BRIEFCASE DISNEY, ECHOSTAR RESOLVE DISPUTES.Byline: - From staff and wire reports BURBANK - The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Co. and EchoStar Communications Corp. have reached a comprehensive multiyear agreement ensuring that EchoStar will carry ABC Family  The novelty of research or terms used in this article is disputed.The agreement provides for ABC Family to be carried for a long term, and it calls for EchoStar to restore ESPN Classic to its previous level of service on DISH Network by mid-April. The agreement also resolves the legal proceedings All actions that are authorized or sanctioned by law and instituted in a court or a tribunal for the acquisition of rights or the enforcement of remedies. between the two companies regarding ABC Family. Details of the agreement were not disclosed. EchoStar and ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. have also settled their dispute over the Satellite Home Viewer Act and distant network channel transmission. That litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , pending in U.S. District Court in Florida, will be dismissed. Actors picket SAG on agency control Several Screen Actors Guild members urged their colleagues Thursday to reject a controversial proposal to loosen restrictions on talent agencies' relationships with production and advertising firms. About 30 of SAG's 98,000 members marched outside the guild's headquarters, decrying the plan that would allow independent production companies and advertising firms to take an ownership stake in talent agencies. eBay Inc. solves security problem SAN JOSE - The company has closed a security loophole that made it possible for hackers to steal users' passwords and take over their accounts, an eBay Inc. spokesman said Thursday. A Canadian security expert with the online handle of Null discovered the flaw and alerted an Internet news site. The company, in turn, was notified last Friday, eBay spokesman Kevin Pursglove said. The problem was that when eBay users changed their passwords on the site, their sign-ons and passwords would appear - encoded but discernible to expert programmers - as part of the page's Internet address. The eBay password-changing page was shut down for about seven hours Tuesday night while the problem was solved, Pursglove said. Lawsuit widened on tobacco price GREENSBORO, N.C. - A federal judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit that accuses cigarette companies of conspiring to set prices that they offered to U.S. growers for their tobacco. Farmers from North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Alabama originally filed the lawsuit in 2000, and U.S. District Judge William Osteen's ruling late Wednesday means it now could cover 500,000 growers. Farmers said they've seen their licenses to grow tobacco cut drastically since 1997 under the government's price-support system. The lawsuit claims that the cigarette companies have rigged the government-sponsored system of auctions to keep prices low. Warning fallout hits Bristol-Myers 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 - Fallout from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s bombshell announcement that first-quarter and full-year earnings and revenue expectations were being dramatically slashed pushed the stock down nearly 15 percent Thursday, and analysts expressed little hope of significant near-term improvement. A rash of bad news from the company and sketchy guidance from executives have eroded confidence in management, while a weak pipeline offers little hope for improved earnings growth, analysts said. However, the combination of expertise in the cancer, heart and cholesterol markets, a large sales force and beaten-down share price may make it an attractive takeover candidate. |
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