Disney rejects hostile bid by Comcast

Walt Disney this week rejected a hostile $66bn (£37bn) takeover bid from US cable giant Comcast and bolstered its portfolio of characters by buying The Muppets from the Jim Henson Company for an undisclosed sum. The deal with Henson, which also includes characters from Bear ...

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