MARKET LEADER.VALLEY INDEX FALLS: Stocks in the Daily News/Bloomberg Index declined 0.94 to 131.63, led by Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. and On Assignment Inc. of Calabasas. Vitesse fell 2-1/8 to 45 and On Assignment was down 1-3/4 to 29. - Bloomberg News DISNEY CAMPAIGN: Burbank-based 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. is planning a major promotional campaign with marketing partner McDonald's for its high-profile summer action film ``Armageddon,'' to start with the release of the film in early July. But Disney said there are no plans, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, to offer prizes such as a chance to meet star Bruce Willis Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and singer. He came to fame in the late 1980s and has since retained a career as both a Hollywood leading man and a supporting actor, in particular for his role as John McClane in the Die Hard series. or win a trip to the 1999 Academy Awards ceremony and added that details of the campaign still are being worked out. - Daily News ELTRON DEAL: Simi Valley-based Eltron International Inc. has unveiled the Max3000, an identification-card printing system with a lamination/thermal fusing process sealing the printed images and personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. data inside the card. The product is the result of a two-year technical collaboration with 3M. - Daily News STUDIO EXPANDS: Hollywood Center Studios has bought a three-acre site on Romaine Street formerly occupied by the Department of Water and Power for $4 million from the city of Los Angeles
- Daily News MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. PACT: MGM Gold, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.'s entertainment television channel, said it signed a distribution agreement with TVA TVA: see Tennessee Valley Authority. Sistema de Televisao SA to reach more Brazilian cable television customers. The agreement with the second-largest owner and operator of cable television systems in Brazil will allow MGM Gold to reach 90 percent of Brazil's cable and satellite users, MGM said. - Bloomberg News |
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