Walt Disney – The Chicken Ran Like Crazy

The Walt Disney Company, the world’s second largest media house after Time Warner, was incorporated in 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother Roy Disney. From time to time, Disney came up with memorable cartoon characters that amused children and adults alike. Its most popular conception, Mickey Mouse, was created in 1928, followed by Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto, which together formed the pantheon of the Disney cartoon characters. Since the release of Snowhite and the seven dwarfs in 1937, Disney created animation films, which universally became the most popular mode of entertainment. Most of Walt Disney’s strategies proved successful, but the decision to collaborate with Pixar was a defining moment in the entertainment industry.Disney’s relationship with Pixar dates back to 1991. Since then, the Walt Disney Company, along with Pixar, gave some unforgettable animation movies like Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, A Bug’s Life and Cars. The operational synergy of the two companies gave animation a new definition and produced some of the most cherished work in the animation industry. This most successful partnership in entertainment history resulted in a merger when Disney completed the acquisition of Pixar in an all stock deal on May 5, 2006. Disney’s ‘animated objectives’ remain pristine case studies.

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Hutchison Whampoa – Power, Retailing, Ports Handling, Financial Services, Energy...Did Somebody Miss Telecom?

What about a conglomerate that performs exceedingly well in all the sectors that its name is associated with? What about a company with all five fingers stuck-up in some business and doing a laudable job with just about everything that the company decides to do? Yes, believe it or not, but Hutchison Whampoa has an involvement with almost every business operation in one of the world’s busiest trading hubs, Hong Kong, and still manages to churn out revenues amounting to $31 billion (for the year ended December 31, 2005).

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Whirl‘pool’s out Maytag plants

The world’s largest appliance maker, Whirlpool Corporation has decided to shut down three Maytag plants in Iowa, Illinois and Arkansas, as part of its integration with Maytag. The decision comes less than six weeks after acquiring Maytag Corporation for $1.8 billion, which has catapulted Whirlpool to the position of the nation’s biggest appliance maker. It will also close Maytag’s headquarters and a research facility in Newton, as well as administrative offices in Illinois, Mexico and Canada. This will lead to 4,500 jobs cuts, which represents about 5.6% of Whirlpool’s work force of about 80,000 employees.

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The Legendary Mona Lisa Or The Pristine Innocence of the Birth of Venus... (IIPM-Best Article)

The magnificent frescoes at the Sistine Chapel, the poignant Pieta, the legendary Mona Lisa or the pristine innocence of the Birth of Venus... all stand testimony to the tapestry of Italian history still resplendent from that splendorous spell. Today, however, Italy isn’t close to being the centre of any similar cultural action (but for some esoteric ecclesiastical facts ‘Coding’ enough controversial fiction worthy of a book, movie and even a trial!). But on closer observation, modern- day existence in this nation galoshing in the Mediterranean isn’t entirely independent of the ramifications of the Renaissance.

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A saving(s) grace! (IIPM-Press Release)

Despite analysts’ warnings, the current corporate savings glut has no future
Whenever and wherever there is a discussion about the present economic state of the world, the topic of ‘imbalances’ very easily finds its place, as does the phrase “savings glut,” which perhaps has almost become a cliché. And the reason is that the world economy, which is now in the midst of a debilitating imbalance because of huge current account surpluses of emerging economies, has once again lost its balance.

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DLF Hopes...

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DLF hopes to use a big chunk of the proceeds from the IPO to fund its integrated townships and SEZ projects, as also to use some of it to venture into the lucrative hospitality sector with its planned 4-star and budget hotels. In fact, close to $1.2 billion worth of real estate investments are predicted for by real estate venture capital funds in FY2006-2007.

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Commercial Space

If the residential sector is booming, commercial real estate cannot be far behind. India’s financial nerve centre, the city boasts of corporate head offices viz. Reliance, Godrej, Tata, et al, apart from apex institutions like the RBI, BSE and the NSE. In Mumbai, the regions experiencing high growth curves in commercial spaces are Lower Parel & the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), where buyers who invested in real estate in 2004 have seen their investments literally double.

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