澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-21（在线收听）

Stocks in Europe have dropped for 4th consecutive day, marking the longest losing streak in four months. The Euro stock dipped almost 1%, the share markets slumped after the European Central Bank announced it would withdraw some emergency cash. The President of ECB, Jean-Claude Trichet, said that the bank will scale back its liquidity measures because some stimulus controls are no longer needed.

Police have raided the offices of a Reserve Bank subsidiary in Melbourne, Securency International is half owned by the Reserve and makes banknotes. Officers are investigating claims the company breached Australia's bribery laws for printing plastic banknotes in other countries. The managing director's been stood down, pending investigations.

Internet company AOL will lay off about a third of its workforce once it’s spun off from media giant Time Warner. The move will involve about 2,300 job cuts of the firm which currently employs almost 7,000 workers.

Let's take a look at how Wall Street finished the week. Worse-than-expected earnings results from computer company Dell pushed down US stocks. The Dow Jones dipped 14 points, while the S&P lost a third  of a percent. And the Aussie dollar has slipped against the greenback.

That's ABC Business News.