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Daily business news

for people who make their own decisions.

Five news stories in five minutes. When you remove the grey, you get your news quicker. We tell you how it is, you decide from there.

Fast Five | 13-14 Dec 2025

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 | 12 Dec 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. Miners lead the way

  2. Wall Street boom

  3. Tomago extension

  4. Reddit HC challenge

  5. Austal approval

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Fast Five | 12 Dec 2025

Friday 12 December 2025

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

  1. Employment market slows
  2. Rock ’n roll consumer boom
  3. US may vet tourists’ social media
  4. Woolies, Coles delivery wars
  5. Star of Bethlehem may have been real

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And don’t miss the latest episode of How Do They Afford That? - this week: five ways to deal with money anxiety. Get the episode from APPLE, SPOTIFY, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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Fear and Greed Afternoon Report | 11 Dec 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. Fed cuts rates, unemployment 4.3pc

  2. PM clashes on entitlements

  3. Optus most distrusted

  4. Skydiving near-disaster

  5. SpaceX may list on Wall St

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Fast Five | 11 Dec 2025

Thursday 11 December 2025

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

  1. Social media’s “profound reform”
  2. Travel expenses scandal dogs government
  3. Qantas A380 grounded
  4. Coal’s life extended
  5. Social impacts of weight loss drugs

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And don’t miss the latest episode of How Do They Afford That? - this week: five ways to deal with money anxiety. Get the episode from APPLE, SPOTIFY, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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Fear and Greed Afternoon Report | 10 Dec 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 flat

  2. Social ban starts

  3. Westpac outage

  4. Seniors scammed

  5. Putin’s secret sons

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Fast Five | 10 Dec 2025

Wednesday 10 December 2025

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

  1. Rate cut cycle ends
  2. Expenses scandal widens
  3. Reddit plans challenge to social media ban
  4. Paramount vs Netflix for Warner Bros
  5. Trump levies international visitors

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And don’t miss the latest episode of How Do They Afford That? - this week: five ways to deal with money anxiety. Get the episode from APPLE, SPOTIFY, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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Fear and Greed Afternoon Report | 9 Dec 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 lower

  2. Richo funeral

  3. Bapcor tumbles

  4. TPG triple zero crisis

  5. Japanese quake

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Fast Five | 9 Dec 2025

Tuesday 9 December 2025

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

  1. Energy rebates dumped
  2. More travel claims by Anika Wells
  3. World watches social media ban
  4. Nearly 1m Aussies have two jobs
  5. Qantas’ final A380 flies

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And don’t miss the latest episode of How Do They Afford That? - this week: looking for a side hustle? Avoid these ones. Get the episode from APPLE, SPOTIFY, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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Fear and Greed Afternoon Report | 8 Dec 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 lower ahead of RBA meeting

  2. Barnaby Joyce joins One Nation

  3. Arnott’s gets cash injection

  4. Costello stopped Future Fund trip

  5. Japan, Australia condemn aircraft incident

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