What the Flux Podcast
1) Armaguard’s cash deal with the banks | General Pants shuts 25% of stores | Peloton’s AI spin
Cash will remain alive in Australia after Australia’s biggest banks and retailers struck a deal to keep Armaguard delivering the goods. General Pants has shut more than a dozen stores in the pas...Show More
2) Seven & Triple M's mega-merger | Trump’s Hollywood tariff | Amazon’s $2.5 billion trap
Seven West Media and Southern Cross Media have announced plans to merge into a $415 million content machine. Donald Trump has slapped a 100% tariff on foreign-made films, throwing Hollywood.. and Aust...Show More
3) RBA hits pause | EA sells for $55 billion - it's in the game | Accenture's AI ultimatum to 800k staff
The RBA has held the cash rate at 3.60% after monthly inflation bounces back faster than expected. Video-game giant Electronic Arts has agreed to sell out to Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund...Show More
4) Optus' unconscionable conduct costs millions | Smiggle's sales plummet | Alibaba goes all in on AI
Optus has been slapped with a $100 million fine for 4 years of unethical sales conduct Premier Investments has booked a juicy profit boost… but if you peel back the layers, the numbers ar...Show More
5) Kathmandu's toughest climb yet | Inflation jump may put RBA cut on hold | Lego's £200m fun-house
Kathmandu’s owner is trying to climb out of the red, but investors are pushing for some serious baggage drop. Inflation jumps back up to 3%… and just like that, dreams of a rate cut next ...Show More
6) Myer's share price plummet | Meta's AI wingman for dating | Porsche hits the break on EVs
Myer’s share price has fallen 25% after its poor earnings results shocked investors. Facebook is trying to cure dating-swipe-fatigue with a new AI dating assistant. Porsche has just issued its f...Show More
7) Atlassian's acquisition spree | Nvidia becomes BFFs with Intel | Cocoa prices fall
Atlassian has dropped a lazy $1 billion USD to acquire US startup DX…which makes it Atlassian’s biggest acquisition yet. Nvidia is investing $5 billion USD into its long-time rival Intel ...Show More
8) Santos $36 billion takeover collapses | Meta x Ray-Ban demo flops | Stubhub's IPO mis-timing
Santos, the second biggest oil and gas producer in Australia, has seen its shares plummet 11% after a $36 billion takeover deal collapsed before their very eyes. Meta has unveiled its new AI-powered R...Show More
9) ANZ in $240 million "crisis" | Apple's Liquid Glass | Gucci-owner delays decision on Valentino acquisition
ANZ has been hit with a record $240 million fine for widespread misconduct across multiple divisions. Apple has launched its biggest iPhone design update in years with its iOS 26 update… but so...Show More
10) Nine's shares plummet | The Good Guys go bad | Adobe fighting back against Canva
Nine Entertainment saw its shares plunge 36% in a single day late last week… but don’t panic, there’s a reason. The Good Guys has been slapped with $13.5 million fine for misleading...Show More