business center is a primetime a business news television program that was broadcast on cnbc asia. it debuted in october 2000 to replace the asian edition of "global market watch". the program took its name from cnbc united states' flagship evening show, "business center" and while it shared the same lower-thirds, the background for the charts remained the same as the ones used during other daytime shows. it was initially presented by martin soong and grace phan. regular contributors to the show included maria bartiromo (cnbc us) and nick hastings (dow jones newswires). various reporters from cnbc europe also gave updates on the european trading day. the show was ultimately replaced in february 2005 by cnbc tonight.