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Disney's Cost Cuts and China Tech

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4.470 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow breaks down how Disney's production costs will save 3 billion dollars for the entertainment company. Plus, President Biden imposes limits on US investments in China while Alibaba defies the country's economic turbulence with a return to growth across all its main divisions. 

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0:00.0

Join global business leaders and investors at the Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit, returning to Singapore on July 31st.

0:09.0

Take part in solutions driven discussions on how to drive business value and unlock opportunity

0:14.8

while remaining nimble in times of change and greater ESG accountability.

0:19.5

Learn more at Bloomberg Live.com slash sustainablebiz Singapore. That's Bloomberg Live.com slash Sustainable Biz Singapore.

0:24.0

That's Bloomberg Live.com slash sustainable Biz Singapore.

0:28.0

From the heart of where innovation, money and power collide in Silicon Valley and beyond,

0:37.0

this is Bloomberg Technology with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow. I'm Ed Ludlow. I'm Ed Ludlow in San Francisco. Caroline Hides off today. This is Bloomberg Technology

0:58.8

and what a show we have for you. Disney's capital spending and production costs coming in lower than projected

1:04.2

and saving $3 billion for the entertainment company will bring you all the details.

1:08.8

Plus President Biden imposes limits on US investments in China.

1:13.4

Meanwhile, Ali Baba returns to growth across all the main divisions defying China's economic

1:18.6

turbulence.

1:19.6

What this all means for the Chinese tech sector.

1:21.9

Finally, we'll take a deeper look at the Supreme Court ruling

1:25.0

in the epic case, siding with Apple,

1:28.0

at least for now.

1:30.0

The single day we're watching in the earnings story is Disney.

1:33.4

So many stories within it, raising prices for streaming,

1:37.2

basically really outperforming. The loss on the streaming business

1:40.3

much narrower than forecast, 512 million.

1:43.5

But this is the Eiger effect.

1:45.6

Cost discipline and cost cutting is work.

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