Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-08 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Post’s sports betting and golf experts share their best bets to win the 2026 Masters.
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[2026-04-08 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of Apple sunk 4% Tuesday after reports that the company is facing engineering challenges with its highly anticipated foldable iPhones.
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[2026-04-08 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The MLB season continues on Tuesday, offering a great opportunity to get into the prediction market space. Use the Kalshi promo code NYPMAX to begin.
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[2026-04-08 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-08 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-08 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Meralco survived TNT’s ferocious fourth rally to eke out a 110-106 victory to grab a share of second spot in the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup on Tuesday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
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[2026-04-08 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: UnitedHealth Group shares surged more than 8% after federal regulators unveiled a stronger-than-expected Medicare Advantage payment increase, delivering relief to the health insurance giant and the broader managed-care sector.
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[2026-04-08 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Bill Ackman has unveiled a cash-and-stock bid for Universal Music Group valuing the music giant at roughly $65 billion — sending its shares soaring.
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[2026-04-08 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US stocks fell Tuesday morning and oil prices rose as President Trump’s 8 p.m. ET deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz quickly neared – and investors feared a deal would not be reached in time.
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[2026-04-07 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Benjamin Picton, Senior Market Strategist at Rabobank
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[2026-04-07 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Firms like YMTC and CXMT are scaling NAND and DRAM production, leveraging cost advantages and subsidies to challenge global leaders
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[2026-04-07 23:30 UTC+10:00] [YMTC] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Firms like YMTC and CXMT are scaling NAND and DRAM production, leveraging cost advantages and subsidies to challenge global leaders
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[2026-04-07 23:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Coca-Cola Arena has extended its Big Clearance Sale through the week, adding a new artisan market as the venue continues to adapt to a disrupted events calendar.
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[2026-04-07 22:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Conservation authorities share enforcement action figures, vow to ‘explore long-term management strategies for popular attractions’
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[2026-04-07 22:44 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Conservation authorities share enforcement action figures, vow to ‘explore long-term management strategies for popular attractions’
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[2026-04-07 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US futures reversed earlier gains and oil advanced following reports that Iran's Kharg island was targeted earlier on Tuesday, while the market was largely paralyzed ahead of Trump’s 8pm ET deadline for Iran to agree to a ceasefire or face escalation. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are down 0.4%, and Nasdaq futures slide 0.6%.
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[2026-04-07 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Fox is set to beam prediction market data into its vast media empire under a new sponsored integration with Kalshi that will inject real-time “odds” on major events into its news coverage.
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[2026-04-07 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Listing plan comes as giants Apple, Meta, Alibaba, Baidu, Xiaomi and Huawei, plus start-ups like Xreal, Rayneo, anticipate market growth
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[2026-04-07 21:30 UTC+10:00] [Alibaba] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Listing plan comes as giants Apple, Meta, Alibaba, Baidu, Xiaomi and Huawei, plus start-ups like Xreal, Rayneo, anticipate market growth
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[2026-04-07 20:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BANDUNG, Indonesia — Indonesian prosecutors charged 19 people with human trafficking on Tuesday for their alleged roles in buying babies from new parents and selling them at a profit to clients at home and abroad.
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[2026-04-07 20:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: ASML shares fell on Tuesday after U.S. lawmakers last week proposed further measures that would restrict China from additional chipmaking tools and potentially impact the Dutch chip giant's already fragile sales to the country.
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[2026-04-07 20:05 UTC+10:00] [Northeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-07 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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[2026-04-07 19:32 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Mixed stock market reaction to president’s comments, while IMF chief warns of inflation and slower growth
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[2026-04-07 19:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Jeepney drivers protest in Pasay City on April 7, 2026 to demand the repeal of the Oil Deregulation Law as diesel prices surge to an average of ₱147.60 per liter, with some premium pumps breaching the ₱170 mark following a massive ₱19.80 hike today. According to the transport group Manibela, the relentless weekly increases triggered by the ongoing US-Israel-Iran war have forced approximately 20 percent of jeepney drivers nationwide, roughly 30,000 units in Metro Manila alone, to stop operating entirely
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[2026-04-07 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: OVER the years, HashMicro has built solid insight into what Filipino businesses need from enterprise software. This accrued knowledge shaped a platform that reflects local business culture, regulatory requirements and the practical realities of running an organization in this market.
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[2026-04-07 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New CSRC rules curb short-term trading by major shareholders to boost investor confidence and encourage long-term market participation
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[2026-04-07 19:00 UTC+10:00] [CSRC] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New CSRC rules curb short-term trading by major shareholders to boost investor confidence and encourage long-term market participation
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[2026-04-07 18:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A Sinopec gas station in Beijing on March 9. Analysts say state-owned oil companies are shouldering increased costs by cutting profit margins on oil refining. © Reuters
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[2026-04-07 17:46 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Wall Street’s Gonzo research firm Citrini claimed to have made an important discovery when it sent an analyst to see first-hand what is happening in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow body of water that is deciding the future of the global economy.
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[2026-04-07 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The negotiation gap between US President Donald Trump and the Islamic Regime in Iran is too wide to narrow in time for Trump's 8 p.m. Tuesday deadline, The Wall Street Journal cited US officials as saying on Monday.
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[2026-04-07 17:02 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Red Metal Limited has delivered a high-value Easter surprise, rewarding its loyal backers with a direct slice of one of Australia’s most promising silver and copper-gold development plays. The company has unveiled plans for a major in-specie distribution of its ASX-listed Maronan Metals shares, a tactical move aimed at unlocking the full potential of both entities.
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[2026-04-07 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Officials from major global investment banks and local lenders said Tuesday volatility in the South Korean foreign exchange (FX) market is expected to ease when tensions in the Middle East subside given the country's solid economic fundamentals and stable foreign currency liquidity, according to the finance ministry.
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[2026-04-07 16:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Bill Ackman's Pershing Square said Tuesday it is planning to buy Universal Music Group in a cash and stock deal.
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[2026-04-07 16:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: China’s Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. is rapidly closing in on the world’s top makers of NAND flash memory, scaling production and advancing into higher-layer chips at a faster-than-expected pace. Korean chipmakers, long dominant in the market, are accelerating their shift to advanced nodes to defend their technological lead against a fast-rising Chinese challenger once seen as a clear underdog.
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[2026-04-07 16:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea saw a sharp increase in the number of companies facing potential delisting in the first quarter as regulators stepped up efforts to tighten market oversight.
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[2026-04-07 15:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SpaceX’s long-anticipated initial public offering is gaining momentum for a potential June debut, with investor attention increasingly focused on a possible easing of lock-up restrictions that could affect early share price stability.
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[2026-04-07 15:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Four months after a sweeping data breach that put its dominance in question, e-commerce giant Coupang has held, if not tightened, its grip on the country's online retail market, data showed Tuesday.
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[2026-04-07 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Private equity] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: These companies now own everything from nurseries to care homes, squeezing vital services for profit while we foot the bill
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[2026-04-07 14:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Mirae Asset Global Investments said Tuesday that net assets in its Tiger Semiconductor Top10 ETF have surpassed 10 trillion won ($6.62 billion), underscoring strong investor demand for semiconductor shares as spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure accelerates.
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[2026-04-07 14:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Solid appliance sales, B2B growth drive earnings above expectations
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[2026-04-07 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Exclusive Content] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-04-07 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei index at a securities firm Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-04-07 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: There is little doubt that the crisis caused by Iran’s threatening of civilian shipping the Strait of Hormuz is now a global one. However, the clamour surrounding energy shortages, market fluctuations and disrupted supply chains can obscure the price being paid by one of the most vulnerable communities in the eye of the storm – the estimated 20,000 seafarers trapped in the Gulf.
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[2026-04-07 12:38 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: GC Wellbeing announced Tuesday that it contracted a deal for exporting GCelle Rebornne to Japan, accelerating its expansion into the Asian medical aesthetics market.
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[2026-04-07 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A women uses an iPhone mobile device as she passes a lighted Apple logo at the Apple store at Grand Central Terminal in New York City on April 14, 2023. The company's long-awaited entry into the foldable smartphone market is encountering some engineering testing issues, Nikkei Asia has learned. © Reuters
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[2026-04-07 12:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS byline, details throughout, photo)By Kang Yoon-seung
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[2026-04-07 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of Samsung Electronics rose as much as 4.8% on Tuesday after the South Korean technology giant forecast record quarterly profit amid strong demand for artificial intelligence chips. Shares later pared gains to trade up 0.52%.In its preliminary earnings guidance, Samsung projected its operating profit for the January-March quarter to reach 57.2 trillion won ($37.8 billion), up more than eightfold from just 6.69 trillion won a year ago.
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[2026-04-07 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The gap between Washington and Tehran cannot be bridged before President Donald Trump’s deadline expires, The Wall Street Journal reported, quoting US officials.
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[2026-04-07 11:59 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 7, 2026 — 11:59am
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