IN BRIEF.VALLEY INDEX JUMPS: Shares of most companies in the Daily News Index were higher Wednesday, led by Panavision Inc. of Woodland Hills and Superior Industries International Inc. of Van Nuys. Panavision gained 62.5 cents to $8.625. Shares of Superior, an automobile wheel maker, soared 6.25 percent to close at $25.50, up $1.50, a day after announcing contracts worth an annual $250 million and plans for a new plant. - Daily News WILD RIDE: Shares of Chatsworth-based Natrol Inc., a dietary supplements Noun 1. dietary supplement - something added to complete a diet or to make up for a dietary deficiency diet - a prescribed selection of foods vitamin pill - a pill containing one or more vitamins; taken as a dietary supplement maker, took a roller coaster What a bad CD-R disc is often called. See CD-R and underrun. ride Wednesday, one day after the company said second-quarter earnings would be equal to or below the year-ago level. Natrol's stock fell by as much as 12.6 percent in early trading but rebounded by the market's close. The stock finished at $8, up 6.25 cents, on heavy trading of 131,600 shares, 2.6 times the average 30-day volume. Also, Adams Harkness & Hill downgraded its rating on the company Wednesday to accumulate from a strong buy. - Daily News DISNEY DEAL?: A Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. newspaper reported that 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. has been in negotiations with four large Hong Kong property developers about building a Disney theme park in Hong Kong. The Oriental oriental having some connection with the Orient. oriental avian eye fluke see philophthalmusgralli. oriental blood fluke schistosomajaponicum. oriental cattle plague see rinderpest. Daily News said executives with Burbank-based Disney, which has not commented on whether it will go ahead on the deal, were in Hong Kong for final negotiations with the Hong Kong government. Negotiations reportedly have been scheduled to end June 30 with the government promising to announce results July 1. - Daily News BIG MIX: The Canoga Park/West Hills, Chatsworth/Porter Ranch, and Woodland Hills chambers of commerce will host a morning mixer mixer, either of two electronic devices in which two or more signals are combined. In the type of mixer used in radio receivers, radar receivers, and similar systems, a signal is translated upward or downward in frequency. today from 7:30 to 9:30 at the Costco Wholesale store at 21300 Roscoe Blvd., Canoga Park. It is the first time the three chambers have banded together to host one mixer. The event will include seminars, ``Star Wars'' characters, magicians This is a list of magicians, illusionists, escapologists, and other practitioners of stage magic. For a list of witches, wizards, and other practitioners of paranormal magic, see: List of occultists. Magicians are listed by the most common name used in performance. and other activities and attractions. The mixer is free to chamber members and $5 for nonmembers. For information, call Costco at (818) 884-6944 or S.T. Rent-It at (818) 673-5363. - Daily News |
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