Midday Report for Thursday 20 November 2014

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

12:26 PM.The pace bowler Trent Boult says the Black Caps hope to mop up the Pakistan tail in the first hour of tonight's fourth day of the second cricket test in Dubai. Audio

12:24 PM.For the latest from the markets we're joined by Angus Marks at First NZ Capital Audio

12:22 PM.Advertisements for jobs dipped slightly in October. Audio

12:21 PM.The cost of buying the goods and services producers use to supply their customers fell 1-and-a-half percent in the September quarter, largely because of falling dairy prices. Audio

12:20 PM.Ebos says the contract it signed with Health Benefits earlier this year will continue, despite that organisation's demise. Audio

12:18 PM.The seafood and aquaculture company, Sanford, says it's likely to sell its Pacific tuna business. Audio

12:17 PM.Fisher & Paykel Healthcare's first-half net profit rose 10 percent, as the company continues to increase its share of growing key markets. Audio

12:00 PM.The Commerce Commission clears Countdown of anti-competitive behaviour and calls for the State Services Commissioner to scrap the secrecy around the Roger Sutton case. Audio