Is "Alice in Wonderland" Good for Disney Profits? Maybe
According to Hollywood.com and a number of studio estimates, “Alice in Wonderland” brought in $34.5 million in North America box office receipts for the March 19th weekend. That brings the total domestic haul to $265.8 million and the worldwide figure to $565.8 million. But it’s difficult to know how much of that goes to Walt Disney’s (DIS) revenue and bottom line.
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Is “Alice in Wonderland” Good for Disney Profits? Maybe originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:47:00.
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The House Passes Landmark Health Care Reform
Mar 21, 2010 Object
After more than a year of planning, debate, delay — and frequent internal party disarray among Democrats in Washington — the House has approved a sweeping overhaul of the health insurance industry. The final vote was 219-212.
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The House Passes Landmark Health Care Reform originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:50:00.
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Salkever’s Valley: Marc Benioff’s Personal Touch at Salesforce.com
I was so shocked that he personally returned an email plea for help that I recently fired off to him, immediately escalated my query to an executive vice president and thanked me. Actually, he said “Mahalo,” a Hawaiian word for “thanks.”
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Salkever’s Valley: Marc Benioff’s Personal Touch at Salesforce.com originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:50:00.
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Investors Should Give the Recovery Some Respect — but Watch for Rising Rates
Mar 21, 2010 Object
The bears aren’t giving the recovery any respect, leading Schwab’s Liz Ann Sonders to call it the “Rodney Dangerfield” recovery. She rebuts that position pretty well, but she also points out that the end of the Fed’s easy money policy could be nearer than most think.
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3 classic Ferraris break the million-dollar mark at Amelia Island
Mar 21, 2010 Object
Filed under: Classics, Auctions, Ferrari
1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 Berlinetta - Click above for high-res image gallery
While the iconic 250 series of 1960s-era Ferraris - including the GTO, California Spyder and Testa Rossa - continue to break records at auction, the models that followed are quickly catching up, as those who lusted after them in their wonder years are coming up with the cash to acquire them today. As with any great collector cars, the more perfect and more rare the specimen, the more it’ll fetch at auction.
Case in point, three classic Ferraris hovering around the 40-year-old mark each sold for seven figures last week at the RM Auctions Amelia Island event in Florida. One example, a rare Daytona Spyder once owned by Edsel Ford II, brought in $1,017,500 - safely inside the $1-1.25 million estimate range. Another, an alloy-bodied 275 GTB/4 in stunning copper, which was purchased new by Luigi Chinetti and displayed at the 1967 New York Auto Show, went for $1,265,000 - a little short of its estimate. It was bested, however, by a meticulously-restored, concours-winning 275 that greatly exceeded its estimate with a $1,650,000 winning bid.
Along with the headline-catching Duesenbergs, these classic cavallinos helped RM achieve an 88% sale rate at Amelia Island, accounting for over $19 million in sales. Further details in the press release after the jump.
Gallery: 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 Berlinetta
[Source: RM Auctions]
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Viacom v. YouTube/Google: A Piracy Case in Their Own Words
As Viacom three-year-long copyright lawsuit against YouTube/Google reaches a crucial moment, the public finally gets to see each side’s briefs in the case. Which company has the better argument? DailyFinance’s legal correspondent Abigail Field offers us an opinion, and a brief history of the alleged crimes.
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Viacom v. YouTube/Google: A Piracy Case in Their Own Words originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:45:00.
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Gordon Murray shares his thoughts on the McLaren MP4-12C
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McLaren MP4-12C - Click above for high-res image gallery
Gordon Murray is perhaps the most innovative automotive engineer of the last several decades. He’s never been afraid to try out offbeat ideas and more often then not, they’ve worked exceptionally well. Long before the Ariel Atom, Murray created the Rocket, built by the Light Car Company.
Murray’s greatest creation, of course, was the McLaren F1. As with the Rocket and the T25 city car that he’s currently working on, low mass was (and continues to be) a defining principle.
Following the official launch of McLaren Automotive and the MP4-12C a few days ago, Murray discussed the new car with AutoExpress. He’s glad to see that in spite of recent trends toward heavier cars, McLaren was able to keep mass comparatively low on its new car. The MP4-12C is several hundred pounds heavier than the legendary F1, but it also contains a lot of safety equipment that wasn’t in use when the earlier car was built.
Murray is also happy to see that McLaren employed some of the concepts that he worked on before he left the company, such as the carbon-fiber monocoque that was planned for a follow-up to the Mercedes-Benz SLR.
Gallery: McLaren MP4-12C
[Source: AutoExpress]
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GM Sings the Recall Blues — But So Far, Only in South Korea
Mar 21, 2010 Object
Recently, as one car company after another issued recalls, GM looked as though it might dodge the bullet. Its luck lasted until Sunday, when GM Daewoo, its South Korean subsidiary, recalled nearly 59,000 vehicles in South Korea — most for a defect that could cause their steering wheels to come loose.
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Chinese Media Calls Google ‘Arrogant’, Alleges Ties to US Intelligence
Mar 20, 2010 Object
Chinese media organs lashed out at Google in an apparently coordinated assault on Saturday — with one paper suggesting Google is linked to the U.S. intelligence agencies — just days before the web giant may announce plans to close its Chinese-language search engine.
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First Lotus Evora delivered to an American customer
Mar 20, 2010 Object
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Bruce Rice with his new Lotus Evora
2010 is big for Lotus, as the new Evora has it its first full year of production and the legendary marque returns to both Formula One and Indianapolis. On the road car front, the first customer Evora in the United States was delivered to its new owner this week. Bruce Rice of Austin, TX got the keys to his bright red Evora at John Eagle European (also in Austin).
Lotus calls the Evora the world’s only four-seat mid-engined sports car, but those rear seats are really only theoretical. Nonetheless, being fans of the Lotus design philosophy of adding “lightness” we can’t wait for our own stint behind the wheel of Hethel’s first new product in over a decade - especially in a car that’s not as snug as the Exige.
[Source: Lotus]
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