Disney profit rises 39 pct on films, cable
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The Walt Disney Co. on  Wednesday posted a hefty 39% increase in third-quarter profits,  without help from the $790 million worldwide blockbuster  "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
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Walt Disney Co  reported a drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday, but its shares rose 2.6 percent as the No. 2 U.S. entertainment company beat Wall Street expectations and reported strong results at theme parks and its television business.
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The Walt Disney Company reported $516 million net income in the quarter ended September 30th, compared to $415 million in the year-ago quarter.
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Hasbro Inc , the second-largest U.S. toy company, posted a higher quarterly profit on Monday, helped by sales of its Playskool toys and continued strong demand for products tied to the Transformers movie.
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Adjusted fourth-quarter profits rose 17 percent on stronger results from cable TV and movies, but the company said it expected  growth to slow in 2008 to a range of 7 percent to 9 percent.
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Time Warner Cable Inc , the  second-largest U.S. cable operator, on Wednesday posted a 23  percent rise in fourth-quarter profit from higher numbers of  broadband and digital phone customers.
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Pixar Animation Studios Inc on  Thursday reported that its third-quarter profit rose, driven by  foreign video sales of last year's hit "Finding Nemo."
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Hasbro Inc  posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday, boosted by strong demand for its Transformers, Nerf and Furreal Friends product lines, helping to send its shares up as much as 4 percent.
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LOS ANGELES  - Disney's middle-aged road trip comedy "Wild Hogs" took in more money than initially estimated at the North American box office last weekend, grossing a staggering $39.70 million over the three-day frame.
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LOS ANGELES - Walt Disney (DIS) quarterly profit rose 24% as cable TV results and a tax benefit more than offset a drought at its movie studio.
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Walt Disney Co.  said on  Wednesday that first-quarter net earnings more than doubled,  driven by DVD sales of the movies "Pirates of the Caribbean:  Dead Man's Chest," "Cars" and the sale of a stake in E!  Entertainment Television.
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A strong performance from its ABC and ESPN channels sees Walt Disney boost first quarter profits by 5%.
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Walt Disney posted a quarterly profit far ahead of Wall Street targets on strong results at its theme park, media and consumer products groups, sending shares up 5 percent.
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Viacom Inc. VIAb.N on  Thursday said its quarterly profit from continuing operations  rose 12 percent on higher cable network advertising sales and  announced a larger-than-expected stock repurchase, sending its  shares up 3 percent.
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The successful DVD release of the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie boosts Walt Disney's quarterly profits.
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DVD releases of "Cars" and "Pirates  of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" and ad revenue from ESPN's  Monday Night Football are expected to boost Walt Disney Co's  first-quarter earnings by a double-digit percentage.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NWSa.N)  posted a moderate rise in fiscal second-quarter profit on  Monday on higher advertising sales at its Fox News channel and  the Fox television network, offsetting a decline in its movie  studio business.