The top headlines this hour, with CNBC's Sri Jegarajah.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Diane Garnick, investment strategist at Invesco, assesses the factors contributing to the uncertainty in U.S. markets, with CNBC's Martin Soong, Amanda Drury & Sri Jegarajah.