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Fast Five | 22 Aug 2025

Friday 22 August 2025

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

  1. Treasurer flags tax reform
  2. CBA reverses AI job cuts
  3. Rebel theft 'out of control'
  4. Mismatch in housing market
  5. Match-fixing warning in football

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Fear and Greed Afternoon Report | 21 Aug 2025

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 closes up

  2. Roundtable boilover

  3. Xero investors reject pay packet

  4. Unions push WFH

  5. Israel calls up reservists

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Fast Five | 21 Aug 2025

Thursday 21 August 2025

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

  1. Business leaders attack red tape
  2. PM brushes off Netanyahu insult
  3. Trump meets BHP, Rio Tinto bosses
  4. Workers back WFH, 4 day week
  5. Robbie Williams buys into Aus beer brand

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Fear and Greed Afternoon Report | 20 Aug 2025

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 closes up

  2. Changes to NDIS

  3. Total wages grow

  4. Canva employee stock sale

  5. Frozen shrimp recall

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Fast Five | 20 Aug 2025

Wednesday 20 August 2025

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

  1. CSL shares tumble
  2. Unions & business clash at roundtable
  3. Consumer sentiment soars
  4. Woolworths slashes prices
  5. Canva’s value jumps

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Fear and Greed Afternoon Report | 19 Aug 2025

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 closes down

  2. PM rejects Bullock comment

  3. iiNet cyber attack

  4. Wong says Israel visa call ‘unjustified’

  5. Trump, Zelensky meet

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Fast Five | 19 Aug 2025

Tuesday 19 August 2025

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

  1. Reform roundtable kicks off
  2. NAB’s $130m underpayment
  3. Turnbull slams bosses for cyber risk
  4. Four-day workweek trials cancelled
  5. Meta hits problems with its AI

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And don’t miss the latest episode of How Do They Afford That? - this week, financial red flags in relationships. Get the episode from APPLE, SPOTIFY, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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Fear and Greed Afternoon Report | 18 Aug 2025

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 closes higher

  2. Calls to dump stamp duty

  3. Google hit with massive fine

  4. Indonesia drops aid to Palestine

  5. World leaders arrive in US

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Fast Five | 18 Aug 2025

Monday 18 August 2025

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

  1. PM on high ahead of roundtable
  2. Auctions surge after interest rate cut
  3. Qantas faces a reckoning
  4. Trump to meet with Zelensky
  5. Million-euro handbag heists in Paris

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Fast Five | 16-17 Aug 2025

Michael Thompson and Adam Lang go head to head to decide on the top business stories of the week.

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