Review bodies looking into Public Sector salaries. More from me later, but first, he is rico hizon. Here is. Hong kong kicks off a new week with a new Chief Executive and a new trading link with mainland china. And in an exclusive interview with the bbc, i speak to the new head of the philippine central bank. Good morning asia. Hello world. It is a monday. The start of a brand new trading week. They you to join us for this week of Asia Business report. It was a busy week in hong kong, with the 20th Anniversary of the handover. A new Chief Executive has been sworn in and is building stronger ties with the mainland. The link will allow foreigners access to the Third Largest world market. Juliana loo tell us how it the linkup will work. Liu. According to the central bank to hong kong and china, from today, Foreign Investors will be able to buy chenies bonds by hong kong. That is Northbound Trading from hong kong to china. That v programme has not yet been announced. That leg. It is Instit
Hello and welcome to Business Live. Chinese president xijinping is in russia for talks with his counterpart Vladimir Putin today. Trade is set to be top of the agenda ahead of the 620 meeting of Global Leaders later this month. The visit will be xis sixth tour to russia since taking office in 2012. And their meetings seem to be bearing fruit according to china, trade between the two increased by over 26 in the first four months of the year, reaching nearly 25 billion. Cooperation is increasing too. Russia will be a key component of chinas belt and Road Initiative an ambitious multi trillion Dollar Project that will link europe and asia via the historic silk road. As part of the project and as a symbol of this close relationship beijing has even agreed to help finance a High Speed Rail Link within russia itself Linking Moscow to the city of kazan. Joining me now is dr yujie, head of china foresight, at lse ideas. Thank you for coming in to doctor us. Thank you for coming in to doctor us
On safety grounds, and in some cases residents are not getting enough to eat or drink. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Despite all the scandals, samsung still appears to be making a lot of money. And the 620 meets in germany. We look at how americas protectionist stance is affecting its global position. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. I am sharanjit welcome to Asia Business report. I am shara njit leyl. Welcome to Asia Business report. I am sharanjit leyl. From exploding mobile phone batteries to its Chief Executive being behind bars, samsung has had its share of scandals, lately. Despite all about, has had its share of scandals, lately. Despite allabout, it has had its share of scandals, lately. Despite all about, it is more money than apple in the First Quarterfor more money than apple in the First Quarter for the first time, with profit coming in at over 12 billion. And as this mobile research a nalyst billion. And as this mobile Researc
With aaron and World Business report. Never mind those Exploding Phones samsungs on track for its best profit in years and pledges to put the Galaxy Note 7 debacle behind it. Plus, technology, trade and trump. The boss of sony tells us why goods and information must keep flowing freely. Welcome to World Business report. Im aaron heslehurst. Also coming up, mr trump locks horns with toyota over plans to build a new car plant in mexico. But first we start with samsung. In the last few hours South Korean Tech Giant has said its on track for the best quarterly profits in more than three years. Its a major boost for the company after the exploding Smartphone Scandal that put a serious dent in its reputation. Lets give you the numbers. In the three months to the end of december, samsung is forecasting profits of 7. 8 billion. Thats up by half on the same period last year, much better than expected and the best quarter since mid 2013. That might come as a surprise as we know samsung was force
Mode. Well tell you why. And. Can economists be compared to Weather Forecasters when it comes to prediciting the future . Our economics editor kamal ahmed will be here with that and a look back at the rest of the business week. And following the impact of Donald Trumps toyota tweet, we want to know whats the biggest twitter storm youve ever sparked 7 just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. We start with samsung because in the last few hours the South Korean Tech Giant has said its on track for the best quarterly profits in more than three years. Its a major boost for the company after the exploding Smartphone Scandal that put a serious dent in its reputation. In the three months to the end of december, samsung is forecasting profits of 7. 8 billion. Thats up by half on the same period last year, much better than expected and the best quarter since mid 2013. That might come as a surprise, as we know samsung was forced to scrap its top of the range phone, the galaxy note 7, after a spate of exp