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The Motley Fool August 16, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Disney's Not-So-Valiant Retreat Disney's latest animated entry isn't really its own handiwork. There's never a good reason for Disney not to try to win over an audience on the merit of its own name first.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Pixar Takes a Pass Upstart Pixar gives Mickey Mouse the old heave-ho.
The Motley Fool June 4, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Win, Lose, or Draw When two animation powerhouses go to war, it's not whether you win or lose but how you draw. While still partners, Disney and Pixar continue to wage a public war of words that neither party intends to lose.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Killin' the Villain at Disney Putting the brakes on Disney's decision to exploit its classics with cheap sequels. Those Pixar chaps know what they're doing. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Disney Meets the New Neighbors Investors, don't read too much into what should be ordinary numbers for Meet the Robinsons over the weekend. Better indications will come when Disney-animated projects including American Dog and The Frog Princess are released over the next couple of years.
The Motley Fool June 13, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Disney's Slow-Moving Cars Disney's latest animated release comes up short, but the race isn't over. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Pixar's Power Play Pixar is lining up for the last laugh, even if it laughs alone.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Kid Flicks, Adult Profits Pixar's films have averaged a whopping $239 million and that's just at the domestic box office. Scoring riches overseas along with the eventual home video releases and lucrative merchandising opportunities, Pixar's a money machine.
The Motley Fool November 9, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Pixar: From Here to Infinity The animation giant zoomed past Wall Street's expectations of just $0.11 a share on $30.6 million in revenues by posting earnings of $0.22 a share on $45.8 million in revenues.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Disney Paints it Black Reports have Disney closing its animation studio in Florida.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Pixar's Future Unfolds The animation studio Pixar delivers another solid quarter and another shot at a brighter future.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Deer Disney Disney's re-release of a classic lives up to its status as a platinum title.
The Motley Fool May 9, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Farewell, Pixar Pixar investors are now receiving 2.3 shares of freshly minted Disney stock for each Pixar stub they hold. The deal, which was valued at $7.4 billion when it was first announced, was ultimately worth $8.3 billion, as improving fundamentals at both companies propelled the shares higher.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Pixar's About-Pace An analyst raises Pixar's price target aggressively on the premise of a busier production slate.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Pixar, Come Back! Disney plays the field in computer animation and strikes out. Maintaining a brand's luster isn't easy. That's why Disney has to be very careful to protect its lineage.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Disney Digging DreamWorks? Rumors of Disney making a play for DreamWorks Animation seem ludicrous, though stranger things have happened.
The Motley Fool February 13, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Eisner's Last Stand With Disney in play, the days may be numbered for its CEO.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2005 Steven Mallas	Fox's "Robots" in Gear The animated offering has a great opening weekend. What could it mean for Disney and Pixar?
The Motley Fool November 22, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Pixar's Folly The emergence of another Toy Story flick leads one to wonder who has the upper hand in Pixar's relationship with Disney.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Time Warner Thinks Small Screen The media giant hops on the "direct to video" bandwagon. If it can avoid the likely pitfalls, Time Warner may find a hungry market. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Back to the Drawing Board Computer animation is all the rage these days, but that may be why Disney should go back to its roots.
The Motley Fool March 18, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	That's Incredibles Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, and even Fox, now that it topped the box office this past weekend with Robots, all deserve investor interest for their recent and future animated projects.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Pixar on the Block? Now that Pixar is free from Disney, could the rumors be true that they're looking for another partner?
The Motley Fool November 1, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Drawn to DreamWorks This stock has gone nowhere. The playing field is crowded. Direct-to-video is drying up as a major release outlet. What's an investor to do? Its third-quarter profit is just the beginning of a possible upswing.
The Motley Fool July 13, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Disney Screens for Greens The media giant may be ready to scale back its live action studio productions. A lighter slate will give Disney the luxury to spend more on fewer flicks, but that also exposes Disney to more risk if it puts out too many flops in a row.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	From Zero to Hero For a filmmaker that prides itself on milking a hit through its various operating revenue streams, fiscal success often begins with the successful parting of the red curtains. Disney needed a hero, but this Hero came too late.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	When Quality Mattered With or without Pixar, Disney will do everything possible to make Toy Story 3 a winner. Consumers need to see that. Mentored studios need to see that.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2004 Steven Mallas	Incredible Marketing Muscle The Incredibles' must perform beyond all expectations. Dreamworks Animation will be going public soon, which can only signal that the competition for audiences of computer animation is going to be stiff (as well as the competition for investment dollars).
The Motley Fool November 5, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	That's Incredibles! Pixar is hoping for an "incredible" opening to its latest animated feature.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Disney's New Mouse Disney tries to compute with its latest big-ticket offering. DisneyThe company will start shipping out kid-friendly PCs, complete with mouse-eared peripherals and bundled with a ton of branded software.
The Motley Fool November 28, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Don't Toon Out the Pioneers DreamWorks Animation and Disney's Pixar will be keeping their crowns. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 5, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Pixar Perfect Pixar scores a record quarter to close out a record year.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Eyes on Eisner Folks who bought into the company five years ago are sporting a loss on paper. Disney's CEO gets ready to move on.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Date DreamWorks, Marry Disney, Kill Viacom Investors, here are recommendations for a short-term trade (date), a long-term investment (marry), and a stock to short (kill).
The Motley Fool September 12, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Defending Pixar's Life Don't kick Pixar just because you don't see its ticker symbol around. Pixar helped salvage Disney's brand in animation overnight. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Disney's Animated Response More layoffs at Disney? It's not as bad as you think. As long as it leans on the Pixar gray matter, which has done nothing but serve up classy epic after classy epic, Disney's future will be brighter than its bleaker recent past in in-house animation.
The Motley Fool November 9, 2004 Steven Mallas	Pixar's Box Office Story "The Incredibles" opens well -- but well enough? Long-term investors in Pixar still have a good chance of doing well over the long haul, of course, but they must keep an eye on all competitors.
The Motley Fool April 6, 2004 James Early	Funding Nemo If Pixar doubles its revenues post-Disney, the animation company could be undervalued now. Pixar is the 800-pound gorilla of its industry, with first-rate management and a ton of cash.
The Motley Fool August 3, 2004 Steven Mallas	Disney's Haunted Village "The Village" was the No. 1 movie over the weekend... but is it enough to break Disney's movie slump?
The Motley Fool March 17, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Break It Off, Bob Disney's Bob Iger has a lot of things to do. Playing nice with Pixar isn't one of them.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2004 Steven Mallas	Shrek's Green Fairy Tale That's green as in money. If Shrek 2 succeeds, it might lead to an initial public offering for DreamWorks SKG's animation unit.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	A Disney Year Take a tour through Disney's busy 2004. January: Who will ink the next wave of animated Disney classics?... February: In another slap to Disney's managerial performance, Comcast made a hostile buyout bid... etc.
The Motley Fool August 5, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Falling in Style Pixar produces a mortal quarter, but it's all relative. The cash-rich company closed out the period with a whopping $7.30 a share in cash and investments on its balance sheet. That certainly gives Pixar more breathing room than its leveraged rivals.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The Chronicles of Disney Yes, Disney's back. The share price may still be trading in the mid-$20s, but the company's prospects have rarely been brighter.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2011 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Disney's New Circle of Life The family entertainment giant plots four more films for 3-D rerelease.
The Motley Fool November 15, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	DreamWorks Gets a Courtesy Flush Bad movie? Flush. Secondary offering? Secondary flush. Right now, individual investors have the opportunity to buy into a company for less than the $28 a pop that fat-cat institutions and brokerage clients paid in the fall of 2004.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2006 Steven Mallas	"The Wild" Wows No One Disney's latest flick is on its way to extinction. The Wild ranked just No. 4 for the past weekend. Meanwhile, News Corp.'s own CGI-animated asset, Ice Age: The Meltdown, has proved itself to be an unmitigated springtime blockbuster. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 18, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Disney Gets Piggy Disney purchases Muppets to add to their content after contract negotiations break off with Pixar.