📰 Advanced Business Intel

Fast and simple business news scraper for Apify. Searches Google News using organization name + domain to find business intelligence articles.

🚀 Quick Start

Input Format

Provide organizations as "Name:Domain" pairs:

{
  "organizations": [
    "GXS Bank:gxs.com.sg",
    "Grab Limited:grab.com",
    "Sea Ltd:sea.com"
  ],
  "maxResults": 50,
  "dateRange": "week"
}

Output

Returns articles with title, source, date, URL, and search metadata. Only articles from the last 180 days are included.

{
  "title": "GXS Bank Raises $100M Series B",
  "source": "TechCrunch",
  "published_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00",
  "url": "https://...",
  "searched_organization": "GXS Bank",
  "searched_domain": "gxs.com.sg"
}

🔍 What It Searches

Each organization search looks for:

• Hiring & Layoffs: Job openings, recruitment, workforce changes
• Funding: Investment rounds, Series A/B/C, capital raises
• Leadership: CEO, CFO, executive appointments
• M&A: Acquisitions, mergers, partnerships
• Product Launches: New products, releases, expansions

⚙️ Configuration Options

Parameter	Description	Default
organizations	List of "Name:Domain" strings	Required
maxResults	Max articles per organization (minimum 100)	100
includeDuplicates	Include duplicate articles	false
dateRange	Time filter (any/day/week/month)	week
language	Language code (en for global English)	en
country	Country code (US for global coverage)	US
contentRegion	Content region (US:en for English news)	US:en

🌍 Regional Settings

Global English (default) - Recommended for English news:

{
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "contentRegion": "US:en"
}

Singapore - For Singapore-specific news:

{
  "language": "en-SG",
  "country": "SG",
  "contentRegion": "SG:en"
}

Indonesia - For Indonesian-language news:

{
  "language": "id",
  "country": "ID",
  "contentRegion": "ID:id"
}

⚡ Performance

• Speed: ~1 second per organization (optimized API queries)
• Coverage: 100-200 articles per organization (minimum 100 guaranteed)
• Filtering: Only articles from last 180 days
• Deduplication: Automatic removal of duplicate articles
• Efficiency: Single API call per organization (8x faster than previous implementation)

🎯 Use Cases

• Competitor Analysis: Track competitor news and announcements
• Investment Research: Monitor portfolio companies
• Market Intelligence: Stay updated on industry trends
• Brand Monitoring: Track mentions of your company

📝 Example Searches

Singapore Companies:

{
  "organizations": [
    "SleekFlow:sleekflow.io",
    "StashAway:stashaway.sg",
    "Funding Societies:fundingsocieties.com"
  ]
}

Global Companies:

{
  "organizations": [
    "Apple Inc.:apple.com",
    "Microsoft Corporation:microsoft.com"
  ],
  "language": "en-US",
  "country": "US"
}

🛡️ Error Handling

• If one organization fails, others continue processing
• Partial results are always returned
• Errors are logged in the dataset

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Built with: Playwright, Python, Apify Actor SDK