[2026-08-12 12:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Cha Eun-woo eyes new drama after W13b tax payment

Snippet: Actor and K-pop star Cha Eun-woo is considering a role in the upcoming drama "Seorabeol Knife," marking a possible first acting project after he paid a 13 billion won ($9.2 million) tax assessment in April.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10838615

[2026-08-12 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China has always had a legal framework for taxation. Why is it now increasing enforcement?

Snippet: Declining fiscal revenue is prompting tax authorities to scrutinize offshore trusts and equity gains

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3363657/china-has-always-had-legal-framework-taxation-why-it-now-increasing-enforcement?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-08-12 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China has always had a legal framework for taxation. Why is it now increasing enforcement?

Snippet: Declining fiscal revenue is prompting tax authorities to scrutinize offshore trusts and equity gains

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3363657/china-has-always-had-legal-framework-taxation-why-it-now-increasing-enforcement

[2026-08-12 11:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: New York Post

Title: Architect of California’s billionaire tax plots national push as state’s richest flee

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/11/us-news/californias-billionaire-tax-is-a-national-campaign-says-labor-leader/

[2026-08-12 11:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South Korea

Title: Supreme Court orders Samsung Securities to pay damages to NPS over 2018 dividend error

Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Samsung Securities Co. to pay the National Pension Service (NPS) 1.86 billion won (US$1.3 million) in damages over a 2018 dividend error by an accidental stock issuance.

Read full article: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260812003351315

[2026-08-12 11:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South Korea

Title: (URGENT) Supreme Court orders Samsung Securities to pay damages to National Pension Service over dividend error

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Read full article: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260812003300315

[2026-08-12 09:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Hochul tries to distance herself from Mamdani’s bungled rollout of her pied-à-terre tax — and it could haunt her: insiders

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/11/us-news/hochul-tries-to-distance-herself-from-mamdanis-bungled-rollout-of-her-pied-a-terre-tax-and-it-could-haunt-her-insiders/

[2026-08-12 08:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Meet the NYers fighting Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax in court: ‘The city botched this’

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/11/us-news/meet-the-nyers-fighting-mamdanis-pied-a-terre-tax-in-court/

[2026-08-12 08:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Cowardly Kathy Hochul tries to disown her NYC pied-à-terre tax

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/11/opinion/cowardly-kathy-hochul-tries-to-disown-her-nyc-pied-a-terre-tax/

[2026-08-12 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: California Orders NGO Serving As "Financial Backbone" For Singham-Linked Marxism Causes To Cease Operations

Snippet: Foreign policy investigator Adam Kredo of The Washington Free Beacon revealed on Monday that California regulators ordered Arc of Justice, a nonprofit operated by left-wing Code Pink cofounder Medea Benjamin, to cease charitable operations after years of missing tax filings and unanswered questions about what happened to $51 million in reported assets.

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/california-orders-ngo-serving-financial-backbone-singham-linked-marxism-causes-cease

[2026-08-12 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: Hegseth Pushes $1.5 Trillion Military Budget As Tribute To Lindsey Graham

Snippet: Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/hegseth-pushes-15-trillion-military-budget-tribute-lindsey-graham

[2026-08-12 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Shut Sydney Chinatown cream puff eatery owes tax office $845,000

Snippet: Topic:Hospitality Industry

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/cream-puff-chinatown-sydney-shop-closure-tax-owed/107024884

[2026-08-12 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: US faults China over opaque overseas lending, warns of emerging-market debt risks

Snippet: US State Department introduces tougher disclosure requirement covering sovereign loans, liabilities and collateral

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3363707/us-faults-china-over-opaque-overseas-lending-warns-emerging-market-debt-risks?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-08-12 06:55 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: US faults China over opaque overseas lending, warns of emerging-market debt risks

Snippet: US State Department introduces tougher disclosure requirement covering sovereign loans, liabilities and collateral

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3363707/us-faults-china-over-opaque-overseas-lending-warns-emerging-market-debt-risks

[2026-08-12 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Steve Hilton reveals sweeping plan to re-shape California and deliver huge tax cuts

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/11/us-news/steve-hilton-unveils-plan-to-reshape-california-with-proposed-tax-cuts/

[2026-08-12 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: LA Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford hit with $534K tax debt ahead of 2026 NFL season

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://pagesix.com/2026/08/11/entertainment/la-rams-quarterback-matthew-stafford-hit-with-534k-tax-debt-ahead-of-2026-nfl-season/

[2026-08-12 05:01 UTC+10:00] [Money / Super & retirement] [Factuality: 95]

Source: The Age

Title: There are three types of super fund. Are you in the right one?

Snippet: When compulsory super was introduced by the Keating Labor government in 1992, few predicted the extraordinary growth of total superannuation savings to the nearly $5 trillion it represents today.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/money/super-and-retirement/there-are-three-types-of-super-fund-are-you-in-the-right-one-20260804-p60lan.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-08-12 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: The humiliation of KPMG’s lawyers is almost complete

Snippet: Most companies at risk of being dragged into a corporate scandal will do anything to get out of the blast zone. They’ll spin, distract and turn on each other. Just ask KPMG. In 2023 its chief executive Andrew Yates said the decision by staff at his rival, PwC, to leak details of a confidential Australian government tax crackdown was “clearly unethical and unacceptable”.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/the-humiliation-of-kpmg-s-lawyers-is-almost-complete-20260811-p60n94.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-08-12 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: CNBC

Title: Trump says NYC pied-à-terre tax 'must be stopped,' eyes federal block

Snippet: President Donald Trump on Tuesday decried New York City's pied-à-terre tax and said he is exploring whether the federal government "has any legal right to avert this disaster, before it is too late."

Read full article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/trump-nyc-pied-a-terre-tax-mamdani-lawsuit.html

[2026-08-12 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: California county caught illegally using taxpayer money to promote sales tax hike

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/11/us-news/california-county-caught-illegally-using-taxpayer-money-to-promote-tax-hike/

[2026-08-12 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Trump rips Hochul, Mamdani pied-à-terre tax as ‘amateur hour’ that’ll ‘ruin’ NYC

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/11/us-news/trump-rips-hochul-mamdani-pied-a-terre-tax-as-amateur-hour-thatll-ruin-nyc/

[2026-08-12 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Former Taylor Farms exec accused of lavish spending on Hawaii mansion, ‘gambling and women’

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/11/business/former-taylor-farms-exec-accused-of-lavish-spending-on-hawaii-mansion-gambling-and-women/

[2026-08-12 02:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: Despite Record Surge In Subprime Car Loan Originations, US Household Debt Dropped In Q2: First Since COVID

Snippet: Something unprecedented happened in the second quarter: aggregate household debt balances declined by $13 billion, a 0.1% decline from Q1. Balances stood at $18.8 trillion, up $4.6 trillion since the end of 2019, just before the pandemic recession. But the reason why we say it was unprecedented, is that the Q2 drop was the first quarterly decline in total household debt since the second quarter of 2020, when the US economy was gripped by the covid lockdown shock leading to

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/despite-record-surge-subprime-car-loan-originations-us-household-debt-dropped-q2-first

[2026-08-12 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Government debt projected to hit record P21.5T next year

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Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/08/12/business/top-business/government-debt-projected-to-hit-record-p215t-next-year/2403290

[2026-08-12 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Marcos: P7.2T budget an investment in Filipinos

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Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/08/12/news/national/marcos-p72t-budget-an-investment-in-filipinos/2403256

[2026-08-12 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Tax deadlines extended in habagat-affected areas

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Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/08/12/business/top-business/tax-deadlines-extended-in-habagat-affected-areas/2403291

[2026-08-12 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Evergrande wins HK$6b debt-recovery case after court rejects ‘fabricated’ claims

Snippet: Debt stemmed from March 2021, when Evergrande subsidiary State Hero reached agreement to lend HK$5 billion to Yingjia International

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3363693/evergrande-wins-hk6b-debt-recovery-case-after-court-rejects-fabricated-claims?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-08-12 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Court rules Evergrande can recover HK$6b debt after ‘fabricated’ claims rejected

Snippet: Debt stemmed from March 2021, when Evergrande subsidiary State Hero reached agreement to lend HK$5 billion to Yingjia International

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3363693/evergrande-wins-hk6b-debt-recovery-case-after-court-rejects-fabricated-claims

[2026-08-12 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: "The City Screwed This Up": Judge Temporarily Blocks Mamdani's Pied-A-Terre Tax Scheme

Snippet: A New York judge temporarily halted Mayor Zohran Mamdani's socialist experiment to impose a new tax on luxury second homes, ordering far-left City Hall officials to remove a controversial list doxing more than 900,000 homeowners from the public domain

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/city-screwed-judge-temporarily-blocks-mamdanis-pied-terre-tax-scheme

[2026-08-11 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]

Source: AP News

Title: 7 personal finance tips for college students

Snippet: Emily Danenhower, 17, loads her container as grandparents Rena Ruben and Walter McClain help move her into college as students moved into their dorms during move-in-day at Temple University in Philadelphia, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/college-students-personal-finance-savings-debt-2ae248cebee2d727681398d5b48d2863

[2026-08-11 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Pete Hegseth] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon picks raise questions over Trump family business ties

Snippet: Two advisers have links to a venture fund co-investing in US defense companies that benefit from federal spending

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/pete-hegseth-pentagon-picks-trump-family-business

[2026-08-11 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: CNBC

Title: Wall Street just endorsed Jensen Huang's 'big concept' for AI. What now?

Snippet: The first three-plus years of the artificial intelligence buildout has been paid for through record amounts of equity and debt issued by the world's leading tech companies, some of whom are spending so much of their existing capital that they've turned cash-flow negative.

Read full article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/wall-street-endorsed-jensen-huangs-big-concept-for-ai-what-now.html

[2026-08-11 19:28 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Rappler

Title: Marcos gov’t seeks P112 billion in unprogrammed funds for 2027

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Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/unprogrammed-appropriations-budget-proposal-2027/

[2026-08-11 18:29 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Rappler

Title: Top 10 agencies with biggest allocations in proposed 2027 budget

Snippet: 2027 BUDGET. Department of Budget and Management Acting Secretary Kim De Leon (right) turnsover the proposed P7.2-trillion National Expenditure Program for 2027 to House Speaker Bojie Dy III (left) on August 11, 2026.

Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/top-10-agencies-biggest-allocations-proposed-2027-budget/

[2026-08-11 16:45 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Rappler

Title: DPWH seeks P107.4 billion for flood control projects in 2027

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Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/dpwh-flood-control-project-budget-proposal-2027/

[2026-08-11 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Gold breakout rally sends Chinese bullion stocks near highs as central banks keep buying

Snippet: Sovereign-debt risks and reserve diversification seen helping revive investor optimism in the precious-metals market

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3363620/gold-breakout-rally-sends-chinese-bullion-stocks-near-highs-central-banks-keep-buying?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-08-11 16:00 UTC+10:00] [gold] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Gold breakout rally sends Chinese bullion stocks near highs as central banks keep buying

Snippet: Sovereign-debt risks and reserve diversification seen helping revive investor optimism in the precious-metals market

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3363620/gold-breakout-rally-sends-chinese-bullion-stocks-near-highs-central-banks-keep-buying

[2026-08-11 14:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Foreign card spending in Korea up nearly tenfold in 3 years

Snippet: Spending in South Korea via cards issued overseas has risen nearly tenfold over the past three and a half years, according to a report released Tuesday.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10837400

[2026-08-11 14:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: House receives proposed 2027 national budget from Palace, vows rigorous scrutiny

Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives has received the copy of the 2027 National Expenditure Program, a spending plan Speaker Faustino Dy 3rd said would be subjected to rigorous scrutiny to ensure that every peso would be spent for the benefit of all Filipinos.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/08/11/news/house-receives-proposed-2027-national-budget-from-palace-vows-rigorous-scrutiny/2402582

[2026-08-11 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Financial Times

Title: Carbon tax will hit EU’s budget airlines where it hurts

Snippet: "Expert, reliable, considered, actionable opinion"

Read full article: https://www.ft.com/content/763128ff-8287-49f7-8369-039822f3bbfb

[2026-08-11 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Financial Times

Title: Carbon tax will hit EU’s budget airlines where it hurts

Snippet: "Expert, reliable, considered, actionable opinion"

Read full article: https://www.ft.com/content/763128ff-8287-49f7-8369-039822f3bbfb?syn-25a6b1a6=1

[2026-08-11 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Google billionaire throws $100M at battle over California tax

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/10/us-news/sergey-brin-spends-100m-fighting-california-billionaire-tax/

[2026-08-11 11:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Former Air Force Secretary says he'll sue Trump administration

Snippet: Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall speaks during a Senate Armed Services budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/air-force-secretary-kendall-trump-security-clearance-8f01d256e14c93697d25ece49691621f

[2026-08-11 11:06 UTC+10:00] [New York] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Judge temporarily blocks Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax on second homes

Snippet: New York mayor’s office plans to appeal ruling, which comes after homeowners sued over property surcharges last week

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/10/judge-pauses-zohran-mamdani-pied-a-terre-tax-second-homes

[2026-08-11 10:52 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: Property prices could slump by almost 15 per cent, major bank warns

Snippet: Property prices could slump by almost 15 per cent over this year and next, economists with the ANZ bank have warned, citing interest rates, low levels of affordability and the federal government’s property tax changes.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/property-prices-could-slump-by-almost-15-per-cent-major-bank-warns-20260811-p60n7r.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-08-11 10:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Foreigners' credit card spending surges nearly 10-fold in June from 2023 level: report

Snippet: Credit card spending by foreigners in June surged to nearly 10 times the level from three years earlier amid a sharp increase in overseas visitors, a report showed Tuesday.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10836836

[2026-08-11 09:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South Korea

Title: Foreigners' credit card spending surges nearly 10-fold in June from 2023 level: report

Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- Credit card spending by foreigners in June surged to nearly 10 times the level from three years earlier amid a sharp increase in overseas visitors, a report showed Tuesday.

Read full article: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260811001300320

[2026-08-11 08:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South Korea

Title: (EDITORIAL from Korea Herald on Aug. 11)

Snippet: Tax resistance'Bus housing' idea sparks anger as tax overhaul plan provokes backlash

Read full article: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260811000700315

[2026-08-11 07:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: CNBC

Title: Trump Media posts $238 million second-quarter loss as crypto declines

Snippet: Trump Media & Technology Group on Monday reported a net loss of more than $238 million for its fiscal second quarter on revenue of less than $2 million.

Read full article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/trump-media-djt-tmtg-earnings-truth-social-crypto.html

[2026-08-11 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: NY judge approves temporary pause of Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax rollout after NYC homeowners sued

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/10/us-news/ny-judge-approves-temporary-pause-of-mamdanis-pied-a-terre-tax-rollout/