Julia . Thats right. Disney cfo christine mckarther announced disney will be sustaining the dividend which will preserve 1. 6 billion in cash and this comes as the Company Announces that covid19 cost disney 1. 4 billion to its bottom line in the quarter and that includes a hit to advertising, movie delays and think, most of all, the closure of disneys parks. The disney parks alone had an operating income loss of 1 billion in the quarter due to covid driving a 58 drop in operating income now heres what the new ceo says about the plan that he Just Announced to reopen disney shanghai on may 11th take a listen. The approach we take may include implementation of density control measures as well as health and prevention procedures that comply with state and federal guidelines we are seeing encouraging signs of a gradual return for some semblance of normalcy in china the company talking about how before it began to close its domestic parks in midmarch they had been seeing an increase in both
You have to match it with the economic reality. So we talk about testing people that could be immune, testing people who have recovered to try to figure out what the next phase economically could be. Tom the next phase, you see it in the markets today, francine. We have some important interviews on surveillance today to keep you updated on the virology. As london joins the lockdown, lockdowns appear at the margin to be working. There are terrific charts out there. What is important this tuesday is we are beginning to get a math, a Cardinal Rule in statistics that you need 30 data points, 30 data points, 30 days of information, if you will, to really get a sense of what a trend is. We are right at the cusp right now on the virus. You can see the trend of italy, terrible, but may be Getting Better. Of new york and the united states, really problematic. What i was i am italian, and i have been trying to figure out for a long time what people have been saying about flattening the curve, an
Crystal discussing the 70th anniversary of communist china. Hello and welcome to crossfire were all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle 70 years ago this week china started down the path of communist rule over the past few decades china has emerged or rather reemerge as a leading world power rivaling the us the communist party can rightfully claim a string of stunning successes but challenges remain whats next for chinas extraordinary revolution. Chinas revolution at 70 im joined by my guest fred tang in new york he is president of the american China Public Affairs institute in hong kong we have Andrew Wilson he is an international. Independent china strategist and in knoxville across the same issue she is c. E. O. Of china Rising Capital forecast a Research Technology company all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate sarah let me go to you 1st in knoxville the 7 do they honored verse 3 of the. Communist china the advent of
Me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to us of the world of politics or business im show business ill see that. Hello and welcome to crossfire were all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle 70 years ago this week china started down the path of communist rule over the past few decades china has emerged or rather reemerged as a leading world power rivaling the us the communist party can rightfully claim a string of stunning successes but challenges remain whats next for chinas extraordinary revolution. Cross talking chinas revolution at 70 im joined by my guest fred tang in new york he is president of the american China Public Affairs institute in hong kong we have Andrew Wilson he is an international and independent china strategist and in knoxville we process their issue she is c. E. O. Of china Rising Capital forecast a Research Technology company all right in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate sarah let me go to you 1st in
A study challenging the claim that the Syrian Government was to blame for an alleged chemical attack in 2017 after the article attracted fierce criticism. A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teacher in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. Russia fully intends to meddle in next years u. S. President ial election that was they responsible on more putin answer to a question about moscows plans for the upcoming race for the white house we go live now to medina about 4 more so men do you know what everyone really is afraid of does moscow indeed plan to interfere well thats what the russian president said but you have to take it with a pinch of salt because he was obviously joking. Russia. Alleged attempting to influence the 2020 lections United States secret to. Secretly yes we will indeed do that so we could chew you will true please dont tell anybody ok. Well im now more serious note he was just addressing what will probably become a russia did it hysteria vol