Here's your report card on reporting season.

Centennial Asset Management Principal Matthew Kidman runs through all the winners and losers and what to expect going ahead.

 

Here's your report card on reporting season.
Centennial Asset Management Principal Matthew Kidman runs through all the winners and losers and what to expect going ahead.
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Business news you can use. A daily business news podcast with journalists Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson. Find out more at https://fearandgreed.com.au

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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.


ASX flat


CharlesIII: “law must take its course”


Taylor on energy


Guzman tumbles


QBE surges

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CharlesIII: &ldquo;law must take its course&rdquo;
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Taylor on energy
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Guzman tumbles
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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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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.&nbsp;
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<li aria-level="1">The unemployment rate last month came in at 4.1 per cent, upping the chance of an interest rate hike in coming months.&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">The local share market hits an all-time high.&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">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.</li>
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Telstra boosts dividends; labour market stays tight; end of the supersize meal era?

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Wesfarmers has reported a jump in sales and a better-than-expected net profit of $1.6 billion for the December half. But CEO Rob Scott warns households are feeling the full impact of inflation and interest rates.

In a wide-ranging conversaiton, Sean Aylmer speaks with Rob Scott about the consumer outlook, productivity initiatives across Bunnings and Kmart, the future of lithium and chemicals, the strategy behind Target, and how AI is being deployed across the group.

Wesfarmers has reported a jump in sales and a better-than-expected net profit of $1.6 billion for the December half. But CEO Rob Scott warns households are feeling the full impact of inflation and interest rates. In a wide-ranging conversaiton, Sean Aylmer speaks with Rob Scott about the consumer outlook, productivity initiatives across Bunnings and Kmart, the future of lithium and chemicals, the strategy behind Target, and how AI is being deployed across the group.

Q+A: Wesfarmers CEO Rob Scott on Bunnings, Kmart & Target

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