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Fast Five | 19 Feb 2026

Thursday 19 February 2026

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.

  1. Real wages fall as inflation rises
  2. NAB’s bumper profit
  3. $14.2b bid for Bluescope
  4. Santos to cut 10pc of jobs
  5. Countries defying bank branch trend

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Fear and Greed Afternoon Report | 18 Feb 2026

This is the Fear and 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 higher on NAB result

  2. Pauline Hanson’s partial apology

  3. Health insurance premiums to rise

  4. Earnings wrap: Santos, Mirvac, Dexus, Superloop

  5. Rev. Jesse Jackson dies

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Fast Five | 18 Feb 2026

Wednesday 18 February 2026

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.

  1. BHP bumper profit, dividends
  2. Rate hikes on RBA agenda
  3. Taylor’s new frontbench 
  4. IMF calls to lift GST
  5. Doctor admits injecting skier

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Fear and Greed Afternoon Report | 17 Feb 2026

This is the Fear and 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 results boost ASX

  2. Angus Taylor tackles childcare

  3. Company results wrap

  4. Major energy project blowout

  5. $100m Pentagon drone challenge

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Fast Five | 17 Feb 2026

Tuesday 17 February 2026

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.

  1. ACCC v Coles on misleading promos
  2. JB HiFi surges
  3. Taylor outlines vision
  4. BlueScope’s huge dividend plans
  5. Cherie Blair’s frank interview about Tony

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Fear and Greed Afternoon Report | 16 Feb 2026

This is the Fear and 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 sector rebouncs

  2. Leaked Liberal immigration policy

  3. Death at Rio Tinto site

  4. Results wrap: JB Hifi, Treasury Wines, A2 Milk

  5. Europe hits back at US

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Fast Five | 16 Feb 2026

Monday 16 February 2026

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.

  1. Libs fresh start hopes
  2. Anything-but-tech trade grows
  3. Macquarie $12b bid for Qube
  4. Solar panels produce too much energy
  5. Democrats tell Europe Trump will be gone

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Fast Five | 14 Feb 2026

Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson go head to head to decide on the top business stories of the week.

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Fear and Greed Afternoon Report | 13 Feb 2026

This is the Fear and 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 drops on tech sell-off 

  2. Angus Taylor wins Lib spill

  3. Austal, Cochlear, Webjet tumble

  4. ICE agents out of Minnesota

  5. First Aussie gold at Winter Olympics

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Fast Five | 13 Feb 2026

Friday 13 February 2026

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.

  1. Taylor set to beat Ley
  2. ANZ’s bumper result
  3. RBA concedes unemployment too low
  4. High speed internet boom
  5. Spotify hits 750m users

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