of this fiscal year. the news comes as pressure mounts from an activist investor who s been critical of the company, including its disappointing stats at the box office. the company also narrowed its losses specifically in streaming. disney plus increased prices this fall and lost subscribers over that. but because each subscriber is paying more for the service, its average revenue per user went up. disney plus is streaming offerings include espn plus the focus of a lot of attention this week. the company announced earlier this week that it s partnering with fox and warner brothers discovery to launch a new sports streaming operation with espn this year. and ceo bob iger said wednesday that the company is taking a $1.5 billion stake in epic games. it s disney s biggest move in the game space, yet. another focus of attention, disney and politics again after a very public, multi year spat with and lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis, who accused the company of being l
some trading restrictions put on the market three days ago. we had a situation already where sentiment has been weakening since about mid january on the lack of stimulus measures by the government. so after the last inflation numbers, so we could have an overreaction, but then again the trading restrictions being what they are right now it s very hard to play out the numbers especially with ten days of holidays coming up after tomorrow. days of holidays coming up after tomorrow. , ., ., after tomorrow. yes. so what do ou think after tomorrow. yes. so what do you think the after tomorrow. yes. so what do you think the reaction after tomorrow. yes. so what do you think the reaction from - after tomorrow. yes. so what do you think the reaction from the l you think the reaction from the chinese government is going to be then to these numbers that are worst than expected? i think because of the holiday period, they may be buying themselves a few days to think about what to do
its goal of cutting 7.5 billion by the end of this fiscal year. pressure mounts from an activist who has been critical of the company including its disappointing stats at the box office. the company also narrowed its losses specifically in streaming. disney plus increased prices this fall. the they lost subscribers over that. but because each subscriber is paying more for the service, the average revenue per user went up. disney plus is streaming offerings including espn+. the focus of a lot of attention this week. the company announced earlier this week it s partnering with fox and warner bros to launch a new sports streaming this year and ceo said wednesday that the company is taking a $1.5 billion stake in epic games as disney s big move in the game space yet. another focus of attention, disney and politics again after a very public multi year spat with and law suit against florida governor ron desantis who accused the company of being liberal and progressive. actor gina c
where sentiment has been weakening since about mid january on the lack of stimulus measures by the government. so after the last inflation numbers, so we could have an overreaction, but then again the trading restrictions being what they are right now it s very hard to play out the numbers especially with ten days of holidays coming up after tomorrow. yes. so what do you think the reaction from the chinese government is going to be then to these numbers that are worse than expected 7 i think because of the holiday period, they may be buying themselves a few days to think about what to do. it s really a demand side issue with them. as we saw with the alibaba earnings, people don t have the confidence right now to spend or take on debt. all of the measures we have seen so far have targeted the supply side, increasing loans, increasing liquidity. these are not enough. investors want to see some job creation type of investments, some reduction in some of the maybe the bureaucra
the legal definition of a landlord is to be debated in the supreme court today in a bid to help tenants in some of england s worst rental properties. if you want to get in touch with a comment about any of the stories we re covering today you can do that on twitter @annitabbc and use the #bbcyourquestions. in sport, manchester united beat nottingham forest 3 0 in the first leg of their league cup semi final. hello, good morning, and welcome to bbc news. russia has hit back at ukraine with a wave of missiles the day after two western countries confirmed it would send tanks to help kyiv s forces repel the russian invasion. one person has been reported killed and two injured in kyiv as around 30 missiles were fired at targets across the country. in his nightly address, president zelensky thanked germany and the united states for agreeing to send tanks, but said his country now needs more long range artillery and aircraft. for months, he s campaigned for these, in public, and i