap's shares jumped on Wednesday after the company announced plans to lay off up to 16% of its global workforce in an effort to streamline operations.
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[2026-04-15 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Bank of America, the nation's second-largest lender, beat on the top and bottom lines during the first quarter, bolstered by equities sales and trading.
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[2026-04-15 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City welcomed 4.35 million visitors in March, but Tourism Board warns that war in the Middle East could bring volatility to the travel market
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[2026-04-15 19:17 UTC+10:00] [Art Basel Hong Kong] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City welcomed 4.35 million visitors in March, but Tourism Board warns that war in the Middle East could bring volatility to the travel market
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[2026-04-15 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Indonesia Stock Exchange] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AI, robotics and energy storage firms make up most of the record-high IPO pipeline of 520 hopefuls in Hong Kong, says Chan
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[2026-04-15 17:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Younger millionaires favor stocks, financial investments as real estate's share declines
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[2026-04-15 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-04-15 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Kering reported sales below expectations late Tuesday, as the luxury conglomerate's biggest brand, Gucci, remained a drag despite efforts by new CEO Luca de Meo to turn the company's fortunes around.
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[2026-04-15 16:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong’s biggest office deal this year signals return of confidence to city’s core commercial market
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[2026-04-15 16:50 UTC+10:00] [The Center] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong’s biggest office deal this year signals return of confidence to city’s core commercial market
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[2026-04-15 16:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hyundai Glovis is ramping up its logistics presence across the US by opening major new facilities on both the East and West Coasts as it seeks to bolster its supply chain competitiveness amid changing market conditions.
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[2026-04-15 16:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Electronics pushed back against market speculation of a crisis in its TV business, saying concerns are overstated despite ongoing challenges.
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[2026-04-15 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Shanghai-listed firm is selling 58.55 million shares, pricing them at a 31.2 per cent discount to their last-traded mainland stock price
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[2026-04-15 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Shanghai-listed firm is selling 58.55 million shares, pricing them at a 31.2 per cent discount to their last-traded mainland stock price
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[2026-04-15 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Gina Rinehart retained her ownership share of the Hope Downs operation, but the court ruled the family of her father's former business partner had the right to royalties. (Supplied)
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[2026-04-15 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — From Wall Street to Singapore, hedge funds are buying up the chance to claim lucrative but risky tariff refunds from Donald Trump's administration.
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[2026-04-15 15:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HD Construction Equipment said Wednesday it has sold 60 units of its 32-ton next-generation excavator, the HX320, in the domestic market within three months of its launch.
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[2026-04-15 15:27 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Google paid 28.3 billion won ($19.2 million) in corporate tax in South Korea last year, up 18 percent from a year earlier, but far below academic estimates of its actual earnings in the local market, newly disclosed audit reports showed Wednesday.
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[2026-04-15 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of Samsung SDS surged as much as 21.3% on Wednesday after global private equity firm KKR agreed to invest 1.22 trillion won ($820 million) of newly issued convertible bonds from the South Korean IT solutions and logistics provider.
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[2026-04-15 15:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: ASML raised its sales forecast for 2026 after it beat first-quarter revenue and profit expectations, driven by continued demand for chips related to AI.
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[2026-04-15 15:03 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Larvotto Resources is on track and on budget for a mid-2026 production startup at its Hillgrove antimony-gold project in New South Wales. The mine is shaping up to become a major supplier of antimony just as the commodity’s strategic stock rises in Canberra.
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[2026-04-15 15:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Hengyi's plant in Brunei. (Screenshot from Hengyi Industries' website)
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[2026-04-15 14:34 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Western Australia’s government is taking the extraordinary step of underwriting new apartment builds to address “market failure” in high-density housing in the state.
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[2026-04-15 14:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Australia's wealthiest person Gina Rinehart must part with some of her riches, a court has ruled in a high-profile dispute over her mining empire.
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[2026-04-15 13:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Operadores observan monitores cerca de una pantalla en donde se despliega el Índice Compuesto de Precios de Acciones de Corea (KOSPI), en la sede del Banco Hana, el miércoles 15 de abril de 2026, en Seúl, Corea del Sur. (AP Foto/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-04-15 13:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ruby Rose says she has formally completed a police report tied to explosive claims involving pop star Katy Perry, saying the move marks a turning point that prevents her from publicly discussing the case further.Rose claimed the alleged assault occurred nearly 20 years ago at the Spice Market nightclub in Melbourne, Australia.
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[2026-04-15 13:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
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[2026-04-15 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 15 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday voiced confidence in competing with a planned joint venture between global TV manufacturers TCL and Sony, insisting the market impact of the envisioned entity will likely be limited.
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[2026-04-15 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese and Hong Kong stocks rally on US-Iran dialogue hopes, falling oil prices and Wall Street gains
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[2026-04-15 12:28 UTC+10:00] [Hang Seng Index] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese and Hong Kong stocks rally on US-Iran dialogue hopes, falling oil prices and Wall Street gains
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[2026-04-15 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Career Save Leaders By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Career save leaders since 1969, when saves became an official major league statistic (x-active) 1.
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[2026-04-15 12:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Dentists say there is natural variation in the colour of people's teeth. (Adobe Stock)
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[2026-04-15 11:49 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Amazon.com’s $US11.6 billion ($16.3 billion) deal to buy Globalstar ramps up competition with Elon Musk’s Starlink in satellite communications, a market predicted to double to $US200 billion in the coming years.
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[2026-04-15 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 15 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol stressed that South Korea remains widely open to investment during a briefing with major global investors in the United States, underscoring the Seoul government's market reform efforts, his office said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-15 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 15 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares opened sharply higher Wednesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street, as hopes run high over a second round of peace talks between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-04-15 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Officials have warned that launching the betting scheme at this time would encourage participation in illegal prediction market gambling
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[2026-04-15 09:15 UTC+10:00] [public finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Officials have warned that launching the betting scheme at this time would encourage participation in illegal prediction market gambling
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[2026-04-15 09:00 UTC+10:00] [Eddie Kwok] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mainland buyers return in force as a stronger yuan, talent inflows and demand for new homes lift Hong Kong’s property market
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[2026-04-15 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mainland buyers return in force as a stronger yuan, talent inflows and demand for new homes lift Hong Kong’s property market
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[2026-04-15 07:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Financial Markets
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[2026-04-15 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 15 (Yonhap) -- Deposits held by trust companies in South Korea expanded 10 percent on-year in 2025, as investors parked more money in trust products amid a bullish stock market, data showed Wednesday.
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[2026-04-15 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: America’s biggest banks reported their strongest first-quarter profits in years, driven by a surge in trading — but JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned the US economy faces a growing list of global risks.
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[2026-04-15 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks rallied to the edge of their all-time high, and crude oil prices eased as hopes climbed that the United States and Iran may try again on talks to end their war.
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[2026-04-15 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The 90-year-old estate where famed fitness guru Richard Simmons lived for four decades before his death is returning to the market with a new asking price—and a “highly strategic” sales strategy that sees the property touted as a “development opportunity” and a chance to “create a world-class” dwelling.
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[2026-04-15 05:56 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Australian sharemarket is expected to rally on opening, and follow global markets higher, as oil prices ease and hopes climb that the United States and Iran may try again on talks to end their war and avoid a worst-case scenario for the global economy.
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[2026-04-15 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Trump's nominee for next Fed Chair, Kevin Warsh, disclosed assets with his wife, heiress Jane Lauder, that total at least $192 million, though - according to Bloomberg - "the actual figure for their holdings is certainly much higher", underscoring the extent of his close ties to Wall Street through personal investments and advisory positions.
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[2026-04-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Asian refineries that provide the bulk of Australia’s petrol and diesel are paying up to $US140 a barrel for readily available crude oil cargoes – well above prices of around $US100 for months-ahead deliveries – in a sign of what experts warn is a worsening supply crunch gripping the market.
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