those the 2024 presidential ballot. counting has begun ir after those counting has begun in pakistan after a campaign marred by violence. president zelensky fires the chief of the army. a new study suggests erectile dysfunction drugs could also reduce the risk of alzheimer s disease. let s round up the business news of the day. we start with the entertainment giant disney whose share values have climbed by nearly 10% today after better than expected earnings were posted after the bell on wednesday. disney followed up with hand outs for investors in the form of share buy backs and bigger dividends. along with a number of major deals and upcoming events that clearly has markets excited. erin delmore is in new york for us. first of all, those investors will be pretty happy today, won t they? they well and they will be even happier if they check the stock price is right now. what is this news based on? a great earnings report yesterday from disney and from good news for inves
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
crash hitting demand for goods and pushing down prices. joining me now is mark williams chief asia economist at capital economics. these figures will not make for welcome reading once again. just looking at the stats there, the biggest contraction since 2009. why? critics succes what is going on here is yellow let s start with. the weeks ahead is yellow let s start with. the weeks ahead of is yellow let s start with. tue: weeks ahead of chinese is yellow let s start with. tte: weeks ahead of chinese new is yellow let s start with. he weeks ahead of chinese new year, is yellow let s start with. me: weeks ahead of chinese new year, we often see quite big changes in prices in china. that s probably tucked down the date forjanuary a little bit but the big picture is that china has been in deflation for a while. that is pointing to widespread weakness in the economy. there is a lack of confidence there and it is notjust consumer prices that have been falling, we have also b
mr blinken said there s a lot of work to be done to reach a hostage release deal between israel and hamas. more than 100 israeli hostages are still held in gaza after hamas attacked israel on october 7 and killed more than 1000 people. the secretary of state also met palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. talks have focused on the latest proposal for a new ceasefire in gaza. here s some of what secretary blinken had to say. while there are some clear non starter is in hamas s response, we do think it creates space for agreement to be reached, and we will work at that relentlessly until we get there. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, was defiant. he said hamas s demands were delusional and that total victory was possible within months. translation: i m here to tell ou one translation: i m here to tell you one thing. translation: i m here to tell you one thing, tonight. - translation: i m here to tell you one thing, tonight. we rel you one thing, tonight. we re on o