:00:00. > :00:00.Rail, Maritime and Transport Union are set to walk out from nine in the
:00:00. > :00:00.evening on Monday in a long`running dispute over ticket office closures.
:00:07. > :00:22.Now on BBC News all the latest business news live from Singapore.
:00:23. > :00:31.Apple versus Samsung? Have we seen at the end of a long drawnout
:00:32. > :00:33.battle. Investing in Myanmar. Why investors are drawn here despite the
:00:34. > :00:46.hurdles. Welcome to Asia Business Report. When a jury in California
:00:47. > :00:56.ordered Apple to put pay Samsung over the weekend, it was viewed as a
:00:57. > :01:03.victory. Where does this leave the legal battle? Earlier, I spoke to
:01:04. > :01:13.our technology reporter. I asked him if it is a victory. It is hardly a
:01:14. > :01:21.victory. The only thing they can say is that they were found guilty of
:01:22. > :01:25.infringing. Samsung were awarded around $140,000. It was one case of
:01:26. > :01:33.Apple having infringed their patents. It is a stalemate again.
:01:34. > :01:39.Could you say it is a victory for Samsung? In some ways. The jury did
:01:40. > :01:49.find that Samsung had wilfully infringed one of the patents on
:01:50. > :01:51.AppleiPhone. It doesn't lend some credibility to the claim that
:01:52. > :01:58.Samsung had deliberately copied the software in the device. That is not
:01:59. > :02:01.great for Samsung, but the damages are far less than what Apple were
:02:02. > :02:15.claiming. It is unlikely there will be a sales down? `` sales ban, which
:02:16. > :02:22.was what Apple was looking for. Who is benefiting on this battle? You
:02:23. > :02:25.could argue that the two weirs are the winners because of the legal
:02:26. > :02:33.fees. The other winner is the competitors. They are going into a
:02:34. > :02:36.public court. There is a lot of internal discussion about what was
:02:37. > :02:42.happening at Apple Aaron Sonson which was revealed in the process of
:02:43. > :02:47.the testimony. We found out about how Apple felt about their ad agency
:02:48. > :02:53.and how Samsung wanted to compete in the market. It provided a lot of
:02:54. > :02:59.information. We use are priced in terms of the verdict? I didn't think
:03:00. > :03:05.it was going to stop either company in its tracks in terms of being able
:03:06. > :03:07.to sell the product. It wasn't a surprise in those terms. What
:03:08. > :03:12.surprised me was how small the monetary amounts turned out to be.
:03:13. > :03:17.It was a slap on the wrist. In the meanwhile, companies will continue
:03:18. > :03:22.to make the cash. They have continued to do that successfully.
:03:23. > :03:29.Do you agree that it will have no impact on the product? Would we see
:03:30. > :03:32.features changing? Samsung have been doing a lot more that is quite
:03:33. > :03:36.different from Apple in that sense. Keep in mind that the products that
:03:37. > :03:43.were involved tend to be previous generation products.
:03:44. > :03:52.Hypothetically, if an injunction was put in place, it wouldn't have that
:03:53. > :03:58.much of an impact. Bao steel is partnering with an Australian rail
:03:59. > :04:04.company. The two parties have made a joint offer of $1 billion. Dina 's
:04:05. > :04:19.largest listed steel company already owns 20%. `` China's. In a bid to
:04:20. > :04:27.boost growth, the government has already used restrictions on
:04:28. > :04:33.pharmaceutical companies. And this Indonesian shopping mall, this is
:04:34. > :04:40.just one sign of the country 's growth. In the past five years,
:04:41. > :04:45.south`east Asia 's biggest economy has expanded by nearly 6%. In the
:04:46. > :04:50.coming months, whoever voters believe will make a net this growth
:04:51. > :05:00.will be voted in as the next president. These are the
:05:01. > :05:10.contenders. They face significant challenges. There is rising power
:05:11. > :05:15.amongst the country 's trade unions. Last week, thousands gathered to
:05:16. > :05:19.demand higher wages and better benefits. They set it has become
:05:20. > :05:22.harder to keep up with living costs. The gap between the rich and poor is
:05:23. > :05:30.also growing. Millions live in slums. Experts warned that as an
:05:31. > :05:35.rises, so does the risk of social unrest. The growth figures for the
:05:36. > :05:38.last three months will set the tone for the election campaign. Major
:05:39. > :05:51.reforms are needed for economic growth. The voters will decide who
:05:52. > :05:54.can deliver that. Myanmar Has only recently opened its economy to
:05:55. > :06:04.foreign investment, after decades of military rule. Seven in ten Asian
:06:05. > :06:09.businesses plan to expand their in the next year. There are still a
:06:10. > :06:14.number of hurdles to setting up shop.
:06:15. > :06:18.This is a far from easy place to do business. Look at the
:06:19. > :06:24.infrastructure. The banking sector is extremely basic by modern
:06:25. > :06:28.standards. The sort of things that people need to do business, like the
:06:29. > :06:33.Internet and mobile phones, all of them don't work very well here at
:06:34. > :06:37.the moment. The two biggest obstacles to companies coming here
:06:38. > :06:40.and investing in a big way up corruption and uncertainty. If
:06:41. > :06:47.you're going to come and start up a big operation here, it is generally
:06:48. > :06:52.accepted that you do need to have connections. You need to have local
:06:53. > :06:56.knowledge here. That will involve doing business with one of the big
:06:57. > :06:59.local conglomerates. Those big companies always always are
:07:00. > :07:05.connected with the Burmese military or the Burmese government. The
:07:06. > :07:12.biggest single obstacle is uncertainty. There is an election
:07:13. > :07:17.head you at the end of next year. It is far from clear that the reforms
:07:18. > :07:21.that we have seen over the last three years will continue. If the
:07:22. > :07:26.army decides to reassert itself, that could mean a return to
:07:27. > :07:35.isolation and a return of sanctions. That would not be good for business.
:07:36. > :07:40.Did you know that India is one of the world 's largest exporters of
:07:41. > :07:48.beef? It provides 20% of global supply. This could be a good thing,
:07:49. > :07:49.is it also causes fierce religious and political debate within the
:07:50. > :08:15.country. Seeking blessings from the holy cow.
:08:16. > :08:21.These sanctuaries are set up so that people can pray to the cow. That is
:08:22. > :08:30.why I 's position as a beef exporter shocks many people. TRANSLATION: We
:08:31. > :08:36.believe Hindu cows reside in gods. That is why we feed them on special
:08:37. > :08:43.days. How can anyone think of killing them and making money? It is
:08:44. > :08:47.not cows but water buffalo is that mostly make the cut for meat
:08:48. > :08:53.processing factories. India has half the buffaloes in the world and
:08:54. > :08:56.buffalo beef is bringing in a lot of money for the country. Buffalo and
:08:57. > :09:03.cow meat are both known as beef internationally. Chopped up into the
:09:04. > :09:07.choicest of cuts, this meat is headed to dinner tables all over the
:09:08. > :09:13.world. India is largely a vegetarian company. The per capita consumption
:09:14. > :09:21.of meat is less than two kilograms. In the US, it is more than 20 times
:09:22. > :09:28.that. Processing the beef in Halal standards, and DSL is beef worth
:09:29. > :09:34.more than $3.2 billion all over the world. And buffalo meat demand is
:09:35. > :09:42.growing. While exports are the industry driver, even within India,
:09:43. > :09:45.the appetite for buffalo beef has seen a steady rise. While chicken
:09:46. > :09:50.and fish still dominate the diet of non` vegetarians, there is little
:09:51. > :09:58.doubt that these 's popularity is growing. I like eating beef. It is
:09:59. > :10:05.delicious. I would prefer it over chicken. I prefer it over bacon. It
:10:06. > :10:10.is not readily available. I 's strict laws and end the slaughter of
:10:11. > :10:13.cows and making it tough for restaurants to serve beef doesn't
:10:14. > :10:21.seem to be holding back the market too much for now. Time for a quick
:10:22. > :10:30.check of the markets. A number of the markets are closed in Japan,
:10:31. > :10:33.South Korea and Thailand. Hong Kong and Australia are down. That is set
:10:34. > :10:45.for this addition of Asia Business Report. `` edition.
:10:46. > :10:49.The Irish Republican leader Gerry Adams has been released without
:10:50. > :10:52.charge in Northern Ireland after being questioned for four days in
:10:53. > :10:55.connection with the IRA murder of Jean McConville in 1972. After his
:10:56. > :10:58.release, Mr Adams again denied all the allegations against him and
:10:59. > :10:59.branded his arrest as wrong. Ukrainian prosecutors say they
:11:00. > :11:00.didn't authorise the