Topic: Tax & Budget — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-29 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Unions sometimes destroy entire industries when they demand more than companies can afford.
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[2026-04-29 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who is currently running for New York governor, ripped Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax proposal in an interview with The Post — branding it the latest left-wing policy that is “losing businesses and jobs each and every day”.
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[2026-04-29 03:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Call this place fit for a king.
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[2026-04-29 03:34 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — The European Parliament voted for an EU budget exceeding €2 trillion for the next seven-year cycle. Germany and its frugal allies will fight hard to keep that from happening.
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[2026-04-29 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARCHIVO – La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, habla en su conferencia de prensa matutina en el Palacio Nacional de Ciudad de México, el 28 de noviembre de 2025. (AP Foto/Marco Ugarte, Archivo)
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[2026-04-29 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SYDNEY, Australia — Australia on Tuesday unveiled draft laws that would tax Meta, Google and TikTok unless they voluntarily strike deals to pay local outlets for news.
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[2026-04-29 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Tuesday warned that rising government debt levels could trigger a crisis in the bond market, urging policymakers to act before markets force their hand.
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[2026-04-29 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: OpenAI fell short of internal revenue and new user goals ahead of a potential IPO later this year – raising concerns about whether it will be able to offset massive spending on AI, according to a report.
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[2026-04-29 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: European airlines will fail if the price of jet fuel remains elevated over the summer, the CEO of budget airline Ryanair warned.
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[2026-04-29 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Shopping] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: I spent a month testing anti-consumption strategies, from cash stuffing to ditching Amazon Prime, to find the ones that genuinely cut my spending
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[2026-04-28 23:21 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-04-28 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are lower, dragged by tech, following a report that OpenAI missed revenue and user targets and there growing internal pushback against Sam Altman's notorious aggressive spending (the company has $1.5 trillion in commitment it won't be able to meet), which is hitting semiconductors and the broader supply chain.
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[2026-04-28 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of companies tied to artificial intelligence infrastructure tumbled in early trading Tuesday after a report that OpenAI has fallen short of internal growth expectations, raising fresh questions about whether the pace of spending across the sector is sustainable.
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[2026-04-28 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ed Miliband, the UK's energy and net zero minister, has said his government will tax windfall profits for companies like BP to help with the cost of living crisis fuelled by the war on Iran.
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[2026-04-28 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Study shows mainland Chinese tourists returning in force, but spending habits have shifted towards value and selective purchases
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[2026-04-28 20:58 UTC+10:00] [mainland visitors] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Study shows mainland Chinese tourists returning in force, but spending habits have shifted towards value and selective purchases
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[2026-04-28 20:55 UTC+10:00] [Agriculture] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The European Parliament on Tuesday voted in favor of making the bloc’s next seven-year budget 10 percent higher than a proposal from the European Commission, which would take EU spending to more than €2 trillion.
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[2026-04-28 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The home pages of Meta, Google and TikTok are displayed on devices in Sydney, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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[2026-04-28 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS — Ryanair, Transavia, Volotea and other low-cost airlines are feeling the financial pain from high jet fuel prices as a result of the Middle East war and are cutting flights.
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[2026-04-28 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Angola volta a registar milhões de kwanzas em prejuízos para o Estado num novo esquema defraude fiscal qualificada, agora revelado pela Administração Geral Tributária (AGT), envolvendo uma empresa contribuinte e técnicos da própria instituição. A nova denúncia de esquemas de corrupção na AGT está a provocar reações intensas na sociedade angolana.
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[2026-04-28 17:48 UTC+10:00] [NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tigers star agrees to $1.2m-a-season tax-free deal after PNG visit
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[2026-04-28 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin slammed Rep. Rosa DeLauro for being “uninformed” Monday after the Connecticut Democrat completely lost it and suggested he drink weed killer during a heated congressional budget hearing.
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[2026-04-28 16:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Ryanair, Transavia, Volotea and other low-cost airlines are feeling the financial pain from high jet fuel prices as a result of the Middle East war and are cutting flights.
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[2026-04-28 16:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Public spending repositioned as tool for industrial policy and competitiveness
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[2026-04-28 14:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence Industry
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[2026-04-28 14:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Court says key content storage and transmission functions were carried out by overseas entities, not Netflix’s Korean unit
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[2026-04-28 13:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The “billionaire tax” is a bad socialist idea that is already centuries old.
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[2026-04-28 13:48 UTC+10:00] [Housing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defenders of the Howard-era discount say ‘if you tax something more, you’ll get less of it’. But less investors in the housing market is a good thing
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[2026-04-28 13:31 UTC+10:00] [Debt] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team nehmen Euch mit durch die Hauptstadt - kurz, präzise, hintergründig. Montags bis freitags ab 5 Uhr.
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[2026-04-28 13:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Former Malacañang spokesman Harry Roque late on Monday denied the tax evasion complaint filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) against himself, his wife Mylah, and his legal counsel, Percival Ortega.
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[2026-04-28 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's tax authorities said Tuesday they will begin receiving filings under the new global minimum corporate tax regime from more than 2,500 multinational enterprises next month.
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[2026-04-28 12:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The “billionaire tax” has qualified for the ballot, according to the union organizers who launched it. It may lose in November. It may be thrown out by the courts.
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[2026-04-28 12:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- Lottery sales in South Korea are expected to increase 4 percent next year compared with this year's projection to about 8.42 trillion won (US$5.71 billion), the Ministry of Planning and Budget said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-28 10:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Zohran Mamdani is pleading with the City Council to sign off on a budget extension — as the freshman city leader scrambles to try to milk Albany for more money with his wish list of new taxes DOA, The Post has learned.
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[2026-04-28 10:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) under the stewardship of its chief, Persida Rueda-Acosta, has emerged as the only attached agency of the Department of Justice (DOJ) that achieved a perfect score based on the 2025 Annual Agency Performance Review (AAPR) of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
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[2026-04-28 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rising pension burdens and social security subsidies are also straining public finances – though trends remain uneven, analysts say
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[2026-04-28 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Allen Feng] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rising pension burdens and social security subsidies are also straining public finances – though trends remain uneven, analysts say
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[2026-04-28 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 95]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: The Australian Taxation Office says all sources of income, including that made through interest, rental income, side hustles and cash jobs, must be declared. Source: Getty / Andrzej Rostek
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[2026-04-28 09:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday touted the tax office's ongoing search for hidden overseas assets, calling tax justice a "very important value."
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[2026-04-28 09:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Despite a $7.1 billion hole, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has pushed back against any serious cutting to his budget and instead wants to delay required payments to city pension funds.
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[2026-04-28 09:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California’s controversial billionaire tax could eventually hit more than just the people at the top of the financial food chain — eventually hurting the everyday Californian — according to a powerful Sacramento business group.
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[2026-04-28 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Auto rickshaw drivers protest rising fuel prices on April 7 in Lahore, Pakistan. © Reuters
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[2026-04-28 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The most important thing about California’s proposed billionaire wealth tax is not that it targets billionaires.
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[2026-04-28 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Interior Secretary Doug Burgum testifies during a Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies hearing on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2027 on Capitol Hill Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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[2026-04-28 06:42 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Club chief says ‘anodyne acknowledgments’ can be ‘overworked’. Follow today’s news live
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[2026-04-28 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: London’s battered luxury housing market is emerging as a cautionary tale for New York, as far-left Mayor Zohran Mamdani pushes a pied-à-terre tax that critics warn could trigger a similar exodus of wealthy homeowners.
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[2026-04-28 05:35 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Government assures the public that none of the funds of the approved 2026 supplementary budget of Rs. 500 billion and the other donors’ fund of Rs. 9,583 million allocated towards rebuilding Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah will be misused or transferred to any other accounts except for post-disaster restoration work, Labour Minister and Finance and Planning Deputy Minister Dr.
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[2026-04-28 05:19 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-04-28 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Billionaire Sergey Brin has broken his silence on California’s proposed billionaire tax — invoking his Soviet upbringing as new details surface on a tense showdown with Gov. Gavin Newsom and his Trump-loving ‘gut influencer’ girlfriend.
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[2026-04-28 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People supporting Billionaire Tax Now hold up signs at the 2026 California Democratic Party State Convention in San Francisco, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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