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Voters reject Trump policies; DJs set to fall into administration; AI isn’t causing job losses
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Thursday 5 November 2026 Donald Trump’s Republican Party loses control of Congress, as voters reject the President’s war in Iran. Department store David Jones set to fall into administration AI isn’t causing job losses … yet Australia approves its first GLP-1 weight-loss pill Uber loses a High Court appeal meaning its contractors will be treated as workers Hit follow on the podcast so you don’t miss the latest news, and join our free daily newsletter here. And don’t miss the latest episode of How Do They Afford That? - a mortga...
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Welcome to Fear and Greed Business News you can use. Today, Donald Trump's Republican Party loses control of Congress as voters reject the President's War in Iran, department store David Jones set to fall into administration and AI isn't causing job losses.
yet. Plus, Australia approves its first GLP1 weight loss pill and Uber loses a high-court appeal meaning its contractors will be treated as workers. It is Thursday the 5th of November 2026. I'm Michael Thompson and good morning Sean Aylmer. Good morning Michael, this big week just keeps getting bigger.
Oh yes, this has been a cracker of a week. The stories just keep coming. The main story today, Sean voters have rejected many of Donald Trump's policies in the US midterm elections, handing both the Senate and the House of Representatives to Democrats. It's just the scale of this is enormous. So Democrat candidates won races in Republican strongholds. They flipped
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