BUSINESS

tuesday 13 october 2026

wall street celebrates the fourth anniversary of the current boom, driven by the ai giants. but will the us mid-term elections bring an end to festivities? 

• spacex close to gaining the capacity to take on mobile phone companies like telstra
• former federal treasurer josh frydenberg ruffles a few liberal feathers
• virgin and qantas to increase airfares
• wine theft takes hold in italy

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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 gains for second day

2. firmus founder hits back after failed float

3. pm defends small business record

4. airport bus links face delays

5. mckinsey removes senior partner from leadership

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monday 12 october 2026

the asx, brokers and the tech sector brace for the fall-out from the failed firmus float.

• renewed fighting in the middle east and higher oil prices are set to hit global markets as investors buy gold
• major ev manufacturers cut prices for vehicles in australia
• household rents might have hit a ceiling
• donald trump’s extraordinary 36 hours of criticism

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is it a good week or a bad week for ai? and what should australians really be worried about?

michael and sean go head-to-head over the ai boom, consumer confidence and two potentially landmark court cases involving fossil fuel companies. plus, the worst things you can do in a job interview.

adam lang returns to judge the arguments, while chatgpt gets a new role as the saturday edition's court of appeal.

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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’s mixed week

2. firmus float pulled

3. ato delays cc ban

4. ai report card

5. broadcast execution

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friday 9 october 2026

australia’s biggest ipo since telstra is on the verge of collapse, after big super funds and north american investors shunned the firmus technologies ipo

• the federal government hints at a light touch regulation for ai
• pure electric vehicles now account for 25pc of the market as petrol sales tumble
• airlines ramp up business class offerings, reducing economy seating
• cricket victoria’s novel work-from-the cricket offering

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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 falls 0.8pc as bond yields rise

2. government pressures ato over credit card ban

3. older workers win work-from-home ruling

4. talkback radio loses listeners

5.  samsung profit surges on ai chip boom

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thursday 8 october 2026

a ruling from the high court raises the bar for new fossil fuel mines. 

• asic sues an adviser for allegedly taking kickbacks and fuelling client money into the failed first guardian investment fund
• the ato won’t accept credit card payments even if it means pushing a taxpayer into default
• australia is going to the moon via its first lunar rover, called roo-ver
• global concern rises over a possible case of the plague in russia

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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 slips despite wall st record

2. october 7 attacks remembered

3. us boosts submarine production

4. telco complaints fall despite triple-0 failures

5. paramount completes $162b warner bros takeover

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wednesday 7 october 2026

consumer sentiment hits 50-year lows, creating the potential for a dive in household spending. 

• the coalition unveils its immigration policy, with a big drop in migrant numbers
• openai apologises for its agents accessing official websites, but says companies and governments need better defences
• the best places to take a holiday, at least if you want to take advantage of a strong aussie dollar
• italian prime minister giorgia meloni wants to copyright her voice to counter deepfakes

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