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☆ Disney is counting on Bob Iger to make hard decisions about its streaming and TV assets – or find someone who will
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Of course, while Iger said Disney was all-in on streaming, the reality was it wasn't, and it still isn't. Part of that shift was Disney's realization that it likely wasn't going to hit its target of 230 million to 260 million Disney+ subscribers by 2024. Disney shares have fallen nearly 40% this year. Disney shares surged during the pandemic even as theme parks closed and movies were kept out of theaters. "The old plan can't be the new plan," Greenfield said.

"Whatever (the Ukrainians) do, it will be carefully planned, kept secret and will likely be extremely well executed," Ingram added. Some residents in Kherson, meanwhile, are concerned about the risk of Russian shelling of the city once its forces regroup further east. "This Kherson fire support base becomes the anchor to support further manoeuvre by the left flank as it fights its way ... towards Mariupol, Berdyansk, and Melitopol." White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters on Friday that the United States would continue to support Ukraine militarily "to put Ukraine in the best possible position on the battlefield" and would not seek to tell it what to do. They still control large parts of Ukraine ... What we should do is strengthen Ukraine's hand," Stoltenberg added.

☆ More than 100,000 Russian soldiers were 'killed and wounded' and Ukraine's military 'probably' saw similar casualties since the invasion, according to Gen. Mark Milley
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

He estimated that more than 100,000 Russian soldiers were killed and wounded since the invasion. Two days ago, the Ukraine Armed Forces said that more than 77,000 Russian soldiers were killed. "You're looking at well over 100,000 Russian soldiers killed and wounded," Milley said, according to Reuters. The figure did not include wounded soldiers. Amid mounting death tolls, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on Wednesday an order for Russian forces in Kherson to retreat across the Dneiper River.

WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - America's top general estimated on Wednesday that Russia's military had seen more than 100,000 of its soldiers killed and wounded in Ukraine, and added Kyiv's armed forces "probably" suffered a similar level of casualties in the war. Asked about prospects for diplomacy in Ukraine, Milley noted that the early refusal to negotiate in World War One compounded human suffering and led to millions more casualties. The United States and its NATO allies have stopped short of direct intervention in Ukraine, but are arming, advising and enabling its military to defend Kyiv against Russia's invading armies. Milley said the conflict so far had turned anywhere from 15 million to 30 million Ukrainians into refugees, and killed probably 40,000 Ukrainian civilians. Reporting by Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali; Editing by Sandra Maler and Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Explainer: Blood, treasure and chaos: the cost of Russia's war in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Guy Faulconbridge | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Following are the main impacts of the war, now in its ninth month:* DEATHThe war has sown death on a level not seen in Europe since World War Two. Besides the military costs, the West has tried to punish Moscow by imposing severe sanctions - the biggest shock to Russia's economy since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. Still the impact on Russia's economy is severe - and not yet fully clear. Shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, international oil prices spiked to their highest levels since the records of 2008. In total, about 52 billion euros in military, financial and humanitarian aid had been pledged by Oct. 3 to Ukraine by countries around the world, according to The Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

☆ U.S. confirms it held talks with Kremlin over nuclear threat; Russians being pushed back in parts of Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Jake Sullivan, White House national security advisor, in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 2022. Sullivan met with Oscar Stenstrom, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the Prime Minister of Sweden, to discuss the security situation in Europe in view of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan confirmed Monday that lines of communication between the U.S. and Russia remain open, confirming a report that the U.S. has held talks with the Kremlin recently in a bid to dial down tensions around the potential use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine. The comment came after the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that Sullivan had held undisclosed talks with top Russian officials in a bid to de-escalate tensions over the possible use of nuclear weapons. The WSJ newspaper cited U.S. and other Western officials as saying that Sullivan held confidential conversations recently with Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov and Russian Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev that were not disclosed publicly.

☆ Fed's Mester says central bank has yet to make a dent in inflation
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Michael S. Derby | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

“Despite some moderation on the demand side of the economy and nascent signs of improvement in supply-side conditions, there has been no progress on inflation,” Mester said. At its September policy meeting officials raised their federal funds target rate range to between 3% and 3.25% and penciled in more increases into next year, eyeing a 4.6% federal funds rate. The fed funds target was at near zero levels in March and recent Fed increases have been in increments of 0.75 percentage point, which is much larger in size than changes over recent decades. When it comes to the path the Fed has been on, "I don’t think it’s aggressive relative to where inflation is and how fast inflation has moved up." Mester said that inflation should come down to 3.5% by next year and back to the Fed’s 2% target in 2025.

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