BRIEFLY TOYMAX SIGNS DEAL TO DEVELOP GAMES.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services MALIBU - JAKKS Pacific JAKKS Pacific, Inc. NASDAQ: JAKK is is a multi-brand company that designs and markets a broad range of toys and consumer products and is based in Malibu, California. Its product categories include action figures, art activity kits, stationery, writing instruments, performance Inc. announced Thursday that its subsidiary, Toymax International, has entered into a licensing agreement with San Jose-based Namco Hometek Inc. to develop Pac-Man and other Namco arcade classic video games See video game console. for JAKKS' TV Games line, a plug-and-play 8-bit gaming controller device utilizing a television set. Namco TV Games will feature classic games, including Pac-Man, Dig Dug Dig Dug is an arcade game released by Namco in 1982 to run on Namco Galaga hardware. A popular game based on a simple concept, it was also available as a home video game available on many consoles. , Galaga, Galaxian, Pole Position, Rally-X, New Rally, Bosconian and Toy Pop. The games are expected to debut at International Toy Fair in February 2003, and to retail for approximately $20. Next Pixar release date announced BURBANK - The Walt Disney Studios The name Walt Disney Studios may refer to:
The first trailer for the movie debuts today with opening day showings of Disney's ``The Santa Clause 2'' as well as with other current releases. ``Nemo,'' an underwater adventure that follows the comedic and eventful journeys of two fish, will be the fifth Pixar film released by Disney. It will be accompanied on the bill by the Pixar short ``Knickknack knick·knack also nick·nack n. A small ornamental article; a trinket. [Reduplication of knack.] Noun 1. .'' The latest Disney/Pixar release was ``Monsters Inc.,'' which grossed $255.2 million at the domestic box office and has been a major hit on video. Gemstar changes outside auditor PASADENA - Gemstar-TV Guide has switched independent auditing firms and said it would proceed with previously announced restatements of revenue. The company said Thursday it had hired Ernst & Young on the advice of the audit committee of its board of directors and after meeting with accountants at the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is investigating some of Gemstar's accounting practices. The decision settles a dispute between Gemstar and its previous auditors, KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , over a decision to restate earnings for 2001 and 2002. Gemstar said earlier this year that it would reverse the recognition of $113 million in revenue from Scientific Atlanta. That amount was money Gemstar believed it was owed for licensing its interactive program guide technology. Deal failure may ground National LAS VEGAS - The failure of a $2 million financing deal threatens to kill National Airlines' Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan A scheme authorized by federal law and promulgated by the president whereby he or she alters the structure of federal agencies to promote government efficiency and economy through a transfer, consolidation, coordination, authorization, or abolition of functions. and might ground the struggling airline, a company official said Thursday. ``We've said in the past that unless we are able to successfully negotiate a deal to reorganize, the reality is we would shut the airline down,'' said Dik Shimizu, spokesman for the Las Vegas-based airline. National filed for bankruptcy in December 2000. Company executives and lawyers are trying to cobble together lending and financing agreements Financing Agreements In the context of project financing, the documents which provide the project financing and sponsor support for the project as defined in the project contracts. to keep their fleet of 18 leased planes flying to 12 U.S. cities, including Los Angeles. |
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