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1-10 of 27 FT Articles results for Marvel Entertainment, Inc.
Disney to buy Marvel for $4bn
...surprise $4bn (£2.4bn) bid for Marvel Entertainment in a deal that will unite Iron...than $1.4bn for Ike Perlmutter, Marvel's chief executive and largest...transactions at a time when the entertainment industry is in flux.Shares in...
Aug 31 2009, By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York, FT.com site
Marvel chief's options to vest on Disney deal
A senior executive with Marvel Entertainment and the chief executive of Walt Disney first...several weeks before Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter, Marvel's chief executive, was awarded 1.27m share options in Marvel.A regulatory filing by Disney has revealed...
Sep 25 2009, By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles, FT.com site
From a comic fan to Marvel movie maker
...voracious reader of Marvel comics, with a soft...longed to work in the entertainment industry, which increased...significant moment for Marvel. The company's comic...such as Sony Pictures Entertainment, which made Spider-Man...financed and produced by Marvel, which next month will...
Apr 30 2008, FT.com site
Terminator franchise to be auctioned off
...agreeing a hefty premium in its $4bn deal to buy Marvel Entertainment.Several financial buyers have expressed interest...the situation. Sony declined to comment.Summit Entertainment, the company behind the Twilight series, is tracking...
Nov 01 2009, By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles, FT.com site
Flurry of new deals changes the mood
...in two years, a flurry of media deal-making is changing the mood. This week, Walt Disney agreed a $4bn bid for Marvel Entertainment, while private equity and media groups bid up the price of the Travel Channel. Even as media bankruptcies continue...
Sep 03 2009, By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York and Salamander Davoudi in London, FT.com site
Transition to digital tests Warner Bros
...president of Warner Bros' home entertainment group, he is responsible for...opportunities in its deal to buy Marvel Entertainment.The past year has shown that...the two to three hours of entertainment offered by a DVD."There will...
Sep 02 2009, By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York, FT.com site
Tatweer buckles down to meet project goals
...eateries form one element of a broader plan to build a series of attractions including theme parks inspired by Marvel Entertainment and the Dreamworks and Universal studios, a Legoland, and a golf course designed by Tiger Woods, the US golfer...
May 26 2008, By Simeon Kerr in Dubai, FT.com site
Starbucks recalls Chinese mugs after safety fears
...Walt Disney productsmaker Kids II Inc and six other companies recalled...by a Chinese-made ingredient. *Marvel Entertainment halted shipments of Curious George...contamination, writes Bloomberg.Marvel stopped shipments of the toys after...
Oct 11 2007, By Jonathan Birchall in New York, Financial Times
Energy stocks keep Wall St in the black
...per cent increase in third quarter profit, helped by revenues generated from its film library.On the downside, Marvel Entertainment, the comic-book publisher, plunged 22.1 per cent to $14.06 after it reported a 40 per cent drop in third quarter...
Nov 09 2005, By Pan Kwan Yuk in New York, FT.com site
Wall Street falls amid deals
...decline in Chinese stocks.Walt Disney agreed to buyMarvel Entertainment, the group that created characters such as Spider-Man, for...company up 25.1 per cent to $48.33.DreamWorks, a rival of Marvel and maker of the Shrek films, was also up 6.5 per cent to...
Aug 31 2009, By Samantha Pearson in New York, FT.com site
