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Disney Cuts Pixar's Workforce After Film Delay
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 12:58pm | 496Read More...Pixar's The Good Dinosaur has proved to be very bad for the animation studio's workforce. According to the LA Times, Disney (NYSE: DIS) has laid off an "undisclosed number of people" at Pixar's headquarters in Emeryville, California. The layoffs are being blamed on the delay of The Good Dinosaur,...
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Apple Could Make 'Hundreds of Millions' in L.A. School Deal (AAPL)
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 1:35pm | 491Read More...The Cupertino, California-based tech giant has persuaded the Los Angeles Unified School District to purchase iPads for all of its campuses. According to the LA Times, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will earn $30 million for the deal, which consists of iPads that will be sold for $678 each. This is...
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Yahoo's Ross Levinsohn Expected to be Named Permanent CEO -LA Times
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Barclays CEO Follows Chairman Out the Door
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 - 8:24am | 468Read More...After Barclays (NYSE: BCS) Chairman Marcus Agius resigned his position Monday, CEO Bob Diamond quit on Tuesday amid the rate-fixing scandal. Agius stepped up yesterday and said that "the buck stops with me," before quitting his job and saying that the scandal has dealt a "devastating blow," to the...
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Louboutin & Skechers: Shoe Distributors Have Their Day in Court
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 8:34am | 520Read More...From luxury brands to toning hooves, stylish and low-cost shoe distributors are up against the law these days. Sketchers' (NYSE: SKX) fitness tennis shoes have come under fire in a legal case claiming their health benefits are bogus, while the striking color women have come to know and love...
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No TV and No More Episodes Make Homer Something, Something?
Friday, October 7, 2011 - 11:42am | 728Read More...The grumblings of letting Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie go to cartoon heaven have grown louder recently, as it appears that "The Simpsons" is no longer profitable for News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA), and 20th Century Fox Television unless the actors take a dramatic pay cut. According to the L.A...
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Dunkin Brands Expansion Plans Don't Include California -LA Times
Friday, September 16, 2011 - 8:09am | 123Read More...Dunkin Brands (NASDAQ: DNKN) recently announced expansion plans include outlets in Denver, CO and Santa Fe and Albuquerque, NM, but the company has no plans to open shops in California. Dunkin closed all of its California locations by the late 1990's and a 2002 opening in Sacramento was not...
