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Opinion: We Need More Skilled Immigrants, but Can't Get Them

Aug 9th 2010 – 5:01AM

(Aug. 9) -- When they enacted their tough anti-immigration law, Arizona's leaders said a lack of action in Washington forced them to take matters into their own hands and compel local cops to confront illegal immigrants in their border state. While their frustration is understandable, the real problem with the nation's...

ESPN, NFL Network Could Join Forces

By Michael David SmithJun 20th 2008 – 7:40PM

ESPN and NFL Network may be heading for a merger.The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Worldwide Leader and the National Football League's house network are engaging in high-level talks about developing a partnership. The discussions go all the way up to Disney CEO Robert Iger and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell....

Robert Iger News From the Web

  • 05/30/12 Disney to Offer Disney Channel App That Allows Mobile... Source: Bloomberg.com Walt Disney Co. (DIS) 's Disney Channel is releasing an application that will enable the children's network to be watched on Internet-connected mobile devices.
  • 05/23/12 ROBERT A. IGER, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,... Source: Walt Disney Robert A. Iger, chairman and chief executive officer, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), will participate in a question-and-answer session at the Sanford C. Bernstein Annual Strategic Decisions Conference 2012 on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. EDT / 7:00 a.m. PDT.
  • 05/23/12 DISNEY CHAIRMAN AND CEO ROBERT A. IGER SIGNS STATEMENT... Source: Walt Disney As part of its Heroes Work Here initiative, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) today hosted more than 400 guardsmen, reservists and veterans at its Burbank studio lot for the first of three Career Expo events this week.
  • 05/23/12 Disney: Skip Our Ads and We Cancel ‘Dancing with the... Source: InvestorPlace Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS ) doesn't like the idea of viewers skipping commercials on broadcasts of its television stations including ABC and ESPN.
  • 05/12/12 Superheroes unite to conquer cinemas Source: The Independent - London - UK The Samuel L Jackson film, with Scarlett Johansson playing the Black Widow, Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man and Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, is set to smash all box office records over its second weekend of release, putting it firmly in line to become the most successful film of all time and relegating Avatar – which made £1.7bn worldwide – to second place.

Background on Robert Iger

Robert A. "Bob" Iger (born February 10, 1951) is an American businessman and the current chairman and chief executive of The Walt Disney Company.

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