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Real estate guru’s brutal reality check after Jim Chalmers gloated about Australia’s strong economy: ‘Don’t crack open the champagne yet’
Australian real estate commentator Tom Panos has pushed back on Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ upbeat portrayal of the national economy, pointing to falling company registration figures as evidence that conditions are tougher than officials suggest. Panos, a well-known figure in the property industry, argues that business formation data offers a more honest read on economic confidence…
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JD Vance warns ‘limousine socialists’ will destroy Michigan auto jobs, depress American wages
US Vice President JD Vance has criticised Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, branding him a “limousine socialist” after his primary win, and warned that Democratic socialist policies would damage the state’s automotive industry and lower wages for American workers. The remarks came during an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, in which Vance argued…
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Cost of living surges as Americans’ top concern, as Iran war dips: Poll
Cost of living and inflation are the top concern for Americans over the Iran war and the economy, according to a new poll. A Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday shows the most important issue for American adults is cost of living and inflation, at 35 percent, with the economy being second at 15…
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TV & Film Scribes Aren’t Spinning A Tale This Time: Jobs Really Have Plummeted In The Last Decade
New data from the Writers Guild of America West shows that the number of TV and film writers earning any income has fallen sharply over the past decade, with the contraction accelerating since the 2023 strikes. The guild’s annual financial report attributes the decline to studios and streamers pulling back on scripted programming after years…
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Watch live: Trump seeks to sell economic agenda, tax cuts in Las Vegas speech
President Trump will deliver remarks Thursday afternoon in Las Vegas highlighting his administration’s economic agenda and promoting the sweeping tax cuts enacted through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which he signed into law last year. The speech comes as Trump seeks to reassure voters on the economy ahead of November’s midterms. Affordability remains a…
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Trump is failing the vibe-check for voters
Republicans aren’t just fighting stubborn inflation and a slowing economy, they are contending with voters who feel worse about their lives across almost every category pollsters can measure.
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‘It confirmed my flaws’: women are paying for face scans that score beauty and suggest excessive procedures
An investigation by the Guardian examines the rise of paid “facial analysis” services, such as Qoves, Facemaxify and Epica, which claim to use science to score users’ attractiveness and recommend cosmetic procedures. These tools have grown out of “looksmaxxing” culture, an online movement that treats beauty as something quantifiable and improvable through surgery and injectables,…
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Bank battle: history suggests Burnham faces fight if he opts for windfall tax
UK banks are facing renewed pressure over a potential windfall tax after HSBC, NatWest, Barclays and Lloyds posted bumper half-year profits, boosted by high interest rates and market turbulence linked to the US war on Iran. Campaigners and unions argue the lenders can easily afford higher taxes, urging new prime minister Andy Burnham to use…
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Volcano alert, climate funding ruling and Glen Hansard’s funeral lead the news
Guatemala raises its Fuego volcano alert to orange amid evacuations, a US appeals court again blocks Trump from clawing back green bank climate funds, and mourners including Bono and Steve Coogan attend Glen Hansard’s Dublin funeral; also, UK Sport overhauls winter sports funding and Christina Applegate leaves hospi…
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Court halts green fund clawback
I now have enough verified detail to write an accurate summary. SUMMARY: A federal appeals court has dealt a blow to the Trump administration’s attempt to strip billions of dollars in clean energy funding from grantees under the “green bank” programme created by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. On 4 August 2026, the full U.S.…