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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. bhp pulls asx higher

2. keating: bring super and centrelink together

3. rudd warns on china, us conflict

4. wa confirms more bird flu

5. us closer to permanent daylight saving

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wednesday 15 july 2026

business and consumer sentiment improves, but not enough to spur the economy. 

• the us continues to strike iran as experts say president donald trump’s 20pc toll for vessels passing the strait of hormuz is unworkable
• spacex’s soaring start to life as a listed stock malfunctions, with its share price tumbling
• the australian signals directorate warns about state sponsored hacking out of russia
• when it comes to ceo pay on the asx, being big, or even better, doesn’t mean you will earn the most

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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. oil prices surge, asx flat

2. genesis, vault agree to $12.6b merger

3. corporate travel in uk govt talks

4. kiis continues post-kyle & jackie slide

5. us to impose 20pc hormuz toll

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tuesday 14 july 2026

among australia’s largest companies, it is the less fashionable, defensive stocks proving to be the best performing amid higher interest rates and war. 

• labor goes to the edges of the law to keep isis fighters and brides out
• the government will (finally) dump the orange immigration cards passengers fill in when arriving in the country
• genesis’ $12.6 billion bid for vault minerals set to get the green light
• netflix considers getting into live channels

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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 as investors weigh up middle east

2. actor sam neill dies aged 78

3. one nation support slips

4. city chic shares soar

5. 27 killed in thailand pub fire

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monday 13 july 2026

the ceasefire between the us and iran appears over after a new wave of fighting in the middle east. 

• the national house market bounces slightly
• the world’s boom stock, nvidia, struggles to keep up with its competitors
• qantas is the most on-time airline in the world
• food and delivery drivers wages are set to jump by 25 per cent

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telstra's bruising week, the iran conflict flares up again, china launches a missile, and the nrl does the biggest media rights deal in australia's history.

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 breaks losing streak

2. telstra ceo apologies for outage

3. corporate wrap: bravura, wisetech, nextdc

4. derryn hinch dies aged 82

5. iran attacks us military infrastructure

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friday 10 july 2026

financial markets fear another bout of inflation after the escalation of attacks in the middle east. 

• australia set to sell uranium to india
• telstra scrambles to contain the fall-out from wednesday’s outage
• nvidia agrees to invest nearly $3 billion into a local data centre operator, so it can buy nvidia chips
• uk politics gets wilder, and whackier

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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 0.3pc on iran conflict

2. telstra hit by second fault

3. imf downgrades growth forecast

4. pauline hanson meets with uk activist

5. who predicting rise in cancer cases

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