Animation Revolution

November 22, 1995 transfer of world cinema. Day Toy Story "premiere is the world's first fully computer animated feature film, and this will mark a long and fruitful partnership, Disney (New York Stock Exchange: DIS), which already supports the production of financial began between the House of Mouse, Pixar, in pioneering animation studio will later become part of.

At that time, Pixar has Apple (NAS: AAPL), founder and CEO of NeXT Computer, Steve Jobs. Negotiations in Disney's "Toy Story," Pixar Jobs's control will be the focus of a controversy.

The Pixar crew originally planned a half-hour television special, but in the first meeting, the head of the Disney movie Jeffrey adhere to a feature film. His condition is very high. The Katzenberg hope Pixar's 3-D animation techniques, the technology jobs can understand the right of refusal. Jobs refute an agreement to allow the characters in the Pixar movie part ownership, as well as video and sequel rights. However, Disney is a more powerful position - Pixar almost bankrupt. Jobs and Pixar were forced to cave granted only about 12.5% ​​of the ticket sales of Pixar, and no further transactions. The agreement was signed in mid-1991.

The production equally controversial. Many rewritten the left movie steaming confusion, need a new script and a brief stop. This is a new script approved in early 1994, the crew quickly surged 24-110. Toy Story, the first $ 170,000 budget is not going to cut it. The premiere time approaching, Jobs initially underwhelmed attitude, the excitement of the movie went together, he was determined that Pixar will become a public company shortly after the release of the film.

Toy Story's success is directly, it won almost unanimous praise. Released the film, take advantage of the Thanksgiving holiday, its first week of release to obtain $ 39 million, and maintain three consecutive weekends at the box office in the first row. The end of the year, in the country is the highest grossing movie, and, ultimately, to sell $ 36.2 billion worth of tickets around the world.

Pixar has released 12 fully computer animated feature film, Toy Story "(Toy Story) since the company a household name. Every income global box office receipts of at least $ 30,000, the total need all 13 Pixar movies $ 779 million U.S. dollars.

Roaring Twenties
November 22, 1906, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX: ^ DJI) closed at 95 points. Rarely through this level in the next 17 years, in 1916 increased by more than 100 slide to return to the 1970s quickly erase. 1923 is the last year of double-digit Dow for a long time. November 22, 1923, the Dow Jones index closed at 92 points, generally indifferent attitude, little correlation in the hole wild rose, will soon occur.

Comment picked up an unusual market barometer - the price of a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. The New York Times reported, "confirmed to indulge in Figure" said the bullish price seats more than $ 90,000 dollars, the seats in the bear market will sell below $ 80,000 a seat, the daily sales price of $ 82,000 indicates a relatively flat market, perhaps.

A year later, the Dow Jones index reached 110 points, a 20% gain. In 1925 reached 149, then 155 in 1926, 196 in 1927 and 290 in 1928. Over the past five years, 17 years later, the Dow has tripled its value.

Snow problem
Few like driving in the snow, unless they happen to have a snowmobile. These interesting (and occasionally actual) machine, the first in 1927, when Carl Eliasson was awarded the world's first snowmobile Patent.

Eliason barely above the motorized toboggan, snowmobile became a small business based on maintain operations until 1964. His basic design, the use of liquid cooling the front engine and the system's orbit, is still common today, despite significant upgrade.

Snowmobile patent is a larger 比埃利亚松 day, they in today's issue. Bombardier Recreational Products sued privately owned Arctic Cat (NAS: ACAT) a year ago, and violations of the REV platform. Bombardier, in turn, Polaris (NYSE: PII) indicted earlier this year in the suspension system patent. Everyone wants to freeze their competitors in the harsh competitive niche.

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