Of a seriously ill eight month old baby are devastated after a high court decided doctors can withdraw their sons life support. Ill be back later but first, heres Sharanjit Leyl with Asia Business report. Toshibas troubles. The Japanese Firm risks a de listing after risking earnings without a sign of from auditors. And we find out what chinas latest Inflation Figures tell us about the countrys economy. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report, im Sharanjit Leyl. Toshibas shares are down more than 296 toshibas shares are down more than 2 at the start of trade in tokyo this morning, the conglomerate from japan could face delisting from the Stock Exchange after it listed results without the endorsement of an auditor. Its unprecedented for a majorjapanese an auditor. Its unprecedented for a major Japanese Firm, they an auditor. Its unprecedented for a majorJapanese Firm, they are going to sell their crown jewels, the Chip Business, to offset huge losses from its Nuclear Division in the us westinghouse. Earlier i spoke to Rupert Wingfield hayes and asked him about the likelihood of a de listing. About the likelihood of a delisting. Every Stock Exchange around the world has rules over what companies have to do to qualify too keep their stocks listed, and one of thoseis keep their stocks listed, and one of those is normally that you have to file timely results, timely reports, financial reports, and they have to be audited by an Auditing Company and signed off by that company. Clearly what we said yesterday that saw yesterday is pwc, toshibas auditors, have refused to sign off on those results and the tokyo Stock Exchange will have to make a decision, does that mean toshiba is not in compliance with its own regulations and if so it will be forced to delist the company. I suspect it will be reluctant to do so suspect it will be reluctant to do so but then theres the credibility of the tokyo stock market, it is potentially at stake here as well. Rupert, what happens next to this giant conglomerate . We know its a century old company, founded in 1875, will toshiba be allowed to failand 1875, will toshiba be allowed to fail and how 1875, will toshiba be allowed to failand how might 1875, will toshiba be allowed to fail and how might this failure be a lesson to other japanese fail and how might this failure be a lesson to otherjapanese stalwarts . I dont think the japanese government wants toshiba to fail but at the moment theres no rescue package, so it looks likely some sort of deal will be done to sell off chunks of the company but the problem again for the japanese government and toshiba, at the moment only Foreign Companies are coming forward. Word we understand a Taiwanese Company is prepared to offer well over the market rate for toshibas memory Chip Business but there are political issues around selling such a crown jewels, as you called it, of toshiba to a foreign company. There are Political Considerations and the japanese government would clearly like to keep that company or all of toshibas assets injapanese hands if they can. What happens next to the company . As you say, it will be broken up into bits, the prized assets being sold off, but beyond that, can it continue to survive in what we know today, toshiba, the big giant conglomerate . It can certainly survive, it can survive de listing, other companies have done so. It would be a major blow, a sort of moral blow to the company, everybody would frown upon a de listing, certainly in the Financial Markets and the financial industry, it could delist and then go through a deal to sell off various bits of the company and raise enough cash to cover its huge debts, especially in its North American division. It will have to go through the bankruptcy and of westinghouse in North America and it could re emerge a smaller but leaner company and go back to basically its all business of construction, thatis its all business of construction, that is the Core Business that toshiba used to do. Rupert wingfield hayes. Another high level staff departure at uber. The compa nys head high level staff departure at uber. The companys head of communications has left and no reason was given for her exit but shes the fourth high level executive to leave the company recently. Last month ubers president left citing the culture of the company. Ubers reputation took a hit after video emerged of the Chief Executive Swearing at a driver as well as allegations of sexual harassment. More on that story and other Corporate News on oui story and other Corporate News on our website. Not so long ago customers who were unhappy with the companys service would call up and complain or even write a grumpy letter, but in the digital age of you have questions or need help with an order so companies are finding new ways to help you reach out to them. We caught up with the Chief Executive of a Software Company that supplies Services Like live online chat systems, zendesk. We see some new trends here that we dont see anywhere else in the world, we can see how these trends are coming through the rest of the world, how consumers are embracing mobile and new messaging paradigms and moving more of their Brand Interactions to these new channels and devices. Were curious about them and interested in how that can help our products and help customers elsewhere in the world. The voice of the customer has never been louder than it is today and because of all the social media, any consumer can reach the entire world through social media and the internet, the customer has so much power both in terms of exposing companies and hurting their brands if they want to. So for businesses its really about embracing those channels and figuring out the pot proper way of engaging in those channels and having meaningful conversations with their customers. Technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, these kinds of things, helps us build better tools that helps us build better tools that help customers serve themselves better. So we see it as a very natural revolution of service but also that we have Quality Customer service that can help when the automated experience doesnt work. Now, speaking of the importance of good customer service, shares of united continental, the Parent Company of united airlines, fell by as much as 4 in us trading before recovering to close lower than 1 , the selloff wiped off 255 million from the market value of the company and investors dumped on the stock after this video emerged showing Airport Officials dragging of a passenger on one of uniteds us flights. The video has gone viral and has been watched hundreds of millions of times around the world and uniteds Chief Executive had to issue another apology saying he was sorry and the airline would fix it. He had initially said the staff were following established procedures. In other news, chinas Inflation Figures are out later this hour and the cpi grew fast last month. They are targeting 3 this year but is that a realistic target . Heres the view of a man who tracks the chinese economy and he spoke to me earlier. In china they have already set a target, this year. To why isnt good, too low isnt good, but of course it is a bit on the low side to why. 2 is probably around best for china. At the moment i would say its not easy to achieve 296 would say its not easy to achieve 2 because of food prices, food prices always account for a big chunk of chinass cpi. At the moment so farfood chunk of chinass cpi. At the moment so far food prices have chunk of chinass cpi. At the moment so farfood prices have been fairly low, thats why it isnt easy for china to reach 2 this year. Looking away from that, lets look at some of the policies the Chinese Government took this year, capital controls, limiting capital flowing out of the country, what impact has that had . I know about that and the impact it has had. In terms of the impact it has had. In terms of the impact on the real economy, we have heard from companies who have had some trouble expanding overseas. Right now theres a lot of scrutiny in terms of investigation and motivation behind that. The money has been a distraction. But thats the negative side. On the Positive Side we are seeing a more balanced flow for china because in the past few years we have been worried about this but after the tightening measures we are seeing more balanced flow is, that is good for everyone. In terms of balance, the output, authorities are projecting 6. 5 growth this year. What impact will that Slower Growth in china have on many of its Trading Partners in asia who count on it as a Major Trading partner . I would say 6. 5 who count on it as a Major Trading partner . I would say 6. 596 isnt a bad number for china given partner . I would say 6. 596 isnt a bad numberfor china given china is such a huge economy, after 30 years of record growth, the size of the chinese economy is huge so 6. 5 is based on a high base already. So in terms of the impact on the region, i dont see Significant Impact as long as china can keep their growth around 6. 5 . Lets have a look at the markets before we go because as you can see, the nikkei is down 1 already at the get go. Those toshiba shares have been going in and out of positive territory right now, they are up around 0. 5 at the moment, a lot of conflicting talk about where the company is headed. Thats it for this edition of Asia Business report. Im Sharanjit Leyl. Thanks for joining report. Im Sharanjit Leyl. Thanks forjoining us. Youre watching bbc news. The headlines the us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson is in moscow trying to persuade russia to abandon its support for syrias and grow sad. After telling a Press Conference that adolf hitler didnt use chemical weapons, there are growing calls for White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer to resign. Ministers have been accused of not having a proper plan for the future of the natural environment. Publication of the official 25 year strategy for nature has been repeatedly delayed and isnt now expected until the summer. But critics complain its devoid of policies, as Roger Harrabin reports. English woodland in its springtime glory. The report aspires for everyone to be able to enjoy nature. It admits to Serious Problems with the countryside. European Farm Policies have driven away birds, it says. Lets bring them back. Fill the air would be cleaned up, the report promises. Filthy. New policies on waste and resources would be possible after brexit. Environmentalists welcome its vision, but say policies are virtually absent from the document. Its lightweight, in fact it has no weight at all and thats disappointing given how long weve been waiting for it and how long we still may have to wait for the government actually tells us how it will achieve its noble ambition to have the environment in a better state for the next generation. The report certainly outlines a vision of a beautiful land. Our water will be cleaner, it says. Our pla nts water will be cleaner, it says. Our plants and wildlife will be healthier. Our seas will be cleaner. But where are the policies . Ta ke forests. The document says that by far the best place to plant new woodlands is near cities where people can enjoy them. Eight times better than planting them in the countryside, for instance. So what is the Policy Recommendation to ministers . Absolutely nothing. Brexit has made strategy much more complicated. The governments Environment Department defra is already struggling with another 25 year plan on farming, and farmers themselves are nervous about expanding woodland. Theres no doubt if we were to turn large tracts of land into forestry, yes it would have a detrimental affect on our ability to produce high quality affordable food for the british public. Ministers are still promising to leave the environment better than theyd inherited it. Their critics wa nt to theyd inherited it. Their critics want to the proof. Roger harrabin, bbc news. Historical drama the crown has dominated this years Tv Bafta Nominations after securing five nods, including best actress and best drama series. Claire foy is tipped for her portrayal of the younger Queen Elizabeth ii on the netflix, while jared harris, john lithgow and Vanessa Kirby are featured in the line up for best supporting actors. Time now for all the sports news in sport today with tulsen tollett. Hello. This is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. Coming up on this programme an explosion outside the Borussia Dortmund team bus forces the postponement of their Champions League Quarter Final First Leg Match Against Monaco. Paulo dybala scores twice forjuventus in turin as they beat barcelona 3 0 ahead of the return leg in spain next wednesday. And Pakistans Shoaib Malik hits a six to win the match, the series and bring up his century as they beat west indies in guyana. Hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that Borussia Dortmunds Champions League Quarter Final First Leg Match Against Monaco had to be postponed in germany on tuesday. Three explosive devices detonated near the team bus while it was en route to the match, damaging the windows and defender,
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