BRIEFCASE DIC SUES FOR RIGHTS TO 'SPEED RACER'.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services BURBANK - A children's entertainment company claims the rights-holder of the cartoon ``Speed Racer'' is trying to pull a fast one. DIC DIC diffuse intravascular coagulation; disseminated intravascular coagulation. DIC abbr. disseminated intravascular coagulation Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) Entertainment, which produces ``Inspector Gadget'' and ``Where in the World is Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Sandiego?'' alleges in a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Superior Court lawsuit that Speed Racer Entertainment reneged on a deal to sell the worldwide marketing rights to the animated Japanese classic. A call to Speed Racer Enterprises, based in Santa Monica and owned by John Rocknowski and his son, James, was not returned. The Rocknowskis bought the worldwide rights to the animated series, excluding Japan, in 1991. According to the lawsuit, DIC acquired the distribution, merchandising and licensing rights to ``Speed Racer'' in August 2002. It also licensed rights to Nickelodeon later that month to start airing the 86 half-hour shows that are dubbed into English. But DIC alleges that SRE SRE Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (México) SRE Sex and Relationship Education SRE Serum Response Element (biochemistry) SRE Software Reliability Engineering SRe Seychelles Rupee , ``at its first opportunity,'' tried to back out of the deal to ``either extort To compel or coerce, as in a confession or information, by any means serving to overcome the other's power of resistance, thus making the confession or admission involuntary. To gain by wrongful methods; to obtain in an unlawful manner, as in to compel payments by means of threats of a higher payment from DIC than first agreed upon or shop the newly elevated property to third parties,'' the suit states. No more Disney shows on UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation BURBANK - Disney kids shows will disappear from the UPN television network this fall. The Walt Disney Co. has decided not to renew its deal to provide shows such as ``Digimon,'' ``Legend of Tarzan'' and ``Recess'' on UPN affiliates Monday through Friday afternoons and Sunday mornings, Disney said Thursday. The decision reflects the poor ratings that programs for younger children draw on broadcast networks and the migration of viewers to cable channels such as Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel, Disney said. Stan Lee Media Stan Lee Media (SLM) was an Internet-based creation, production and marketing company that created branded super hero franchises for applications in all media. Its 165 man animation production studio was based in Los Angeles, California from 1998- 2001. sues Merrill Lynch A bankrupt Internet comics company named after a Marvel Comics founder sued the Merrill Lynch brokerage, seeking $10 million for the firm's alleged part in the company's demise. Defunct Stan Lee Media Inc. filed suit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, alleging that the brokerage firm didn't do enough to keep a former Stan Lee Media leader and his brother, a Merrill Lynch financial consultant, from running an alleged scheme to manipulate the price of the company's stock. Stephen Gordon, a former vice president for Los Angeles-based Stan Lee Media, was convicted in December of conspiracy, wire fraud, bank fraud and making false statements in connection with a check-kiting scheme that cost Merrill Lynch and other financial institutions millions of dollars. Gordon's brother, Jonathan, was convicted of wire fraud, bank fraud and making false statements. The brothers and Stan Lee Media co-founder Peter Paul, who was arrested in Brazil, also face charges in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of related to an alleged scheme to manipulate their company's stock. Semtech buyback financing grows CAMARILLO - Semiconductor maker Semtech Corp. announced Thursday that its board of directors has authorized an additional $75 million to the company's stock buyback Stock buyback A corporation's purchase of its own outstanding stock, usually in order to raise the company's earnings per share. stock buyback See buyback. program. The added cash raises the total amount authorized under the buyback program to $275 million. Since January 2001, the company has bought back approximately $200 million in common stock and convertible subordinated notes under this program. |
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