 Hi, everybody. Just after 8.31 in the morning here on a Thursday in Hong Kong, I'm Brian Curtis. And I'm Doug Krisner at the Bloomberg Interactive Broker Studio in New York. Stateside, we had records again for the S&P and the Nasdaq Composite. We have positivity right now in the Asia-Pacific, particularly in Japan, where the Nikkei is up by more than 1.1%. We'll take a closer look at the market action for you in about 10 minutes or so. Right now, let's update a few of the hour's top stories. Brian?