for more on this netflix story, i am joined by monica miller. strength to strength.is smashing expectations on wall street. they signed up 7.6 million new subscribers in just three signed up 7.6 million new subscribers injust three months. a customer base is 125 million people. that is more than half of all us broadband customers. they arejust going to get bigger and bigger. they are investing globally. netflix has spent up to $8 billion on global programming and that was just in 2018 a loan. analysts are warning them not to get comfortable because they have a lot of competition gearing up in their rearview mirror. in china alone, alibaba and baidu ready have their own streaming services and apple is creating its own programming. starting next you, while disney. supplying new movies to netflix because they are creating their own video service and that will be geared towards families. so much content. you know what? i haven't actually watched these two programmes. thank you so much. monica miller, al colleague and business reporter on netflix. have you heard these two

joining the initiative is monica miller with all of the latest.have dropped drastically. it was down 1.5% when it opened but this has taken its lead as you have mentioned from wall street. taking a look at wall street markets from just 80 hours ago, look at the nasdaq in particular was down almost 2.75% and that had a lot to do with not just almost 2.75% and that had a lot to do with notjust amazon but facebook saw serious drops as well as intel and apple. this will probably lead the way that we are dealing with asian markets and if we go back to those right now, industry earlier, coming off an easter monday holiday, it is doing a little bit better than the rest of them but these are numbers from thursday, we will see exactly what happens in china as well as hong kong injust a a few hours and see if they will follow the lead. thank you so much for that. staying with some of those technology stocks, intel had a down day, two shares dropped by more than 996 day, two shares dropped by more than 9% on reports that apple has developed its own chips and

let's go to our asia business hub, where monica miller is following the story.come through, a bit of a trickle—down when it comes to those tariffs? we have spoken to analysts in asia who say that they were expecting this news to come out the way it has come out today. interestingly, tokyo stocks have been holding steady since opening a few hours ago. manufacturers are definitely souring on the state of the economy, this comes after roughly two years of positive sentiment. the quarterly cheque of about 10,000 companies shows they are concerned again over the strong yen, as well as a possible global trade walk that they are also looking at labour shortages, this is something that japan is looking at labour shortages, this is something thatjapan is dealing looking at labour shortages, this is something that japan is dealing with an older population in general are they having a hard time filling some of these jobs. there they having a hard time filling some of thesejobs. there is they having a hard time filling some of these jobs. there is a they having a hard time

live to singapore now and to monica miller from our business staff.oking right 110w moniker, how is this looking right now from there? the asian markets started today in the red, following wall street's lead. japan has suffered losses so far. it started down 1.5%. there are a couple of things going on with japan. one, they are concerned about a potential trade war with the us and china but also, they have an incredibly strong yen. this is a safe haven and people go there when they start to feel skittish about volatility in the market. it came out yesterday with a survey which found that manufacturers in the country are not feeling so confident. they were feeling so confident. they were feeling really good up until the past three months and they think they are starting to hedge their bets a little bit. over to hong kong whichjust opened bets a little bit. over to hong kong which just opened up. bets a little bit. over to hong kong whichjust opened up. theyjust bets a little bit. over to hong kong which just opened up. theyjust came offa which just open

live to singapore now and to monica miller from our business staff.is losing the most this morning. the nikkei opened, down 1.596 morning. the nikkei opened, down 1.5% and it has gained a little bit so 1.5% and it has gained a little bit so far. this is all coming after a heavily —— heavy sell—off of stocks on wall street and is escalating trade war that seems to be brewing between the us and china. in australia, they are finishing a four—day holiday due to the easter break and so far this morning, it has been about 0.5% down. the hang seng has also been on a holiday for four days. we will see how they perform a bit later this morning. over to south korea, they are also seeing declines, about era .8%. it is all coming from overnight on wall street. particularly amazon, facebook, intel, these are ones that are particularly strong usually. we will keep a nigh on what happens on the mainland, china and hong kong, later. —— keeping an eye. several thousand palestinians remained in tented encampments along gaza's border with israel on monday. they have bee