Its manifesto on thursday, has said democracy should not be cowed because of terrorism. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. The worlds biggest Personal Computer seller is about to release its latest earnings. Wheel it stemmed two years of profit falls . Will it stem. And one in five Women In India get paid work. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Its a thursday. Welcome to todays edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. We start off with lenovo. The Chinese Technology Company Reports its latest earnings and a few hours time. Together with hp and dell, they account for 50 of the pc market. Given that sales have fallen for two years, she did diversify more . I was told the man challenges of lenovo. They have seen falling sales. When the market stabilises, it has to streamline its workforce. At the same time, it has to look at its portfolio. It has lost with the integration with motorola. The purchase of ibm as well. Are they looking at bad bets in the
The Uks International trade secretary meets his us counterpart to talk trade. But hes not allowed to strike a deal, before brexit. The International Monetary fund keeps its forecast for World Economic growth. But It Cuts Prospects for the uk and the us, while china, japan and the eurozone gets a boost. Welcome to World Business report. Im ben bland. Also in the programme, well learn the Success Secrets of another ceo. But first, later on monday the uks trade secretary liam fox will be in washington to discuss a preliminary trade deal ahead of britains departure from the European Union. A final Trade Agreement cannot be signed until the uk formally leaves the eu, but the two nations are keen to lay the foundations for what the us president expects to be a very, very big deal. In an interview with the bbc, mr fox said that uk us trade is currently worth nearly 220 billion dollars. But this could increase by as much as 52 Billion Dollars if Trade Barriers between the countries are removed
Thats could come later. Well assess what the markets make of today. The pound is moving and well get the inside track on the Fastest Growing publishing market, audiobooks. Its a Global Industry valued at 3. 5 billion and the boss of the Biggest Company in the business audible is here. And so let the negotiations begin as the Brexit Process formally gets underway how do you think it will go . A good deal, bad deal or no deal . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Nine months after voting to leave the eu today begins that process. It kicks off two years of negotiations. And for businesses in the uk and across the continent its likely to be two years of uncertainty and preparation. In the financial heart of the country, several big banks have threatened to move staff overseas if they dont get the brexit deal that they want. So whats at stake for the city . Latest figures show it contributes 159 billion a year to the uk economy it employs almost 1. 2 Mill
Exhibiting the kind of profound indifference to the racial contours of the jeff session nomination that i wouldnt have expected from somebody as savvy as mitch mcconnell. If they did that on purpose to be racially provocative, to stir you racial currents here, i think thats scary and gross. If they did it accidentally, i think its political malpractice. But i think theyve just turned this issue and Elizabeth Warren and the Jeff Sessions nomination into a much hotter, more hotly contested and sort of scarier thing that its been up until now. It was remarkable. Do you think it changes any votes . Thats my last question. I dont know. Weve seen a lot of republicans say they were willing to support Jeff Sessions, joe mancion. An extraordinary legal battle over the fate of the travel ban. A threejudge panel is considering an argument on whether to keep a hold on the order. Is there any reason for to us think theres a real risk . The president determined that there was a real risk. I cant bel
Katy tur picks things up. Im not sure that donald trump can speak fluent japanese. We have a team of reporters working on finding that out. We also have a team of reporters to break down Donald Trumps second bilateral meeting. That Press Conference that we justaw between donald trump and the Prime Minister of japan, shinzo abe. It has been a gruelling week for the new president. His major policy and major policy point, Executive Order struck down at least temporarily by the courts. That Press Conference we just saw touched on that. Lets get our viewers up to speed with the highlights and then well talk all about it on the other side. Im curious about yesterdays ruling in the ninth Circuit Court. Has it caused you to rethink your use of Executive Power and pow will you respond and will you sign new Executive Orders and perhaps a new travel ban . We are going to do whatever is necessary to keep our country
safe. We had a decision which we think will be very successful with. It shouldnt h