Midday Report for Thursday 21 August 2014

12:34 PM.News from the rural and farming sectors. Audio

12:26 PM.The All Blacks blame the referee for the draw in the first Bledisloe test. Audio

12:25 PM.For the latest from the markets we're joined by Andrew Cathie at Craigs Investment Partners. Audio

12:24 PM.July was a bleak month for job advertising, according to an ANZ survey with ads falling a near 2 percent, in seasonally adjusted terms. Audio

12:23 PM.Skellerup's full-year profit more than doubled to just over 41-million dollars for the year ended June. Audio

12:23 PM.The Federal Reserve has hinted that a strong jobs market recovery in the United States could lead to it raising interest rates, earlier than it had been anticipating. Audio

12:22 PM.AMP's annual net profit fell 3 percent, despite 5 percent higher operating earnings from its New Zealand arm. Audio

12:21 PM.New Zealand gained 4-thousand-5-hundred more permanent residents in July, the second-highest monthly increase on record. Audio

12:19 PM.Port of Tauranga's annual net profit fell more than 30 percent, reflecting a one-off gain in the previous year's result. Audio

12:17 PM.Ports of Auckland's chief executive attributes the near doubling of its annual net profit, to increased productivity and a change in culture. Audio

12:00 PM.The Prime Minister defends his office over the release of SIS documents and families of Pike River victims will find out in a few days whether the mine will be re-entered. Audio