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The Motley Fool February 5, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Pixar Perfect Pixar scores a record quarter to close out a record year.
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The Motley Fool June 28, 2004 Steven Mallas	Disney Mousy About Movies Disney reiterates its reluctance to play the big-budget movie game. Good call, there's a better way.
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The Motley Fool April 21, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	MGM Mirage Sparkles The world's second-largest gaming company, MGM Mirage, reports record earnings.
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BusinessWeek June 3, 2010 Grover & White	Creditors Seek Leads for MGM, the Sequel The studio's creditors, holding nearly $4 billion in debt left over from a 2005 buyout, weigh running the backlot themselves.
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The Motley Fool August 30, 2004 Rich Smith	Two Sides to CD Story DualDiscs may hit the market in October, but a similar technology has been patented for years in Europe, with a patent also pending in the U.S. Should a lawsuit ensue, this could derail the industry's plans before they ever begin to bear fruit.
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The Motley Fool April 6, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Disney's Last Dud? Disney's latest -- and maybe last -- hand-drawn feature opens poorly at the box office.
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The Motley Fool March 10, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Sports Matters The NBA TV channel helps Comcast compete with satellite.
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