BUSINESS

tuesday 28 april 2026

aussie small cap stocks underperform as investors look for high quality assets. 

• ifm investors makes a near $7 billion bid for toll road group atlas arteria
• space etfs are all the rage
• cash usage rises
• two runners break the two-hour barrier for the first time at the london marathon… and the winner is adidas

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this is the fear & greed afternoon report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.

1. asx off 0.2pc
2. pm texts trump after attack
3. snowy hydro blowout claims
4. google & meta’s offshore payments
5. jerome powell probe dropped

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big companies issuing major downgrades, a huge overhaul of the ndis, and one of the world's most successful ceos decides it's time to go. sean aylmer and michael thompson go head to head on the top business stories of the week, with adam lang picking a winner in a fierce debate.

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this is the fear & greed afternoon report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.

1. asx off 1.8pc for week
2. building sector cost warning
3. us awards first aukus subs deal
4. asic targets finfluencers
5. meta cuts 10pc of jobs

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friday 24 april 2026

microsoft promises to spend $25 billion on data centres in australia. 

• prime minister anthony albanese says australia now has 46 days of fuel supply, ten more than when the war started
• an envoy of donald trump approached football’s governing body, fifa, and suggested italy replace iran in the june world cup in the us
• rich australians are getting richer
• a robot beats a human in a high stakes game of table tennis. 

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this is the fear & greed afternoon report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.

1. asx down 0.6pc

2. 3 million aussies to receive ai training

3. mirvac flags residential slowdown

4. radio ratings mixed result

5. us navy chief fired

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thursday 23 april 2026

the federal government overhauls the national disability insurance scheme, saying it will save $15 billion annually, but 160,000 people will lose access. 

• the residential rental market gets close to breaking point
• one of australia’s bluest of bluechips sinks 41 per cent in one session 
• the local sharemarket has its worst day in more than a month
• can ai be blamed for murder?

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this is the fear & greed afternoon report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.

1. asx tumbles on cochlear downgrade
2. govt secures 200m litres of diesel
3. treasury wine estates’ major restructure
4. jackie henderson alleges bullying
5. anthropic investigating unauthorised access

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wednesday 22 april 2026

business warns of profit losses and higher consumer prices as the war in iran drags on. 

• the competition watchdog commences its case against woolworths, using a pack of oreos to demonstrate that not all items on sale, were actually on sale 
• the government invests big into drones
• amazon spends $us5b on ai company anthropic
• the boss of the fbi fights off allegations of excessive drinking and unexplained absences

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this is the fear & greed afternoon report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.

1. asx flat after choppy session

2. vance travelling to pakistan for talks

3. qantas vs virgin

4. fair work commission order fuel cost reviews

5. tim cook steps down as apple ceo

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