27/02/2017 Asia Business Report

Now let's crossover live to Singapore.

Nokia goes back to the future. We will have the latest on the new

designs from the phone maker. Will be new handset their success? And if

the stress in your job is getting over your head, with a fitness

session make you more productive, or are companies wasting their money?

-- would a fitness session. Hello and welcome to Asia Business Report.

I am Sharanjit Leyl. Nokia has reinvented its 3310 handset which

was very popular 15 years ago. This is what it looks like now. It

promises to be a simple phone with a battery that will last a week. With

limited access to the Internet, will anyone actually be interested? The

new model was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and our

technology correspondent is there. Barcelona, and as the mobile phone

industry arise for its annual jamboree, there is in the air. --

there is nostalgia. Nokia which is to rule the Mobile world, is making

a comeback. The firm that license the name, this was their first

chance to make a splash. And with a new range of smart phones, it until

something very retro, last on sale in 2005. Let me re- reintroduce the

Nokia 3310. You cannot do much with this phone except make calls and

play snake. This is the most iconic device that you have ever seen from

Nokia. And we thought why not have some fun and recreate this device

for the consumers? This might be fun, but let's face it, it is a

little bit of a gimmick. If Nokia is to become a significant force again,

it won't be the 3310, but for its new range of smartphones. The

company claims this model is a ready selling well in China, but in a

competition where many models of the same, it is tough. So perhaps it was

smarter look back to look forward. To bring back this device that has

bags of Nyst Ajer, it was many people's first phone. But will be

new and old Nokia appeal to the foreign buying public? May be

without parents, but not for us. I would switch my Apple phone for the

thing. Even if it could not access the Internet? Then I think I would

change my mind. And here is another phone train for a comeback. This is

the new Blackberry, launched by a Chinese brand who has licensed the

name. -- trying. If you would find all of

the information on those devices, you can go to our website and go to

the technology tab. It is a son of the working week. Let's look at what

is coming up over the next few days. As we do so, it is the world mobile

congress in Barcelona. We will return to that in a moment. It is

also the final hearing in the impeachment hearing of the South

Korean President, President Park Geun Hy. She is being charged with

accepting vertical favours. -- Hye. At the very end of the week on

Friday, Nintendo will be launching its new gaming console, P Switch and

we will be covering that story and others. -- the Switch. Article other

people are very excited about Nokia's comeback. My thought is that

Nokia used to be very popular with the Generation X. I do not help will

fare with the millennial is, now. The 3310 is creating some

excitement, and the game Snake is pretty excitement, but I'm not

really sure if people will go out to buy just because of that. --

millenials. What about the other launches? There are a lot of new

Chinese mobile phone makers, what you watching for? There are new

offenders such as Oppo and Huawei who are making waves globally. They

are picking up the gaps left by Samsung in some of these places. So

there is some exciting phones coming out from both of these centres. It

is interesting that you mentioned that they are picking up the gaps

left by Samsung, after the huge Dibaba late last year with its

Galaxy Note 7. Billions were lost over those faulty batteries. People

are watching for the launch of the Galaxy S8 at the mobile congress.

This is not happening until March. They release tablets, instead. Is

that a big disappointment for a company that is soap permanent in

the mobile space? I would not read too much into it that Samsung is not

launching the Galaxy S8 at the congress. -- so prominent. That

should not take away all the hype that Huawei will be able to generate

with their new launches. One of Germany's most senior banking

executives said that the Brexit vote should not be taken as an excuse to

penalise London's financial industry. We got was -- we got worse

that the response to be pragmatic. If there has been this vote, we

should deal with smooth transitions. VizEat is my job and the job of my

colleagues to make sure that the transition is as smooth as possible.

And we hope that it will be as pragmatic as possible in this

situation. -- it is my job. Deutsche Borse appears to be in jeopardy. The

LSC says that a deal is unlikely to be approved by the European

Commission unless it sells its 6% Schache in the NTS trading platform.

This would be the third failed attempt at combining the exchanges.

And Warren Buffett has backed American businesses to continue to

create what he calls mind-boggling wealth. Warren Buffett's comments

come after a 15% rise in fourth-quarter profit to $6.3

billion for his firm, which owns shares in dozens of governors,

including Apple, cut times, Coca-Cola, and the four biggest US

allies. On Friday, Japan launched premium Friday, eight campaign on

the very last Friday of every month. Some very lucky employees get to

leave early and receive cash to spend. It is aimed to improve the

worklife balance in a country that is quite infamous for extreme

overtime. But there are more ways to reducing workplace stress than just

cutting the hours once a month. If businesses now -- businesses are now

increased Lleyton into corporate world is progress. So do they keep

stuff happy and healthy? -- staff. It is 5pm at Silicon Labs. Workers,

is it a go home, at catching breath. They are taking part in a free

health programme at work. As an example of a growing trend of

company is buying into the idea that healthier and happier employees are

also more productive. -- instead of catching a train home, are catching

breath. The industry is inspected 37 $.4 billion by 2024. And there is no

shortage of companies offering help screen is, XO programmes, and stress

management worktops. We are marketing to 150 companies. But they

expect the rate will go up. People realise that employing healthy

employees will impact the bottomline. -- exercise programmes.

The critic say there is insufficient other tobacco the benefits. The

results initial two -- insufficient data to measure the benefits. And

they are difficult to measure. But for some companies, the boost is

welcome. The employees are happier and more engaged. We have seen less

sick leave and higher productivity in the workplace. Stress management

programmes are a good way for companies to show that they care,

but experts say there is little point in having these schemes if

businesses do not measure their success. A little bit stressed

investors on the markets, because they are all lower this Monday

morning. The Nykea is down 1.4%. Is due to the strong yen and shares

being sold. A lot of concern about President John's speech to congress

on Tuesday, a lot of people listening to it for hints on his

policies on the economy. --