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Walt Disney Sr. Named As New President And CEO.
ORLANDO, FL - In a bold effort to boost investment interest, Walt Disney Co., will name founder Walt Disney as new president and CEO, next month. Disney CEO Michael Eisner will step down for the former creator of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and the little-known Sleazy Skunk. "I think this is a great move, even though I battled heavily against it," said Eisner. "Walt will just love what we did with the place... except maybe that Hercules thing."
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Kmart To Increase Selection
DETROIT - Not stopping in it's profitable renaming trend, the famous department store chain Kmart is revamping once again. Following in the footsteps of the 1996 redressing of their stores, renaming them "Big Kmart", the S.S. Kresge Company is now offering different sizes to suit the needs of their customers
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Mike's Hard Lemonade Predicts Monster Profits
VANCOUVER, BC - The Mark Anthony Group, Inc., owners of Mike's Hard Lemonade, have predicted a high profit growth in second quarter earnings due to their new advertising campaigns.
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Walmart To Expand Production
BENTONVILLE, AK - Today, Walmart announced the hostile take over of Malasia, the third world country that produces ninety percent of the company's clothing and about half of its employees. This comes as no surprise as prices in Walmart clothing have risen 0.04 percent in only six months, mainly due to the higher cost of feeding the goats used to run the manufacturer's machinery.
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Polaroid To Steal Market
CAMBRIDGE, MA - With sagging stocks and a slumping economy, Polaroid Corporation is beginning an all-or-nothing product, dropping its entire line of other instant photography products to usher in this ground-breaking style of camera.
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DEA Enters Worldcom Investigation
JACKSON, MS - With revelations of Worldcom's (WCOM) creative accounting measures, the Drug Enforcement Agency has sunk their teeth into both the accountants and upper management of the collapsing telecommunications company.
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Xerox Forms New Division
STAMFORD, CT - Copier pioneer Xerox Corporation is driving the technology market after it's Human Cloning Division spawned a sister company, the Human Cloning Division. Though having the same name and production techniques, Human Cloning Division (new) is said to be more advanced than it's sibling.
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Anthrax Cause For Profits
LANSING, MI - With the increase in mail-based anthrax attacks, pharmaceutical company BioPort is finding an increase in their market profitability. The Michigan-based vaccine compnay is the sole manufacturer of Cipro, the antrax vaccine.
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