The Walt Disney Company has bought $3.5 million in carbon credits to prevent the destruction of a jungle in the country’s Amazon as part of a project that started in 2009.
You read that correctly. Star Wars Episode 7 will be hitting cinema screens in 2015 after Disney bought the George Lucas-owned film company for $4.05 billion.
Get down on bended knee and ask your partner to marry you? That’s not enough for these folks, who went all out when it came to proposing. Luckily for us, they captured it on video too.
Luke Donald’s performance on Sunday — and throughout the season — proves that he is unquestionably the world’s best golfer at present, writes Neil Cullen.
A group of builders and architects have faithfully recreated the cartoon house from the Disney movie, right down to the mural above the fireplace…talking dog not included.
PROFITS at Walt Disney have taken a 40% jump thanks to Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland.
Toy Story brought in over $900m, making it Pixar’s most successful film to date, while Alice in Wonderland made over a billion dollars for the studio. Together with Iron Man 2 the films make up three of the top five films of the year.
Disney reported a net profit of $1.3bn up from $854m a year ago while revenues for the firm rose 16% to over €10bn.
The company’s studio entertainment division moved from loss-making last year, to making a sizeable profit this year.
Disney’s US theme parks continued to struggle in an uncertain consumer environment. Hotel occupancy and park attendance were down, compared with the same period last year.
Meanwhile advertising at ESPN, the sports network owned by Disney are up as a result of the World Cup. However, profits were held back by the firm’s acquisition of UK Premiership football matches.
Earnings per share rose from $0.51 last time to $0.67. The shares were up $0.48 to $35.77 in after market trading.
