| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
Entries tagged "Walt Disney Co."Disney sees potential in Wideload GamesDisney is betting the video game sector will rebound with its purchase of video game maker Wideload Games for an undisclosed price. Comcast saving up for M&A?Comcast's huge cash position has investors worried it might try again for another splashy media acquisition, like its failed run at Disney in 2004. Deal week a look ahead: DIS, VIA, DB, MGRMThe week ahead in dealmaking has a slew of important dates that include earnings for Moody's, Disney and Deutsche Bank as well as a tender offer expiration for Monogram Biosciences.I Bartz continues selloff game planYahoo! CEO Carol Bartz's game plan has been to cast off noncore assets with the latest reportedly to make the short list being Yahoo! Games. Media industry feels pain of GM bankruptcyGM's bankruptcy filing may leave a hole in the bottom lines of media companies. Disney earnings beat expectationsWalt Disney beat the Street's expectations by a few pennies. Disney earnings previewDisney reports second-quarter earnings on Tuesday with its theme park unit causing worries. Disney buys into Hulu, scares cableDisney joins NBC Universal and News Corp. as a stakeholder in online video service Hulu, which has the potential of stealing customers from cable companies. The GM-effect flattens marketThe Dow cratered 254.16, or 3.27%, to 7,522.02 while the Nasdaq dropped 43.4, or 2.81%, to 1,501.80 despite a slew of deal activity that normally would buoy stocks. Lehman leaves Disney with $92M hole in pocketWalt Disney Co. reported expected weaker fourth-quarter earnings as consumers tightened their wallets in the face of a slowing economy. Net income dropped to $760 million, or 40 cents a share, from $877 million, or 44 cents, a year earlier, the Burbank, Calif.-based company reported. However, involvement in the Lehman Brothers Holding Inc. bankruptcy compounded those weak numbers.... Mickey and friends at Disney may hit unemployment lineAll is not happy in Disney World these days as executives at the Walt Disney Co. met this Thursday to discuss some cost-saving initiatives that may include layoffs, according to the Los Angeles Times. The Burbank, Calif.-based media company is facing a tidal wave of negative indicators, such as slower advertising spending and likely slower attendance to its theme parks attributed to the slowing economy, that will likely translate into a smaller bottom line. ... Retail outlets headed back to DisneyThe Walt Disney Co. confirmed Thursday that it's in advanced discussions with the Children's Place Retail Stores Inc. to reacquire ownership of a portion of the Disney Store chain. Children's Place got Disney's retail store chain in the U.S. and Canada in October 2004 for undisclosed terms. The 335 Disney stores picked up by the Secaucus, N.J.-based acquirer were added to the 904 Children's Place stores the company also owns and operates.... Top tagsYou have executed a tag search on Dealscape. On the left,you will find a comprehensive list of stories tagged "Walt Disney Co.." Below are the most-popular tags for Dealscape. On the right of the page you will find a search box to dig deeper into our content.
 Deal Video
    Community
 Elsewhere on The Deal.comDealwatchThe Deal MagazineCorporate Dealmaker
The Deal VideoCategories
Blog roll
Archives
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
