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What the Flux

Bite-sized business news. 5 minute breakdown of the top 3 Australian or global business stories of the day. Tailor made for busy humans. Hosted by Brett Joffe and Justin Joffe, co-founders of Flux.

Kmart merges with Target | Twitter says "bye bye birdie"' | Mbappe's 700 million reasons to join Saudi Arabia

5 mins; July 25, 2023

Turkish Airlines gets KB'd by Aus Govt | Netflix's mixed results | ACCC delays ANZ x Suncorp merger decision

5 mins; July 24, 2023

Ansell's rubbery downgrade | Burberry's boom in China | Ukraine's food supply blockage

5 mins; July 23, 2023

Foxtel & ESPN renew their vows | TikTok's now a talent scout | Netflix becomes a serious gamer

5 mins; July 20, 2023

Barbie's big boom for Mattel | Twitter's still cash-flow-negative | Goldman Sachs backs Aussie cybertech company

5 mins; July 19, 2023

Victorian Govt cancels Commonwealth Games| PwC, Deloitte, KPMG & EY face the heat | Hollywood's first joint strike in 63 years

5 mins; July 18, 2023

Optus is trying to re-build its rep | Shein's AI design theft | Italy's luxury retailers team up

5 mins; July 17, 2023

RBA's new Governor | Skims valued at $4 billion USD | Bonza cuts back routes

5 mins; July 16, 2023

Optus breaks up with NBN | CBA employees threaten to quit | US inflation slows

5 mins; July 13, 2023

KPMG launches AI tool | Saudi Arabia's $16 billion loss| Tesla enters UK energy market

5 mins; July 12, 2023

F45's reputation gets HIIT hard | Ant Financials 75% discount | Hey Big Spender Sportsbet

5 mins; July 11, 2023

Aussie EV sales accelerate | TikTok + Spotify in cage match | Comedians sue OpenAI

5 mins; July 10, 2023

Four Pillars Gin has a new owner | Meta's "borrowed" a new idea from Twitter | Diageo + Diddy bring in the lawyers

5 mins; July 09, 2023

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5 mins; June 22, 2023

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5 mins; June 21, 2023

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6 mins; June 20, 2023

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6 mins; June 19, 2023

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5 mins; June 18, 2023

Winter Warmer - The existential threat to the music industry: AI

5 mins; June 15, 2023

Winter Warmer - Predictions for Australia's property market with Tim Lawless

8 mins; June 14, 2023

Winter Warmer - Is Big Tech coming for Australian banks?

5 mins; June 13, 2023

Winter Warmer - How content creators have built a new consumer playbook

5 mins; June 12, 2023

Pizza Hut Australia's mouthwatering sale | Messi's big business deal | Jenny Craig is saved...kinda

5 mins; June 08, 2023

Big W & David Jones' new scheme | Bitter golf rivals merge | Coinbase faces SEC lawsuit

5 mins; June 07, 2023

RBA raises the cash rate | Apple unveils VR headset | Amazon Australia to reach $5.5b turnover

6 mins; June 06, 2023

Tabcorp bids for Melbourne Cup broadcast | ALDI insurance?| ACCC wants airlines competition

5 mins; June 05, 2023

Australia Post hikes prices | Adairs' profit warning | BHP's underpayment scandal

5 mins; June 04, 2023

Woolworths is going green | Kmart wants to go viral | CareSuper and Spirit Super joined forces

5 mins; June 01, 2023

Qantas' sky-high fares until 2030 | YouTube wraps up Stories | Electricity prices jump up 25%

5 mins; May 31, 2023

Wesfarmers' honeymoon is over | Elon Musk's brain chip gets green light | Disney+ removes shows

6 mins; May 30, 2023

Canada Goose enters Australia | Universal Music Group dives into AI | US raises the debt ceiling

5 mins; May 29, 2023

TikTok Australia's revenue goes viral | Nvidia's chip-tastic results | Ford and Tesla's major collab

5 mins; May 28, 2023

Woolworths revives Milkrun | Microsoft's AI-powered ecosystem | Virgin Orbit crash lands on bankruptcy

6 mins; May 25, 2023

Webjet's post-pandemic comeback | Meta's gift of Giphy | Universal Store's got a youth problem

5 mins; May 24, 2023

Qantas' major profit | Bunnings' 4-day workweek | Meta's $2 billion fine

5 mins; May 23, 2023

BNPL's tough new regulation | Instagram takes on Twitter | Apple's first VR headset

5 mins; May 22, 2023

Xero's "positive" loss | Westpac bans Binance | Alibaba's first spin off

6 mins; May 21, 2023

Super funds push for ASX gender diversity | Tesla's advertising 180 | TikTok's $6mil filter fund

5 mins; May 18, 2023

iPhone becomes a payment terminal | Super Retail Group's valuable members | Australian banks' anti-fraud tool

6 mins; May 17, 2023

Aristocrat Leisure's $1.5 billion acquisition | Mr Yum and me&u's possible merger | Nat Geo goes into retail

6 mins; May 16, 2023

PointsBet sells US division | Parcel businesses wants Aus Post's infrastructure | Tesla's braking and accelerating problem

5 mins; May 15, 2023

Tasmania's trademark tussle | Disney's subscriber drop | Adidas is selling Yeezy's again

5 mins; May 14, 2023

PwC's damage control | Google's AI plan | US inches towards debt ceiling

5 mins; May 11, 2023

Jenny Craig is the biggest loser | CBA ditches cash back offer | Amazon introduces "Amazon Everywhere"

6 mins; May 10, 2023

Federal Budget 2023: A deep dive

5 mins; May 09, 2023

7-Eleven Australia is for sale | Atlassian's shares tumbled after-hours | Vice files for bankruptcy

5 mins; May 08, 2023

Google and Facebook's tiny tax in Aus | NAB's mortgage war | Airbnb returns to its roots

5 mins; May 07, 2023

Boozebud collapses | Uber's major revenue jump | Pepsi's Bubly enters Australia

5 mins; May 04, 2023

Seven West Media's free-to-air conundrum | Mercedes teams up with its F1 team | Twitter-clone Bluesky is in hot demand

5 mins; May 03, 2023

Canva delays employee share scheme | JP Morgan acquires First Republic Bank | Amazon's conference call drop

5 mins; May 02, 2023

Coles Radio is up for tender | Providoor shuts down | Best & Less receives takeover bid

5 mins; May 01, 2023

Online gambling loophole closed | Microsoft-Activision deal blocked in the UK | Moccona is suing Vittoria

5 mins; April 30, 2023

Kirin's $1.9 billion bid for Blackmores | Meta's unexpected sales increase | Coca-Cola needs AI

6 mins; April 27, 2023

AI companies to compensate media publishers? | Google beats expectations | Pepsi's new growth channel

5 mins; April 26, 2023

Swisse's chaotic comedy strategy | Buzzfeed News shuts down | IKEA's US expansion

5 mins; April 25, 2023

Linktree is not dead | Michael Hill acquires rival | Netflix's underwhelming results

5 mins; April 23, 2023

RBA's splitting into two | Wesfarmers wants Silk Laser | Apple's first store in India

5 mins; April 20, 2023

Rugby Australia's $250m raise | Samsung may replace Google search | Temu battles Aussie retailers

5 mins; April 19, 2023

Sega acquires Angry Birds | Aussies hurting with $3 billion scams | Apple's becoming a bank?

5 mins; April 18, 2023

Coles customer data stolen | Streaming giants are buying local | Disney's box office flop

5 mins; April 17, 2023

Coles & Uber Eats 1 hour delivery | Twitter's new revenue stream | AirRobe's making sustainability simple

5 mins; April 16, 2023

ATO's tax return test | Amazon's reducing free returns | LVMH smashes expectations

5 mins; April 13, 2023

EY cancels its break up | Twitter "no longer exists" | The ACCC wants new merger laws

5 mins; April 12, 2023

Milkrun shuts down | Super Mario Bros breaks box office records | Tupperware's tight financial squeeze

6 mins; April 11, 2023

Viva Energy's $1.1 billion petrol buyout | Google updates Search | Coca Cola cocaine sales

5 mins; April 10, 2023

Virgin Orbit goes under | Dan Murphy's owner enters esports | Johnson & Johnson's $8.9bn settlement

5 mins; April 05, 2023

BWX goes into receivership | Spotify shuts down live audio app | Google and Apple face class action

5 mins; April 04, 2023

Coles got milk for $105m | TikTok's new app takes over the US | WWE and UFC's marriage

5 mins; April 03, 2023

Tesla's Chinese price war | Crocs > Zoom | Seven's Cricket of...India

5 mins; April 02, 2023

DHL Aus' deep emissions cut | Adidas splits with Beyonce | Tech big wigs call for AI 6-month break

5 mins; March 30, 2023

Qantas, Virgin accused of 'gatekeeping' | Liontown rejects 5.5B offer | Alibaba splits empire into 6

5 mins; March 29, 2023

$18.7 billion for Origin Energy | TikTok fights for life in the US | Woolies farewells international business

5 mins; March 28, 2023

Smiggle owner breaks record | 40%: Foxtel may have inflated own numbers | Deutsche Bank wobbles

5 mins; March 27, 2023

Afterpay owner accused of fraud | Mecca underpays staff | Accenture cuts 19,000 jobs

5 mins; March 26, 2023

Crypto up, banks down! | 0.25% = The Fed raises again | Netflix's 1m ad lovers

5 mins; March 23, 2023

Woolies shimmies into telehealth | Nike extends lead over Adidas | Intrepid's best month ever

5 mins; March 22, 2023

$18m for Aussie hypnotherapy startup | Just Cuts = big bucks | TikTok goes exclusive on soccer

5 mins; March 21, 2023

Credit Suisse bought by rival UBS for $3.2B | Google finally cuts GoogleGlass | Myer brings in the undercover cops

5 mins; March 20, 2023

Credit Suisse in danger | Latitude Financial cyberattack | Rolex rolls up demand

5 mins; March 19, 2023

TikTok may split from ByteDance | Xero cuts deep | Saudi Aramco breaks profit record

5 mins; March 16, 2023

WeightWatchers' big acquisition | Elsa Pataky's business collapses | eBay's collectibles cash bonanza

5 mins; March 15, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank's collapse: everything you need to know (in 5 minutes!)

5 mins; March 14, 2023

Kmart goes global | Myer targets $1 billion | Former Apple exec wants to flip music industry

5 mins; March 13, 2023

News Corp all-in on ChatGPT | Toblerone in Swiss trouble | Amazon's never ending HQ story

5 mins; March 09, 2023

Carsales to control South American rival | Marlboro owner buys vape giant for $2.7B | Lego's tiny profit

5 mins; March 08, 2023

Cash rate rise: explained! | Atlassian cuts 500 jobs | Aussie funeral giant targeted by TPG

5 mins; March 07, 2023

Quiksilver, Billabong expect $1.9b sale this week | Bank of QLD, Bendigo Bank a possible $10b merger | Salesforce lookin' rosy

5 mins; March 06, 2023

Treasurer: Hey businesses, don't increase prices! | Klarna down $1.5B, CEO pay up 35% | #BoycottHershey spreads

5 mins; March 05, 2023

Meta ready to fight Aus Gov | TikTok limits teens | Former transport giant enters VA

5 mins; March 02, 2023

Adore Beauty's double digit drop | SnapChatGPT | David Jones triples profit

5 mins; March 01, 2023

Bunnings takes on PETstock | Greenwashing: ASIC targets superfund | Pointsbet bursts in the US

5 mins; February 28, 2023

Wendy's (yum!) is back in Aus | $2B vanishes at Warner Discovery | Paramount not flicking Ten

5 mins; February 27, 2023

Glue, Hype DC owner booms | Afterpay owner smashes expectations | YouTube goes multi-lingual with new dub tech

5 mins; February 26, 2023

Aesop's $2.9B for sale sign | Nine Entertainment's costs climb | Medibank's 200 new customers!

5 mins; February 23, 2023

Domino's Pizza's tight squeeze | Prime time for Aussie WiseTech | Coinbase's year from hell

5 mins; February 22, 2023

Qantas promises lower fares | Hasbro's un-playful update | TAB Corp hit by cost of living

5 mins; February 21, 2023

Kmart toy boom | New Facebook subscription | A2 Milk's Chinese re-emergence

5 mins; February 20, 2023

Rebel, Supercheap Auto owner hits new record | Nestle price pain | Westpac freakin' out

5 mins; February 19, 2023

Optus' blunder = Telstra's treasure | Airbnb Experiences booming | Roblox ain't just for kid$

5 mins; February 16, 2023

Subway for sale | Coke price rise, Pepsi price pause | Treasury Wines hot, 19 Crimes frosty

5 mins; February 15, 2023

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