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Aussie crypto firm defaults on $163m | $2.2b book merger scrapped by regulator | $1b for climate fund at Morgan Stanley
What the Flux - November 22, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIris Energy, a massive Australian-born bitcoin miner, has defaulted on $163m worth of debts on its crypto mining equipment. Penguin Random House and its rival Simon and Schuster have scrapped their $2.2 billion USD merger after a judge ruled it would reduce competition. Morgan Stanley, t...
Stan, Netflix & co cop Aussie content quota | NIB claims Medibank's customers | Gap scared of the next 12 months
What the Flux - November 21, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsFive major streaming services are upping their spend on Aussie content to attract new subscribers as the government announces a new content quota for the industry. NIB, the health insurer, has seen its profits rise off the back of angry Medibank customers making the big switch. Gap, the ...
Webjet's 180 degree turnaround | Aussie beef prices to keep rising | BHP spends $9.6B on Oz Minerals
What the Flux - November 20, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWebjet achieved a $4 million profit for the six months to September, which is quite the 180 from its $60 million loss at the same time last year. Australia’s biggest producer of wagyu beef says it will ‘keep pushing’ its prices up… regardless of where cost of living goes. Aussie mining b...
David Jones resurrected with 55% jump | $2.8B from Estee Lauder for Tom Ford | Airbnb doubles down on hosts for 2023
What the Flux - November 17, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsDavid Jones’ South African owners have celebrated a 55% increase in sales this financial year so far. Estee Lauder has acquired the Tom Ford brand for a whopping $2.8 billion after taking a particular interest in the company. Airbnb is turning its attention to improving the experience fo...
Deliveroo Australia's sudden death | Oatly's revenue: not so tasty | $4.1B for Warren Buffett's new chipmaker
What the Flux - November 16, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsDeliveroo Australia has been placed in administration and the food delivery platform in the country will be turned off. Oatly, the oat-milk maker, has warned that its revenue isn’t looking so tasty pretty because consumers are reigning in their spending. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaw...
CBA enjoys bad debt improvement | crypto.com's 'bank run' | Unilever's big reason for big price increases
What the Flux - November 15, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsCBA has reported very solid financial results for the September quarter as bad debts drop (even as interest rates have gone up)! Following FTX’s downfall, investors have started pulling funds from fellow crypto exchanges like Crypto.com. Unilever, the global manufacturing giant, has rais...
Adore Beauty sales slide 29% | Amazon's first cuts: Team Alexa | Bumble dumped by zillennials
What the Flux - November 14, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAdore Beauty has seen a 29% slide in its first quarter revenue as shoppers transitioned back from online shopping to the stores-of-old. Amazon is looking to cut costs after it lost $3 billion USD this year... and the first team on the chopping block is Team Alexa. Bumble has seen its gro...
Westfield booming again | Nintendo emulates Disney | Vanguard launches superfund
What the Flux - November 13, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWestfield shopping centres are finally flying again after two long and painful years. Nintendo is expanding its product universe, and even its industry universe, in a highly creative new way. Vanguard, the global investment giant, has launched its own superannuation product in Australia,...
$18 billion for Origin Energy | RM Williams = green machine | Meta cuts deep (ie 11,000 humans)
What the Flux - November 10, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsOrigin Energy, one of Australia’s largest power and gas suppliers, has received an $18 billion takeover offer. RM Williams has seen its sales jump by 17% for the 12 months to June, and it plans to become a ‘greener’ company in the future. Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is ...
News Corp profit falls 75%, thanks pay TV | Disney loses $1.5B..with celebrations | Binance eats crypto nemesis FTX
What the Flux - November 09, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsNews Corp, the media behemoth, has seen its income fall 75% in the last quarter after a major drop in its pay TV and publishing divisions. Disney celebrated growth in its streaming subscribers in the last quarter… but lost over $1.5 billion USD to get there. Binance, the largest crypto e...
Westpac's disappointing $5.3B profit | Estee Lauder's 11% drop | $96M for social travel app
What the Flux - November 08, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWestpac has announced a slight fall in its full-year cash profit but still managed to rake in $5.3 billion for the year. Estee Lauder’s most recent quarterly sales figures have dropped by 11% after a cut back in cosmetic spending. Travel app Hopper has raised $96 million to double down o...
Coca-Cola v Glencore | Atlassian's largest fall ever | Coopers Brewery needs new products
What the Flux - November 07, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsCoca-Cola Amatil is in a battle for coal royalties worth $80 million with mining mammoth Glencore. Atlassian’s share price has plummeted over the past few days after some disappointing earnings and this was its largest one day share price fall ever. Coopers Brewery, the largest Australia...
Ralph Lauren, Fortnite launch virtual line | Aus Super tells govt: we need 'radically different' model | Maersk's revenue could sink soon
What the Flux - November 06, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsRalph Lauren is launching a fashion collaboration with gaming platform Fortnite as retailers invest in digital partnerships to attract young shoppers. AustralianSuper believes the government needs come up a ‘radically different’ model for super retirees. Global shipping giant Maersk has ...
Sportsbet, Bet365 face AUSTRAC's wrath | Airbnb breaks record | Johnson & Johnson's $17B buy
What the Flux - November 03, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsTwo of Australia’s biggest betting agencies, Sportsbet and Bet365, may face multimillion-dollar fines following after an audit authorised by Australia’s financial crime watchdog. Airbnb has broken one of its own financial records after a huge northern hemisphere summer… but now, investors ar...
Free Amazon Music for Prime members | BNPL on the nose at Aus Treasury | Elon fires almost everyone at Twitter
What the Flux - November 02, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAmazon Prime’s millions of members are getting access to a full music and podcast library. The Australian Treasury department is looking at buy now pay later again with an eye to require credit checks for ALL customers. Elon Musk has officially been Twitter’s owner for just under a week ...
$400m collab: big banks & Aus gov | MrBeast = Mr $1.5B | 40% crypto collapse for a16z
What the Flux - November 01, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe Big 4 banks are considering a collab with the federal government to launch a 400m social impact investment bank in Australia. MrBeast, the hugely popular content creator, is trying to raise $150 million for his business, which would value the company at $1.5 billion USD. Andreesen Ho...
Westpac spends millions on NRL | Best IPO of the year | Apple hikes Music, TV prices...now?!
What the Flux - October 30, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWestpac has committed to spending millions and millions on rugby league in order to attract banking customers and sell more loans. Self-driving car tech company Mobileye had it long-awaited IPO last week, and day 1 saw its shares soar 38% in the year’s strongest US IPO. Apple has hiked t...
Seven, NBCUniversal's new Aussie channel | ANZ: $6.5B in profit, thanks rate rises! | Meta's billions poured down the...metaverse
What the Flux - October 27, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsSeven West Media has found a new partner in content-crime with a new partnership with US giant NBCUniversal - so welcome 7Bravo. Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has announced some pretty crazy results with its revenue looking good.. and billions being poured into the metaverse... but no re...
3.9m Medibank customers exposed | Ye dumped by Adidas | Coles price inflation reaches new heights
What the Flux - October 26, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMedibank has revealed that all 3.9m of its customers were hit by its recent cyber attack. Kanye West, now known as Ye, has been broken up with by Adidas after a number of racist and controversial comments over the past few weeks. Coles has reported accelerating inflation again at its sup...
Budget 2022 explained! | $800m for govt from local vape industry | $400m: Australian Lamb acquired
What the Flux - October 25, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe federal budget has shown off a $42 billion improvement to the government’s bottom line over four years, but there won’t be any direct assistance around cost of living pressures. *Correction: The deficit is expected to reduce to just $36.9 billion.* The government is looking at imposi...
Netball Aus suddenly loses $25m | Stan.. not for sale? | 7-Eleven doubles down on petrol
What the Flux - October 24, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsNetball Australia is facing a sudden and major $25m sponsorship loss as Hancock Prospecting pulls out of a much needed sponsorship deal. The owner of Aussie streaming service Stan has said Stan is not for sale... but we are very open to strategic partnerships. 7-Eleven is re-committing t...
Virgin Aus' international expansion | Hermes wins this economy | Klarna goes social-first
What the Flux - October 23, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsVirgin Australia has some bold plans to expand its international travel offering, as the rise in demand for travel gives Virgin some much needed confidence. Hermes, the luxury brand behemoth, is popping bottles with a 24% rise in total revenue, as high-end brands continue to win win win in t...
$385m profit for Chemist Warehouse | Uber becomes media company | TikTok's adult-only territory
What the Flux - October 20, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsChemist Warehouse has had a monstrous year, with a record net profit of $385 million. Uber has announced the launch of a new advertising division that will sell ad space through its app, rides and more. TikTok is making updates to its livestreaming platform by restricting viewership of l...
$1.5B: Guzman y GoMoney | Hasbro toys with major losses | Netflix's afternoon delightful numbers
What the Flux - October 19, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsGuzman y Gomez, the Aussie-born Mexican chain, is now worth $1.5 billion after a secondary share sale. Hasbro, the monster-size toymaker and entertainment company, has seen its earnings plummet for the last 3 months. Netflix’s shares have skyrocketed after it announced delightful results...
Most popular kid in playground: Aussie payments | Kanye buying social media site | Amazon's weekly live-streamed concerts
What the Flux - October 18, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsTyro, the Aussie payments business, has suddenly become the most popular kid at the playground - with both Westpac and a private equity investor looking to snap it up. Kanye West - aka Ye - has announced he’s going to buy conservative social media site Parler because he’s been banned from Tw...
MyDeal, MyData hack| Star's casino license = gone | News Corp, Fox planning to re-merge?
What the Flux - October 17, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsOnline retailer MyDeal is Australia's latest hacking victim, and 2.2 million of their customers may have had their data exposed. Star Entertainment Group has had its Sydney casino licence suspended and could face up to $100m worth of fines. The two major companies in the Murdoch media em...
Netflix ads = officially here | NAB claims world first | Top Gun maker somehow worth..$4B?!
What the Flux - October 16, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsNetflix’s new ad-based plan is going to launch in Australia next month. NAB is claiming to be the first major bank in the universe to allow small business owners to accept payments directly from their mobile phones. Skydance Media, the Hollywood studio behind "Top Gun: Maverick," has rai...
Telstra becomes a parent again | Qantas' spring in its step | GM takes Tesla rivalry to next level
What the Flux - October 13, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsTelstra’s shareholders have voted to divide the monstrous business into three fully discrete subsidiaries... with one parent! And it could lead to a big payday for its shareholders. Qantas has a real spring in its step after releasing a quarterly update to investors that shows it’s gonna be ...
Uber Aus incentives to go green | BMW = gaming company | TikTok hiring..warehouse staff?!
What the Flux - October 12, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsUber Australia has announced a new partnership that will allow Uber drivers to buy an electric vehicle and they’re slinging some rewards to drivers as an incentive. BMW is partnering with a gaming platform to bring single and multiplayer games to new vehicles from next year. TikTok is lo...
Airwallex's $100m for acquisitions | YouTube finally embraces handles | Baby Bunting's investors not saying ga-ga
What the Flux - October 11, 2022 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAussie fintech Airwallex has raised $100m US for acquisitions because it reckons now is a good time to snap up cheap software companies. YouTube users will finally have a new way of identifying themselves after YouTube announced that custom name handles will be rolled out. Baby Bunting’s...
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