 And a good morning to you, 8.31, or rather 9.31 here in Hong Kong. I'm Brian Curtis. And I'm Doug Krisner at the Bloomberg Interactive Broker Studio in New York, trading right now in Hong Kong and on the Chinese mainland. Consumer discretionary leading the Hang Seng to a gain of around nine-tenths of one percent. We'll take a closer look at all the market action for you in about ten minutes from now. Let's begin by updating a few of the hour's top business stories. Brian.