BUSINESS

investors ramp up their selling of tech stocks as the implications of ai filter through the market. 

wednesday 25 february 2026

• federal treasury says scaling back the capital gains tax concession for property investors will help first-home buyers
• the federal government releases the business case for a $92 billion high speed rail link between sydney and newcastle
• the owner of westfield shopping centres wants to build 16,000 apartments at six of its malls
• donald trump's tariffs kick in, at ten per cent, not 15 per cent

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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 flat; tech tumbles

2. ex-anz boss drops lawsuit

3. profit season delivers mixed results

4. airlines battle over loyalty bonuses

5. mandelson caught up in epstein probe

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tuesday 24 february 2026

australia’s beef industry expects an exemption from us tariffs, as the rest of the world struggles to understand the winners and losers from the latest 15 per cent imposition. 

• the federal opposition pressures the government on islamic state families
• the gold coast is getting a trump tower
• the fair work commission finds in favour of an employer who sacked a worker for making the nazi salute
• australians warned about travelling to mexico

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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 slips on tariff uncertainty

2. govt accused of hypocrisy on tariffs

3. royal commission set to begin

4. results wrap

5. man shot dead at trump’s florida home

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monday 23 february 2026

australia has emerged as a loser after the us supreme court’s decision to knock back donald trump’s liberation day tariffs triggered the imposition of a global 15 per cent levy, which is higher than what we pay now. 

• strong earnings from aussie companies pushes the asx to record territory. prime minister anthony albanese says his government will be focusing on cost-of-living pressures and the economy in the run up to the may budget
• which australians feel best about life
• the end of the winter olympics

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a bumper week of results, a renewed liberal party, and coles and instagram in court on different sides of the world.

sean aylmer and michael thompson go head to head on the top business stories of the week, with adam lang picking a winner in a fierce debate.

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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 flat

2. charlesiii: “law must take its course”

3. taylor on energy

4. guzman tumbles

5. qbe surges

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friday 20 february 2026

telstra announces a jump in its dividend as its mobile business powers earnings, just as wesfarmers provides a note of caution about consumer spending. 

• the unemployment rate last month came in at 4.1 per cent, upping the chance of an interest rate hike in coming months. 
• the local share market hits an all-time high. 
• mark zuckerberg concedes it is difficult to enforce age limits on social media. the era of super-sized meals might be coming to an end.

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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 soars, unemployment stable

2. aussie giants report results

3. pm’s‘contempt’ for isis brides

4. accc targets temu, shein

5. us-iran tensions build

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thursday 19 february 2026

real wages in australia went backwards last year, challenging the view that the cost-of-living crisis is lessening. 

• nab’s share price soars after a bumper quarterly profit
• another, bigger bid for bluescope steel
• santos to cut ten per cent of its workforce
• the countries where bank branches remain popular

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