BUSINESS

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. agm season

3. hastie defends rudd

4. white house demolition

5. russia sanctions

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thursday 23 october 2025

gold prices have their biggest tumble in 12 years, potentially hurting retail investors who have piled into the precious metal in recent weeks. 

• rex gets a new lease of life after being bought by a us based company which promises to keep flying to regional australia.
• chatgpt’s owner, open ai, launches a new web browser to take on google’s chrome. 
• house prices rise at their fastest pace in four years
• macquarie mulls dumping hundreds of options off its investment platform. 

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house prices in australia’s capital cities are rising at their fastest pace in nearly four years, according to domain’s september quarter house price report, out today.

records are being set in sydney, brisbane, adelaide and perth, and melbourne’s growth is re-accelerating.

michael thompson talks to dr nicola powell, chief of research & economics at domain.

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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. market slumps 0.7pc

2. gold shock

3. sigma surges

4. rex rescue deal

5. trump–putin talks collapse

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the asx hits a new record high on the back of the anthony albanese - donald trump $13 billion deal on rare earths and critical minerals. 

• the energy market operator says australia’s energy transition is happening at pace. 
• one-in-three property markets across the country now has a median value of more than $1 million. 
• apple’s share price surges as sales of the latest iphone jump. 
• hope for an antidote to peanut allergies.

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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. market hits high

2. rudd apologises

3. new super retail ceo

4. china encounter

5. amazon outage

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tuesday 21 october 2025

today, the us and australia sign a rare earths deal following the overnight meeting of prime minister anthony albanese and us president donald trump.

• websites and apps hit by major amazon web services outage
• the big spending independents in the last federal election mostly didn’t win their seats
• a warning about mis-labelled sunscreens. 
• space debris lands in wa
• french police search for scooter riding jewel thieves that stole from the louvre.

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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. markets

2. albanese lands in washington

3. iron ore alliance talk

4. us buyer for rex airlines

5. cargo jet crashes in hong kong

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monday 20 october 2025

prime minister anthony albanese set to meet us president donald trump with china, critical minerals and aukus at the top of the agenda. 

• the federal government moves to crack down on illegal tobacco sales. 
• australia becomes the third richest nation per capita, thanks to the housing market. 
• openai to allow adults to generate erotic content.
• large crowds across the us protest against donald trump.

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an unemployment surprise, the surging price of gold, a super tax backflip, and ceos in the spotlight. 

michael thompson and adam lang go head to head on the top business stories of the week, with business journalist and founder of working@it natalie mcdonald picking a winner in a fierce debate.

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