IN BRIEF.VALLEY INDEX GAINS: Stocks in the Daily News/Bloomberg Index rose 1.09 to 139.17, led by Burbank-based 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., which gained $2.875 to close at $108.875, and Woodland Hills-based WellPoint Health Networks, which rose $1.875 to close at $69.125. - Bloomberg News DONE DEAL: Woodland Hills-based Zenith National Insurance Corp. has completed the purchase of the workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. business of Sarasota, Fla.-based Riscorp Inc. Zenith paid $35 million and assumed $15 million in Riscorp debt for the purchase. Zenith shares lost 12.5 cents to close at $29. - Daily News RUBY SLIPPERS: Burbank-based Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . has awarded a contract to PacificTitle/Mirage Studioto restore ``The Wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz reaches and departs from Oz in circus balloon. [Children’s Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz] See : Ballooning Wizard of Oz false wizard takes up residence in Emerald City. [Am. Lit. .'' Pacific Title/Mirage previously has restored prints of the ``Star Wars'' trilogy A company founded in 1979 by Gene Amdahl to commercialize wafer scale integration and build supercomputers. It raised a quarter of a billion dollars, the largest startup funding in history, but could not create its 2.5" superchip. , Alfred Hitchcock's ``Vertigo'' and Disney's ``Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty sleeps for 100 years. [Fr. Fairy Tale, The Sleeping Beauty] See : Enchantment Sleeping Beauty enchanted heroine awakened from century of slumber by prince’s kiss. .'' - Daily News PROGRAMMING PRODUCT: A division of the Walt Disney Co. will provide children's programming toWest Palm Beach, Florida-based Paxson Communications Corp.'s new television network, Paxson said Thursday. The Pax Net network is expected to begin broadcasting Aug. 31. - Daily News Earnings Rexhall Industries Lancaster-based maker of motor homes Dec. 4th Qtr. 1997 1996 Sales $13.1 million $13.7 million Net Income (Loss) ($3.3million)($482,000) Earnings Per Share ($1.21) (17 cents) Year End 1997 1996 Sales $63 million $65 million Net Income (Loss) ($1.8 million) $1.3 million Earnings Per Share (67 cents)45 cents |
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