visitors are spending less china's currency the yuan has depreciated against the u.s. dollar retail sales where the worst on record the current outlook for hong kong is gloomy. now to some of the other business stories making news south korean military are spraying the heavily armed border with north korea with disinfectant it's part of a week long. operation to prevent the spread of african swine fever officials have confirmed 2 new cases of the deadly virus at hog farms near the de-militarized. a state owned brazilian bank is reportedly asking courts to liquidate construction giant or deprived is at the center of a corruption scandal that has swept across latin america the company has acknowledged paying enormous bribes to politicians across the continent leading to the downfall of many political and business leaders if one of our collapses 40000 jobs could be lost. it's enough to make one cry onion prices have shot