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 hits record

2. profit results: light & wonder, argo

3. no corruption findings in vic govt inquiry

4. tiktok, alibaba consider local data centres

5. rocket to hit moon

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wednesday 5 august 2026

qantas joins the growing number of companies offshoring work as it embraces ai. 

• household spending picks up, keeping an interest rate hike on the table
• national australia bank forecasts house prices to drop ten per cent
• a surge in tech stocks on wall street helps the local market get to within one per cent of an all-time high
• some of europe’s biggest rivers start drying up, disrupting trade and tourism

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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 surges 1.4pc

2. ndis delays costing $11.5m a day

3. bhp fails to stop strike

4. canva cuts revenue expectations

5. diamond industry shaken up

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tuesday 4 august 2026

gaming companies including tabcorp and sportsbet accused of offering drugs and escorts to gamblers.

• the sale of electric and hybrid vehicles reaches just under 50 per cent
• a private equity consortium set to buy insurance broker steadfast in a $7 billion deal
• australia’s two biggest fleet management companies to merge
• a new study says being poor can do long-term damage to your brain

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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 0.5pc

2. one nation ahead in polls

3. bird flu mass deaths

4. transurban caps weekly tolls

5. oil falls after trump cancels strikes

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monday 3 august 2026

earnings season kicks off with dividends set to dominate as a result of cgt changes.

• the housing downturn in sydney and melbourne has spread to the rest of the country
• investors warm again, for now, to the magnificent 7 tech stocks on wall street
• telstra switches on satellite access to users in the bush
• local wine exports fall to their lowest level in more than 20 years

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the saturday edition has had an overhaul! all-new stories, more debate, and a whole lot of fun.

this week: the tech stock rollercoaster, fifa's billion-dollar ambitions, and the surprising auction of colonel sanders' home and secret recipe. sean aylmer and michael thompson go head-to-head, with adam lang picking the winner.

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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 2.3pc in july

2. microsoft: best day in 18 years

3. corporate wrap: fortescue, web travel, origin energy

4. vic teachers prepare to strike again

5. trump secures hamas deal

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friday 31 july 2026

financial markets go into a frenzy over concerns about the us federal reserve’s inflation fighting capabilities, and a bad result from meta.

• a federal labor mp is charged with two counts of assault
• how ai is making air fares both more expensive and cheaper
• fifa offers football australia $29m to agree to sell part of the world game
• why influencers with small followings are making money from social media

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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 0.8pc

2. trump says iran “going to get a beating”

3. ampol triples june half profit

4. domino’s pizza surges

5. bird flu reaches victoria

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