Midday Report for Monday 8 September 2014

12:35 PM.News from the rural and farming sectors. Audio

12:26 PM.Serena Williams takes the US Open. Audio

12:24 PM.For the latest from the markets we're joined by Belinda Stanley at Craigs Investment Partners. Audio

12:21 PM.Chorus has lost its appeal against the corporate regulator's decision, forcing it to slash its prices for broadband services, over copper wires. Audio

12:20 PM.Heartland New Zealand, has taken a 10 percent stake in New Zealand's only peer-to-peer lending platform. Audio

12:18 PM.The stock exchange's disciplinary tribunal has publicly censured Diligent and fined it 100-thousand dollars for failing to file its financial accounts, through 2013, in three successive reporting… Read more Audio

12:17 PM.Sky Television has lost the rights to broadcast the US PGA golf, the European PGA Tour, and the Asian Tour, for next season. Audio

12:00 PM.The mother of murdered toddler Nia Glassie is granted parole and the National Party says it won't cut the corporate tax rate. Audio