:00:00. > :00:00.week old baby boy has been charged with his murder. Katarzyna Gacek,
:00:00. > :00:00.who's 24 and from Oldham, was arrested after her son Thomas died
:00:00. > :00:12.of serious head injuries last Monday. Now on BBC News all the
:00:13. > :00:17.latest business news live from Singapore. The Thailand elections
:00:18. > :00:22.disrupted by protesters leaving millions unable to vote. Will this
:00:23. > :00:26.cast the country into political limbo? As millions of people
:00:27. > :00:34.celebrate Chinese New year we look at and best predictions for the year
:00:35. > :00:42.of the course. -- investment predictions. The tech -- we kick off
:00:43. > :00:47.Thailand which held elections on Sunday. Despite the boycott from the
:00:48. > :00:49.Opposition party, the electoral commission could tally the results
:00:50. > :00:56.after anti-government protesters forced dozens of polling stations to
:00:57. > :01:03.shut down, affecting half a million voters. We spoke to an expert and
:01:04. > :01:08.asked if we could see an evolution to this three-month long conflict?
:01:09. > :01:15.Coming out of yesterday, the good part there was no violence. We are
:01:16. > :01:19.not looking at a military coup. What the Opposition is hoping for is a
:01:20. > :01:25.judicial coup. They hope either the Constitutional Court comes in
:01:26. > :01:29.through the election commission and declares the vote invalid or the
:01:30. > :01:32.corruption commission proceeds with corruption allegation against the
:01:33. > :01:38.Prime Minister and other Thai politicians. With those two options
:01:39. > :01:43.you have put on the table, how will investors perceive this? They will
:01:44. > :01:49.seek it as gridlock and a slow down for a while. The best opposition
:01:50. > :01:58.they have now is that it is awaiting game. In three or six months, they
:01:59. > :02:04.hope protest fatigue sets in. As the fatigue sets in, as the next
:02:05. > :02:09.by-elections to fill the previous seats that could not vote, that is
:02:10. > :02:13.the best friend of the government. With more political gridlock will
:02:14. > :02:19.investors remain on the sidelines or will they see this in as an
:02:20. > :02:23.opportunity to come in and look into the Thai economy and investment
:02:24. > :02:28.opportunities over a more longer period of time? There is a milestone
:02:29. > :02:35.they need to see within the next two weeks. If the corruption commission
:02:36. > :02:37.comes in the next two weeks and says they will prosecute union
:02:38. > :02:43.specifically over corruption issues, think things get worse for a little
:02:44. > :02:46.while. More uncertainty sets in. We need to wait for that milestone
:02:47. > :02:55.first before major action either positive or negative happens for
:02:56. > :02:58.investors in tidal and. The Indian airlines sector has seen a jump in
:02:59. > :03:02.bookings after slashing fares for domestic travel. The fairs cup a
:03:03. > :03:10.time when many of the domestic airlines are running at massive
:03:11. > :03:15.losses. -- domestic airlines. Gearing up for a holiday, this woman
:03:16. > :03:20.is searching for hotels in -goer where she will be flying for a long
:03:21. > :03:27.weekend with a friend in March. Last week she had no answer going a short
:03:28. > :03:33.break. Then she saw that airlines were selling tickets at a huge
:03:34. > :03:36.discount and she could not resist. The Flash sale is the reason I am
:03:37. > :03:42.going away. I would love to go every weekend. If you take a train or bus
:03:43. > :03:46.you waste a lot of time travelling. You have two plan and make your
:03:47. > :03:54.booking is because those tickets have become very expensive now.
:03:55. > :04:01.Thousands of ticket -- Travelers booked ticket recently. Online
:04:02. > :04:05.travel portals is a bookings on some routes trebled during the same
:04:06. > :04:13.period. But can Indian airlines afford to offer tickets at such low
:04:14. > :04:17.prices? In 2013, the compliance loss of all domestic Indian airlines was
:04:18. > :04:25.$4 billion. Why are they offering such huge discounts of a not making
:04:26. > :04:29.profits? Every year between January and March school and university down
:04:30. > :04:35.season. That means more people fly within the country. By offering
:04:36. > :04:37.cheaper tickets, airlines hope they can tempt passengers and Phil Waugh
:04:38. > :04:45.aircraft seats than they normally would. And he already has five
:04:46. > :04:49.national domestic carriers. The Asia and Singapore airlines are also
:04:50. > :04:55.planning to start flights within India this year. But the traffic has
:04:56. > :05:00.been growing at a modest place every year. Most Indian airlines are
:05:01. > :05:05.struggling to get money because of lower fares and higher taxes and
:05:06. > :05:09.operational costs. Globally, aviation has been a notoriously
:05:10. > :05:12.difficult industry to make money and squeezing every dollar out of
:05:13. > :05:20.passengers helps the chances of a carrier. But the recent ticket sale
:05:21. > :05:24.and the arrival of new airlines and the market means India will note
:05:25. > :05:33.doubt see more airfare battles in 2014. Markets in China and Hong Kong
:05:34. > :05:45.remain shut for the lunar New year celebrations. It is year the force.
:05:46. > :05:51.It is a popular tradition -- it is a popular ritual to get your fortune
:05:52. > :05:57.told. -- course. We talked about the thing Shui index which predict
:05:58. > :06:03.investment trends for the year. This year it is the year of the horse. It
:06:04. > :06:08.has a strong presence of fire. This year with the market going pretty
:06:09. > :06:13.strong. We will see markets go galloping higher? Especially for the
:06:14. > :06:19.first half. The second half will be a little bit galloping, little bit
:06:20. > :06:25.of volatility. Which particular companies will do well in the year
:06:26. > :06:30.of the horse? Sectors like wood and fire sectors. Companies in fashion,
:06:31. > :06:36.retail software model to as well as Internet technology and telco
:06:37. > :06:48.companies. Which particular companies will underperform? From
:06:49. > :06:55.the Feng shui perspective, companies for property, construction and
:06:56. > :07:00.resources will be more cautious. Your report predicts that the
:07:01. > :07:05.Japanese Prime Minister will not only turn on the nuclear power
:07:06. > :07:09.stations but he will confirm reports the nation is pursuing nuclear
:07:10. > :07:15.weapons. How the jaw Feng shui index arrived at this prediction? Remember
:07:16. > :07:22.the Feng shui index is quite lighted predictions. The Japanese Prime
:07:23. > :07:26.Minister is a workhorse. We predict he will have a challenging year. At
:07:27. > :07:31.the same time, the year of the course is a year of fire. They will
:07:32. > :07:37.first drive the market but fire, combined with the yang metal could
:07:38. > :07:43.indicate a new form of energy. We are also looking forward to nuclear
:07:44. > :07:52.but from a geopolitical position, we are not advocating he do any of
:07:53. > :07:55.this. Another common sight during the Chinese New year, lion dance
:07:56. > :08:01.groups which are believed to bless businesses with good fortune. A busy
:08:02. > :08:06.season for them with many companies wishing to pay as much as $4000 for
:08:07. > :08:15.their services. We caught up with a popular dance group in Malaysia. The
:08:16. > :08:20.Chinese lion dance rings good fortune to businesses. Over the
:08:21. > :08:24.years, they have perfected it into a craft. This is one of the top lion
:08:25. > :08:29.dance troupes in the country and they are going to do some incredible
:08:30. > :08:34.acrobatics with two lines. Sitting next to me is one of the lion heads.
:08:35. > :08:41.You can see his pants. These are the legs of the lion. A lot of people
:08:42. > :08:44.are very excited and they are drawn to them all to watch this
:08:45. > :08:53.performance. You excited to see the Lions? By? The line dance is
:08:54. > :09:02.amazing. I hope they will bring me good luck. Cost of living is going
:09:03. > :09:07.up, Chinese New year is like Christmas, a lot of people spend
:09:08. > :09:14.money, have you held back on your spending? Somewhat. This year I
:09:15. > :09:23.spent less than previous years. It is more towards, how do you put it,
:09:24. > :09:30.family not spending money. How much less are you spending? I have cut
:09:31. > :09:41.about 50%. Have businesses held back on hiring lion dancers? Yes. Because
:09:42. > :09:50.they are cutting the Budget. They review things like that. This
:09:51. > :09:54.particular performance lasted for 15 minutes and cost over $1000. If that
:09:55. > :09:58.sounds like a lot of money, consider how the people they attract it to
:09:59. > :10:04.the maul to watch this particular performance. This is also seen as a
:10:05. > :10:08.blessing for businesses in the shopping maul. For this year when
:10:09. > :10:14.people are cutting back on spending, businesses want as much luck and
:10:15. > :10:20.fortune as they can get. It was Jennifer in Malaysia. A quick look
:10:21. > :10:24.at the markets, Asian stocks are struggling in mid-morning trade
:10:25. > :10:27.after a report released after the weekend showed Chinese factory
:10:28. > :10:30.growth fell to a six-month low in January. With investors watching for
:10:31. > :10:35.slow economic data.