FEAR & GREED | Business News

Friday 30 April 2021

The federal government set to spend up big in the budget to boost skills training. 

Also today:

• Buying is cheaper than renting in the majority of Australian suburbs.
• Woolworths sales disappoint and its share price tumbles.
• And China-Australia relation stake another turn for the worse.

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Sean Aylmer speaks to Michael Smith, China correspondent for the Australian Financial Review, about his new book The Last Correspondent.  Mike was forced to flee China last year after a midnight visit to his house by Chinese secret police.

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Thursday 29 April 2021

Interest rates are on hold for a while yet and that’s good for the share market. That’s the message from the March inflation figures released yesterday. 

Also today:

• The US Federal Reserve upgrades the outlook for the world’s biggest economy.
• JB Hi-Fi loses its very successful boss, who makes the leap to another retailer.
• And Coles says things are finally getting back to normal in supermarkets.

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Adam Lang speaks to Paul Bloxham, Chief Economist for Australia, New Zealand and Global Commodities at HSBC, about the need to use the pandemic as the catalyst for major reform.  He says we need to strike while the iron is hot, and it's already cooling.

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Wednesday 28 April 2021

Three takeover bids in 24 hours reminds investors that there’ll be plenty of  merger and acquisition activity in 2021.

Also today:

• Tech stocks tumble as their earnings outlook diminish relative to other stocks.
• Australia pauses flight from India, stranding thousands of citizens.
• And Woolworths plans to build a massive automated supermarket to fulfil online orders.

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Sean Aylmer speaks to Paul Hinds, Managing Director for Asia Pacific at IRI, the world's largest 'big data' company.  They discuss how our personal information is collected, and how it's used by almost every sector to better target consumers.

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Tuesday 27 April 2021

The federal government considers banning travellers from India, as other parts of the globe recommence tourism. 

Also today:

• Commodity prices soar with iron ore and copper near record levels as the global economy recovers.
• The country’s largest financial planner business in trouble for poor advice. 
• And just two local universities make the top 100 global rankings.

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