00:00ANZ is the smallest of our so-called Big Four banks, but it's the biggest in our Pacific
00:08neighbours and over the ditch in New Zealand.
00:11More than 3,500 jobs to go.
00:14But all of our banks have the same cost pressures, demand for profit and access to technology,
00:20so this might not be the end.
00:23The tech-focused NASDAQ index in the US hit a new record overnight, dragging the entire
00:28US market higher.
00:30The price of gold just keeps going, it's now up 45% on a year ago.
00:37And our dollar slightly stronger against the US dollar, and nestled above $1.10 against
00:42New Zealand's Kiwi Bucks.
00:45Miner BHP has paid $110 million to settle another class action over that tragic dam disaster
00:52in Brazil a decade ago.
00:54And blood products giant CSL continues to fall in value.
00:59And some interesting sentiment.
01:01Business confidence data has slipped after four months of rises.
01:04It's still close to the long-term average.
01:08Consumers aren't that confident either.
01:09They're feeling a bit healthier since the Reserve Bank started cutting interest rates, but the
01:14expectations of unemployment are rising.
01:17I wonder why.
01:19And that's finance.
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