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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.

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Qantas & pilots stare off | Mike Bloomberg discovers memes | Pinterest is Facebook's latest victim

Qantas & pilots stare off | Mike Bloomberg discovers memes | Pinterest is Facebook's latest victim

Qantas and its pilots are in a stand-off over a new pay deal, preventing Qantas from progressing its long-haul flights f... Read more

16 Feb 2020

6mins

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Blackmores' paw-fect solution | Jeanswest is back | Juul stops sales altogether to avoid minors

Blackmores' paw-fect solution | Jeanswest is back | Juul stops sales altogether to avoid minors

Blackmores, the Australian vitamin company, thinks it has found the 'paw-fect' way to lift profits.Jeanswest, the fashio... Read more

25 Feb 2020

5mins

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Domain profits but cuts cricket | Medibank moving back home? | Gambling companies out of luck

Domain profits but cuts cricket | Medibank moving back home? | Gambling companies out of luck

Real estate website Domain has achieved a profit of $22m and has claimed the property market is on the way back up.Medib... Read more

20 Feb 2020

5mins

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Huawei's Farnham-style national tour | AFL profits thanks to women | Musk's SpaceX sending us to space

Huawei's Farnham-style national tour | AFL profits thanks to women | Musk's SpaceX sending us to space

Huawei, the Chinese telco company, is going on an Australia-wide tour to win over Australians as it pushes for its 5G ne... Read more

19 Feb 2020

5mins

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Uber in the slow lane | Aussie airports making bank | Gold booming gold-rush style

Uber in the slow lane | Aussie airports making bank | Gold booming gold-rush style

Although most rideshare users in Australia use Uber, a new report has found that its competitors such as Ola and Didi ar... Read more

24 Feb 2020

5mins

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Channel 9 cutting costs | Amazon supermarkets Go checkout-less | Aussie funeral company flying

Channel 9 cutting costs | Amazon supermarkets Go checkout-less | Aussie funeral company flying

Nine Entertainment, the owner of Channel 9, is planning to cut costs by $100m over the next 3 years as the TV industry b... Read more

26 Feb 2020

5mins

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Airbnb's shockingly huge losses | CSL a consistent sweetheart | Brandless goes bye bye

Airbnb's shockingly huge losses | CSL a consistent sweetheart | Brandless goes bye bye

It has been revealed that private company Airbnb had a loss of over US$322 million for the nine months to September 2019... Read more

12 Feb 2020

5mins

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Coles: What to expect when expecting | Tinder swiping takes off globally | Uber shares jump from new airport access

Coles: What to expect when expecting | Tinder swiping takes off globally | Uber shares jump from new airport access

Coles expects 2019 profits to exceed expectations following strong food sales over the festive season.Tinder made $1.2 b... Read more

9 Feb 2020

6mins

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David Jones nearing the end? | Big M, Farmers Union set to become Chinese | Google's Other Bets has changed its tune

David Jones nearing the end? | Big M, Farmers Union set to become Chinese | Google's Other Bets has changed its tune

The same Chinese company that bought baby milk company Bellamy's last year is set to buy the owner of Farmers Union Iced... Read more

23 Feb 2020

5mins

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Vodafone lives in loss city | Disney CEO shock resignation | Crust, Donut King owner's first profit in years

Vodafone lives in loss city | Disney CEO shock resignation | Crust, Donut King owner's first profit in years

Vodafone Australia lost 275,000 mobile customers last year and almost $280m, which is more than double last year’s finan... Read more

27 Feb 2020

5mins

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TPG & Vodafone get married | Hasbro toy sales flying | Headspace app raises big

TPG & Vodafone get married | Hasbro toy sales flying | Headspace app raises big

TPG and Vodafone are getting married. The Federal Court has approved a $15b merger because the combined company will be ... Read more

13 Feb 2020

5mins

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Richard Branson desperate to save airlines | A totally new retail rent model? | REX to poach Virgin's lunch

Richard Branson desperate to save airlines | A totally new retail rent model? | REX to poach Virgin's lunch

Australia’s third airline, Regional Express Holdings (aka REX), is set to capitalise on Virgin Australia's collapse by l... Read more

12 May 2020

5mins

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Channel Ten to launch new channel | Shopify meshes Insta and Amazon with 'Shop' | New BNPL to help retailers

Channel Ten to launch new channel | Shopify meshes Insta and Amazon with 'Shop' | New BNPL to help retailers

Channel Ten is getting ready to launch a new channel later this year with a special focus on the 16-39 year-old age brac... Read more

11 May 2020

4mins

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Vodafone & TPG getting married | Nintendo's best profit in 9 years | Toll Group hacked again in 2020

Vodafone & TPG getting married | Nintendo's best profit in 9 years | Toll Group hacked again in 2020

After almost two years of dating, TPG and Vodafone have been given the green light to get married (aka merge), - and the... Read more

10 May 2020

4mins

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Special episode: Virgin Australia | A deep dive into the biggest corporate collapse of the pandemic

Special episode: Virgin Australia | A deep dive into the biggest corporate collapse of the pandemic

Virgin Australia has become the biggest corporate casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic with the company falling into volunt... Read more

21 Apr 2020

4mins

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Virgin cuts domestic flights | Swisse Vitamins hot in demand | WeWork left for dead?

Virgin cuts domestic flights | Swisse Vitamins hot in demand | WeWork left for dead?

Virgin Australia is cutting domestic flights by 90% and is standing down 8,000 employees because of the coronavirus.Swis... Read more

25 Mar 2020

4mins

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Afterpay's recession fears | WhatsApp introduces coronavirus info hub | NBN provides free bandwidth to telcos

Afterpay's recession fears | WhatsApp introduces coronavirus info hub | NBN provides free bandwidth to telcos

Afterpay shares dropped 33% on Wednesday because investors are concerned the company will struggle in a recession.WhatsA... Read more

19 Mar 2020

4mins

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Kikki.K collapses | COVID-19 & the share market | Amazon's big new product

Kikki.K collapses | COVID-19 & the share market | Amazon's big new product

Kikki.K, the upmarket stationery company, has collapsed.This week has been the most volatile week in global share market... Read more

11 Mar 2020

5mins

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Facebook sued by Australia | Qantas CEO foregoes salary | Coles can't keep up with online orders

Facebook sued by Australia | Qantas CEO foregoes salary | Coles can't keep up with online orders

Facebook is being sued by Australia's privacy watchdog over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal where over 300,000 Aust... Read more

10 Mar 2020

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Grindr sold for $600m | ANZ cuts jobs | A bank runs out of money?

Grindr sold for $600m | ANZ cuts jobs | A bank runs out of money?

A “neobank” named Xinja has had to stop accepting new customers who want to set up savings accounts due to financial con... Read more

9 Mar 2020

5mins

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