athie: taking a look bridgestone jumping as much as 8.8% earlier.maker announced a 1.8 billion dollars share buyback on friday. it came as a surprise in light of the announced plan to acquire tom-tom. on friday, bridgestone says it will buy as much as 7.6% of its own shares. you can see that today's job has ease the decline for the year when it comes to bridgestone. that buyback kicks off this monday. shery: you can get a roundup of the stories you need to know to get your day going on today's ."ition of "daybreak you can customize your settings so you only get the news that you care about. this is bloomberg. ♪ asia."this is "daybreak shery: let's get a quick check of the business flash headlines. dbs has reported net income that came in below the analysts estimates. it was the equivalent of 973 million u.s. dollars with net income of 1.7 billion the u.s.. as rangeiggest banks was 1.5 percent, slightly lower than the 1.7% from a year earlier. bloomberg daybreak middle east we will -- aidi: icbc's bid to launch wealth management asset has been approv

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bridgestone, shared by back, i cbc setting up a wealth management unit. >> yep.p, dollar down, yields up. a good report heading into the open in the middle east. >> you have to wonder how much higher those alcohol taxes will go up. that's it for us. daybreak middle east is coming up next. ♪ ♪ >> this is "bloomberg daybreak: middle east." our top stories this morning. chinese stocks climb on trade optimism and after record high credit growth in january, the impact of monetary easing. we are live in beijing. the fed front and center. we get the fomc minutes this week and hear from nine officials. one more might we learn about this interbank dovish till? saudi arabia's crown prince announced agreements with pakistan, kicking off the asian tour. may makes a desperate appeal for unity in her conservative party as she prepares to head back to brussels in less than six weeks.

bridgestone on the radar amid speculation of a sale.cal agency operator. >> thank you so much for that. coming up on the next hour of " daybreak asia," we will look at the supercar market when we are joined for an exclusive interview by the ceo of mclaren. the market open is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: asia's major markets have just opened for trade. shery: good evening. i am live in hong kong. sophie: and i am sophie kamaruddin. welcome to "daybreak: asia." haidi: our top stories, and mixed start at best. we are also working developments on the trade talks. larry kudlow says the u.s. and china are close to a historic deal. that president trump might have lost any chance at a deal. straight to breaking news south korea. record numbers for the month of february. much higher than the expectation that they would only contract by about 9.5%. it is a bigger fall from the previous month of january. down 11.1 percent. imports also falling more than expected, 12.6%. the expectation was for 11% contraction. huge fall for imports from the p