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...“The legislation didn’t really end Disney’s special advantages,” said Richard Foglesong, a historian and author of Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando....
...Disney and the state of Florida have settled a lawsuit over the governance of the company’s Orlando theme parks spawned by last year’s takeover of the district’s board by Ron DeSantis, the state’s governor...
...Disney has settled a lawsuit over the governance of the company’s Orlando theme parks stemming from last year’s takeover of the district’s board by Ron DeSantis, the governor of the US state of Florida....
...Disney has filed a separate lawsuit over control of the special district that is still pending in state court in Orlando....
...Under DeSantis’ instructions, the Florida state legislature dissolved the special taxation district Disney had operated around its Orlando theme parks for decades....
...He has also faced some unexpected challenges this year, including expanding legal battles with Florida governor Ron DeSantis over control of the property around Disney’s Orlando theme parks....
...Flower Grid wool rug from Chateau Orlando by Luke Edward Hall for cc-tapis, £3.764....
...DeSantis is seeking to unwind a last-minute action by Disney that neutered the power of the governor’s handpicked board to oversee the area surrounding the company’s Orlando theme park complex....
...Anna Eskamani, a progressive Democrat who represents Orlando in the Florida House, is a frequent Disney critic but agrees that it would be difficult for the public sector to maintain the standards of Reedy...
...It is the latest salvo in a battle between Disney and the governor over who should sit on a board overseeing the company’s operations in Orlando....
...The law restricts what teachers can say about LGBT+ issues in schools and was opposed by Disney employees in Orlando and elsewhere....
...“A lot of institutional investors have just given up on them,” says Christopher Whalen, a veteran bank analyst who is the head of Whalen Global Advisors....
...The Disney shareholder meeting opened with a video presentation by Iger from Orlando, where he said he was “so proud of the Disney legacy in central Florida”....
...Anna Eskamani, a progressive Democrat who represents Orlando in the Florida House, said that “overall, Disney will be fine with the bill”....
...There have been crowds of supporters mingling all week outside his vacation home on the outskirts of Orlando, five minutes from Disney World, many of them wearing Brazil football strips....
...July 26 and 28; further information and tickets here Festival NAIDOC Week A week-long celebration to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, people and history with events across the city at key...
...The law passed this spring “is a tax increase”, said Linda Stewart, a Democratic state senator who represents part of Orlando, where Disney World is based....
...Torres was arrested on allegations of collusion with rioters when he returned to Brazil from the US on Saturday....
...being too expensive, the problem, argues Christophers, is that saving the planet is not sufficiently profitable....
...Additional reporting by Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson and Christopher Grimes Letter in response to this report: A ‘backlash against woke marketing’ explainer / From Michael Maslinski, Ware, Hertfordshire,...
...“Before the pandemic, [highly-priced rentals] might have sat on the market for six months, but now they’re rented within weeks,” says Christopher Thomas, vice-president in Brooklyn Heights at Brown Harris...
...The story that is normally told is of Christopher Columbus and of other explorers, colonists and settlers in his wake “discovering” America in 1492....
...“Lula’s standing in Congress and maybe even vis-à-vis public opinion will likely benefit in the near term,” said Christopher Garman, managing director for the Americas at the Eurasia Group....
...This spring he signed legislation to strip the company of the special tax status that allows it to govern the area around Walt Disney World theme park in Orlando....
...After Disney voiced opposition to the law, Florida governor Ron DeSantis labelled Disney a “woke” corporation and stripped it of its special tax district around the Disney World theme park in Orlando....
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