two, president biden and his predecessor, president trump, donald trump has said he will block the deal if he is reelected later this year and president biden last month noted it has been an iconic american steel company for more thanit american steel company for more than it century. and he said it s vital for her to remain than it century. and he said it s vitalfor her to remain in american steel company that is domestically owned and operated. in common with many countries, the white house he steel is critical to international security. their concerns about jobs international security. their concerns aboutjobs in a company which employs 22,000 people, 14,000 in the us alone and the iconic status cannot be overstated. at one time, ust was both the biggest steel maker and the world s first billion dollar corporation. his argument is that his company s deep roots in the united states be recognised. the japanese firm has about 4000 employees there. it also had about 2000 steel
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
south africa out. and it s been an incredible tournament for ivory coast, who sacked their manager after the group stages and have scraped through some of their matches. they beat democratic republic of congo i o. jon bennett has more on two fascinating semi finals from abidjan. well, we ve had miracles, we ve had drama. we ve had big slices of luck during this tournament for ivory coast. but this performance was all about quality and control. they were superb against dr congo. at times, it didn t look as though their opponents knew how to attack this ivory coast team. sebastien haller, the striker, is the face on all the billboards in abidjan and across ivory coast. he was already a hero. he s an even bigger hero now. after scoring the goal, which has put ivory coast in the africa cup of nations final, a shot which hit the turf and looped over the goalkeeper into the back of the net. he made his first start of the tournament. he s been recovering from injury. so did brighton
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our business correspondent erin delmore reports from new york. after a panel blew off a boeing 737 max ninejet operated by alaska airlines mid flight on friday, the faa grounded more than 170 other max mines. upon inspection, united airlines found problems with more doors, loose bolts on at least five panels in otherjets of that model. the news was reported by the industry publication air current. united said in a statement that the company, quote, found instances that appear to relate to installation issues in the door plug, for example, bolts that needed additional tightening . that s since saturday when preliminary inspections began. the company also said that these findings will be remedied by our tech ops team to safely return the aircraft to service. boeing shares fell 8% on monday and the incident returned scrutiny to the company after the 2019 grounding of 737 max jets. united and alaska airlines are the two largest operators of the model that s been grounded. inspec