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4 hrs ago | TheStreet.com

Dow Today: Walt Disney (DIS) Higher

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading up 79 points at 12,533 as of Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 1:35 p.m. ET.

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Related Topix: Media, Walt Disney, Television, The Walt Disney Company, ABC News Online, The Active Network, Walt Disney Internet Group

9 hrs ago | Nonwovens Industry

GoodNites underwear to feature Spider-Man

Kimberly-Clark Corporation is partnering with Marvel Entertainment to bring the Spider-Man character to GoodNites Underwear for the first time.

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Related Topix: Paper, Kimberly Clark

13 hrs ago | Seeking Alpha

Morgan Stanley raises its price target on Overweight-rated Disney...

Morgan Stanley raises its price target on Overweight-rated Disney to $51 from $46 after sizing up the global success of The Avengers at the box office.

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Sat May 26, 2012

The Motley Fool

Disney: The Rare Acquisition Steal

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which senior analyst Anand Chokkavelu, CFA, discusses topics across the investing world.

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Related Topix: Toys, Marvel Enterpries

Fri May 25, 2012

Fredericksburg.com

First openly gay Marvel Comics hero getting married

Wedding bells will ring this summer for Marvel Comics' first openly gay hero, super speedster Northstar, and his longtime boyfriend.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Startups, NorthStar, Transgender

Thu May 24, 2012

Gawker

Marvel Invents New Hearing-Impaired Superhero for Child Who Refuses...

After her four-year-old son Anthony told her he didn't want to wear his hearing aid to school anymore because "superheroes don't wear hearing aids," Christina D'Allessandro wrote Marvel asking if there was a hearing-impaired superhero she could use to prove Anthony wrong .

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Related Topix: Audiology, Medicine

Wed May 23, 2012

Jim Hill Media.com

Disney & Marvel try to figure how much Hulk is too much Hulk

We have a winner for Contest No. 4 / It's time for JHM's "Once Upon a Time" trivia contest to begin Lake Buena Vista Hotels If you want to stay near Disney World then you need to check out the hotels in Lake Buena Vista What with the enormous success " Marvel's The Avengers " has had so far , I think it's important to remember that -- not all that ... (more)

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Related Topix: Marvel's The Avengers, The Avengers, Media, Walt Disney, Television

Tue May 22, 2012

KABC LA

Walt Disney Company launches work expos for military veterans

US military veterans risk their lives for their country, but when they come back home, like many others, they often have a tough time finding a job.

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Related Topix: Media, Walt Disney, Television, Life, Veteran Affairs, Walt Disney Internet Group, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Walt & Company

GamersHell.com

The Amazing Spider-Man Web Rush Trailer

The trailer is narrated by Beenox Executive Producer, Brant Nichols and features the first-ever in-game footage of the new Web Rush mechanic .

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Related Topix: Spider-Man, Activision, The Amazing Spider-Man, Video Games

WNEM-TV Saginaw

Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar

Wedding bells will ring this summer for Marvel Comics' first openly gay hero, super speedster Northstar, and his longtime boyfriend.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Startups, NorthStar, Wedding, Transgender

KLTV Tyler

Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar

Hip-hop artist Usher Raymond is locked in a legal battle with his ex-wife arising from a custody fight over their two sons.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Startups, NorthStar, Wedding, Transgender, Health

FiveThirtyEight

ArtsBeat: Marvel's Gay Superhero to Propose

Northstar, the mutant superhero, made a big splash in 1992 when he declared, "I am gay." Twenty years later the Marvel Comics hero is making news again.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

Mon May 21, 2012

Disney News and Disney Star News

"The Avengers" Is The Highest Grossing Disney Movie Ever

The Walt Disney Company must be really excited that they bought Marvel! " The Avengers " is already the highest grossing movie for the company, ever, with $1.18 billion in global sales so far! The previous Disney movie with the highest sales was "Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," which brought in $1.07 billion.

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Related Topix: Media, Walt Disney, Television, The Walt Disney Company, ABC News Online, The Active Network, Walt Disney Internet Group

Sun May 20, 2012

SFGate

Summer box office could top $4.4 billion

Disney spearheading a possible record-setting summer at box office In one of Hollywood's more spectacular reversals in recent box office history, Disney went from whipping boy to record-setting hero in a matter of weeks by pegging its fortunes to "brand" projects.

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Related Topix: John Carter, Pixar, Marvel's The Avengers, The Avengers, Battleship

Wed May 16, 2012

TheCelebrityCafe

'The Avengers' surpasses $1 billion in 19 days

The Avengers destroyed box-office sales this past weekend with a record-breaking $103.2 million during its second weekend.

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Related Topix: Toys, Marvel Enterpries

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

4 Dow Stocks Making Moves Now

Walt Disney Co. : Auto Hop, a new feature developed by Dish Network for its digital-video recorders, allows commercials to be bypassed from recorded shows on NBC , Fox , ABC and CBS .

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Related Topix: The Walt Disney Company, ABC News Online, The Active Network, Media, Walt Disney Internet Group, Walt & Company

The Disney Blog

Three Years Later: A Look at Disney's Acquisition of Marvel

Nearly three years ago, Disney fans and comic book geeks alike did double takes as they looked at the latest news: Disney bought Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion.

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Related Topix: Toys, Marvel Enterpries, Pixar, Spider-Man, Activision, Video Games, Fantastic Four, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Stan Lee

Tue May 15, 2012

Hollywood Reporter

Upfronts 2012: Marvel's 'Hulk' Still in the Works at ABC

The network's entertainment president told reporters Tuesday during a conference call ahead of his formal upfront presentation to Madison Avenue ad buyers in New York that he'd still like to "see some Marvel projects come to television." "Hulk is in development," he confirmed.

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Related Topix: The Avengers

Mon May 14, 2012

FiveThirtyEight

Hardcover Graphic Books

In this memoir within a memoir, the author explores her relationship with her mother and tries to bridge the gulf between them.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, Image Comics, DC Comics, Cleveland, OH

Fri May 11, 2012

HAPPI/Household & PP Industry

Benefit's POREfessional Inspires Comic Book Hero

Marvel Custom Solutions, the custom publishing division of Marvel Entertainment, and Benefit Cosmetics have co-created SpyGal, the first ever beauty-inspired comic book hero.

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Related Topix: Beauty, Benefit Cosmetics, Toys, Marvel Enterpries, Marketing

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