Midday Report for Thursday 22 January 2015

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

12:27 PM.The Wellington Phoenix coach Ernie Merrick says he's open to selling the club's in-form striker Nathan Burns. Audio

12:26 PM.The New Zealand business software company, GeoOp, says the number of licensed users jumped 22 percent, or 3-thousand, in the last three months of 2014 compared with the September quarter. Audio

12:25 PM.For the latest from the markets we're joined by Don Lewthwaite at First NZ Capital. Audio

12:20 PM.Mighty River Power says it will hold its headline retail prices for both gas and electricity from April the first for a third year in a row. Audio

12:19 PM.Trade Me says the national median rent was static for a fifth consecutive month at 400 dollars a week in December and up a little over 5 percent from a year earlier. Audio

12:18 PM.Job advertisements have picked up. Audio

12:17 PM.The New Zealand dollar fell another US cent overnight, taking the currency's losses over the past week to nearly 3-and-a-half cents. Audio

12:16 PM.Manufacturing activity has expanded for the 27th successive month. Audio

12:00 PM.Home buyers to benefit from a renewed mortgage war at the major banks and Trade Me shows a disconnect between skyrocketing property prices and stagnating rental costs. Audio