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Speaker 1: This is what the Flux.

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Speaker 2: I'm justin and I'm harsh deep and it's Wednesday, the

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Speaker 2: twenty fifth of September.

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Speaker 1: A s we spoke the other week about luxury e

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Speaker 1: commerce marketplace set Higher. The share price dropped nearly fifty percent,

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Speaker 1: and that was because it's auditors wouldn't sign off on

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Speaker 1: their financial results. But now the auditors have come back

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Speaker 1: and given set Hire the all clear. Okay, next minute,

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Speaker 1: SETI share price jump nearly seventy percent.

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Speaker 2: Oh, talk about a comeback. It's the last week of

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Speaker 2: September and that means it's the time of the month

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Speaker 2: to do the financial hygiene. We've got it all covered

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Speaker 2: in the Flux app, from checking your credit score to

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Speaker 1: Good call HD three very Highgienie can clean stories today.

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Speaker 1: Let's get into it for our first Woolworths and Coals

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Speaker 1: are in hot water after the Atrible c failed a

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Speaker 1: court case alleging that the supermarkets have misled consumers over

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Speaker 1: products on sale.

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Speaker 2: Looks like someone's been caught with the hand in the

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Speaker 1: Tell me more, does Okay? So we own O Coals

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Speaker 1: and Woolies as the supermarket heavyweights in Australia. Together they

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Speaker 1: control over sixty percent of the grocery market.

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Speaker 2: And with the cost of living skyrocketing lately, it's fair

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Speaker 2: to say that many Aussies are on the lookout for

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Speaker 1: But HD, it seems like some of those supposed bargains

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Speaker 1: at the supermarket might not have been so genuine after.

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Speaker 2: All, how do you mean?

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Speaker 1: Well, the A Triple C's alleging that both Coals and

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Speaker 1: Woolies have jacked up the prices on over one hundred

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Speaker 2: We're talking about everyday essentials like bread, milk, yogurt, and

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Speaker 1: Send it all over, TikTok now itch. They claim these

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Speaker 1: supermarkets increased prices on certain products to make the discounts

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Speaker 1: appear larger than they really were.

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Speaker 2: And if the A Triple C's allegations are true, this

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Speaker 2: could have some massive consequences for both Woolies and Coals.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we're talking fines of up to ten million dollars

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Speaker 2: Heap of pain to their already battered reputation.

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Speaker 1: So true, So tell me, ah, what is the key

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Speaker 2: The damage to a company's reputation can often be far

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Speaker 1: Yeah, let's be honest, regardless of the legal outcome of

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Speaker 1: this case, we've still already become a pr disaster for

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Speaker 1: Woolies and Coals.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, they weren't exactly in the Australian consumer good

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Speaker 1: No, no, no, They've already been under scrutiny for squeezing

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Speaker 2: And using inflation to justify price.

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Speaker 1: Hikes, and as a result, Woolworths has fallen thirty two

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Speaker 2: While Coals has fallen two hundred and twenty one places

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Speaker 1: And a she this wasn't just one or two products

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Speaker 2: Nope, the A Triple C alleges Woolwards engaged in this

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Speaker 2: behavior across two hundred and sixty six products.

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Speaker 1: And Coals did this across two hundred and forty five

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Speaker 2: So does even if the legal case goes in favor

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Speaker 1: For our second story, the Reserve Bank of Australia has

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Speaker 1: sat for the sixth time this year and paused the

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Speaker 2: Bucking the trend of the other central banks. Tell me

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Speaker 2: more jazz.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so we know the Reserve Bank of Australia. It's

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Speaker 2: Their goal is to basically ensure that there is economic

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Speaker 1: As well as stability of our currency, stability of employment

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Speaker 2: The Reserve Bank became the bestie of nearly every Australian

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Speaker 1: But the NHG after the pandemic, it started raising the

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Speaker 2: If but now jazz. The RBA has met for the

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Speaker 1: And actually that's despite the fact that other central banks

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Speaker 2: It was the first time this year that the Reserve

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Speaker 1: So surely there's only down from here.

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Speaker 2: Especially given we've diverged from many other central banks around

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Speaker 2: the world. So what's the key learning here?

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Speaker 1: The rate cut trend is sweeping across economies, but not

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Speaker 2: Interestingly, the RBA has become one of the few central

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, if we look back in June this year,

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Speaker 2: In August, the Bank of England announced its first cash

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Speaker 1: Early this month, we saw the Central Bank of New

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Speaker 2: Rates, but the big move was when the US Federal

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Speaker 1: So other central banks are dropping rates to restimulate their economy.

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Speaker 2: But the RBA is staying cautious so that we don't

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Speaker 1: It looks like the RBA and maybe the Bank of

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Speaker 1: Japan they just stay away from the rate cut party

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Speaker 1: for now.

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Speaker 2: Sounds like it. For our third and final story, Intel

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Speaker 2: has received a five billion US dollar investment offer from

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Speaker 2: an alternative asset manager, just after a potential takeover offer

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Speaker 2: from Arrival.

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Speaker 1: Looks like Intel's finally becoming popular in NHGD, but not

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Speaker 1: for the chips. So what is going on here?

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Speaker 2: Well, Intel is one of the world's largest com few

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Speaker 1: And while that sounds big, at its peak in two thousand,

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Speaker 2: And before its competitors like TSMC and Nvidia entered the.

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Speaker 1: Chat And actually since then, despite Intel's best efforts to

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Speaker 2: But now ja Intel's having its moment as it's just

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Speaker 1: And this news sent Intel share price up more than

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Speaker 2: But that's not the only offer Intel's got on the table.

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Speaker 1: Oh no. A rival chip maker called Qualcom has reportedly

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Speaker 1: approached Intel for a potential takeover as well, which, if it.

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Speaker 1: It's pretty weird to hear a company as large as

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Speaker 1: Intel was and kind of still is on the acquiree

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Speaker 2: So what's the key learning here?

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Speaker 1: In business? Just like in nature, the predator can also

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Speaker 2: You see, ja. Intel was quite the heavy hitter back

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Speaker 1: We're talking one hundred and eight acquisitions over its lifetime,

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Speaker 2: But the market for traditional PC chips, which was Intel's jam,

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Speaker 1: When the AI boom here, Intel hadn't developed advanced enough

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Speaker 2: Yeah. So, while Intel was at one point the largest

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Speaker 1: And it's gone from being a global tech behemoth to

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Speaker 1: an attractive acquisition target. Guess you could call it the

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Speaker 1: circle of life or the circle of tech companies Floxam.

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Speaker 1: With the RBA pausing the cash rate at four point

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Speaker 1: three five percent, again, there's a little bit of hope

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Speaker 1: that the future might be cash rate cart We have

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Speaker 1: it all covered in the Flux app. Why the cash

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Speaker 1: rates being paused, what's holding the RBA back, and what

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Speaker 1: might change their mind in the future. So make sure

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Speaker 1: our articles about the cash rate decision.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening and we'll see you on Friday.