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Hi Sam

 SH> NBR - The Nightly Business Report - is screened Tues-Sat at 11:30am.
 SH> It gives an EXCELLENT run down on the day's NYSE. It also provides

Will check this one out when it resumes.  Has been after my beddie-byes,
so I have not seen it yet.

 SH> The McNeil/Lehrer News Hour - is broadcast at 5:05pm Tues-Fri (why
 SH> not Saturdays too SBS TV??? - conflicts with sport etc eh???) the
 SH> news summaries and in depth analysis of US and world politics and
 SH> the economy is far superior to anything Australian TV offers. Again,

This program gets good reviews in the US, but I find it is too
US-focussed for my taste - especially the political segments.  Fair
enough - it is produced for the US market after all, not us Aussies.

 SH> It is a pity that Australia cannot produce home grown value plus
 SH> programs like this for our domestic market. Frankly, Business Sunday

I think it is a question of the limited choice available on  the free to
air channels.  I am hoping that pay TV will show us what we are missing.
Anyone who has travelled and seen classy programs like CNN and the
multitude of business programs/channels in the US gets very dissatisfied
with most Aust business TV.  However, we have only a small market to
support this stuff.  I am not too confident that pay TV will deliver
more than movies and World Championship Caber Tossing.

 SH> and the Bottom Line are watched simply because there are no better
 SH> programs available. Both are however, a bit of a down market joke

Actually, the journos on Bottom Line are quite good - at least Max and
Maxine are economically literate.  The program has some good guests and
they are asked intelligent questions (at least by Max).  I have given up
on Business Sunday.

Bear in mind that these two programs are designed for a market.  I don't
think any serious investor really relies on them for anything more than
idle browsing.  The two programs might be "down market" for some,
but they tell you what the networks think the average viewer wants to see. 
That in itself gives you some useful insights.

With regard to business info, I am hoping that our choice will improve
when more service providers plug into the internet.  At the moment,
affordable online services seem to provide only price/volume data.  I
would really like to be able to access company reports, or at least
historical earnings data and analysts projections.

Rgds

Bob




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