LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Michael Gee, a former Moss Bros PLC director and a member of one of the founding families of the menswear chain, is studying a plan to block an indicative 42 pence-a-share takeover bid from Icelandic investment group Baugur, according to a report in The Sunday Times.
On solid ground: Magro Bros managing director John Magro (right) leads his company's tree-planting efforts. Employees of Magro Brothers' group of companies each planted an indigenous tree on Mgarr Heights in Gozo, just after the new passenger terminal at Mġarr harbour was officially opened.
LOS ANGELES - Media giant Time Warner Inc. said Thursday its Warner Bros. Entertainment studio would absorb its New Line Cinema unit, an independent studio that redistributed quirky films like "Reefer Madness" and went on to make blockbusters like "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Media giant Time Warner Inc. said Thursday its Warner Bros. Entertainment studio would absorb its New Line Cinema unit, an independent studio that redistributed quirky films like "Reefer Madness" and made blockbusters like "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
New Line Cinema, the studio behind "The Lord of the Rings" and "Hairspray," will be folded under the wing of Warner Bros Entertainment as part of an aggressive plan by parent Time Warner Inc to cut costs.
In a cost-cutting move, Time Warner Inc. said Thursday it plans to merge its Warner Bros. Entertainment unit with its independently operating New Line Cinema, the studio behind The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Financial markets are on high alert for any signs in the economic data that the slump has deteriorated into a full-blown recession. Key data coming in the next week will probably keep markets on edge, showing "very weak growth, but not recession," says Drew Matus, an economist for Lehman Bros.
We're just ten days away from Super Smash Bros. Brawl 's arrival in North America. Our friends in PAL territories may have a bit of a wait ahead of them, unless they choose to pick up a Wii FreeLoader and potentially forgo online play, but it's almost here over..
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