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Disney Pulled Out Of Controversial Country Just Ahead Of MASSIVE Disaster

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 05.02.2013 | Business
Read More: Video, Bangladesh Working Conditions, Walt Disney Co, Bangladesh Factory Fire, Business News, Walt Disney Company, Factory-Disasters, Disney, Bangladesh-Factories, Bangladesh Factory Collapse, Disney Bangladesh, Business News

When a factory collapsed in Bangladesh last month, killing hundreds, the workers inside likely weren’t making clothes for Disney. The company ju...

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I Want to Be a Failure, Like Walt Disney

Stacey Alcorn | Posted 04.29.2013 | Small Business
Read More: Sales Training, Walt Disney, Small Business, Fail, Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Failure, Entrepreneurship, Fear of Failure, Small Business News
Stacey Alcorn

How is it that one man created something so amazing allowing his name to live on forever? Perhaps the secret is in his failures. We all fear falling down. However, rarely will falling down kill us. Death is in not getting back up. Just ask Mickey Mouse.

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The Tragic AIDS Death Behind Your Favorite Disney Love Songs

VICE | Mitchell Sunderland | Posted 03.30.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Walt Disney, Disney Animation, Walt Disney Company, Hiv, Howard Ashman, Disney, The Little Mermaid, Disney Classic TV, Howard Ashman AIDS, Gay Voices News

The first week of November 1989, filmmakers and executives from the Walt Disney Company gathered in a crowded room in Disney World in Orlando, Florida...

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Buildings, Energy, & Transportation Choices in Tourism: A Key to protecting coastal habitat and marine environments

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 03.28.2013 | Green
Read More: Walt Disney Company, Green News, Coastal Habitat, Sustainable Tourism, Climate Change, Global Sustainability, Green News
Dr. Reese Halter

The Blue Community initiative has developed 12 strategies for coastal habitat and marine environment protection for the tourism industry. Three of th...

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Peak What? Ask Barbie and Mickey Mouse

Terry Tamminen | Posted 05.05.2013 | Green
Read More: Walmart, Peak Water, Asia Pulp & Paper Company, Barbie, National Security Concerns, Resource-Constrained Future, Green, Walt Disney Company, Sustainable Sources, Sustainable, Oil Resources, Hilary Clinton, Target, Farmed Seafood, Water Wars, Tesco, Sustainability Standards, Peak Oil, Climate Change, Mickey Mouse, Harper Collins, J.R.R. Tolkien, Sustainable Water, Global Warming, Mattel, Green News
Terry Tamminen

There are a lot of disagreements about whether we have reached peak oil or when the downhill slope will hit a point that brings a significant percentage of our vehicles to a grinding halt, but the concept has made scientists and policy makers ask the question: What other critical resources may be peaking?

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Sustainable Tourism: A Potential Force for Coastal Habitat & Marine Environment Protection

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.04.2013 | Green
Read More: Ocean Pollution, Walt Disney Company, Green News, Marine Plastics, Sustainable Tourism, Ocean Acidification, Climate Change, Green News
Dr. Reese Halter

Despite the many benefits Oceans are facing vast extinction from multiple stresses according to several marine experts from around the world. Primary threats include: ocean acidification, climate change, ocean pollution, and unsustainable fishing practices.

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Bad News For Mickey

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 04.01.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Disney Shuts Down Epic Mickey Studio, Mickey, Video, Junction Point Studios, Epic Mickey Video Game, Epic Mickey, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Company, Junction Point Studios Shut Down, Disney, Epic Mickey Shut Down, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Now it's time to say goodbye to "Epic Mickey." The interactive division of the Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that it is closi...

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WATCH: Vintage Disney Video Explains Periods

Posted 11.28.2012 | Women
Read More: Walt Disney, Menstruation, Video, Women's Health, Vintage Disney Video, Walt Disney Company, The Story of Menstruation, Periods, Disney Story of Menstruation, Disney Video, Sex Ed Video, Ted Pillow, Thought Catalog, Women News

What happens when you combine a Disney movie with sex ed? Now you know. A 1946 cartoon produced by Disney in collaboration with Kotex illustrates "...

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Dave Jamieson

Disney Helps Kill Paid Sick Time Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.03.2012 | Business
Read More: Low Wages, Low-Wage Workers, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Walt Disney Company, Work-Benefits, Paid Sick Days, Disney World, Florida, Chamber of Commerce, Paid Sick Leave, National Restaurant Association, Disney, Darden Restaurants, Business News

Thanks largely to the pressure brought by the business lobby in Orange County, Fla., it appears the most magical place on earth won't include mandated...

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PHOTOS: The World's Most Popular Theme Parks

Travel + Leisure | Posted 10.13.2012 | Travel
Read More: Theme Parks, Disneyland, Walt Disney Company, Amusement Parks, Disney World, Slideexpand, Disney, Travel + Leisure, Slidepollajax, Travel News
Travel + Leisure

Mickey Mouse has competition: The rising star of the theme-park industry is an English boy with round spectacles and a scar on his forehead.

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Why Disney's Junk Food Ad Ban Marks the Future of Food Reform

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 08.06.2012 | Home
Read More: Food Reform, Walt Disney Company, White House, Ban, Children, Junk Food Ads, Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative, Home News
Bettina Elias Siegel

The biggest news in the kid-and-food world yesterday was an announcement in which Disney promised to phase out the advertising of junk food on its child-directed television channels, web sites and radio stations. The initiative should be enthusiastically applauded.

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Anti-Gay Organization Rents Two Planes To Protest Disney's 'Gay Days'

Posted 06.01.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Walt Disney, The Magic Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, Gay Days Disney, Theme Parks, Walt Disney World, Disney Theme Parks, Gay Days, Walt Disney Company, Amusement Parks, Florida Family Association, Slidepollajax, Gay Voices News

The Florida Family Association will reportedly make good on an earlier vow to protest Walt Disney World's annual "Gay Days" event by flying two planes...

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WATCH: Pro-Gay Group Plans Rebuttal To Disney 'Gay Days' Protest

Posted 04.23.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Orlando, Walt Disney, Disney Gay, Walt Disney World, Disney Gay Days, Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Gay Days, Walt Disney World Resort, Slidepollajax, Video, Gay Voices News

A group of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights activists is firing back at an anti-gay group's planned protest of Walt Disney World's...

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Right-Wing Organization Plans To Protest 'Gay Days At Disney'

Posted 04.17.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Gay Days Disney, Walt Disney World, Gay Days, Walt Disney Company, Gay Disney, Florida, Florida Family Association, Disney, Gay Voices News

Walt Disney World's unofficial "Gay Day" tradition is coming under fire yet again from a rightwing Florida-based group. The Florida Family Associa...

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'Iron Man 3' Gets A Chinese Boost

AP | By JOE McDONALD | Posted 04.16.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: China Hollywood, Foreign Film Investment, Video, Iron Man China, DMG Entertainment, Iron Man 3, Walt Disney Company, Chinese-Hollywood-Film-Deal, Gwyneth Paltrow, Disney, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr, Entertainment News

BEIJING -- Walt Disney Co. said Monday it will co-produce its next "Iron Man" movie with a Chinese partner in Hollywood's latest effort to forge close...

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PHOTOS: The Coolest New Disney Vacations

Travel + Leisure | Posted 05.27.2012 | Travel
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Travel + Leisure

New Disney rides and adventures will naturally charm kids, but some will resonate more deeply with grown-ups, who can better appreciate the sheer genius that goes into melding the latest technology with nostalgia.

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PHOTOS: 24 Consecutive Hours In Disneyland

Tom Bricker | Posted 05.15.2012 | Travel
Read More: Walt Disney Company, Tourism, Travel, Disney, Disneyland, Travel News, Slidepollajax, Travel Photos, Exposure, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Tom Bricker

2012-03-15-disneyday300cm031512.jpg To most average Disney guests, these 24-hour days might not have much appeal. To someone who spends weeks in the theme parks each year, the promotion had much more allure, as it was closest equivalent to stepping into one of the popular Kingdom Keepers books.

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Disney, Comcast Reach Deal

AP | Posted 03.05.2012 | Media
Read More: Carriage Disputes, Cable, Walt Disney Company, Cable Television, Cable Tv, Disney, Comcast, Carriage Deals, Cable Carriage Deals, Ap, Comcast NBC, Media News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday that it reached a long-term agreement with the nation's largest TV signal provider, Comcast Co...

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Walt Disney, Little Richard & More: Today's Famous Birthdays

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2011 | Celebrity
Read More: December 5th, Walt Disney, December 5, Famous Birthdays, Walt Disney World, Celebrity Birthdays, Walt Disney Company, Frankie Muniz, Little Richard, Disney World, Celebrity News

In a world with nearly 7 billion people, chances are someone famous is celebrating their birthday today. And indeed: Walt Disney, Little Richard, a...

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Senate Approves Obama's Nominee For Commerce Department

AP | By ALAN FRAM | Posted 12.20.2011 | Business
Read More: Boeing, John Bryson, Walt Disney Company, Commerce Department, Edison International, Southern California Edison, John Bryson Commerce Secretary, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Thursday to approve President Barack Obama's nomination of former utility executive John Bryson to head the Commerce De...

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Disney Withdraws Navy SEAL Trademark Application

AP | Posted 07.26.2011 | Media
Read More: Walt Disney, Disney Navy Seal Trademark, Disney Seal Team 6, SEAL Team 6, Disney Seal Team Six, Walt Disney Company, Seal Team Six, Media News

LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday that it has withdrawn its application to trademark the phrase "SEAL Team 6," the elite unit tha...

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Disney Trademarks Name Of Unit That Killed Bin Laden

Posted 07.14.2011 | Media
Read More: Walt Disney, Disney Seal Team 6, SEAL Team 6, Disney Seal Team Six, Walt Disney Company, Seal Team Six, Media News

When the world discovered that a group of Navy SEALs called "SEAL Team 6" was responsible for killing Osama bin Laden, it's not likely that many peopl...

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Steve Jobs' Disney Future In Jeopardy?

Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Steve Jobs, Apple, Steve Jobs Pixar, Steve Jobs Health, Steve Jobs Walt Disney Company, Steve Jobs Apple, Walt Disney Company, Pixar, Disney, Entertainment News

Not all is well at the House of Mouse; call it iControversy. Steve Jobs, a member of the Walt Disney Co. board by virtue of the 2006 sale of his Pi...

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Disney's Fantasyland Ready For A Revamp

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Read More: Walt Disney, Walt Disney Company, Disney Fantasyland, Walt Disney World Fantasyland, Disney, Walt Disney World, Travel News

ORLANDO, Fla. — Walt Disney World says a new indoor roller coaster and a new place to interact with Disney princesses will be part of the larges...

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Exclusive Q&A: Tron: Legacy Kicks Joe Kosinski's Film Career in Motion

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Walt Disney Company, Tron, Jeff Bridges, Daft-Punk, Tron: Legacy, Joseph Kosinski, Box-Office Winner, Steven Spielber, Ridley Scott, Stanley Kubrick, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

When director Joseph Kosinski got the assignment to create the science fiction film Tron: Legacy, he had a lot to prove. Apparently he's succeeded well enough.

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