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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. miners gain as copper, gold rise

2. qantas named most punctual - again

3. aust islamic state doctor found alive

4. corporate news: wesfarmers, lynas, dusk

5. barnaby joyce apologises over dog

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wednesday 22 july 2026

one nation leader pauline hanson says she’s willing to work with the liberal and national parties and would use the donald trump template to rid australia of illegal immigrants. 

• us casualties in the middle east war over the past fortnight hits 100
• lithium prices take a dive
• the owner of the latest boom large language model, kimi k3, suspends new subscriptions because of surging demand
• emirates claims it’s cracked the code for a good sleep in an economy class flight

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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

2. barnaby joyce shouts at dog

3. kpmg new ceo

4. andy burnham announces first policy

5. trump hits canada with 50pc tariffs

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tuesday 21 july 2026

super funds post the fourth consecutive year of outsized returns. 

• asic secures $830 million in penalties from banks, super trustees and other financial service companies
• prime minister anthony albanese gives pauline hanson a whack over criticising australia
• britain has a new pm
• italian car manufacturer fiat set to stop exporting to australia, on the back of hot chinese competition

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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. tech stocks sold off on ai fears

2. asx winners: south32, deep yellow, coast entertainment

3. newspoll: labor’s primary vote falls

4. spain wins fifa world cup

5. brisbane surprise quadruplets

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monday 20 july 2026

the national housing market is now at its weakest in eight years, even worse than covid. 

• china set to launch a mega ai model, taking on the us market leaders
• the local ipo market falters
• spotify gets hit with a wash of ai generated music
• an irishman wins the equivalent of the excel olympics

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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 closes lower

2. telstra fronts up

3. hanson blasts immigrants, muslims

4. port hedland standstill

5. trump blames china

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friday 17 july 2026

bhp’s share price falls and commonwealth bank closes the gap in the fight to be the biggest company on the asx. 

• foxtel and stan up their prices on the back of sports rights deals
• the us military to introduce screening for testosterone
• wall street banks hit record profits
• pauline hanson under fire as she relaxes in sicily with gina rinehart

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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 bhp drags

2. scott morrison: aust should help in gulf

3. telstra execs to front inquiry tomorrow

4. sam neill cause of death confirmed

5. us to issue $1 trump coin

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