we thank you for your support. you helped us get a ticket punched out of the hawkeye state. thank you, iowa. we re going to continue on. we re going to make you proud, and we re off to new hampshire. the republican presidential candidates saying good-bye to iowa after the first nominating contest of 2024. we ll have complete coverage of the caucuses, which were completely dominated by donald trump. and how the results could impact the first primary in the race happening next week in new hampshire. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 16th, the morning after the iowa caucuses. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and as expected, donald trump easily won the iowa republican caucuses last night. the nbc news decision desk projecting him as the winner just 35 minutes after caucusing began. trump ended up 51% of the vote, winning 98 of the state s 99 counties despite visiting only 15 of them. this career s republican ca
more now on the day ahead in the uk, and we could know as early as this afternoon who the next leader of the conservative party is and therefore our prime minister. as you ve been hearing, borisjohnson has pulled out of the contest, saying the time isn t right and would not lead to much needed party unity. this leaves two contenders former chancellor rishi sunak and the leader of the house of commons, penny mordaunt, with mr sunak currently the front runner. by 2pm this afternoon if penny mordaunt hasn t got 100 backers or more, then rishi sunak is in post. if both candidates are still in play, then mps vote to state their preference. let s take a look at how the markets are trading today during asian time. we have the dollar versus again, i was hoping to show you the pound but the detail is not on that particular screen, when i looked at it months ago the pound was buying just over $1 13 cents, fairly steady versus the dollar and up slightly versus euro. joining me now is
The park will remain closed on wednesday. Managers have expressed their condolences. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Australia logs a decade of budget deficits, putting its aaa Credit Rating at risk. Soars to an all time high, adding 1 million to its market Value Bitcoin soars to an all time high. It is wednesday. Glad you could join us for this midweek edition of Asia Business report. I am rico hizon. Australias budget is expected to be in the red until at least 2021, and markets are down. As you can take a look at the market boards, the asx 200 has fallen nearly one third of a percent in early trade. Late on tuesday the government announced a huge Infrastructure Spending plan worth 55 million Infrastructure Spending plan worth 55 million 55 Infrastructure Spending plan worth 55 million 55 billion and the stimulus is expected to create thousands of Jobs Stimulus is expected to create thousands ofjobs across the country but will also lead to a wider t
By 494 votes to 122, and now moves to the house of lords. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Press rewind. The us and japan. And flying high, indian carriers are expanding their reach in aviation. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Im rico hizon. Thank you for investing your time in Asia Business report. Its a thursday. We start off with japans prime minister, shinzo abe. He has his work cut out for him when he meets with us President Donald Trump tomorrow. This is important symbolically. Shinzo abe is the first asian leader to meet the new us president. The sta kes a re to meet the new us president. The stakes are high. President trump has had direct criticism ofjapanese companies and japan. It has put them on again. Last month he criticised toyota motors. They said they would invest more in america. The fall in the yen is a reflection of the relationship between the us and japan in the 1980s. Are we in for deja vu . There is a huge difference between wh
Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Threats of legal challenges and a new warning from businesses over president trumps revised travel ban. Activewear. The Fashion Phenomenon that is grabbing australia by the seat of its pants and is now heading to asia. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. This is Asia Business report. I am rico hizon. Its a tuesday. Us President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order, a scaled back version of his controversial travel ban. It bands new visas for travellers from six mainly muslim countries. Bans. Unlike the current ban, current visa holders are excluded. Some say it could hurt the us economy. The Last Travel Ban was met with a lot of confusion and a lot of misunderstanding about who was actually impacted. This new version of the travel ban certainly has a lot more detail. It is more specific in terms of people who hold green cards, for example. That said, businesses are still expecting that their businesses are going