BUSINESS

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 falls as retailers tumble

2. helen haines loses both legs after attack
3. roberts-smith reveals $30m legal bill
4. northern star open to improved takeover offer
5. meta hit with $us25 billion penalty

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thursday 22 october 2026

the reserve bank hints at another rate hike on melbourne cup day. 

• shares in australia’s biggest pure data centre play, nextdc, crash after community opposition halts a new development in victoria
• prime minister anthony albanese urges federal mps to take greater care over their safety
• another private credit player freezes redemptions
• elon musk floats the idea of merging spacex and tesla into a $4 trillion company

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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. rba warning rattles markets

2. fortescue sacks senior executive
3. qatar airways signs up for western sydney
4. victorian premier forgets to pay for petrol
5. israel plans new strikes on iran

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wednesday 21 october 2026

nab to cut 2,500 jobs as the big banks search for profits 

• independent mp helen haines loses a leg following an attack, as politicians from all sides call for calm
• bhp doubles down on copper
• cybercriminals find new ways to infiltrate workspaces
• donald trump fights for the maga heartland, with two weeks until the us mid-term elections

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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 slips as bhp weighs on miners
2. helen haines loses leg after alleged attack
3. asic makes inquiries into firmus float collapse
4. france imposes curfews as unrest spreads
5. elon musk promises spacex shares to every american child

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tuesday 20 october 2026

two mega mergers stoke the asx. 

• federal mp helen haines run down in ‘deliberate attack’
• the rba says a higher $a can help tame inflation
• vladimir putin suggests a summit between donald trump, xi jinping and himself
• japan’s ready to send a rocket to mars, to discover more about the red planet’s moons

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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 rises despite global tech rout
2. nsw premier intervenes to save coal jobs
3. vietjet's australian ambitions hit turbulence
4. work-from-home rights begin next week
5. macron calls for calm after protests

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monday 19 october 2026

a sell-off in ai stocks, rioting in france and a white house in turmoil set to hit financial markets.  

• the rba warns that its ability to control inflation shouldn’t be taken for granted
• gold fields ups the ante in its lobbying to buy northern star
• the spring selling season fails to fire
• youtube is eating netflix

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this week: is it a good week or a bad week for the australian economy? a wine bargain for the ages, two spectacular dummy spits, and the unlikely connection between sean and michael's early careers.

it's the saturday edition of fear & greed, with michael thompson and sean aylmer going head-to-head in a battle of the week's best business stories, judged by adam lang.

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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 up 1pc
2. australian lamb exports under threat
3. chalmers defends gas tax
4. sydney airport strike causes little disruption
5. tesla's rocket-powered roadster

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