BRIEFCASE DISNEY DOES DEAL FOR ICE CREAM LINE.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services BURBANK - Disney is going into the ice cream business. Disney Consumer Products, along with Wells' Dairy Inc., makers of Blue Bunny –  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . ice cream, announced Tuesday the launch of a variety of ice creams, frozen novelties and yogurt products under the Disney brand. Gary Wells, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Wells' Dairy, and Andy Mooney Andrew "Andy" P. Mooney is the chairman of Disney Consumer Products (DCP). Mooney was named chairman of DCP in May 2003 after having served as its president since joining The Walt Disney Company in December 1999. , chairman of Disney Consumer Products Worldwide, said the two companies are developing and marketing kid-focused, cross-category lines of Disney-branded ice cream, frozen novelties and dairy products dairy products dairy npl → produits laitier dairy products dairy npl → Milchprodukte pl, Molkereiprodukte pl under a long-term agreement. All products feature an array of Disney characters This is a currently incomplete list of Disney characters:
Famous character of Walt Disney's animated cartoons. He was introduced in Steamboat Willie (1928), the first animated cartoon with sound. Mickey was created by Disney, who also provided his high-pitched voice, and was usually drawn by the studio's head animator, , Winnie the Pooh and Disney-Pixar's Buzz Lightyear, and will be available in grocery stores that carry Blue Bunny products. Scheib hires firm to boost its value SHERMAN OAKS - Earl Scheib Inc. announced Tuesday that it has retained a 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 investment banking firm to explore ``strategic alternatives'' available to the Sherman Oaks company to enhance shareholder value. Ryan Beck & Co. Inc. will act as the company's exclusive financial adviser, assisting its management and board of directors. ``By hiring Ryan Beck and its experienced bankers who specialize in middle-market companies, we express our belief that the company's current market capitalization Market Capitalization A measure of a public company's size. Market capitalization is the total dollar value of all outstanding shares. It's calculated by multiplying the number of shares times the current market price. This term is often referred to as market cap. does not reflect the true value of our strong position and opportunities in the aftermarket automotive paint and body industry,'' said President and Chief Executive Officer Chris Bement. He said the company's ``solid asset base, including an extensive unencumbered real-estate portfolio, should provide strategic opportunities that would leverage this asset base and the company's core competencies to enhance Earl Scheib's long-term outlook.'' The firm, founded in 1937, operates 124 retail auto paint and body shops in more than 100 cities throughout the country. A wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. manufactures paint-coating systems that are used by the company's paint and body shops and sold to original equipment manufacturers. NetSol to reverse stock split, 5-1 CALABASAS - Information technology provider NetSol Technologies Inc. announced Tuesday that its board of directors has approved a reverse stock split in the range of a 5-1 ratio to 7-1 ratio. NetSol plans to file a proxy statement Proxy Statement A document containing the information that a company is required by the SEC to provide to shareholders so they can make informed decisions about matters that will be brought up at an annual stockholder meeting. regarding the stock split with securities regulators. Shareholders will also have the ability to vote on the stock split via proxy statement. The information technology company declined 7 cents to close at 31 cents Tuesday on the Nasdaq market. Borders to open store on Sunset HOLLYWOOD - Borders Books and Music will open a 23,509-square-foot store in Hollywood this November, the Michigan-based company announced Tuesday. The store will be located on the northwest corner of Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street and will include a Cafe Borders coffeehouse. The Hollywood store will be Borders' 30th in the Los Angeles market. Judge says Pooh to royalty dispute With copyright issues put aside, a federal judge Tuesday sent the Winnie the Pooh royalties dispute back to Los Angeles Superior Court, where the case has languished for 12 years. U.S. District Court Judge Florence-Marie Cooper said her decision to remand the case was based on her May 8 ruling that the granddaughter of Winnie the Pooh's creator cannot regain the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. marketing rights to the bear and the rest of the Hundred-Acre Wood gang. Earlier this month, Cooper found that Claire Milne - sole heir of British author A.A. Milne - cannot terminate the domestic merchandising rights to the Pooh empire held by heirs of Stephen Slesinger. The New York literary agent acquired the rights in 1930. Because of that decision, Cooper said the federal copyright claims made by Stephen Slesinger Inc. - the plaintiff in the Superior Court case against The Walt Disney Co. - are ``dismissed as moot.'' |
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