Job losses but no rate cut; Australia-US drug wars; Starbucks fined $50m for spilt tea
FEAR & GREED | Business News
<p><strong>Friday 21 March 2025</strong></p>
<p><strong>More than 50,000 jobs were lost last month but that doesn’t mean the Reserve Bank is rushing to cut interest rates. </strong></p>
<p>And more, including:</p>
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<li>A war of words has erupted between Australian and US authorities over the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. </li>
<li>Australia’s population pushes beyond 27 million. </li>
<li>Plus Victoria is the country’s theft leader, and Starbucks fined $50 million for spilling a cup of tea. </li>
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