 Good morning. It's 8.32 here in Hong Kong. In the morning, I'm Brian Curtis. And I'm Doug Krizner at the Bloomberg Interactive Broker Studio in New York. We're less than an hour away from trading in Hong Kong and on the Chinese mainland. We're up and running in Tokyo, Sydney, and Seoul, and it's somewhat of a mixed picture. We'll go into depth for you momentarily when we look at all the market action. Right now, let's update a few of the hour's top business stories. Brian?