Welcome to the programme. A Military Coup appears to be underway in myanmar. Reports say the countrys de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders have been detained. Soldiers are on the streets of the main cities and communications have been cut. Tension has been escalating since the november elections, which the nld was declared to have won by a landslide. The military, whose proxy party won only a few seats, has claimed the results were fraudulent. 0ur South East Asia correspondentJonathan Head is in bangkok. He says facts are difficult to confirm at this stage. Well, its not that clear from here in bangkok. Were getting a lot of reports from contacts inside myanmar. It does appear there are numerous reports that the key leadership of the country, including Aung San Suu Kyi, have been detained by the military, very early this morning, before dawn, that the capital, naypyidaw, which is not the main city, that has been more or less cut off. People are been having troubl
As always, much more on our website with lots of analysis and back round detailed to all our major stories. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Donald trump says its likely iran was behind the attacks on saudi arabia, but downplays talks of going to war. Crisis hit city tried to get Public Relations firms to fix its reputation. How the crisis hit. Good morning asia, hello, world. Its tuesday, glad you could join us for another exciting addition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon and with the local energy markets, its been a tumultuous 2a hours for markets in the wake of the attack on saudi facilities on the weekend. After soaring into double digits yesterday, the cost of crude has risen in asia this morning and donald trump said it looked like iran was behind the attacks but added he didnt want war with anyone. That was a very large attack, and it could be met with an attack many, many times larger very easily by our country, but were going to find out who
One of the worlds most valuable tech firms, apple, is heading to court in a bid to overturn a multi billion dollar tax bill in back taxes in ireland as part of a landmark case in the eus crackdown on tax avoidance by multinational companies. Three years ago, the European Commission ruled apple received illegal state aid from ireland when it effectively paid only a 1 tax on its profits. The commission ordered ireland to collect 14 billion in taxes from the firm, and apple is appealing against it. But its not the only tech giant under the spotlight. Last week, google paid 1 billion to settle a french investigation into whether it had underpaid taxes. The Search Engine giant pays little tax in many European Countries because it reports almost all of its sales in ireland. In a bid to close tax loopholes, france earlier this year passed a new Digital Services tax, meaning large multinationals will have to pay a 3 tax on sales generated in france. The European Competition commissioner, margr
Reached an agreement over trade. Financial markets in europe look like this right now. The price of oil has edged lower. We will talk you through the winners and losers. And cashing in on the growing Education Market well be hearing from a maths tutoring business which has added up to an empire worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year. And we want to hear about your box set guilty pleasures, after netflix reportedly agreed a half billion dollar deal to show old episodes of seinfield. Today we want to know, was it worth it . Whats your favourite binge watch . Get in touch just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Mine is frazier, for the record. Hello and welcome to business live. Im with you, brazier is very hard to beat. Lets focus on another big name that you have all heard of, apple. One of the worlds most valuable tech firms is heading to court, in a bid to overturn a multi billion dollar tax bill in ireland. Its part of a landmark case in the eus efforts to close tax loopholes by multi
Technology is proving problematic. Well explain why. We took it with the main issues gcioss we took it with the main issues across the Financial Markets in europe. Style and substance. We meet the man who designs everything from jewellery to furniture, from bikes to video games. But what exactly makes good design . Complaints about british betting firms have soared 5000 in 5 years and last year gamblers lost a record £14. 5bn. So is gambling too easy . Should more be done to keep players safe . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Welcome to the programme. Thank you for your comments on gambling. One asked if it is so easy why have they lost 1a billion plans . Good point. We start in hong kong, where its the tenth week in a row for demonstrations and increasingly businesses are having to choose between staffs right to protest and not upsetting beijing. Over the weekend, hong kongs flagship carrier Cathay Pacific fired two airport employees a