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Fast Five | 11 Sep 2026

Friday 11 September 2026

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

  1. ASX tumbles
  2. Trump promises $US5,000 to every American
  3. Stan retains EPL rights
  4. NFL hits Melbourne
  5. Hollywood’s biggest box office summer

 

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Fear & Greed Afternoon Report | 10 Sep 2026

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 tumbles as oil tops $US100

  2. Rudd warns Australia risks becoming ‘second-rate’

  3. Queensland faces credit rating downgrade

  4. Breville boss sells $4.3m in shares

  5. Samsung welcomes Apple to the fold

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Fast Five | 10 Sep 2026

Thursday 10 September 2026

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

  1. Top end house prices drop 10pc
  2. Oil heads towards $US100 a barrel
  3. Retail wars escalate
  4. Apple’s foldable phone
  5. AI solves impossible maths problem

 

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Fear & Greed Afternoon Report | 9 Sep 2026

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 six-week low as oil nears $US100

  2. Blanche d’Alpuget dies aged 82

  3. Hastie takes aim at One Nation

  4. Counterbid for Austal

  5. US steps up trade war with Canada

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Fast Five | 9 Sep 2026

Wednesday 9 September 2026

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

  1. Business, consumers feel squeeze
  2. RBA warns of rate hike
  3. Big tech’s ‘global reckoning’
  4. Cricket shake-up
  5. Gen Z refusing to network

 

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Fear & Greed Afternoon Report | 8 Sep 2026

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 six-week low

  2. Housing wealth falls $34 billion

  3. Super funds pinged over misleading investment claims

  4. Bird flu spreads, but poultry remains clear

  5. 9/11 records raise questions over toxic air

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Fast Five | 8 Sep 2026

Tuesday 8 September 2026

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

  1. Super, property fight heats up
  2. Productivity crisis worsens
  3. Transport workers to strike
  4. Aust loses cruise ships
  5. Pentagon hunts leaks

 

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Fear & Greed Afternoon Report | 7 Sep 2026

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. Energy, mining stocks offset tech fall

  2. $50m payday for Kogan founder
  3. Bubs secures permanent US access
  4. FIFA boss to seek another term
  5. 5 killed in Amazon plane crash

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Fast Five | 7 Sep 2026

Monday 7 September 2026

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

  1. Parliament returns for policy showdown
  2. Tesla tops sales
  3. Spring auctions stumble
  4. Grocery prices pass wage rises
  5. Pizza robots fail

 

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Fast Five | 5-6 Aug 2026

Michael Thompson and Natalie MacDonald go head to head to decide the top stories of the week.

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