Afternoon Report | ASX hits another record

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. ASX hits another record RBA Governor on inflation Diplomat families told to leave Middle East Results wrap NVIDIA’s mas…

Rate hike likely after CPI surprise; ASX record high; Trump’s rollicking State of the Union

Thursday 26 February 2026 Higher than expected inflation figures have upped the chance of an interest rate hike in coming months.  The local sharemarket hits an all-time high A bumper profit at Woolworths sends its share price up the most in 30 years  AI bites, with WiseTech Global to cut 2,000 jo…

Q+A: How this biotech CEO keeps the faith in a cancer cure

Biotech company Imugene reported its half-year results yesterday. It’s still loss-making, but sharply cutting costs and seeing what appear to be genuinely encouraging clinical results. Its lead cancer therapy, azer-cel, is showing strong response rates in difficult lymphoma cases, with some patien…

Afternoon Report | ASX hits record

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. ASX hits record Bumper crop of results PM evacuated after bomb threat Deloitte warns on ChatGPT Louvre director resigns…

Tech sell-off escalates; CGT cut to help first home buyers; $92b high-speed rail link

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 f…

Q+A: How AI can really solve our productivity dilemma

Australia has a productivity problem, and AI is often pitched as the solution. But while companies are running pilots everywhere, very few are actually getting AI into enterprise production. Sean Aylmer speaks with Frank Fillmann, Executive Vice President and general manager of Salesforce ANZ, abo…

Afternoon Report | ASX wobbles amid tariff uncertainty

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. ASX flat; tech tumbles Ex-ANZ boss drops lawsuit Profit season delivers mixed results Airlines battle over loyalty bonuse…

US tariff exemption for beef; Gold Coast gets Trump Tower; warning for Mexico travellers 

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 gett…

Q+A: $US700 billion on AI, but profits may be years away

US tech giants are spending as much as US$700 billion this year on AI — roughly a third of Australia’s GDP. But what if the profits and productivity gains take far longer to arrive than markets expect? Sean Aylmer speaks with Dr Kevin Hebner, Global Investment Strategist at Epoch Investment Partne…

Afternoon Report | ASX slips on tariff uncertainty

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. ASX slips on tariff uncertainty Govt accused of hypocrisy on tariffs Royal Commission set to begin Results wrap Man sho…