Lightsabers at the ready star wars the rise of skywalker is out in cinemas in the uk later today with the european premiere held here in london. Experts are talking about a cinema revival, while the uk industry is banking on the final star wars instalment setting a record for ticket sales in 2019. Theres been much talk of streaming services, like netflix with its 160m army of global subscribers, killing off the traditional big screen. Streaming on our devices at home is on the rise global Home Entertainment spending jumped 16 in 2018 to 55. 7 billion, according to trade organisation mpaa. But cinemas have spruced up, Offering High tech, immersive and niche experiences and upgrading booking systems to entice us out of our homes. Last year was a blockbuster in the uk alone admissions hit 177 million even without Luke Skywalker and chewbacca in the frame. Will 2019 be peak cinema . A record nine films are tipped to have made more 1bn dollars at the Global Box Office by year end, with froz
More on his life and story at oracle. And making the rounds a day after telling georgetown students and faculty he wont Police Political speech, Mark Zuckerberg talks to political outlets. What he had to say. First, our top story. Weworks valuation sinking lower. We have learned that softbank is putting together a financial play for wework. It may value the company below 8 billion. That is a fraction of the valuation it commanded as recently as january. Since its initial public offering, they have been considering plans from softbank and j. P. Morgan chase. A partner from manhattan vendors, and sarah mcbride, who has been tireless on all things softbank. What did we learn about this new valuation . Lower thans even expected, around 8 billion, and as you said, that compares to around 47 billion at the start of the year. A huge drop in under 12 months. You take a look at 8 billion, are we close to fair value . Andrea i think we are. Overall, something i like to consider, being in a late
Make up and make a snowman. But its very hard to navigate. Hail is what were used to seeing quite a bit of. Thats when you get a thunderstorm created and either rain gets sent upward in the atmosphere, it refreeze s a couple different times. Its generally larger in size, a quarter size here on average. G rr graupel is becoming a snowflake but it only gets through once. No reports of any sleet that we know of in sacramento. Thats more clear in color, but they did have some snow in the foothills and weve also got some snow back here across the bay area. In terms of graupel, its small pellets of ice and thats what we experienced in sacramento today and thats whats in that video. Back in the bay area, we have some rain were tracking in the east bay. The heaviest pocket will continue in dublin at 6 13 tonight. Well have more of this coming up at 6 18 and 6 24 tonight and were talking about more snow as well. We mentioned the snow atop mt. Hamilton. Almost two inches fell this morning. Great
He then fatally stabbed a Police Officer before being shot dead. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. President trump is set to sign an Executive Order repealing environmental regulation. What could this mean for business . And American Airlines is looking to spread its wings and expand its roots to mainland china. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Welcome to Asia Business report. Thank you for joining us. Im rico hizon. Its a tuesday. Us markets ending flights overnight after some initial selling in reaction to president trumps failed effort to overturn 0bamacare. President trump is expected to sign an Executive Order today that would dismantle environmental regulations put in place by his predecessor. His controversial move highlights achievements between the Donald Trump Administration and climate change. Michelle fleury was asked what we know about this Executive Order. Donald trump is trying to make good on a promise, and that is to undo barack 0bamas
Guns, a significant improvement from the february number, that is that pmi data the one more looked at . 51. 8 is a good number. The last time we were this high , higher than 51 point eight, so a near fiveyear high for the manufacturing index. It points to the moderate increase in manufacturing sentiment. In february, 51. 8 now in march, 51. 3 in january. It backs up the early indicators , satellite manufacturing index, 51. 8. Rishaad it is strange how this nonofficial data tracks. It is actually backing up the state numbers. Yes, they may be accurate. It is from the National Bureau of statistics. In march, the numbers in the pmi upwards because of the distortions from the Lunar New Year holiday. Aberration, but a positive sign for authorities trying to put some stability into this economy. Were speaking to some clever people at the Credit Suisse conference. What is the general consensus of where the chinese economy goes from here . Is it all being managed . Again, its not the most exc