we will have a look at the south china morning post. i am going to steal this quote.t is not, it is between the balding prints and a former small—time american actress." they cannot help but focus on it. they tried to create a suggestion as to why they are create a suggestion as to why they a re baffled create a suggestion as to why they are baffled there is so much interest. there are other royal families around the world. why does the british royal family families around the world. why does the british royalfamily reign supreme? again, ithink the british royalfamily reign supreme? again, i think it goes back to the legacy of the empire, the vast global english—speaking media as well, which has such an influence. it is not surprising that some people in some parts of the world would get frustrated at the disproportionate impact that the royal family have. disproportionate impact that the royalfamily have. even disproportionate impact that the royal family have. even referencing hong kong about this sort of nostalgia for what was, whether it actually was, as people li

south china morning post covers trade between the two koreas and details the economic plan south korea gave to kim jong—un on a usb drive. and finally, bloomberg, and elon musk, who they say is putting his money where his mouth is, buying almost $10 million in tesla stock. so, let's begin. back with me isjeremy cook, chief economist at world first. the iran nuclear deal. the new york times says the us will pull out. the us new york times will have its cake and is not supportive of the trump administration. we are aware of this. donald trump is expected to leave the iran deal. this is nothing new. there is not really anyone out there in the us expecting anything different from theirs when donald trump announces his thoughts at 6pm gmt. -- this. trump announces his thoughts at 6pm gmt. —— this. whether he leaves but goes back to exposing discomfort, we do not know. it seems him leaving the deal is almost completely priced in. rent crude is trending. for what it means for the area in light of increased faster —— vociferousness and so on, but also the axis with saudi arabia and all that, i

south china morning post. tough crowd! personal data on you and me than you—know—who. they were telling us their plans for the platform for the year ahead. idea from! a new vr headset, and a dog on a laptop. thanks, jiffpom! nice work! but there wasn't just a dog in the conference centre. there was one very big elephant in the room as well... welcome to f8! this has been an intense year! privacy. privacy practices. by unfounded accusations. as questions heat up around how our data is used. view of our responsibility. facebook‘s opening salvo, a new feature called clear history. and analytics tools. put to him by congress. that they hold on you. the problem is, it's not all the data that they hold on you. which is uniting privacy advocates and congress alike. "clear your history" is bit misleading. from the account itself. the data will still exist. in facebook‘s data bases. that other identifier will be kept other data about you. maybe they could be luckier in love? we are announcing a new set of features coming soon aroun

and the south china morning post poses a question — would you be honest at no—staff kiosks?s how companies in china are installing vending machines that rely on trust. so let's begin. with me is iain anderson, founder of the international communications agency, cicero group. let's get stuck in. we begin with a story that is good to dominate in the uk, with good reason. we are coming to the one—year anniversary of the grenfell tower tragedy. inquiry has begun and started with some very heartfelt stories, tragic stories. the sun looks at the stillborn son, logan, who died as a consequence of those parents being in the tower. this is the consequence of an enquiry which is probably going to take at least a year. it is going to start off listening to the stories. i think we will have at least two or three weeks listening to the stories of those affected. as you reflected, the first to read it we heard was from a man whose young son was due to be born in august of last year and was stillborn just hours after the tragedy unfolded. you and i were talking earlier. i used to live clos

south china morning post covers trade between the two koreas and details the economic plan south koreamberg, and elon musk, who they say is putting his money where his mouth is, buying almost $10 million in tesla stock. so, let's begin. back with me isjeremy cook, chief economist at world first. the iran nuclear deal. the new york times says the us will pull out. the us new york times will have its cake and is not supportive of the trump administration. we are aware of this. donald trump is expected to leave the iran deal. this is nothing new. there is not really anyone out there in the us expecting anything different from theirs

the south china morning post carries north korea's warnings to donald trump to stop taking credit forimjong—un and president trump will meet at the end ofjune in singapore. another deal that donald trump's looking at is in the financial times the iran nuclear agreement — the country's president/ hassan rouhani's warning the us president not to pull out saying it would be a "historic regret". let's turn to london's evening standard now, it reports a private police company operating in the capital will be the first to go nationwide — its services would set you back £200 per month. technology site c—net among many looking at another facebook story. it says most facebook users in us are staying loyal to the site after its recent data disaster. and finally, to the new york times with a tale of a secret millionaire — a 96—year—old woman who retired just before her death — left almost $9 million to charity — shocking family and friends who described her as frugal. so let's begin. back with me is priya lakhani — the founder and ceo of century tech — a uk based education technology platform. l

the south china morning post says the royal wedding frenzy around the world is rooted in the legacy ofe attention is paid to the weddings of other royal families from asia and continental europe. and finally, the short list website asks, "what kind of man enjoys the royal wedding more than the fa cup final?" chelsea and manchester united face stiff competition

the south china morning post is talking about the situation between the united states and china.have talked in business briefing about the big delegation in beijing, to try and overcome this trade war which is ongoing. it is a rhetorical one in many ways, but it is having an impact. it really is, and this is very important, as is the eu us trade negotiations, there is another deadline on the first ofjune for that. the interesting thing about this story is that china is saying we will not give the us concessions. if we look at south korea negotiations with trump, obviously he wants to pressure them, make them give concessions to the us. china are saying they are not going to do that. very interestingly, lots of economists are saying the us economy or the us consumer could be seen as more exposed to this than the chinese consumer, because the us consumer is buying a lot of cheap chinese goods. also us farmers, china is saying you have put tariffs on us china is saying you have put tariffs on us and we are going to put ta riffs on us and we are going to put tariffs on soya beans, th

and the south china morning post poses a question — would you be honest at no—staff kiosks?nstalling vending machines that rely on trust. so let's begin. with me is iain anderson, founder of the international communications agency, cicero group. let's get stuck in. we begin with a story that is good to dominate in the uk, with good reason. we are coming to the one—year anniversary of the grenfell tower tragedy. inquiry has begun and started with some very heartfelt stories, tragic stories.

next we have the south china morning post, with an article saying observers believe that north korea'snned summit with donald trump is part of the country's efforts to maximise its bargaining power. and the telegraph reports that britain will tell brussels it's prepared to stay in the european union's customs union beyond 2021. it comes as uk ministers remain deadlocked over a future deal with the eu. and from brexit to another possible exit — the financial times says that a french energy giant is threatening to pull out of iran unless it can be protected from us sanctions, following washington's withdrawal from an international nuclear deal with the islamic republic. and finally, a story on the guardian website about the pope issuing guidelines for nuns about how they engage with social media apps, saying they should use such apps "with sobriety and discretion". as we all should. with me is rolake akin—kugbe filani, who's head of energy at fbn merchant bank. ok, so let's start with the new york times and a story

the south china morning post says, according to beijing, china has insisted that it will not succumbndustrial policy or offer major concessions on the bilateral trade deficit. the ft reports there are new signs of european economic weakness emerging as the eurozone recorded it slowest growth in 18 months, heightening fears that the currency union's post—crisis recovery is petering out. and on the mashable website, there appears to be a positive ending to the recent racial bias incident involving two black men at a starbucks in philadelphia. rashon nelson and donte robinson both settled with city authorities for $1 each, and asked the city to pledge $200,000 to develop programs for young entrepreneurs. with me is jane foley, who is a senior fx strategist at rabobank. let's get started. so the story on the front

let's move on to the south china morning post, what did you want to pick up here?y interesting because both sides have heals dragging. the position of north korea here is that it does not wa nt to north korea here is that it does not want to be cornered, they have heard the us talking around the libyan model. that did not go down well. we all know how that ended. i suspect that the talks still have a good prospect of taking place injune but it is really about the fact that north korea is a bit anxious about these annual exercises between the south and the us. they know they a lwa ys south and the us. they know they always happen though, it isjust them playing... they know. it is really interesting because kim jong—un had appeared to be softening, and of course there have been talks before with the south, but on the other hand there is this need not to be seen as weak at home. there is this sort of grandstanding andi there is this sort of grandstanding and i am not sure that the talks are in fulljeopardy at and i am not sure that the talks are in full jeopardy at th

the south china morning post reports on a new hotline being set up between china and japan.strengthen ties between the two countries and help prevent military clashes at sea and in the air. and finally, it's t0 russia with love, according to the arab news. it says youngsters in the middle east and north africa now believe russia is their biggest non—arab ally, replacing the united states which has fallen out of the top five for the first time since the survey started a decade ago. the italian multi—millionaire owner of the english football team, leeds united, has told the bbc he doesn't regret taking the club on a controversial trip to myanmar. the team has faced widespread criticism for travelling to a country whose military is accused of ethnic cleansing of rohingya muslims. andrea radrizanni denied he was putting his business interests over the reputation of the club. 0ur myanmar correspondent, nick beake, spoke to him in yangon. the day yorkshire came to yangon. a hard—core of leeds united fans made the 5,000—mile journey to myanmar. a choice of destination which plunged

and the south china morning post says hong kong is harbouring some big ambitions when it comes to theirring skyline but this giant pumpkin is also proving a big hit. it's part of a plan to bring art into the heart of the city. and that is it for some of the papers. babita sharma, what are some of the story is sparking discussions online? —— stories. lots of people have been on social media discussing whether or not this is britain's most beautiful bus route? the journey from leeds to whitby takes four hours. 0n the way it takes in the historic city of york before crossing the moors. the route is part of a competition to discover the county's most scenic route. the winner will be announced in may. for most people, the names kim jong—un, kimjong—il and kim il—sung conjure up images of only three men. but what's it like growing up in south korea with the same name as a north korean leader? we've been finding out. what is in their name? this coming saturday prince harry, now sixth in line to the british throne, marries his american girlfriend meghan markle at windsor castle. if you have not

and too close for comfort — the south china morning post is among the papers focussing on the eruptinghe intensity and danger of the seismic activity, which has increased considerably in recent days. a leading scientist believes he has found the cause of the most common cancer in children. he says that coming into contact with too few germs early in life can leave a child vulnerable to one type of leukaemia which is more common in advanced, affluent societies. our health correspondent james gallagher has more. hugo has a cancerous immune system. he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia when he was two and the disease means he has difficulty walking. he's now in his third year of chemotherapy. it's all he's ever known, but yes, certainly the early part of his treatment was really gruelling. all the side effects you'd expect, vomiting, hair loss, tiredness, lack of appetite. hugo's type of leukaemia is more common in affluent societies, but the reason why has been hotly debated. now scientists think they have the answer. it starts with a genetic mutation in the womb and then i

an "epic fail" according to the country's own south china morning post. tough crowd!and probably no—one has more personal data on you and me than you—know—who. yes, at facebook‘s f8 conference this week, they were telling us their plans for the platform for the year ahead. there will be new face filters — hmm, i wonder where they got that idea from(!) a new vr headset, and a dog on a laptop. thanks, jiffpom! nice work! but there wasn't just a dog in the conference centre. there was one very big elephant in the room as well... welcome to f8! this has been an intense year! privacy. it has been centre—stage for facebook so far this year with zuck appearing in person before congress to defend facebook‘s privacy practices. and this week, the company sharing that scandal spotlight with facebook, cambridge analyticia, announced that it was shutting down, saying it had been vilified by unfounded accusations. nevertheless, facebook‘s feet are still very much to the fire as questions heat up around how our data is used. and what i've learned this year is that we need to take a

the south china morning post reports on how bosses in hong kong won't have to pay their workers overtimeus on standardising working hours the government has settled on guidelines, which means bosses won't be legally required to compensate low—income workers for the extra hours they do. and finally, the japan times has an eye—capturing image of fire—flies performing a synchronised mating ritual. they created a spectacular display lighting up senri ryokuchi park in osaka. the image was captured by super—imposing photographs taken at is—second intervals. now, kasia, what stories are sparking discussions online? if you live in the hotel of mum and dad then here's a tale of caution — an american couple have won their legalfight to have their 30—year—old son evicted from their home. michael rotondo has been living with his parents for eight years after he lost his job but they say he had not contributed to household expenses or with doing the chores. they took him to court after he ignored multiple written notices to leave, starting in february, they even gave him $1100 to leave. but mr rotond

and the south china morning post says hong kong is harbouring some big ambitions when it comes to their its glittering skyline, but this giant pumpkin is also proving a big hit. it's part of a plan to bring art into the heart of the city. now, babita, what stories are sparking discussions online? we all like a good bus in britain. hedblom social media have been discussing where is britain's most beautiful bus route. —— people on social media. the journey takes four hours and travels across the county of yorkshire including views of the moors and the historic city of york. the route is part of a competition to discover the county's most scenic route. the winner will be announced later this month. this coming saturday prince harry, now sixth in line to the british throne, marries his american girlfriend meghan markle at windsor castle. interest in the royal wedding is huge and it's predicted that more than a billion people worldwide will watch it. we have been speaking to some children at an american school in the uk who have given some tips to meghan markle about how to adapt to britain.

while the south china morning post reports that mr trump hit out at a "hostile" kim, it headlines that eye" in their opposition to the us president's protectionist trade policies. la figaro in france leads on a justice department study of more than 200 convicted radical islamists that it says reveals the face ofjihadism in france. but it covers the summit cancellation with the headline declaring mr trump's strategy a failure. now, you know there's a prestigious musical career ahead of you when you win an internationally renowned music competition at the age of ii. last month, chloe chua won thejunior division of the menuhin competition in geneva. the competition attracts some of the greatest violin talents from all over the world and many of its prizewinners have gone on to successful international careers. earlier i spoke to chloe chua, a student at the nanyang academy of fine arts and her mum, eng lee. i began by asking chloe what it felt like being in the competition. i was really happy to join and when i heard that i got into the competition i was wheeping because i did not know th

the south china morning post has an article about a woman who lost millions of dollars in a love scamng dollars injust 18 months. 0n the front page of the strait times, malaysia has agreed to go ahead with an mrt line betweenjohor baru and singapore. but despite going ahead, ways to lower the cost are still needed. the new government will review the project. it is hoped to be completed by 202a. now babita — what stories are sparking discussions online? yes let's look at what is trending right now. japanese hunters caught and killed i22 pregnant minke whales as part of its antarctic summer "field survey". japan says its whaling programme is for scientific purposes. that's despite a un ruling against its "lethal research" and widespread condemnation. dozens of pakistani shias have gone "missing" in recent months — after, according to their families, being detained by the security forces. they've never been produced in court or charged with an offence, but sources in the community have told the bbc it's believed they're being secretly held by the intelligence services, accused of links t

the south china morning post has some good news for villagers in hong kong's northern new territoriesd to leave their homes to make way for new town developments. and finally, the international edition of the new york times has some cheeky news from paris. the palais de tokyo is hosting a special tour where visitors wear nothing except shoes. it's the first of its kind in france and has proven popular, with 30,000 people registering an interest. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? well, it's donald trump trending today — nothing unusual there — but this time he might have finally gone too far. the us president has banned the sale of irn—bru at his scottish golf resort in turnberry because it might stain the clubhouse carpet orange. the soft drink is extremely orange and extremely popular in the country where it's referred to as scotland's other national drink — and the scots are furious. returning to our top story. donald trump and kim jong—un will meet in singapore onjune the 12th for a historic summit — the first time leaders of the united states and north korea have

the south china morning post has a story about the plight of elderly poor people.who make a living by scavenging for discarded cardboard and other waste on the streets are women. they earn just over 90 us dollars a month from collecting cardboard. 0n the front page of the japan times, yokohama is to get aerial gondolas ahead of the olympics. private sector companies are planning to build seaside aerial gondolas in the port city, aiming to attract tourists coming from abroad for the tokyo 2020 olympics. now babita what stories are sparking discussions online? the new star wars movie solo: a star wars story, has failed to make the impact disney had hoped in north america. experts had predicted ron howard's film about a young han solo would take between 130 million and $150 million on its debut weekend. but it had to settle for $103 million. the film has been generally praised by critics. the tribal areas in pakistan, bordering afghanistan, have long—been viewed as a wild, lawless region. for over 100 years, they've been ruled by a piece of british colonial era legisl

i've been speaking to the south china morning post us bureau chief robert delaney.h sides recognised that they were leaning towards an all—out bilateral trade war and there are a lot of voices, especially within the us industry, like the us chamber of commerce, calling for more caution in entering this phase. so it appears that both sides recognised that getting into an all—out trade war is not in either side's interest. so they buckled down, they have been together now for two rounds of high—level trade talks, and now they are talking consensus. how important are they to each other‘s economies? the narrative donald trump was giving is they could pretty much do without china and similarly china was giving the impression they could do without america as well. china does need basic commodity items like soya beans. they need energy products like national gas. they also depend on us technology products like components and semiconductors as we have seen the issue around sanctions on the z te battleship plays out. the other issue is the us depends very much on a wide rang

to hong kong and the south china morning post.rugs haul suspected ketamine and cocaine put on show by police following a raid in kowloon. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? it's all about the royal wedding. it is. prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle have chosen their wedding carriage, and this is it. what do you mean you didn't have one of these? the couple will tie the knot on saturday 19 may in windsor. let's get more on our top story — president trump's newest appointment, mike pompeo. the former head of the cia has officially become the usa's top diplomat. earlier, i asked our washington correspondent, chris buckler, how significant it was that donald trump visited the state department in person, to be at mike pompeo's swearing—in. it really marks a huge difference between mike pompeo and his predecessor, rex tillerson. it was a symbolic decision, one intended to show president trump is really giving his backing to mike pompeo, that there is a report, something that there is a report, something that brin

the south china morning post leads with the trade tensions between the us and china.ation in washington, and reports that they are frustrated over criticism from the white house trade advisor peter navarro after the first round of talks. the japan times is covering an $18 billion loan from the uk government to japanese company hitachi. it reports that the uk has offered financial support for a project to build nuclear reactors in wales, amid concerns over swelling costs. and the china daily also leads on us—china trade. but another story reveals that outer space could be the final frontier for business. china's first carrier rocket designed and built by a private company was launched on thursday morning. the os—x suborbital rocket flew for 306 seconds and travelled 273 km through the atmosphere before falling back to earth. "there is still no collusion" — that is what president trump tweeted, exactly a year since robert mueller was appointed to investigate possible collusion between the trump election campaign and russia. his team has made 22 indictments, although non

and too close for comfort — the south china morning post is among the papers focussing on the eruptingws the intensity and danger of the seismic activity, which has increased considerably in recent days. now, babita, what stories are sparking discussions online? it's the obamas. coming soon to netflix, barack and michelle obama. america's former president and first lady have signed a multi—year deal to produce television shows and movies with the streaming service. a statement from netflix says the couple will work on documentaries and other features that highlight issues they pursued when in office. a leading scientist believes he's found the cause of the most common cancer in children. he says that coming into contact with too few germs early in life can leave a child vulnerable to one type of leukaemia which is more common in advanced, affluent societies. our health correspondent james gallagher has more. hugo has a cancerous immune system. he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia when he was two and the disease means he has difficulty walking. he's now in his third year

asia after expanding into europe the company announced today it would be partnering with south china morning post of the post is owned by billionaire jack ma who also founded the massive ali baba group as a result of the partnership asian readers will now have greater access the politicos mix of washington's conventional wisdom and insider tips lord help them unlike their expansion into europe political will hire no additional staff for their asian partnership for now politico and the south china post will share content politicos publisher says this is just the first step of a partnership that could yield greater investments. we have spoken about the energy use for crypto currency mining before the but new research shows that the mining is using up more energy than even some countries while the findings are somewhat debatable there's little doubt that the amount of energy crypto currencies are using is troubling artie's alex the harlem edge joins us in toronto with more alex thanks as always what is this news on the latest research telling us. well this is around one condom use prognosis what's g

an epic fail according to the country's owned south china morning post. tough crowd!re personal data on une bands you know who. —— you and me then you know who. at facebook‘s conference this week they were telling us their plans for the year ahead. there are new face filters, i wonder where they got that idea? a new vr headset, and a dog on a laptop. thanks, nice work! but there was not just a laptop. thanks, nice work! but there was notjust a dog in the conference centre, there was one very big elephant in the room as well. welcome to f8! and it has been an intense year! privacy has been ce ntresta g e intense year! privacy has been centrestage for facebook so far this year, with mark zuckerberg appearing in person before congress to send facebook‘s privacy practices. the company is scaring —— sharing the scandal, cambridge analytica, announced it was shutting down, saying it was an vilified by accusations. nevertheless, facebook ros feet are still very much to the fire as questions heat up around how the data is used. what i have learnt this year is that we need to

to hong kong, and the south china morning post.d cocaine, put on show by police following a raid in kowloon. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? yes, let's look at what is trending right now. and prince harry and his fiancee, meghan markle, have chosen their wedding carriage, and this is it. you mean you didn't have one of these? the couple will tie the knot on saturday 19 may in windsor. the british company at the centre of the facebook privacy scandal, cambridge analytica, is to file for insolvency in the uk and the us. the firm, which has denied using data improperly obtained from facebook to make targeted political adverts, said its business was no longer viable. our media editor amol rajan reports. it sold itself as the pioneer of a new kind of digital marketing. able to give companies unprecedented control over their message. but tonight, cambridge analytica bowed to the inevitable. the company, which denies wrongdoing, received the data of some 3.7 million users. it was the harvesting of that data which ultima

it is interesting that as all of this is going on, the south china morning post is looking ahead and ying the vice president of china could be sent as a firefighter in late june, early july to continue these talks are at both sides seem to be seeing the room for progress, despite a lot of back-and-forth, $150 billion is what is threatened on china. said's that $50 billion -- $50 billion. would beions, tariffs really bout against china when they are already slowing down. haidi: the chinese investor sounded -- ambassador sounded upbeat with these talks. kathleen: yeah, he was speaking at the center for strategy and international talks in washington. it was interesting because he really was optimistic. he said the huge deficit for the u.s., the trade deficit, the surplus for china should not continue. he said this in his talks as csi on friday.- csis i don't think it will continue, the back-and-forth, the tension. for us it is already a problem. we need to make achievements to achieve balance. i'm confident if we have a balanced approach, we can find a solution. he said he is optimistic

more people who stand by her decision, including folks from china.keziah daum/student: "the south china morning post they were basically showing their support, and how they were proud that i would be willing to wear one of their dresses to my prom."the teen does regret initially responding to haters with some harsh language in the immediate stress of the backlash,but she stands by her dress decision.caitlin burchil/reporter:"would you pick the dress again?" keziah daum/student:"yes, for sure. i would wear it again to other dances. i think it's a very beautiful dress that represents some good meaning to it." (grant)that was caitlin burchil reporting. the youtube channel referenced came to the teen's defense online in a video viewed more than two-million times. (pam) more than 300 -million twitter users advised to change their passwords. how the company may have put your information at risk. (grant) caught on camera: an illegal dumper dropping an entire tree in the street. our stanley roberts uncovers that this is not first time.. or the only spot. (pam) caught on camera: a car slams into a grocery st

more people who stand by her decision, including folks from china.keziah daum/student: "the south china morning post- they were basically showing their support, and how they were proud that i would be willing to wear one of their dresses to my prom."the teen does regret initially responding to haters with some harsh language in the immediate stress of the backlash,but she stands by her dress decision.caitlin burchil/reporter:"would you pick the dress again?" keziah daum/student:"yes, for sure. i would wear it again to other dances. i think it's a very beautiful dress that represents some good meaning to it." (grant) that was caitlin burchil reporting... that the youtube channel she was refering to... came to the girl's defense online in a video viewed more than two- million times. (lawrence bay area weather) (gary sports tease) ♪ ♪ legendary jockey vÍctor espinoza is insatiable when it comes to competing. ♪ ♪ so is his horse. ♪ ♪ when it comes to snacking. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that's why he uses the chase mobile app, to pay practically anyone, at any bank. life, lived victor's way. chase. make more of what's you

south china morning post's is the chief technology officer and head of overseas operations are no longerforming their usual duties. rishaad: galaxy entertainment saying it is happy to remain a minority shareholder. the galaxy chairman says he does not plan to increase the holding. chinese developers fell in hong kong and shanghai on fears of more regulatory tightening's. developers listed in shanghai fell more than 2%, the lowest since january last year. bid more than double the asking price. trump says he is pushing ahead with a tariff against china, also potentially curbs on sensitive tech. a list of the products and types of investments that are involved. we have the latest coming up days before a fresh round of trade negotiations. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ there.: hong kong over kong.n hong a letter moving parts at the session from the u.s. is sending its waves over here. stocks fell on wall street. the lowest levels in more than a month. crisisthe political reverberating with people, questioning whether the people state in the euro area. -- stay in the euro area. it

we are hearing from the south china morning post that the cto are no longer performing the usual dutiess from using tech on national security grounds. fears of more regulatory tightening. gauge tracking developers listed in shanghai fell more than 2%, lowest since january last year. it came after hang lung a bit more than doubled a $760 billion asking price. david: in india, jumping settling this dispute of the minority shareholders. it has also been urged by a court to resolve the case. is seeking to reduce $7 billion of debt by selling assets. yvonne: now for a look at what's coming up in the next few hours. >> definitely looking at what is going on today. a big event in hong kong as the conference kicks off. we have the chief investment officer and founder of oasis management in about five minutes. had a big conference last year, it was up 30%. a good one. we will see if he can repeat it. he will not tell us who his bidding for. -- who he bidding for. heading over to beijing, we have the global chief had of economics -- head of economics for morgan stanley. cfo.so have the 3sbio's i