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The report comes as Netflix executives work to revitalize its membership growth after a sudden decline in the first half of the year, when the company's subscriber base shrunk by a whopping 1.2 million people.

But in the United States and Canada, Netflix only made modest gains of 100,000 subscribers as the market reaches maturity and newer entrants — like Paramount+ — are picking up more subscribers because they offer live sports programming.

Netflix executives have been working to revitalize its membership growth after a sudden decline in the first half of the year, when the company's subscriber base shrunk by a whopping 1.2 million people.

'Netflix's impressive numbers show the company's growth story is far from over,' said Investing.com analyst Haris Anwar, as Wall Street investors focus on whether streaming platforms can continue making subscriber gains amid fears of a recession.

China will expand the channels for foreign capital to invest in Chinese securities and futures markets, and will further facilitate the issuance of yuan-denominated "Panda bonds" by foreign institutions, suffolk online Fang told a separate conference on Sunday.

Global financial centres should facilitate cross-border financing, "rather than become the platforms and tools governments use to sanction other countries", Yi said, without mentioning the United States.

However, confidence levels among shoppers were at record lows even before the government's, now reversed, new economic plan sent mortgage rates surging and sparked fears of a sharp drop in house prices to compound the cost-of-living crisis.

To do so, the Hollywood Reporter reports, executives have already inked a deal with Microsoft to power its advertising technology and enlisted Snap chief business officer Jeremi Gorman and vice president of sales Peter Naylor to head the initative.

The gains come after Netflix released the final episodes of the fourth-season of its sci-fi hit Stranger Things, as well as its new serial-killer series Dahmer-Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which became one of Netflix's most-watched series of all time.

Similarly, World Cups, traditionally held in the northern hemisphere summer, typically provide a major boost to British supermarkets as households stock up on beers, wines and spirits, barbecue food and snacks and host large gatherings.

BEIJING, Sept 6 (Reuters) - China will further open its capital markets to foreign investors, the country's top securities regulator said on Monday, adding that it will pursue pragmatic cross-border cooperation to regulate overseas-listed Chinese companies.

Retail executives say the World Cup, moved to the winter to avoid the intense Qatari summer temperatures, has totally thrown the algorithms they increasingly use to predict trading and plan their logistics.

LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The winter World Cup has added a new level of uncertainty to the Christmas trading outlook of Britain's supermarkets: How do you persuade cash-strapped shoppers to buy yule logs and luxury biscuits at the same time as beer and pizza?

"Opening-up and cooperation is the inevitable trend in the integrated development of global capital markets," China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) Chairman Yi Huiman told a conference organised by the World Federation of Exchanges.

China is studying further measures, including expanding the scope of the stock connect scheme linking China and Hong Kong and improving the Shanghai-London Stock Connect program, Yi said in a speech posted on CSRC's website.

That's what we're planning for," said Murphy. "Whether (people) choose to celebrate in the pub, and we service them through (wholesaler) Booker, or they celebrate at home, and we service them through Tesco, we don't mind as long as they're having fun.

UK food retailers are already under severe pressure from cost inflation and changing shopper habits.

Earlier this month Tesco trimmed its profit forecast, while last month, Morrisons, the Co-operative and Aldi UK all reported profit falls.

Similarly, shoppers spent 1.2 billion pounds ($1.4 billion) on alcohol at supermarkets during last year's Euro 2020 soccer tournament, delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, in which England reached the final at London's Wembley Stadium.