The food price inflation is not much of a concern for Coca-Cola Amatil as its MD Terry Davis expects about a 3% increase in the second-half. He also tells CNBC's Oriel Morrison how the firm plans to ride out the slowdown in the Australian economy.

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

The Australian equity markets are nearing the bottom as David Deverall, MD of Perpetual has noticed institutional investors reweigh some of their assets towards equities. CNBC's Jeffrey James asks him how Perpetual plans to mitigate the bear market.

The U.S. and Europe make up almost half of 3i Infotech Asia-Pacific's revenue. With both economies starting to slow, its president & CEO Debneel Mukherjee tells CNBC's Arnold Gay how the firm's diversified model allows it to leverage on growth in other parts of the world.

The global airline industry is caught in a perfect storm of uncontrollable fuel costs and falling demand, says Giovanni Bisignani, director general & CEO at the International Air Transport Association. CNBC's Martin Soong & Sri Jegarajah ask him what the airline industry needs to do to weather this storm.