there are all kind of start-up energy in singapore. i think it's something other countries and cities really should emulate more, many of them do watch singapore carefully. i hope that continues and accelerates because what is happening there is important and is the kind of thing that should be happening really everywhere. emily: are you hoping to partner with silicon valley companies, if so, what kind of companies? >> i think i'm here, this is my second trip in one year, actually. the reality is san francisco and silicon valley is really a hot bed of innovation. we are actually linking up with companies and the new technologies to be applied in singapore. one thing is for sure, our view is that practicality is important, it's not just been technology. it's what makes sense to help us solve real problems on the ground. emily: talk about some of the other initiatives you have going on. you have other things in the public transportation realm, first responders. >> you know, one of the things that we realize improving mobility within the

transportation is all about in singapore. transportation is all about in singapore. emily: the c.e.o. told the "wall street journal" that singapore will be the first country in the world to offer a consumer offer a consumer service on a national scale targeting 2018. is that realistic? >> yeah, right now within the limited area and that's going well. i think it will also prove itself in the next couple of years of if a national rollout is possible. singapore is an interesting country because it's small. it's like a living lab. these solutions can be easily tested and deployed to larger areas. emily: have you ridden in one of these? >> yes. emily: that's it like? >> there is a guy into there, too, it's just like any other vehicle, yeah. emily: some smooth or -- >> it's pretty smooth. i don't feel the difference between that and a car. it's pretty good, actually. emily: david, what's your take on this, singapore being the first in the world beating google, apple to the punch? vonnie: well, -- david: kudos to singapore for having a chief information officer. there are e

singapore, kuala lumpur getting underway in just a few minutes. uncertainty ahead for the jet -- bank of japan. things are looking pretty mixed at the moment regionally. this is what we're seeing. back online after yesterday's holiday. , butve the bank of japan we also have a public holiday for japan on thursday. a lot going on when it comes to the japanese session. we're seeing some lows at the moment. regionally we are looking at stocks really dragging. they are really tearing the gains we had in the asian session. , we hadabout australia an unfortunate session yesterday where it was very much a delayed start. asy had resumed operations normal. there was a hardware problem that impacted the data system. that has been resolved. we've had pretty seamless trading so far, but still he down by 2/10 of 1%. that session markedly lower. japanese miners are doing well. we have some gains when it comes to some of the gold miners. we have malaysia moderately higher. this market was up by a mostly percent yesterday. really, it is with a sense of caution, ri

singapore as a whole is affected. haidi: that leads to my next question, this is a set back given that singapore has styled itself as a hope for hedge funds. yes, asia has about 1250 hedge funds as a total, 40% are in hong kong, 25% in singapore, so singapore is the number two hedge fund help in asia. on the other hand, quite a number of global hedge funds have recently said they were open an office in singapore. in simpler terms, singapore for quite a while will keep being the number two behind hong kong. that stacks up pretty well against the number one. my personal guess is the growth rate of the singapore hedge fund industry is at least as same as the hong kong industry. haidi: going forward, are we looking at the industry in asia downsizing. is this a signal of that happening? year fornot an easy the asia hedge fund industry. total assets under management are down 10%, so the decrease is much higher in asia than other regions of the world. on the other hand, this is mainly due to the negative returns of some stra

singapore up by .4% on the open. through,ports coming flat on the month, but down 1.9% seasonally adjusted month on month. i should say flat year on year. .3% -- by nikkei up i holding gains,th but at least on the upside. australia up, the rebound and oil helping. santos up. some good news for new zealand, a tough week, it up by .8%. ds rising, so taking the positive lead from wall street and putting aside what the boj is going to do next week. the wall street journal saying the bank of japan is split on how it is going to potentially push more money into the japanese economy through stimulus. boj officials telling bloomberg that it could be more in terms of buying more government bonds, but the yen stronger. it is another day, another headache for samsung. u.s. officials joining the recall. samsung urging users to replace phones immediately. it is a new body blow. what is the latest? recall,t is an official one million phones, 97% of phones sold in the u.s. essentially if you bought your , you before september 15 ar

singapore, taiwan, and malaysia coming online. let's have a look at how things are shaping up this morning. sherri: positive sentiment filtering through the markets. stocks, excluding japan, rowling for six consecutive sessions. given how surprising global equities have surged after the fed delayed rate hikes. the kospi up more than 1%. the sx gaining .8% for a third consecutive session. despiteand gaining .5% the fact that the rbnz left the rate unchanged. does this mean there are more rate cuts to come in the near future? .5%, the jobless rate of 3.9 5%, slightly below estimates. of moves and all markets across asia because the fed is delaying goes rate hikes and delaying expectations of a rate hike, and how that is playing into the dollar. the dollar has taken a hit. itss now on course for worst annual performance and four years, and does the dollar loses ground, emerging-market currencies gaining. the south korean won up 1.5%. the japanese yen gaining for a fourth consecutive session. take a look at futures in the chinese mark

joining us there from singapore. up next, i'm property, heading to singapore, the details of a rare land sale. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: welcome back to "trending business" live from hong kong, streaming on bloomberg.com in your mobile device. a piece of land in singapore's business district, the first in nine years. our southeast asia correspondent , why such a scramble at a time when we are seeing a stagnant commercial property market there? because it will be a while before the next land sale is expected. for newook at plans office openings, you will see a flood of supply until 2018, but after that, none for three years, so any development completed by early 2022, if you buy that land on sale now, you -- pentinto demand up demand. it may fetch the most expensive price on record. it could include sovereign wealth funds, chinese developers. soldthe plot of land to be sits next to the building which was bought not too long ago from black rock, paying $2.5 billion, singapore's biggest office transaction yet. ,is

we have the senior vice insident of statoil singapore. just characterize what is going on for you right now in the oil market. guest: i think we are still in a situation of oversupply. there is no immediate claim that the market is rebalancing. opecyes are trained on the or the unofficial opec meeting later on in september and, indeed, the latest news about saudi and russia basically need to see actual facts. >> throughout this year, we have had contradictory signals. some saying that the supply chain is way off kilter at the moment. how big is the difference in giveview? >> i cannot specific numbers but what we see floatinghere is still storage and from that we deduce that at least not imminent, the rebalancing, or whether that means later run year or next year -- probably, increasingly, think it is for next year. sentw, in the research you to us, you said the market structures are better indicated in the fundamentals -- can you tell us what that means? >> well, there is a lot of interest in getting the future oil market right and you'll

what makes it profitable to do in singapore -- to do it in singapore? >> they call it de-risking. publishedhich was examined in detail the rationale behind this. the banks are anxious. they don't want to take on business that is not profitable if it is anyway risky. rishaad: do you have examples here? >> i can't name names for obvious reasons. yes, we have encountered a private equity group that had a choice between hong kong and singapore and chose singapore over hong kong, which is a great shame, because hong kong has been named as one of the freest economies in the world. this seems to be quite contradictory. , doaad: let's get to this banks have a moral and social imperative to open up rank accounts for people when they may choose not to? why should they? >> a bank is a commercial organization, and it is free to choose with whom it provide services. we would like to think that in hong kong as a free trade economy that banking services should be freely available. of course they have to be appropriately regulated. there is a great deal of concern around money laundering and coun

we are going to be taking you to singapore and sydney. this is a look at watching the market rebound. the chances of a rate rise this month received as the governor urges patience, saying there is no need to rush. samsung -- recuperating some of its losses. china posts of the savings rate, saying it is looking for at least $8 billion in a share offering in hong kong. it would be one of the world's biggest ipos so far this year. look at one day off the public holiday in singapore, we have got them coming back today. a much brighter session. nerves have called a little bit in the markets, although you have seen these major markets come off their earlier highs. getting to the ones that have come online, taiwan up by .7%. we are seeing weakness from malaysia and singapore, which were closed mondays are the holiday. it looks like there is little bit of catch-up going on in those markets. 17%ng a look at korea, up as we see -- up .7% as we see samsung rebound. we do have insurers and banking stocks leading the game. it is worth noting, it is th

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haslinda amin in singapore. some other stories, president putin hailing the victory of his united russia party with p olls giving him half. his popularity remains high after a surge of patriotism. sanctionsming despite helping to push the economy into recession. turnout was 40%, down from 60% five years ago. postal bank of china on track to become the biggest share sale of the year this year. institutional sales attracted huge interests. more than 12.4 billion shares have been set aside for international institutions. they are five times oversubscribed. 80% of shares are set aside for institutions. the head of the reserve bank of intralia, philip lowe joined 1980. deputy governor under glen seasons since 2012. -- glenn stevens since 2012. he is concentrating on asset bubbles and financial imbalances. staying with australia, the government has announced the sale of another 16 properties purchased illegally by foreign millionthe total to $92 worth of property and its crackdown on foreign investment in housing. let

today, butins close singapore, malaysia come online. here's a look at what is happening so far this morning. counting downre to the biggest ipo we are likely to see this year, china postal savings bank at the bottom of the hour. have a look at malaysia and singapore, both up by .1%, so a little upside to the asian markets. we are weighed down by the , japanesef by 1.3% equity stocks rallied monday post-presidential debate, so we have factored in that rally on the back of the presidential debate with markets perceiving hillary clinton as the winner. we are seeing the yen back in favor today, so weighing on the nikkei. in japan 1000 stocks with the dividend as well. we are often korea, some upside in australia. we are seeing a rebound in the crude price. new zealand is holding onto its gains, up by .2%. let's look at what is weighing down japanese equities. , oilu look at the topix and gas stocks down, both brent and, oil and wti in the off source session about 2% lower. off 2.7 percent, so widespread selling in the japanese equity market

the wish to learn has long been the basis of an industry worth billions in singapore. there are more than 850 private institutions offering supplementary courses in a country whose state education system is considered excellent. courses for little geniuses and elite brains are on offer, even for unborn children. the promise is bold: stronger brain power and increased intelligence -- or, even more bluntly, great scholars and future leaders. more and more providers are crowding into this market. the hawk eye enrichment house has invited people to its open day. new rooms, new teachers, new toys. all that's missing are customers. but the director is sure they'll soon flock here. what's the purpose of this toy? it's a musical instrument. music appreciation is a major focus here. arithmetic is another. there are arithmetic courses for children as young as three here. the teacher says at that age, they soak up learning like sponges, so they need input. samuel is 2, but esther at 4 is almost a late starter by singaporean standards. >> probably, but i think we made it a point t

we're checking out the private room service aboard singapore airlines. remember to find us on facebook at wnnfans.com, and on twitter @abcwnn. you're watching "world news now." n twitt twitter @abcwnn. you're watching "world news >>> this week's oil tanker explosion in the golf course. the fire from saturday morning's blast was finally put out after 36 hours. all the ship's 31 crew members are safe. the tanker was carried 170,000 gallons of oil and gasoline. officials say there was a minute mule fuel spill, but it was contained. >>> turning now to a tragedy off the coast of miami beach where miami marlin's star pitcher, jose fernandez, one of three killed in a boating accident. >> fernandez, who escaped from cuba as a teenager then became one of baseball's best and he had just announced some big family news. here's the latest. >> reporter: investigators surrounding the chilling overturned wreckage from an accident that killed a beloved marlins' pitcher jose fernandez and two other men dying when their boat slammed into a jetty off the coast of miami beac

singapore out with the first case of a pregnant woman with the zika virus. officiald environment saying 24 new cases identified on wednesday, the total now 82. the health minister expecting more cases to emerge. the government has urged all pregnant women to undergo tests for zika. saudi arabia promising not to flood the world with oil ahead of informal opec talks. the markets are saturated, and although the kingdom wants to boost output, he does not see the need to do so in the near future. in july, production approach 10.5 million barrels a day, 2 million shy of the country's full capacity. hong kong insurance sales to chinese residents jumped despite beijing's efforts to curb the practice. mainlanders have been buying insurance and related investment policies because they can manage to send their money are broad. china is introducing new relay can regulations, but that has nt stopped sales. coming up, looking at official pma data -- pmi data, but will tell avate gauge different tale? we will break down those numbers for you. ♪ rishaad: back with breakin

singapore remaining close. malaysia is flat on the open. we are seeing losses across the region, the sixth session for the regional index, not helped by that makes to lead from wall street. we continue the selloff in the oil market. the nikkei down, the worst performer in our region today. we have seen the again fluctuate a little, a one week low. from severalorts sources that we could see the bank of japan push further into negative interest rate territory when it meets next week. a few stocks we are watching, particularly japan. jumping the most in five years as mitsubishi malls a a tenderfer -- mulls offer. we have seen shares rise by as much as 7%. mitsubishi a little weaker. in australia, commonwealth bank doing well. it has had an upgrade from goldman sachs today. down, this as it posted a full year b. downarket as a whole, way by commodity prices. new zealand on a long losing by .1%, theoff longest losing streak since the beginning of the year. the jobs number coming through at the bottom of the hour, higher ahead of the data for the

haslinda amin in singapore. let's get to the first word news. rosalind: g-20 leaders have pledged to use all measures to boost growth while avoiding competitive currency devaluations. they said members are determined to use all forms of fiscal and structural reforms. they highlighted increasing threat of protectionism and an accompanying backlash against trade. >> the meeting took place against a landscape of a growth too has been too low for long and for too few. there must be more growth, and growth must be more inclusive. : shinzo abe has reiterated a call for clarity over the u.k.'s plan to leave the eu. he told theresa may that investment in the u.k. is likely dependent on their access to the single market. abe was not the only one to demand more clarity. president obama reiterated that he thinks brexit was a mistake. barack obama said it is in everyone's interest to have better coordination on tax policies to avoid issues like apple's dispute with the european commission. tax avoidance was among the issues discussed at the g-20. eu, butd n

singapore joining in that buying party, up .4%. taiwan, a gain of .7%, taking that rallied from the u.s. and running with it. the kospi is higher by .1%. a slight dip in south korean consumer confidence, not impacting markets. the nikkei recouping what it lost yesterday, up by 1.3%. session, moreay's than half were trading without their dividend. the australian market is saying great gains, energy up over 10%. santos also leading gains. in new zealand, upside to .5%. this is moving into the energy sector of the australian energy market. it is the top performer, up by 4%. we are seeing a lot of these players take that rally in u.s. energy stocks. fact, all five moving higher today, so a strong rally in those key energy players. the oil rally has given a good news to commodity-based currency. forwards up byit .5%. the aussie dollar moving higher, 76.99. the kiwi with a bit of an upside as well. this oil-field rally helping markets today. angie: that's right. the one story moving markets in this asian session with opec members meeting

. >>> the leaders of japan and singapore will take a firm stance against north korea conducting nuclear and ballistic missile tests. shinzo abe met with his singaporean counterpart in tokyo on wednesday and agreed on a tough approach to north korean issues including strict implementation of u.n. security council resolutions. the council has condemned pyongyang's nuclear missile programs and urged member nations to enforce sanctions against the north. >> on the korean issue, singapore is deeply concerned by the series of recent provocations. >> also exchanged issue ed vie issue of the east china sea, conducting airstrips and radar facilities on islands it has built in those waters. >> translator: we reaffirmed the importance of the rule of law as well as international coordination over the issue of the south china sea. >> the leaders discussed plans for a high-speed railway linking singapore and the malaysian capital kuala lumpur. they agreed to hold a meet of senior government officials to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in the fields of transfers and infrastructure. >>> philippi

let's cross over to singapore now. talk us through the outcome of this court receivership filing here. of what we see from the container rates, spot rates have gone up 28% since last week. general rateeeing increases. previously ise seen carriers announcing rate increases, then it comes down the next week. if you look at world container indices, asia europe, asia u.s., that has picked up, not asia mediterranean. good news for carriers. they can go back to some of their contractor rates with some of their customers, charge a little bit of a premium, and that is something that can happen with this debacle. angie: the consternation has already begun among retailers expecting stock ahead of the christmas season. already has been quite serious on the supply chain. >> yes, of course. hanjin ships are likely to be off schedule. that is a given fact. the ports and other ancillary services are likely to ask for bank guarantees to offload their goods. that will delay cargo shipments for shippers. 'smember, it's not just hanjin p

. >> after i weather it here, i want to find a job in singapore, because singapore is very famous for charitable. so i can go there for charitable agency and also for hotel. >> my dream is to go to canada for study and after i want to -- >> i would like to work in the sphere of arts and computer science. something integrated. this is my dream. ♪ >> it's ruby's day off, and she decides to head into town. it's the first time since she arrived that she's been to the local market alone. at a cafe, she suddenly approaches a security guard. >> i want to, i want to meet the staff in here. is that yes? thank you. good evening. i'm ruby from vietnam. i came here in the philippines to study english. so what, in your case, compare english? >> i think it's balanced, you know, if i don't know what is english i will use -- when there are some words or terms that i cannot understand i used to use english, i prefer english. >> you prefer english. >> how important english is. what do you think about english? >> english is an important language because english is more, you can, you can communicate wi

singapore up half a percent. you can see this has action. really, we are waiting from the bank of japan. the longer we wait, the more chance there is we will be getting some easing action from the boj. but we are seeing a lot of risk aversion ahead of the decision. takata is one of those we are watching. it really -- it reportedly got five bids for that business. we will be watching these names very carefully. japanese banks, if we get an inkling there will be negative interest rates going deeper and declines when it comes to a number of these japanese lenders. emily: this is "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. the samsung seven -- apple had a -- the samsung note 7 issues came just in time. apple had a chance to unveil e-seven but before that, a dramatic shift in the chinese smartphone market was starting to take shape. lesser-known domestic players had been seated show me top spot in china. joining us to take stock is david gramley in beijing and are tech team leader in tokyo. thank you for joining us. with gotten some new information on the

singapore has its first case of a pregnant woman testing positive or zika. thee have been 100 cases of virus so far. the first locally transmitted location was identified this week. singapore stepped up efforts to fight to seek a and the mosquitoes that carry it. the new brazilian president said the worst is over. michel temer was sworn in after dilma rousseff was impeached. his first job is to put the economy back on track, that in its spending caps and pension cuts. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am taylor riggs, this is bloomberg. tom: thank you. a data check, 2 smart bloomberg terminal shots. futures up, oil weaker, 44.57. the vix, 14.4. is weaker or not related to mr. trump, it is more of an em pullback. 18.80, the peso. guy: the ftse 100 retreating a little down, 1/10 of 1%. we have 68 earlier. one possible reason is the 132 that we have on the cable rates. outmanufacturing data early, 9:30 london time, passing expectations. the pound is having a positive effect at week levels

malaysia and singapore closed. it's a day when you want the futures to be wrong, but they were hang on, the hang seng off by 2.4% on the open. heading higher, so widespread selling. casinos, also insurance stocks coming under pressure in shanghai, off by 1.7% to kickstart the trading week. in the selling across the region on the back of what we saw on wall street on friday night. volatility also back in play. 15 for thevix above first time in 44 training sessions. korea sold off to the tune of 1.7%, mixed economic data outage japan affecting the nikkei. the yen stronger versus the greenback. their weakness and commodity players weighing into the weakness and asx 200. a lot of selling and volatility in the new zealand market today. have a look at some stocks we have been watching. a lot of them in the insurance space good japan life insurance rising after the boj sent to be looking at the yield curve in terms of the impact of flattening that curve. also, that last stop there is a korean insurance stock. it has risen

let's get over to singapore. got has been the outcome yet reporter: as you mentioned earlier, we have had a lot of ships being stranded because ports are not allowing them to get in or some of the vessels have actually been stranded at the port itself because the vendors are demanding money. they are a lot of ships being stranded where a lot of cargo is basically not be unloaded and not being shipped to the likes of walmart or other retail outlets. what is the company and the government doing to help these instructions? -- destructions? reporter: the government will provide some sort of funding support to some of the vendors and south korea. also, extending the maturity on debt to provide some sort of neds and financial restrictions -- some sort of and ease -- and -- an ease in financial restrictions. hopefully, when these go into effect, some of the vessels will be allowed into the ports to unload. rishaad: are there any precedents here? what is the next step for hanjin ? reporter: the next step is to figure out

[inaudible] it includes four countries, singapore, malaysia and vietnam. that's a far the government has sent out a faded so do we believe that it could be ratified otherwise what should have been? >> it will be ratified because it's the right thing to do. we are in a political season now and it's difficult to get things done. congress isn't doing much right now. they are all going home and talking to their constituents trying to get reelected. .. >> >> and everybody will be pour if we don't do that. so right now around the world that in some ways it is understandable because and indians countries in the wealthier countries they feel as if the old manufacturing jobs have gone to china and places with cheaper labor will were environmental standards. so even the lead the united states is still very wealthy there are places where they can go someplace else and that happens over the course of last 30 years. to know the trade wasn't good for them. i have to explain first of all if we do nothing we will not bring those jobs back then we enter into agreements wit

look at the contracts in singapore on the way up. relatively it's a decent session so far. fplgs we're good with that. we are moving ahead to the abe decision at 12:30 hong kong time. it is the end of an era in australia as governor glen stevens holds his final policy meeting after 10 years in charge of the central bank. is expected to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.5%. australia still has issues, weak inflation, under employment. why is no change expected from this last meeting? -- all 26 way economists surveyed say no change this month or next. there are a couple reasons for that. first off shall the bank has cut the cash rate twice so far this year and both times it's been in response to weak inflation data. now, the next quarter of inflation data is not due out until late october which is after the reserve bank of australia's next meeting. the consensus is that they will wait again and have a look at that before they look at moving to the cash rate. the other reason is the u.s. federal reserve because of course hope against hope the rba will be hoping the cash rate

singapore, hong kong private banking is surging. abroad the operations but what about the operations of the swiss banks abroad? that is the silver lining. if you look outside switzerland, a lot of the swiss banks are hiring furiously. credit suisse is hiring in asia and they posted in the first six months of the year about the highest gross increase i can recall. have a lot of hiring going on in singapore and hong kong and emerging markets and a lot of hiring going on in european countries due to market access restrictions. that means doing business with europeans remains difficult indeed. if you are looking at a job with a swiss bank, perhaps you need to look outside the country. mark: thanks a lot, great job. a really important programming note -- tomorrow on bloomberg television, don't miss a very rare and exclusive interview with the russian president ourimir putin speaking with editor-in-chief so too in all day friday to watch that exclusive, that conversation with the russian president. on monday, you don't want to miss our sp

coming up, a singapore-based startup that beat uber to the punch. about the company that has the world's first self driving taxis. is bettingra catz big on cloud-based growth in india. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: google has sent out invitations for an october 4 event in san francisco. they are expected to unveil their new flagship smartphone called pixel. there's also rumors about a four k capable chrome cast and the daydream virtual reality headset. on october 4 to bring you the latest news as it unfolds. earnings -- adobe shares popping, trading 4% on the news that company with reported third-quarter revenue of just under $1.5 billion. to explain what is behind the boost, i want to bring in our editor at large, cory johnson. adobe has been undergoing the shift to the subscription model. how is it going? it is going well and going well across all their business units. in the short term, the market like the results. by that was interesting if you look at the 55-year stock chart for this company. dramatic move up and to the right and it continues t

yvonne: haslinda amin live from singapore. thank you so much. a closer look at markets, almost green across the board. >> it seems that risk is on the table despite caution to be expected given that it is boj week, fed week, and other central banks around this part of the world set to release their monetary policy decisions as well. there is a sense, at least when it comes to the fed, that we will not get a move in september. this note that came out from goldman sachs points out that the election risks aside, there ine been only two times history that the fed has raised without market pricing being at least 70%. at 55% for the end of the year, so it does look like the fed has more work to do when it comes to guidance if they do want to move. the boj, markets closed today, the yen trading stronger. is the dominant story when it comes to what is moving the markets. pretty much a sea of green, a lot of weakness from australia, down .3% after that false start, the technical glitch that prevented the asx from trading in the first hours of the monday

dollars. >> back to america from singapore, the trip was incredible. >> they need a special tool. no cutting in this video. this is the kind of thing you want to see happening. it takes a shocking amount before they finally dent it. once they finally pull it apart, you can see just how serioust retardant kevlar, then the foam and, of course, the carbon fiber on top. that's why we see so many crazy crashes in motor sport and you see them walking away fine. >> i don't think i've ever seen a video and yelled "no" at it so many times. >> i did a 24-month contract last time, i didn't regret it. she's got her instagram at private, i respect that. i made a mistake, but i fixed now, those are things you'll never hear anyone say about this telephone. >> anything. >> new update first. >> yeah, i'll share it when i get home, i only have facebook on my laptop. >> we're here for lunch. if i wanted your wifi password, i would have [ bleep ] asked for it. >> read it and not replied, but we're all busy. i'm not going to lose my mind over it. >> he does a you'll never hear a certain person say, an

singapore says it's identified 22 new zika cases, one involving a pregnant woman. malaysia says its first zika case is a woman who traveled to tested positive. zika can cause microcephaly in babies and can be deadly for unborn children. kim and jessob. back to you. president obama is urging countries large and small to unite behind a common effort of protecting the climate. he says no nation can tackle climate change by itself. the president addressing pacific island leaders in hawaii...talking about conservation efforts...and touting his decision to expand a marine national monument--quadrupli ng its size -- in hawaii. summit in lake tahoe yesterday. right now-- residents in hawaii are on high alert... as two hurricanes threaten to deliver a one-two punch. madeline has already been downgraded to a tropical storm... but lester is still going strong. lester... now considered a category three hurricane... is expected to reach the hawaiian islands this weekend. forecasters say lester won't hit the islands directly... but the entire island chain is still preparing for

. >> renting office space in singapore is getting cheaper. skyscrapers for the fell by 7% in the first half of this year to about $775 a square meter. upomparison hong kong rent to four times that and still rising. the biggest gains are in shanghai where rent is up 7.8% driven by demand by the technology and creative industries. the chinese consortium intending to buy [indiscernible] has been looking for investor since it agreed to the deal. is net -- little-known buyer sounding out interest for the deal and did not have all the funds in place. potential partners have been told they could earn outside returns if they seem a land -- ac milan is in china/ . angie: central banks are in the headlines again. look ahead to the boj and then of course the fed next week. both hands and can between one when they make their rate decision. that the virgins in policies one of their key issues in singapore. we have our southeast asian correspondent haslinda amin. what was the general consensus? after a quiet summer volatility is back in the markets in a bi

health care, security, and quality of education all brought singapore to the top. france not doing so well. what have we done? host: don't get me started. stephen carroll, thanks so much for the business look. thanks. for watching it is now time for the press review. host: we will focus on the bombing of this u.s. humanitarian aid convoy in syria that killed at least 12 people and the blame game is certainly an false line. -- in full swing. guest: you can see the aftermath of that bombing with a headline that says finger-pointing over the syrian aid convoy bombing. blamedly u.s. officials syrian forces, but very quickly according to an intelligence analyses, they changed their analysis of the situation as we take a look at the article in "the new york times." u.s. officials now say russia was probably responsible for the deadly bombing. you can see a photo of that violent aftermath of the bombing. "the new york times" talks what is happening at the united nations. u.n. officials decided to suspend all aid convoys in syria , describing the bombing as a possible one

a grip on hong kong, singapore, manila, the alliance began a long journey back at guadalcanal. steps by text they were beaten back, the japanese. in the philippines, the japanese role, prisoners had been subjected to indescribable suffering. the filipino people had never stopped fighting. douglas macarthur had promised them that i will return and return he did. jima, 450 miles from japan, the full power of the american specific -- pacific fleet rehearsed in combat and amphibious ambitions -- and patience. the japanese death ran into the hundreds of thousands. once again, if like a liberty was run up. liberty was run up. under general partner who gave his life, combined american forces fought a long and costly veryign for okinawa at the doorstep of japan. it was japan final hour. in a curious -- incredibly furious come back, it enemy soldiers had to be destroyed to, one by one. finally, the morale cracked open by american power, the first massive japanese soldiers began to give up voluntarily. the suicide core and desperation era tax inflicted heavy -- there inflicted heavy dama

even as the enemy made fast the grip on manila, hong kong, singapore, the alliance made the long journey back at the canal. in the philippines, under japanese role, prisoners had been subjected to indescribable suffering. the filipino people had never stopped fighting. douglas macarthur had promised hem, "i shall return." in return, he did. --ould, the full -- iwo iwo jima. striking a semi-final blow. the japanese dead ran into the hundreds of thousands and once again a flag of liberty was dramatically run up. ♪ narrator: under general buckner, who gave his life there, combined american forces fought the long and costly fight for open ally at the very doorstep japan. it was japan's final hour. incredibly furious combat. enemy fighters had to be destroyed cave-by-cave and one-by-one. the more out cracked open by american power, the first masses of japanese soldiers began to give up voluntarily. the suicide court inflicted heavy damage on american naval forces off open our. this was kamikaze. it was sensational. but it would never stop the allied advance. [plane engines, and gunfire, bom