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Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) shares showed its resilience to a not-so-good print and it seemed to have got the investor confidence that the resumption in growth is on its way. Disney reported a mixed first quarter, with EPS beating the Street, while revenues missing the consensus estimate. Results...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) reported mixed Q1 numbers on Tuesday, weighed down by its struggling ESPN segment. Disney’s Q1 EPS beat consensus estimates by $0.05, but quarterly revenue of $14.78 billion missed by $480 million. The company addressed ESPN’s lackluster performance in its...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) reported mostly disappointing Q3 numbers on Thursday, but the stock is up about 2 percent Friday. Perhaps the reason for the market’s optimism has to do with CEO Bob Iger’s comments on selling content directly to customers. When Iger was asked on the...

Reviewing Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s fourth-quarter results, BMO Capital Markets said it believes the shares reacted well to CEO Robert "Bob" Iger's observation that ESPN is seeing less impact from MVPD subscribers downgrading to packages that exclude ESPN. At the time of writing, shares of...

Should Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) be worried about AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T)'s mega-merger with Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)? Speaking as a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box," AT&T's CEO Randall Stephenson said that when the opportunity presents itself, he will tell Disney's CEO Bob Iger that the...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of many hugely-profitable corporations that has endured heat for taking advantage of U.S. tax law to minimize its corporate tax rate. Apple And Ireland Apple CEO Tim Cook recently addressed the issue in an interview with the Washington Post. “The money that...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger was a guest on CNBC's "Closing Bell" Tuesday to discuss the company's Q3 results. Iger began the interview by pointing out that Disney's earnings report represents the 12th consecutive quarter of double-digit growth. He added that...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) spent $5.5 billion over many years to build a new resort park in Shanghai, China. The park opened for the very first time this week and boasts a "distinctly Chinese" feel. Bloomberg quoted Disney's CEO Bob Iger as saying that the company didn't "build Disneyland in China...

An alligator dragged two-year-old Lane Graves into a man-made lagoon at Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s Disney Grand Floridian Resort near Orlando on Tuesday night. The search that ensued for the child headlined news for the majority of Wednesday until the boy's body was found later in the evening,...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) will open its multi-billion dollar theme park in Shanghai, China, and will face stiff competition from Wanda Group, the country's largest private property developer that plans on opening 15 to 20 of their own theme parks across the country. Putting aside the...

Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie interviewed Bob Iger on Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s plan to expand company-made movies to China. Iger said at least one film will be made in China within the next year, and the company plans to accelerate forward, taking advantage of "the soon to be world's largest film...

The more than 5 percent drop in Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s stock on Wednesday should solidify the bear argument against owning the stock. However, this is not the case according to Jason Bazinet, Citigroup's media analyst. Bazinet was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" segment on Wednesday...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) has released Q2 earnings, and the company reported a rare miss, with EPS coming in at 1.36 vs consensus estimates of $1.40 per share. Revenue in the second quarter came in at $2.1 billion. Despite delivered double-digit growth in adjusted EPS for the 11th consecutive...

Pivotal’s Brian Wieser believes Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) investors are pricing in several concerns, especially associated with the slowing of subscriber growth for ESPN, although there were also several reasons for optimism too. Wieser upgraded the rating on the company from Hold to Buy...