澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-04-24

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Greece has asked for a 60-billion-dollar international aid package to be activated¹. Greece had hoped that just the promise of EU support, agreed to last month, would've been enough to reassure² markets and help the economy recover. But Greece's problems have continued to hit investor³ confidence in the euro and other European economies. And Prime Minister George Papandreou says it's time for the eurozone to act.

To the markets, and Wall Street closed at a 19-month high on the back of health care and energy stocks. The Dow closed 70 points stronger and the NASDAQ put on 11. It was a strong day in Europe too. The FTSE gained 1 percent and Germany's DAX shot up nearly one and a half.

And checking currencies, the Australian dollar's buying 92.8 US cents and 60 British pence.

Melbourne Storm management says it'll ask owner News Limited to help rescue it from its new-found financial woes⁴. The Storm have to pay more than one and a half million dollars to the NRL due to its major salary cap breaches⁵. On top of that sponsors ME Bank and HOSTPLUS have withdrawn⁶ their support. Accountancy firm Deloitte will shortly begin a forensic⁷ investigation⁸ of the club's finances.

And that's the latest ABC Business News.