Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-04-07 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Celltrion Inc., a leading South Korean biopharmaceutical company, said Tuesday its biosimilar Truxima, used to treat blood cancers, claimed the largest share of prescriptions in the United States in February.
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[2026-04-07 11:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-07 10:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Wall Street stocks pushed higher Monday on hopes for a ceasefire in the Middle East conflict even as oil prices also climbed.
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[2026-04-07 10:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul shares opened higher Tuesday, led by gains in technology shares after Samsung Electronics Co. reported record earnings in the first quarter.
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[2026-04-07 10:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares opened higher Tuesday, led by gains in technology shares after Samsung Electronics Co. reported record earnings in the first quarter.
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[2026-04-07 10:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Conflict in the Middle East is overshadowing the outlook for South Korea's Samsung Electronics. © Reuters
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[2026-04-07 10:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Conflict in the Middle East is overshadowing the outlook for South Korea's Samsung Electronics. © Reuters
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[2026-04-07 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mainland’s stock market watchdog is discouraging establishment of ‘red-chip-structured’ companies in sensitive industries
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[2026-04-07 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mainland’s stock market watchdog is discouraging establishment of ‘red-chip-structured’ companies in sensitive industries
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[2026-04-07 09:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline; ADDS more details in para 6, last 8 paras, photo)By Kang Yoon-seung
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[2026-04-07 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher Tuesday, tracking Wall Street gains, as traders assess mixed messaging on Iran war.
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[2026-04-07 09:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Electronics posted record-breaking quarterly earnings that far exceeded market expectations, driven by surging demand for AI memory chips.
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[2026-04-07 08:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS byline, details throughout)By Kang Yoon-seung
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[2026-04-07 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: New bet365 bettors looking to close out the college basketball season strong can lock in a profit on their first wager. Using the bet365 bonus code, bettors can score huge bonus bets for this year’s national title game.
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[2026-04-07 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. stock market drifted higher in tentative trading ahead of a deadline President Donald Trump has set to bomb Iranian power plants.
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[2026-04-07 05:44 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has taken steps to purchase 90,000 metric tons of crude oil (WTI) from the United States to meet Sri Lanka’s future crude oil requirements. Accordingly, the crude oil stock is scheduled to arrive in the country by the last week in May, Managing Director of the CPC and the Petroleum Bulk Terminal Company Dr.
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[2026-04-07 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Investors are growing more cautious about companies making big deals as conflict in the Middle East clouds the macroeconomic outlook. (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita)
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[2026-04-07 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Cargills Bank has launched the Cargills Bank Ocean Plastic Debit Card, marking the first time such a product has been introduced to the Sri Lankan market.
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[2026-04-07 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A Sri Lankan passenger who tried to smuggle into the country a stock of ‘Kush’ worth Rs. 113.4 million was nabbed at the Katunayake Airport by a group of officers of the Customs Narcotics Control Division yesterday.
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[2026-04-07 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-04-07 05:26 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Wall Street has pared some of its earlier gains after President Donald Trump said Iran could be “taken out in one night” as he warned Tehran it had to make a deal by the deadline of Tuesday night (Wednesday AEST) or face a wider bombing campaign.
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[2026-04-07 05:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: This red lip color inspired a love story of its own.
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[2026-04-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Claire Ho and her partner, both 23, were determined to buy a property. Instead of taking holidays, shopping and dining out, they decided to save most of their earnings.
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[2026-04-07 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: As the world's oil traders parsed satellite images and official statements for clues on the fate of the Strait of Hormuz, one research firm seems to have taken a different approach: It claims that it sent an analyst directly into the conflict zone.
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[2026-04-07 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Oliver Hunter is one of many comedians doing a financial juggling act in order to afford a run at the prestigious Melbourne International Comedy Festival. (Supplied)
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[2026-04-07 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: FOR decades, farm-to-market roads were touted as the solution to agricultural productivity because these roads could lower the cost of transporting the harvests from the farms to the cities and communities. Farm-to-market roads are among the most politically popular and intuitively sensible public investments. They promise to connect farmers to markets, cut transport costs, reduce post-harvest losses, and bring rural communities into the economic mainstream.
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[2026-04-07 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-04-06 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The 2026 Masters tees off Thursday, and new users can apply the Polymarket promo code NYPMAX to skip the line and receive $20 in bonuses that you can apply to trades on this year’s trip to Augusta, or any other market of your choosing.
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[2026-04-06 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE is “well positioned” to rank among the world's top five global exporters in the next five years as it boosts trade agreements internationally and extends its role in emerging market trade corridors, according to analysts.
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[2026-04-06 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US stock futures rose, but were off session highs (and lows) and crude oil dipped as the bipolar market focused its attention on a report of a push to secure a potential ceasefire in the war in Iran, following a reversal in those exact same hopes late last week. As of 8:00am ET S&P 500 futures added 0.1% in light trading after the Easter holiday, reversing an earlier loss of as much as 0.8%, but also off session highs.
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[2026-04-06 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As Americans struggle amid the threat of higher inflation, Lockheed Martin, Shell and other companies are experiencing gains
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[2026-04-06 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Catholic faithful around the world gathered on Easter Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and to share a message of hope.
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[2026-04-06 17:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LS Eco Energy said it posted an operating margin of around 7 percent in 2025, demonstrating a differentiated profit structure.
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[2026-04-06 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES photos; ADDS bond yields at bottom)
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[2026-04-06 17:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks closed higher Monday as investors awaited for Samsung Electronics' first-quarter earnings guidance this week, while they digested Washington's renewed threat on Iran. The Korean won fell against the US dollar.
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[2026-04-06 16:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed higher Monday as investors awaited for Samsung Electronics' first-quarter earnings guidance this week, while they digested Washington's renewed threat on Iran. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar.
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[2026-04-06 16:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LG Group's affiliates are converging on the humanoid robot component market in a pattern that mirrors a playbook the conglomerate has already deployed elsewhere.
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[2026-04-06 15:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Every year at San Mames, the iconic home of Athletic Club in Bilbao, local fans pause to recognise and celebrate players not from their own club, but those who share a unique value with the Basque outfit - loyalty.
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[2026-04-06 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the implications of China’s five-year plan on Southeast Asia, and AI and journalism
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[2026-04-06 13:30 UTC+10:00] [china five-year-plan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the implications of China’s five-year plan on Southeast Asia, and AI and journalism
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[2026-04-06 13:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: As demand grows for everything from lightsabers to costumes, experts explain what makes a film prop valuable – and why the market is only just getting started
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[2026-04-06 12:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-04-06 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks continued to trade higher late Monday morning as investors anticipated a strong performance by Samsung Electronics in its first-quarter earnings guidance this week, boosting optimism in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry.
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[2026-04-06 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Meghan Markle took to social media on Easter Sunday to share a series of adorable glimpses of her kids enjoying the holiday.
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[2026-04-06 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Bursa Malaysia, the country's stock exchange, is expected to play a key role in the new capital market master plan published by the securities regulator. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Yuki Kohara and Akira Kodaka)
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[2026-04-06 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Tensions in the Middle East due to the U.S.-Iran war and elevated oil prices continued to impact the stock market this week. Investors with a long-term investment horizon should look beyond near-term challenges and capitalize on the ongoing volatility to pick stocks trading at attractive valuations.
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[2026-04-06 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Catholic faithful around the world gathered on Easter Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and to share a message of hope.
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