Eisner due to testify in bitter Disney trial
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GEORGETOWN, Delaware, Nov 14  - Walt Disney chief executive Michael Eisner may begin testifying as early as Tuesday in defense of his 1995 decision to hire his once best friend as president of the entertainment giant, and then to fire him 15 months
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GEORGETOWN, Del.  - Michael Eisner, the chief  executive of the Walt Disney Co. DIS.N, on Thursday said it  was "stupid" to appear on a national television show in 1996 to  show his support for Michael Ovitz and conceded he was less  than candid with the public during the interview.
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GEORGETOWN, Del.  - Walt Disney Co.'s chief  executive Michael Eisner on Wednesday was confronted with notes  in which he called Michael Ovitz "dangerous" and "a caged  animal" as he desperately tried to fire his one-time friend  from the entertainment giant.
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Lawyers for investors suing Walt Disney Co. questioned whether chief executive Michael Eisner held a formal meeting to tell board members there were
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On his fifth and final day on the witness stand, Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael D. Eisner offered his view of the &quot;real Hollywood,&quot; a definition that sharply
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GEORGETOWN, Del.  - Michael Ovitz said he fought  and begged to stay on at Walt Disney Co. until his good friend  and boss Michael Eisner pushed him out, the former Disney  president, now at the center of a shareholder lawsuit,  testified on Wednesday.
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The courtroom drama of shareholders vs. Disney&#39;s battling Mikes - Michael Ovitz and Michael Eisner â-as become a can&#39;t-miss reality show for entertainment industry executives.
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Michael Eisner lashed out at the &quot;clichÃ©d&quot; portrayal of the &quot;real&quot; Hollywood in his fifth and final day testifying in a shareholder suit over former company president Michael Ovitz&#39;s lucrative payout.
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Walt Disney chief executive Michael Eisner yesterday told a Delaware courtroom how he had appeared on television praising his former second-in-command Michael Ovitz even as he was plotting his departure from the company.
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Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael D. Eisner had been on the witness stand for about half an hour on Monday when the subject of former Disney president Michael S. Ovitz finally came up.
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GEORGETOWN, Del.  - Walt Disney Co.'s DIS.N  board of directors went on trial on Wednesday, on shareholder  accusations that it merely rubberstamped a decision to hire  Michael Ovitz and allowed him to walk away months later with a  $140 million severance package.
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The long-running saga of succession at the Walt Disney Company has been only marginally advanced by the announcement that embattled CEO Michael Eisner, who has run the company for 20 years, will resign in September 2006.
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Walt Disney Co.  dissident shareholders Roy Disney and Stanley Gold on Monday said CEO Michael Eisner, who last week said he would step down in two years, should be forced to leave by early next year.
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GEORGETOWN, Del.  - Walt Disney Co.'s chief  executive Michael Eisner on Wednesday was confronted with notes  in which Michael Ovitz was called "dangerous" and "a caged  animal" as he desperately tried to fire his one-time friend  from the entertainment giant.
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Defense lawyers in the Walt Disney trial on Friday tried to undermine the credibility of a witness who testified that company directors neglected their oversight
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A former Walt Disney Co. director testified Monday that Disney chief executive Michael Eisner told her in a December 1996 telephone conversation that then-Disney President Michael Ovitz was being fired and was eligible for a large severance package.
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LOS ANGELES - This week CEO Michael Eisner tells a court his version of how Walt Disney Co. paid a severance package of $140 million - yes, that&#39;s for not working - to a former close friend after only 14 months at work.