quite good value for money and people think i am insane for saying that but what other eventin saying that but what other event in the world have you got where everybody is watching the same thing at the same time and everybody is talking about the adverts? good to have you with us. let s talk business with me, sally bundock. we start with walt disney because the century old entertainment giant is battling to turn itself around in a fast changing world. disney s shares have lost over half their value since 2021, wiping out around $200 billion, on concerns it s not adapting fast enough to our changing media habits. some shareholders are pushing for disney to be broken up. on wednesday, disney came out swinging, with better than expected numbers and handouts to investors in the form of share buybacks and bigger dividends. it has also announced a big move into the gaming world, buying part of fortnight publisher epic. erin delmore has more. disney says it s on pace to bring in m
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business reporter david waddell. let s have a look at the geography of the situation. right here is the bab al mandab strait. it s right next to yemen, from where those houthi attacks originated. it s at the southern end of the red sea. at the northern end is the suez canal. now, ships cannot pass through the suez canal from the south without first passing through this choke point. a couple of days ago, the maersk shipping container company and hapag lloyd both announced they wouldn t be making that transit. they ve since been joined by other shipping companies. now, if you re a ship master trying to get your vessel from the indian ocean to the atlantic ocean and you cannot or will not traverse through suez, you need to pass by the cape of good hope. that adds an extra 3,000 nautical miles to thejourney. and there are other issues for ships trying to traverse from the atlantic to the pacific ocean through here. the panama canal is accepting many fewer ships right now because
Another day and another announcement is expected from the chancellor, this time about the timing of his Medium Term Plan for the economy. As Kwasi Kwarteng says, he is listening and the much awaited detail on his radical measures to boost Economic Growth will now come sooner, possibly this month. The government had previously insisted the fiscal plan would still be published on November The 23rd despite the market chaos that came with the announcement of the chancellors mini budget. On monday, he revealed a plan to drop the uks highest rate of tax for top earners would no longer go ahead and addressing his party conference, he acknowledged shortcomings in the initial presentation of his economic plans. Ifi if i can be frank, i know the plan put forward only ten days ago has caused a little turbulence, i get it, i get it. We are listening and have listened and now i want to focus on delivering the major parts of our growth package. Because with Energy Bill Skyrocketing and a Painful Cov
another day and another announcement is expected from the chancellor, this time about the timing of his medium term plan for the economy. as kwasi kwarteng says, he is listening and the much awaited detail on his radical measures to boost economic growth will now come sooner, possibly this month. the government had previously insisted the fiscal plan would still be published on november the 23rd despite the market chaos that came with the announcement of the chancellor s mini budget. on monday, he revealed a plan to drop the uk s highest rate of tax for top earners would no longer go ahead and addressing his party conference, he acknowledged shortcomings in the initial presentation of his economic plans. ifi if i can be frank, i know the plan put forward only ten days ago has caused a little turbulence, i get it, i get it. we are listening and have listened and now i want to focus on delivering the major parts of our growth package. because with energy bill skyrocketing and