Leaders who acquire a public profile far beyond their core business. Think trump, branson, and a host of others. But is a flamboyant style and diversification into sports or media necessarily good for the bottom line . My guest today is one of asias best known businessmen, Tony Fernandes, boss of airasia, Football Club owner, one time formula 1 investor, and a dabbler in reality tv. Is it easy to lose sight of what matters most to Business Success . Tony fernandes, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks very much. Thanks for having me. You have been in business for, what, three decades now. Is the Tony Fernandes that does Business Today different from the young man who set out . I hope to think a little bit smarter, a little bit older and wiser, but in principle the same, the same Tony Fernandes from 30 years ago. What about attitude to risk . Umm, maybe a little bit more cautious, maybe thinking a little bit more. But overall, i dont see much difference. I think decisions have to be made critica
Leaders who acquire a public profile far beyond their core business. Think trump, branson, and a host of others. But is a flamboyant style and diversification into sports or media necessarily good for the bottom line . My guest today is one of asias best known businessmen, Tony Fernandes, boss of airasia, Football Club owner, one time formula 1 investor, and a dabbler in reality tv. Is it easy to lose sight of what matters most to Business Success . Thanks very much. Tony fernandes, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. Youve been in business for, what, three decades now. Is the Tony Fernandes that does Business Today different from the young man who set out . I hope to think a little bit smarter, a little bit older and wiser, but in principle the same, the same Tony Fernandes from 30 years ago. What about attitude to risk . Umm, maybe a little bit more cautious, maybe thinking a little bit more. But overall, i dont see much difference. I think decisions have to be made critically
Interplanetary travel. Hello from sydney where it is passed 9 00 a. M. I am paul allen. This is daybreak australia. We are at our away from the open of the first major market. Betty it is after 6 00 p. M. Sunday evening in new york. We are looking at how all of the action on wall street will play into the asiapacific trading day. We have got a lot of news to digest, everything from what happened in spain, the rioting there with the police to the tankan survery in japan, as well as this revelation we had that there are direct negotiations between the u. S. And north korea only to discover it seems by the tweets from President Trump. Lets give a quick reminder to our viewers on what happened in the u. S. Markets, it seems years ago now, but on friday. Lets pull up the board. The s p continued to rise. The dow also up 24 points, the nasdaq higher 0. 6 . Investors continuing to digest tax reformof the package. We are expecting in a few weeks to hear from President Trump about a new fed cha
Waste of time and he is going to do what must be done. And even though some of the major markets are closed, investors are going to keep eyes on simmering tensions in north korea. We are going to get the Hong Kong Survey for the Fourth Quarter out of japan. Theyll get a glimpse of how businesses are feeling about the economy. You were just mentioning the top of the headline about shinzo abe and his prospect. Represented by the blue line here. That certainly has benefited exporters. Recentlyn see, as of we have seen that. With thehat has to do Dollar Strength we have been witnessing. We are going to look at how businesses field. Sincest monthly gain february. Losing a it of speed wrapping up the Fourth Quarter on friday area we see record profits from japan. Here is how we are faring so far in asia. Not a whole lot of action with markets in new zealand kicking things off. Down a fifth of 1 . Strength easing on this monday. We are seeing up a fifth of 1 . Looking for a slight improvement
How far will this scandal take us . Turbulence and the discount carrier space. We are less than a half hour away from the start of european trading. No sense of direction. The agent session did not give us much. It didnt take us forward. The treasuries were closed yesterday in the United States. Aat we are starting with, is blank piece of paper when it comes to the markets, and a directional story we will talk about. It is going to be interesting to see how we work through the day. Wasstory out of asia interesting in a few ways. The biggest story to me, the big political story coming up is what happens in china this morning. Austria, interesting. The town out of this is that the dollar is weaker. First word bloomberg update. Banks, guy. Catalonia faces a day of reckoning. Barcelonas mayor has said the results of the referendum cannot serve as a basis for secession. Read more companies are leading the region. Three more companies are leaving the region. The u. S. Has blamed turkey for i