澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-09-26

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Australia’s push for a permanent seat at the top table has paid off. World leaders have announced the G20 will supersede¹ the G8 as the world’s premier² financial governance body. It's a win for the prime minister who has been arguing for months the G20 should be the driving power of major financial decisions. Kevin Rudd says it's a more representative body as it includes emerging powers such as China and India. The G20 is meeting in the US city of Pittsburgh for a two-day summit.

Twitter says it’s closed a deal for significant new funding. The 115-million-dollar investment is about twice as much as Twitter was reportedly expected to raise in its latest round of fund-raising. So far the social networking website has been unable to make money since its launch.

To the markets now, banking³ stocks have made gains after ANZ announced it’s swallowing ING’s stake in their joint⁴ wealth management and life insurance ventures.

The local market was buoyed⁵. The ASX closed 0.25% higher. But Wall Street fell for its third straight day on disappointing US housing and durable⁶ goods data. In London, gains in the pharmaceutical⁷ and energy stocks helped offset⁸ losses. And on Saturday morning the dollar was buying 86 US cents.

And that’s ABC Business News.