business asia. a global crisis of democracy due to a collective failure to control corruption that's the conclusion the latest corruption perceptions index from transparency international the lobby group fighting graft and corruption annually ranks countries by how corrupt their citizens think their own country's public sector is not that this ranking goes by the perception of corruption not by documented evidence well looking at the asia pacific region the results are quite sobering countries that have made little progress the region's most uncorrupt country was new zealand which came in second place globally singapore and australia followed closely behind the hong kong and japan came in fourth and fifth spot on the other side north korea comes in last new guinea and cambodia fell about afghanistan were among the region's most corrupt states asia pacific is on par with the americas in its lack of progress in the fight against corruption and as well the western europe and the e.u. concerns he says o

of asia. we thrive, like a lot of intellectual places, think tanks, universities, by really recruiting the best athletes and letting them go forward on the issues they know about, the research they've established. but with growth, we wanted to maintain and develop, if possible, an even more coherent and cohesive picture of what's happening in the region as a whole. we've done that in a couple ways. we've used technology. you may have seen amti or reconnecting asia or beyond parallel where we've used overhead imagery, which when i was in the white house was highly classified and now you can buy to geolocate developments in the maritime domain or infrastructure. we've used surveys of elites in asia. we've tried different ways to add data to the historical and other expertise we have to map out the trends in the region. one of the things we've done is this forecasting event, where we take a stab at what we think will happen in the region. we do three panels. the first one i'll moderate on politic

isn't bad for the rest of asia. look at how multinationals are realizing they had too many eggs in the china basket. they need to divert investment but also focused investments on these countries from india through southeast asia. that is 2.5 billion people. you mentioned the younger demographics and the rapid urbanization and digitization in these economies for they .epresent enormous potential these 2.5 billion people, if they grow only half the rate alreadys -- india is faster than china, but let's say this growth at only 5%. it will china's current gdp in less than a decade. these are markets we have overlooked for far too long. shery: if we see the rivalry continue, does that mean we will see more decoupling of asian nations from china? could we see more dependence with inter-region trade growing? intraregional see trade growing. graphiced that info earlier. tophows china's drop -- trading partners are already its fellow neighbors. trading with japan, south korea, , it alreadydonesia exceeds the rest of the wor

one analyst told me what he sees as apple's problem in asia. just the fact that especially out from asiand for chinese phones are growing faster. yes, there are obviously a large number of diehard apple fans out there, my wife is one of them, but many have been switching towards the fancier, but cheaper chinese phone. and more powerful. and of course, sometimes they are 50%, even 80% cheaper than apple phones. indeed. we are seeing chinese manufacturers, the shipments, the likes of huawei are now larger. so why is apple putting the blame on the chinese economy and the blame on the chinese economy and the trade dispute? is mr cook trying to put pressure now on donald trump to put pressure now on donald trump to cut a deal? i suppose it's part of the reason — it is far easier to just blame demand in general, a specially out from your largest market, china, to say it is a softer market, china, to say it is a softer market fundamental, we have seen that in terms of car sales, chinese are buying less cars as well. the economic data has been coming out over the last few months, ism, emi, gdp.

welcome to "daybreak asia."p stories this wednesday, asia-pacific stocks facing a mix to start. are raising higher with the dollar. revenue met lowered expectations although china remained weak. shery: sterling reacts as the brexit deal -- there will be no delay. theresa may will head back to brussels. investors have a lot on their plate this week. we have the trade negotiations between the u.s. and china kicking off as well as the fed coming up with their decision on wednesday not to mention the brexit drama unfolding in the u.k. a have seen the u.s. markets little bit next so we will see what asia does as we lack clear direction from wall street. sophie: it is a wait and see game being played. a quick check on what is in the lineup today in asia in the last half-hour. inflation due later this morning. japanese consumer confidence for january may see moderation. december trade figures are expected to see a slowdown in exports worth. we have the nikkei 225 gaining ground this morning, up .2%, extending games. th

this is business asia. the u.s. justice department has unsealed criminal charges against chinese telecoms giant who are way they allege violation of sanctions against iran and industrial espionage the charges are connected to the arrest of juarez chief financial officer and daughter of its founder men one jew. this is the chinese delegation arrived in washington for talks to diffuse the simmering trade conflict between the two biggest economies in the world the announcement was a long time coming if you believe the rumor mill the u.s. has officially accused chinese telecom giant huawei of a bevy of crimes a grand jury in new york has returning indictment alleging thirteen additional crimes committed by wall way it's see if it's affiliate in a ram and one of its subsidiaries here in the united states the criminal activity alleged in this indictment goes back at least ten years and goes all the way to the top of the company the u.s. justice department accuses well these top brass of using a hong kong based shell compa

asia's major markets have just open for trade. juliette: welcome to daybreak asia.his: our top stories wednesday. muted start for the trading year for asian stock markets. data, the yeni gaining. stressing self-reliance. china's president talks of changes unseen in a century as he prepares for a major speech on taiwan. meetingt trump calls a of top congressional leaders after suggesting he is open to a deal to end the government shutdown. breaking economic data crossing the bloomberg now. singapore's fourth-quarter gdp rating is out. quarter,the fourth adjusted quarter on quarter. was what the market was looking for. year on year coming on 2.2%. expectations of 2.5%. the revised movement coming through as well. 3.5%. 2.2 percent to 3.2%. we did hear from the prime minister overnight for his new year's address, basically saying that over the course of the year we did see singapore's economic growth hold about a 3%. singaporering that will unveil its 2019 budget on february 18. the prime minister moving to really transition into the new leadership. certainly a miss on

asia is still something of a question mark.nvested in original korea.n india and they are doing one of their first mandarin language shows paired they are doing and japan.l in they are even doing some in thailand and vietnam now. for the most part, most of the countries have one million, may be 2 million customers at most. shery: and of course, netflix recently announced they will be raising prices here in the u.s. i was thinking of renewing my subscription. i don't mind it, i like the original content. will this mean that other subscribers could really be thinking again about renewing their subscriptions? seen,er: it remains to be because this is the largest price increase they have seen in a while. if you go back to 2011, that was the last time netflix had a real crisis when it split the streaming and dvd business, which amounted to a 60% price increase for most customers, and they lost like 800,000 customers in a couple of quarters. since then, they took a while of for raising prices, and since then they've shown an ability

. >> do you think asia can recover if the u.s. is seeing these headwinds? >> what is asia? if you look, you have japan and you have asia. asia, if youo of look at the last quarter of last year when you had the u.s. , asia had at negative return. significantlyd the u.s. equity market. having said that, if we have a negative return this year in the u.s., it is going to be very difficult to think of something for asia. of.ever you can think >> what are these markets pricing in? there is a lot of pessimism. pricing in some bad stuff, where do we go? what are they concerned about? market is very much concerned about global growth slowdown. we look a few months ago, the concern was there are going to -- this was the key higher, unexpected fed hike. we see the concern is vanishing. are repressing expectations of fed hikes. -- the marketten is not happy about that. not doing soy is well, that is the other thing. >> when we established our outlook, we said it was too early to add a risk. when we look at the valuation, it is becoming more attractive. you start 2019 with a valuation,

sophie: welcome to "daybreak asia." haidi: our top stories this monday, asian markets set for start to the week after a strong jobs report and comment from the fed and monetary easing out of china. trade optimism helping things along. the u.s. delegation in a beijing for the first face to face talk since the tariff truce. president trump moves closer to a radical move to fund his border wall by invoking national emergency. shery: we saw markets rally, one of the best gains that we saw in this bull market. potentially setting up a positive day for asia in the equities on this monday session. sophie kamaruddin has a look at this monday session. nikkei adding nearly 2%, recovering some of the drop we saw on friday. they really fell by more than 3%. apple shares among the biggest -- tokyo.n turkey of samsung and apple looking to tie services on samsung tds. sony adding a tenths of a percent. quickly checking in on the yen, it is holding steady after losing some ground. aussie an eye on the dollar, back above 71 u.s. cents a

one, the last xt is tion that we have which which outheast asia and way southeast asia is going to moving for relations. don't forget to turn your clicker on. u.n.?he [laughter] good luck with that. go ahead, amy. china is time when clearly still on the rise and some ited states is to degree in retreat regionally and one might expect that china would be the answer and certainly a lot of people in the audience think so. i really think this year, we're not going to see any major overall tween alignments because china is sort of on its pack heels right now. there is a lot of skepticism about belton road initiative. we have seen some changes in asian countries, notably malaysia, trying to projects with the china and saying some things about china that are pointing to ome of the china's more assertive behavior. i think the united states to some degree, we might sort of a leveling off this year because even though there is a in the region that the indo pacific strategy is more there c than substance, is still not that much flesh on the bones. the united states to some degree from china's own mi

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>> hello and welcome to "daybreak: asia." next two hours, we will bring you the news you need to know as markets open across asia. >> our top story this wednesday receives a vote of confidence, leaving britain in paralysis. relations with europe have been dividing the nation and its political class. the prime minister will now hold party.s about the downing street says she does not believe her deal is dead. >> let's get you started with a quick check of our market close this tuesday. we saw a broad rift on sentiment across the board as we saw tech stocks rally. the nasdaq gaining 1.7%. the dow also reversed two sessions of losses and the s&p 500 rose the most in a week, pushing through that 2600 level, which it had failed to breach three times last week. but of course, today was all about brexit. we had our eyes on sterling, which declined more than 1% but is now paring back those declines. u.k. prime minister theresa may brexitiling to pass her deal through parliament. that giving rise to speculation that we could potentiall

on daybreak asia. this is bloomberg. anchor: this is daybreak asia.of the latest business flash headlines. air france has passed caroline airlines to become the biggest in europe. klm airlines to become the biggest in europe. it is in danger of being topped img.british airline anchor: boeing jumped at the takeover and one the approver -- approval in brazil. it is expected to be close by the end of 2019 after the draft final documents and seek antitrust approval. they have treated that brazil's national interest will be safeguarded. anchor: in ai start of said to about $2 billion and already working with advisors. the firm attracted more than $1 billion last year, a value of billion that bloomberg reported in july. >> class path is pushing ahead with a run into asia this week. the move gives the company a foothold with 11 cities across the region. from to cap -- blue phuket.ho cap -- blue >> we raised almost $90 million in financing. major investors in equinox we launched so kong,y in singapore, hong .uala lumpur in dubai -- and dubai. we have added si

plenty more to come on daybreak asia. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: visit daybreak asia.: let's get a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. wynn resorts is selling in an investigation in nevada over how it handled allegations of sexual misconduct over former ceo steve wynn. the casino operator will pay in unspecified fine to group your viewed by the gaming commission and regulators say they won't limit licenses. authorities from massachusetts are looking into claims against wynn that first arose last year. haidi: pg&e still plans to declare bankruptcy despite trying to avoid such a move. elliott management has a proposal backed with $4 billion in bonds that could convert into pg&e shares. the group is pitching a rival plan but the company is still expected to file for bankruptcy later on tuesday. more to come. taking a closer look at the criminal charges against huawei. comcast business built the nation's largest gig-speed network. then went beyond. beyond chasing down network problems. to knowing when and where there's an issue. beyond network complexity. t

welcome to daybreak asia.our top stories this thursday, the fed has flexibly as dovishness becomes the tone of the day. samsung is want to watch as fourth-quarter profits miss expectations. another sign of weak demand for memory chips. shery: investors await new data from china. activity is expected to have slowed again this month. let's take a look at how we are setting up in terms of the first few minutes of trading in tokyo. we have a pretty good tailwind from wall street as we had positive earnings and then reiterated by the fed going nowhere fast when it comes to its tightening regime. sophie: we have those themes going into the session in asia this thursday. also bracing for a super busy day on the earnings front. facebook, tesla, alibaba reporting overnight. in japan there will be reports from nintendo and others. from korea, samsung is the highlight. onare reasoning -- relating other results. the open, the nikkei rising, the yen holds near a two-week high. investors in japan and korea will have industr

pacific as china one single markets and then asia x. china as a separate market jim what does all of that mean to people like you and me and anyone watching what it means is that china has an economy is the second biggest in the world in this fifteen one five percent of the global economic output but in terms of stock market it's only three percent of the overall stock market representations of what it means is that china's stock market needs to catch up with its economy and companies will become more sophisticated in that with the deal with investors foreigners who previously really stayed away from the state on the sidelines of the china market they have to come in given the scale of these companies which are not just domestic companies but becoming increasingly international over the last few years so i would expect that the big global investors who encourage retail investors to buy these global funds which are primarily u.s. and european plans they're going to start taking a much more seriously you sound pretty bullish particularly

good morning asia, hello world.join us for the latest exciting addition of asia business report. we start with he tai chi and the conglomerate is expected to decide the fate of its nuclear power facility —— —— hitachi. it is expected to hold a board meeting later this thursday. media reports emerged last week that the japanese firm may suspend the project. hitachi told the bbc that no decision has been made but investors are wondering if it has anything to do with the uk's decision to leave the eu. the ceo was against brexit before the referendum. he tai chi has been investing in the uk infrastructure and nuclear industry because the uk as part of the eu. so i oppose brexit. that was the chief executive of hitachi speaking to the bbc in 2016. the company must also make a decision before february one when it is scheduled to report its earnings. i was told by energy expert why he thinks they will cancel the project. if they keep the project there will be more deficit. it is time to cancel. does brexit have anything to

as well as asia and of course. and of course a briton hopes to forge new trade deals any specific country in asia already standing in line. they are already you can bet china and japan are touted to be the biggest win is for briggs it's deals. this is of course following behind hong kong which was once colonized and run by and managed by the u.k. so they already have a very long standing strong investment process procedures from the u.k. tourism is very strong in financial deals as well so in all these fields of between hong kong and the u.k. are just going to increase china and japan are falling closely behind but it will take years before we see any action of these if lamentations our plans or the real result and outcomes of these deals andrea hang there from singapore thank you so much. now today marks the first day of the euro it was launched exactly twenty years ago on the first of january in one thousand nine hundred nine a currency for eleven e.u. countries and at the time it only served as book money it too

anchor: welcome to daybreak asia . anchor: our top stories this friday, apple's worlds and the week factor adding to global growth concerns. apple stocks plunging the most in almost six years. the gloom sees another leading voice going for a fed pause. the uncertainty just too great. anchor: let's get you started with the markets close in the u.s. we saw u.s. stocks declined but the dow fall in more than 600 points and nasdaq also down 3%. every sector on the s&p 500 was in the red with the exception of defenses like utilities and real estate, the biggest fall since christmas eve. we had some negative data out of the manufacturing index, which fell the most since the recession. that for growing concerns over the u.s. outlook and at the same time, concerns over apple at the cut there -- as they cut their sales outlook. 29 of the 30 chipmakers on the index fell in this session. ..s. features trade tomorrow i would not be surprised to see a lot of pressure given what we have seen on the u.s. market on this there's a sessi

welcome to daybreak asia. haidi: let's get you our top stories.pple shares plunging as they cut first-quarter revenue guidance, blaming and expected slowdown in -- an unexpected slowdown in chinese demand. -- adding to the new year glam, a global manufacturing slump as china's factories had late disappointing -- highlight disappointing data around the world. ramy: we are seeing green on the board for this training session in the united states, the s&p 500 up .1%, futures are currently down. a minor just eking out gain. the nasdaq is the biggest bump of the three, up .5%. , they these indexes opened negative largely because pmi in asianna -- countries, like china. i will show you what exactly happened. it was the energy sector that was the biggest leader, up 2%. this after reports as saudi arabia was cutting its exports, and that gave a boost to oil. wti and brent crude rose 2% on the day. that was the highest in the past two weeks. haidi: let's look at aussie markets. they have just opened in a staggered start to the trading session. we were expec

"daybreak asia." stories this tuesday, a warning for davos. is slowing further and risks are rising around the world. president xi talks of serious dangers with china facing a simmering trade war and growth at its slowest in three decades. shery: asia pacific stocks face a muted start. let's get straight to sophie was a check on the markets. south korea fourth-quarter gdp numbers, a big beat. sophie: we are going to have some reaction to that. fourth-quarter growth coming in better than expected, expanding on a yearly basis compared to the 2% gain in the previous three months. increased spending by the government to help offset slowing exports. concern as hinted at by the early january trade data that saw exports tumble the most in more than two years. ares check in on how stocks kicking off the session in seoul. we have the kospi opening flat after a five-day advance. the nikkei gaining ground, .1%.ds aussie shares are falling for the first day in six months lower. are looking at subdued sessions aft

but how do you measure democracy in the asia—pacific region jumping on measure democracy in the asia—pacificve categories that we look at. there are about 60 indicators that are quantified on a binary basis. the five categories that we look at the defined democracy, they basically involve looking at the election process, the functioning of the government, political participation, and it has been political participation that is the big story for asia, as for the world this year, sort of proving that actually, voters are not disengage in the democratic process. but are women now rising in power in these democracies? well, i think it isa these democracies? well, i think it is a mixed bag with women. of course, with many countries in asia, women have always been well represented, the philippines being one of them. japan has not moved in our ranking over the past year because there have been sort of concerted efforts to increase participation. you have been watching newsday. i'm babita sharma in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. coming up... the us and china extend their trad

it is good morning. could join us for of ould join us for 5“ , . of asia join us for55 , . of asia businessto start with the uk rico hizon. to start with the uk international trade secretary who hasissued international trade secretary who has issued a fresh warning about the :‘5 britain crashin out 7—7— possibility of britain crashing out of the eu without a deal. liam fox made the comments at the world economic forum's annual meeting in the swiss mountain resort of davos. some countries don't believe no deal isa some countries don't believe no deal is a possibility. one of. reasons is a possibility. one of the reasons iand is a possibility. one of the reasons i and ministers are here is to other jfjfjr no , convince gth5r'cou ntri5s—th5tncr convince cth5r'ccu ntri5s—‘ch5tncr and convince other-coo ntriee—‘chetncr and they need 55515 5 55555155 555“ ffi5m55 555l 5 5 55555155 555 ffififififififi prepare 555l 5 5 5555ii5ilitii 555 ffififififififi prepare for that. if they don't to prepare for that. if they don't prepare, there could be a break even if it is a temporary one, in the trading relationship with

pacific as china one single markets and then asia x.china as a separate market jim what does all of that mean to people like you and me and anyone watching what it means is that china as an economy is the second biggest in the world in this fifteen one five percent of the global economic output but in terms of stock markets it's only three percent of the overall stock market representations of what it means is that china's stock market needs to catch up with its economy and companies will become more sophisticated in that with the deal with investors foreigners who previously really stayed away from the state on the sidelines of the china market they have to come in given the scale of these companies which are not just domestic companies but becoming increasingly international over the last few years so i would expect that the big global investors who encourage retail investors to buy these global funds which are primarily u.s. and european funds they're going to start taking a much more seriously you sound pretty bullish particularly o

micked for asia.s, stock there under a lot of pressure because of sunstone fourth quarter profits fell short of expectations, so this is how it's looking in asia. pretty mixed. that's it from "bloomberg markets: asia." "bloomberg day break: middle east" is next. ♪ emily: i'm emily chang from los angeles and this is "bloomberg technology." in the next hour, tesla finally begins building its $5 billion factory in china, which will shield it against import tariffs, but will it protect it from the ongoing trade war? why the start-up overhauled its business model in europe and changed its hiring strategy as a potential i.p.o. nears and the consumer electronics show gets into full swing. we'll look at what trends to

su: you are watching daybreak asia.ar is becoming more complicated with the wto opening an investigation into president on chineseiffs goods. they are asking whether the duties breached the requirement wto members must give equal , as beijingment asserts. a new talk will begin with potentially new duties being imposed in march. the interim finance minister in india will meet state run banks later to discuss the health of the sector days ahead of the budget. the reserve bank governor is likely to attend the talks, which will cover sour loans, nonperforming assets and general nonperformance in the face of $200 billion of bad debt. china named a banking veteran as head of the securities regulator csrc. theas recently the chair of largest lender. his new role puts him at the forefront of opening china's $40 trillion financial system to oversee. a majority stake in the chinese -- j.p. morgan and -- leading companies in the u k and germany preparing to cut thousands in jobs in accelerating online shopping. this company is ill

to "daybreak: asia." shery ahn: over the next two hours, we will bring you the news you need to know as markets open across asia. haidi: theresa may survived a no-confidence vote and says rivals must work in the national interest. apple telling bloomberg that hiring may be cut. huawei is said to be under criminal investigation for stealing trade secrets in the u.s.. an indictment could be imminent. shery ahn: we saw the dow closing for -- the dow gaining for the second consecutive session. 2600&p 500 above the level, close to the 60 day moving average. we haven't seen the s&p 500 top that level since early december. financials were the big winners today. did pare some of its earlier gains and nasdaq rose 0.2%. that, on reports that huawei was being investigated by u.s. prosecutors. we could see some more positive sentiment developing from the chinese announcing new stimulus measures, not to mention the brexit no-confidence vote, the no-confidence vote against prime minister may. let's turn to sophie with

michael every, head of asia financial markets research. plenty more to come on "daybreak: asia."shery: we have an alert. the bank of japan governor gave a speech at the branch manager meeting. we are getting the latest thatnts from him saying japanese economy is expanding moderately, cpi is expected to gradually pick up toward 2%. the target of 2% we have seen inflation in japan linger at around half of that target. japan's financial system is maintaining stability -- stability according to the governor and also he is saying the boj will keep rates low for an extended period of time. the latest from the boj governor. gettinge are also breaking news crossing the bloomberg. this is a momentous development in china-north korea ties xi jinping has notified north korean leader kim to visit north korea, accepting the invitation to visit north korea. and his predecessor was the last head of state from china to visit north korea. that was back in 2005. it follows kim's visit to beijing. it looks like it yields positivity when it comes to talks about relations with the u.s. this is bloomb

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asia and australasia ranks fourth, the middle east and north africa region is last in the index. asia analyst for the economist intelligence unit. so it has been a couple of volatile years for the asia—pacific region, as it has been for the world as far as democracy is concerned. obviously, since 2016, actually, that democracy measured within our index has been on the decline for asia, and that is partly because of the year changes in myanmar and cambodia, which sort of went through a process of democracy and then kind of retreated back to authoritarian... but how do you measure democracy in the asia—pacific region jumping on a yearly basis compared to the likes of western europe or north america? sure, so we have five categories that we look at. there are about 60 indicators that are quantified on a binary basis. the five categories that we look at the defined democracy, they basically involve looking at the election process, the functioning of the government, political participation, and it has been political participation that is the big story for asia, as for the world this y

this is bloomberg. ♪ "daybreak: asia this isery ahn: "daybreak: asia."a month-long freeze-dried regulators. gamesal approval for some is a positive trend but the company still awaiting the eau claire 14 of of its most popular titles. shery ahn: las vegas sands fell as analysts question is loss of market share in macau, particularly in the mass market which has been seen as a sweet spot. shares saw their biggest drop in three weeks. >> a new deal with virgin galactic. the designer makes next generation clothing for trips to space. ,he designs are yet to be seen but they will not be like traditional space boots as the ship has -- does not have pressurized cabins. they're working on a space center in new mexico. raised theaghi has alert level on the euro area slowdown is global growth slows and the trade war persists, pushing any rate hike further into the future. bloomberg global economics and policy editor kathleen hays joins us with the latest. president draghi came close to fully downgrading his outlook in december but this time he had to cave. kathleen

>> in some respects in the rest of asia between china and southeast asia, a number of southeast asian will have the benefit of some of this restructuring. for instance, some logistics companies have been reporting as a result of this trade conflict, broader long-term shifts in the economy numbers for instance, across different parts of the world, the rate is shifting and accelerating. at the same time, companies are -- china's business strategy. as they go out, the chain is going to be reconfigured. >> countries like china and russia have been seeking an alternative to the u.s. dollar. what do you make of the dominance of the u.s. dollar? >> the u.s. dollar has been very widely used for many years across the whole economy. during the global financial crisis of twen-2008, the u.s. dollar played an important role and the federal reserve played a key role in providing the liquidity of the u.s. dollar and to prevent a deeper recession. the u.s. dollar remains an mportant currency. there is no clear alternate to the u.s. dollar. the u.s. has the largest economy to date. fairly significant

welcome to "daybreak: asia." our top story, president trump called top congressional leaders to meeting after suggesting he is open to a deal to end the government shutdown. china's present talks of changes unseen in a century as he's prepared for major speech on taiwan. asian stocks set to kickoff 2019 on a muted tone after global equities had the worst year since the global financial crisis. juliette: we are getting some breaking news across the terminal. 1.3%, the survey was for drop of .9%, all of this coming in an election year. the impact of the housing downturn particularly those key markets of sydney, melbourne, and brisbane. falling 1.3%, so that is certainly a miss there. the chinese president makes a speech in taiwan later wednesday, after a new year address which stressed self-reliance a minute and economic slowdown and continuing tensions with the united states. tom mackenzie joins us now from beijing. -- weas the key takeaway don't seem to have tom at the moment. let's go back to some of this data t

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collect hello and welcome to daybreak asia. here new york. >> to open you the news you need to know as markets open across asia. >> our top story this tuesday, a's show looks set to remain under pressure after wall street fell on week data. the yen is holding its gains. the market now waging the pegs it to vote -- the brings it to vote. -- the brexit to vote. airports cut services and southwest is putting its hawaii plan on hold. >> let's get you set up with a quick check of the markets. we saw the s&p 500 falling half a percent. lowered by those tech stocks. we have seen more concern over trade data. weak export falling more than 4% year on the year. we saw the nasdaq falling the most in more than a week, while the dow lost 4/10 of 1%. we have utility companies announcing they are flying -- -- utilityling for companies, p gmt announcing they are filing for bankruptcy. &e announcing they are filing for bank of secret we are looking for to the aggregate financing in yuan loans. let's see how we are sitting of the asian markets.

good morning, asia. hello, world. it is thursday. canjoin us for asia business report. i'm rico hizon. and we start with apple and the stock price slumping in after—hours trade after the technology giant warned its first—quarter revenues, blaming a variety of factors for the lowering guidance, including a slowdown in china and lower than expected iphone apple and watch sales. michelle fleu ry apple and watch sales. michelle fleury reports. tech giant apple said revenue for this quarter would be lower than forecast. trade tensions between china and the us we re tensions between china and the us were partly to blame as well as fewer people choosing to upgrade their iphones. apple shares fell more than 6% on the news. in a letter to investors, the boss of apple, tim cook, said we did not foresee the magnitude of the economic deceleration, particularly in greater china. he went on to add, we believe the economic environment in china has been further impacted by rising trade tensions with the united states. the financial markets, this is

asia --me to daybreak "bloomberg daybreak: asia" haidi: u.s. stocks closing stronger. the shutdown tracks on amid warnings of zero growth of this quarter. nancy pelosi is blocking the state of the union. get a quicket's check of the markets here in the u.s.. a day it was for u.s. stocks. the s&p 500 managed to finish above its 50 day moving average. we had some cautious confidence as this rebound may be has legs. the nasdaq stayed unchanged. essence be futures are also not moving that much right now. we do have concerns over global growth and trade tensions. but some more positive earnings coming out of ibm, procter & gamble, and united technologies. asian stocks are set for a softer start as that growth debate continues in sydney. we are seeing some lawsuits. led bygards are being beach energy, which is off by 2%. in new zealand, we are seeing declines in futures. we do have some corporate updates on the agenda. reporting earnings fell short of expectations on weaker demand for memory chips. that tracks with texas instrument's performance in the fourth quarter. the fo

stocks in asia jump.washington in beijing resuming trade talks in the first formal meeting since the 90 day truce was a great to back in december. and president trump renews threats to bypass congress to build the wall while the shutdown interest it 17th day. good morning, everyone. good afternoon, if you are watching from asia. this is "bloomberg surveillance." i'm francine lacqua in

abe continues to try to manage major power relations in asia. so let me conclude with a few thoughts. some of them are-- i've alluded to already. i think the u.s.-japan relationship is still is the strongest and i say that not lightly or because i support about, but if you look at america's overlay with other allies, i believe that japan is on a firmer footing than many others. i think the abe-trump relationship continues to be the fulcrum for managing this partnership despite the hurdles and bumps that i noted, i still think that the prime minister and the president continue to reach out to each other and see each other as colleagues in attempting to deal with some of these political challenges. i think that a lot of the same issues are going to be on the headlines in 2019. we could, of course, have a surprise, but the north korea and the summit, the second summit, if it happens, will be just one more opportunity to make sure that tokyo and washington are aligned on the military balance in northeast asia and of course, the priority for tokyo wi

asia is the promising region and east asia and south asia deliver the highest growth rates once againe think that in the near future, they are going to do that. >> you mentioned india and china. those two countries have high levels of nonperforming loans. bad are the debt vulnerabilities and some of these emerging markets? >> it is true that the debt problem is there. find aicymakers need to solution. in both india and china, we see that policymakers acknowledge the problem. announcedment measures in the case of china, obviously there are measures underway to deal with the system and all of these financial transactions associated with local governments. is theedging the problem first step. we are hopeful that these problems are going to be addressed in the coming months. >> thank you so much for joining us. we will be previewing the market opens in japan and south korea next. this is bluebird. -- bloomberg. ♪ resignedife ceo has over comments that he made before taking on the role that the company says are contrary to its business practices and culture. paid $3.5 million as part of a

asia executive editor for tech.of some other earnings coming out this week, pretty much fang but other big ones as well. i won't take you through each and every one. here in the asia pacific also looking at samsung for example but a fair amount of investor money at stake with the results coming out. >> all right. that face time bug certainly a bit after concern for all of us. southeast asia is fast gaining attention of institutional investors looking for growth outside china and india. technology investment in the region hit a record of more than $11 billion last year, nearly double what was invested in 2017. and 70% of funding was so-called megadeals where you several aptured by groups. we have the founder here with me in the singapore studio. i noticed carousel was one of those deals getting very close to the megadeal $85 million i believe. why do you think southeast asia s so attractive? >> first of all, thank you for having me here. southeast asia shows fantastic parameters as far as digital investment is concer

welcome to "daybreak asia." our top stories this friday, asian stocks set to slip as japan trade for the first time this year after apple's warning sank u.s.actory data stocks. the iphone maker tumbled 10% with its asian suppliers, bracing for another difficult day. the trump trade war advantage slips as the white house warns of more pain for china companies. haidi: painful start to the beginning of trading in tokyo as we saw with some ceremony and optimism. we had japan markets coming back online for the first time this year, back online and downward trading. we have seen the nikkei 225 down by 1.7%, the topics up -- topix up. to carry on a torrid end to the year. may were falling into the bear market late in the year. joining this sense of investor malaise as we get macro concerns over japan. trade pretty much exposed when you talk about that global supply chain. we are watching the apple story. talking about the likes of japan display errors, modules as well as electronics. these stocks will be playing catch-

to "daybreak asia."ia pacific markets look set for another gain the have renewed trade war. the dollar is at its lowest level since october. samsung is one to watch after fourth-quarter profits missed estimates. shery: carlos ghosn appears in court later to give his first comments on the charges that brought him down. nissan will be one of the stock we will be watching in the japan open but also samsung as their operating profits missed estimates. we're setting up for the market open in japan and korea, here is sophie. sophie: we did see asian stocks a boost up $300 billion when it comes to market caps. this is how the nikkei and the cost be ended monday. we are seeing the nikkei up by .07% being led by consumer discretionary stocks. the kospi trading a 10th of a percent higher while aussie banks.are led lower by the yen staying below 109. the top japanese steel mill has come out to warn that it could hit exporters at 110 to 120 against the dollar. ahead of the 10-year auction. the jgb space. tokyo secur