Midday Report for Thursday 27 November 2014

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

12:26 PM.The family of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes are at his bedside watching and waiting after the batsman spent a second night in an induced coma battling for his life. Audio

12:23 PM.For the latest from the markets we're joined by Campbell Johnstone at Macquarie Private Wealth. Audio

12:21 PM.Tower's annual net profit fell more than 32 percent, while its underlying general insurance result rose by the same percentage. Audio

12:20 PM.Trilogy International's half year net profit of 984-thousand dollars has exceeded its guidance by almost 14-and-half percent, a big turnaround from the 269-thousand-dollar loss it reported in the same… Read more Audio

12:18 PM.Gentrak has made a full year net profit of 3.4 million dollars, which is better than it signalled in August, but short of the prospectus forecast in May. Audio

12:17 PM.New Zealand recorded a 908-million-dollar trade deficit in October, the highest for an October month since 2008. Audio

12:00 PM.One person is dead and two others are injured in a triple stabbing in Auckland. and the Prime Minister admits more text and telephone conversations with blogger Cameron Slater. Audio