Plenty more on the website, and you can get in touch with me on twitter. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Global slowdown. The International Monetary fund points to trade was in brexit uncertainty as it cuts its growth forecast yet again. Indias gaming boom. Way many of the countrys 500 million gamers are thinking about going professional. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. It isa good morning, asia. Hello, world. It is a wednesday. Glad you could join us is a wednesday. Glad you could join us for another action packed mid week edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. Lets kick off the programme with the world economy, because the International Monetary funds latest prediction for Global Growth offers a downbeat assessment of the impact of the us china trade war, and the brexit uncertainty. The imf has cut its forecast for economic expansion to just 3 , the lowest since the financial crisis. The bbcs Samira Hussain has more from new york. The imfs huss
Boss. Also in the programme how much can one tweet cost you . If you run a Us Basketball Team and tweet about hong kong, the answer is a lot. Well explain all a little later. And what is this . Its a Mcdonalds Mcrib barbecue sandwich. Well tell you what its early seasonal appearance in the us this year has to do with the us china trade war. Well be getting the inside track on juggling work and family life with the co founder of amazing if, a company that coaches staff at some of the uks Biggest Companies on career development. Today we want to know as National Work life week begins in the uk, could your Work Life Balance be better . What are your tips or frustrations . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Very warm welcome. This is our new business show, worklife. We focus on theissues business show, worklife. We focus on the issues affecting your work and the issues affecting your work and the you lead. And we start with the Global Consumer products giant unilever whose brand
Exploit the eb 5 visa program. Investors in china, india and vietnam each paid henderson 500,000 thinking they were funding one of seven businesses that qualified for the program. The federal Program Gives green cards to investors that contribute to a u. S. Business that creates at least ten fulltime jobs. Henderson diverted the money to buy the historic tower in oakland. The building and other properties, businesses and restaurants. All of these representations, all of these promises were made in the course of this scheme and those promises were not kept. According to the indictment, henderson lied to investors and the government for years providing paper work and Business Plans that seem legit from 2011 to 2017. I asked the u. S. Attorney how it was able to go on for so long. One of the ways the scheme was going is the diversion of money raised from later investors to cover over the losses that were being suffered by earlier ged wit conspiracy and wire fraud charges. Henderson pleade
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