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Softbank's first quarterly loss in 14 years

Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.

The boss of Softbank, Masayoshi Son, has admitted poor judgement in relation to its investment in WeWork after reporting its first quarterly loss in 14 years. We get more from Susan Schmidt at Aviva Investors in Chicago.

Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, is trying to bring the country's crippling deficit under control. He was hoping that foreign investors would help him kickstart the economy but an attempt to auction off several oil fields failed as the 大象传媒's Brazil correspondent Daniel Gallas, explains.

Fitbit is one of those companies that's almost come to define the fitness tracking sector and Google is buying it for $2bn. The 大象传媒's Will Bain takes a look at wearable tech innovation.

If you've been following the Brexit saga over the last few years you might have heard the expression Global Britain. We hear more from James Vernon, Professor of History at the University of California at Berkeley.

Electric flying taxis could be just round the corner; one took off last month in Singapore. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Monica Miller finds out if regulators and passengers are ready to get onboard.

And we're joined throughout the programme by Stefanie Yuen Thio, Joint Managing Partner at TSMP Law in Singapore and in Toronto, Ralph Silva of Silva Research Network.

(Photo: SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son. Credit: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

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