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Pixar dumps Disney| Pixar Animation Studios ended talks with Walt Disney to extend a 5-picture deal for Disney to distribute Pixar films | | |
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| Feb.27 |
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Chiron sues animal activists Chiron is accusing the activists of waging a violent harassment campaign and supporting the man charged with bombing
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| Mar.4 |
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Ask Jeeves acquires Interactive Search Online search engine is paying $343 million for a family of Web sites that includes Excite.com and iWon.com
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| Apr.22 |
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Ask Jeeves team up with Tickle Online dating site launched a new People Search service that marries search results from Ask Jeeves with results from Tickle
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LeapFrog struggles to regain its stride A startling 1st-quarter sales decline has investors worrying that management has lost its handle on the company
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| May.20 |
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Impact report OKd for Pixar expansion| The City Council approved a report detailing the environmental impacts of the first stage of a 20-year, $325 million plan | |
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| Jun.9 |
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Ask Jeeves Acquired Tukaroo Web search company bought San Jose-based private desktop search company
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| Jul.8 |
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Chiron fined for trading with Cuba Biotechnology company paid the U.S. government $168,500 in civil penalties
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| Aug.6 |
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Pixar swims its way to 91% gain in profit The firm reported second-quarter net income of $37.4 million. 'Finding Nemo' still giving big boost
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| Aug.20 |
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Chiron gets temporary restraining order A biotechnology company succeeded in getting a restraining order against an animal rights group
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| Sep.1 |
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Founder of LeapFrog resigned Michael Wood resigned as chief creative officer of the educational toy maker and was replaced by Thomas Kalinske
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| Oct.5 |
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Flu maker Chiron slashes profit outlook| Chiron cut its profit forecast by more than half after British officials pulled the company's license | | |
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| Oct.13 |
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SEC probes Chiron over flu shot shortage The commission has launched an inquiry into how Chiron handled the disclosure of vaccine-manufacturing problems
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| Oct.15 |
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Board member quits embattled Chiron The company announced the resignation of Richard Wills, chief executive of Tektronix, in a one-sentence press release
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| Oct.20 |
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Flu Vaccine Fiasco Costs Chiron Millions Vaccine fiasco will cost the company $91 million
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| Nov.3 |
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Pixar draws support for expansion plans Measures T and U are saying Pixar should be required to do more for the community
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| Nov.11 |
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LeapFrog names ex-Levi exec. as CFO Bill Chiasson succeeds Jim Curley, who has been CFO since 2001 and will stay on as a consultant
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| Nov.12 |
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Pixar: $44.4 million quarter revenue Pixar Animation Studio third-quarter results were lifted by solid home video sales of its 'Finding Nemo' and 'Monsters, Inc.'
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| Nov.22 |
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Man slain in Denny's parking lot| Robert Stanford, 22, was felled by a gunman who fired multiple shots outside the restaurant | |
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| Nov.27 |
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Emeryville Sees Second Murder in Week| 40-year-old Donald Sims and a female friend were shot outside a home on 44th Street. Sims has died of his wounds | |
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