Maersk's growth has remained resilient despite the global economic slowdown. Jesper Praestensgaard CEO, Asia Pacific, Maersk shares his strategy and discusses how rising crude prices will affect his business, with CNBC's Martin Soong & Sri Jegarajah.

The top headlines this hour, with CNBC's Adam Bakhtiar.

Australian regulators are seen approving Westpac's purchase of St George Bank. Cyrus Daruwala, MD, Asia Pacific at Financial Insights explains why he thinks this is a good deal, with CNBC's Martin Soong, Oriel Morrison & Sri Jegarajah.

Commoditized technology firms are set to perform better than their high-end counterparts, believes Adrian Mowat, chief Asian and emerging markets equity strategist at JPMorgan. He tells CNBC's Martin Soong where the growth drivers lie in the sector.

Nissan is expected to post higher operating profit in the fiscal year thanks to strong sales overseas but is likely to miss targets. Hirofumi Yokoi, senior manager at CSM Worldwide shares his forecast with CNBC's Martin Soong & Sri Jegarajah.

Singapore Airlines reports full year earnings later today. Its Q4 profit is expected to fall 46% due to high jet fuel costs and slowing business travels. Jim Eckes, MD & aviation analyst at Indoswiss Aviation previews the numbers and looks at the challenges in the airline industry, with guest host Adrian Mowat of JPMorgan & CNBC's Amanda Drury.

The top headlines this hour, with CNBC's Arnold Gay.

John Kyriakopoulos, currency strategist at National Australia Bank sees the U.S. dollar trading sideways for a period. He assesses the factors influencing the dollar's direction this week, with CNBC's Martin Soong and Amanda Drury, and guest host Adrian Mowat, chief Asian and emerging markets equity strategist at JPMorgan.

Inflation in China should come off in the second-half of 2008 and probably move below 6%, according to Adrian Mowat, Chief Asian and Emerging Markets Equity Strategist at JPMorgan. He discusses the key issues affecting the Chinese economy, with CNBC's Amanda Drury, Martin Soong and Sri Jegarajah.

Crude oil futures have taken out so many records this year that you'd be forgiven for losing count. This week was no exception. New York crude futures breached the $115 a barrel level, with prices holding steady at $115 during the Asian session Friday.