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friday 14 august 2026

the top five business stories in five minutes, with sean aylmer and michael thompson.

1. eqt bids for waste, football
2. telstra outage costs ceo
3. anz says home loan applications have tumbled
4. govt bails out tomago smelter
5. la lakers sold for $17b

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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. results flurry hits asx

2. treasury wine’s $1.1b loss

3. transurban doubles profit despite weak traffic

4. teen socceroo signs record deal

5. karoline leavitt to leave white house

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thursday 13 august 2026

the top five business stories in five minutes, with sean aylmer and michael thompson.

1. cba $11b profit, mortgage warning
2. sme closures surge
3. coalition immigration policy
4. suncorp’s weather events
5. heatwaves spur air-con clothing

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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 down 0.5pc; cba result

2. agl warns on earnings

3. tomago smelter set for bailout

4. premier investments cuts guidance

5. trump confirms secret plane swap

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wednesday 12 august 2026

the top five business stories in five minutes, with sean aylmer and michael thompson.

1. rba: house prices to fall
2. govt complains to us over tariffs
3. bird flu vaccinations underway
4. how we spend our time
5. work sneakers are out

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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 edges higher after rba holds

2. bendigo fined after bank hack

3. sgh slides 10pc despite profit jump

4. colombia earthquake kills at least 132

5. trump smuggled out of turkey in security ruse

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tuesday 11 august 2026

the top five business stories in five minutes, with sean aylmer and michael thompson.

1. mortgage slump hits banks
2. negotiations over gambling ads
3. treasury writes down us wine business again
4. ozempic for pbs
5. climate change opens new shipping routes

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and don’t miss the latest episode of how do they afford that?, answering a listener question: what happens when the market hits my goal before i do? get the episode from apple, spotify or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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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 dragged down by banks

2. calls for pm to apologise to japan leader

3. jim chalmers digs in over miner

4. kyle sandilands’ shaky digital debut

5. netanyahu rejects hamas peace plan

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monday 10 august 2026

the top five business stories in five minutes, with sean aylmer and michael thompson.

1. rates, earnings, fed parliament
2. auction rates jump but prices fall
3. asx’s 1300pc winner
4. 25,000 people die in heatwave
5. ai used for virus work

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sean aylmer and michael thompson go head to head to decide the top business stories of the week.

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