England, wales and Northern Ireland have not hit their three key targets for 18 months. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. The dow smashes the 23,000 mark for the first time ever, with other key indices following its lead. Indias tax reform is taking some of the spark out of bollywood, especially as movie goers hit the theatres during this festive season. Good morning, asia. Hello, world glad you could join us for this thursday edition of Asia Business report, im rico hizon and we start with the us markets and the dow has finally done it the blue chip index surging toa finally done it the blue chip index surging to a record high, topping 23,000 points following strong earnings from ibm that boosted confidence about the rest of the quarterly reporting season. The Dow Jones Industrial average at 160 points, breaking through that new record of 23,000. The tech laced nasdaq also in record territory at 6624. From the us to china, where officials are due to un