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Philip Morris ordered to pay $300 million to smoker
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Florida jury on Thursday ordered cigarette maker Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million in damages to a 61-year-old ex-smoker named Cindy Naugle who is wheelchair-bound by emphysema. Full Article
UPDATE 1-FDA OKs Abilify for child autism irritability
LOS ANGELES, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's <BMY.N> and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co's anti-psychotic drug Abilify to treat irritability in pediatric patients with autistic disorder, ... Full Article
Katzenberg sees movie revolution in scalable chips
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Nov 18 (Reuters) - Animated 3-D movies will soon be made cheaper, faster and more vividly with a new generation of computer chips that can crunch huge amounts of data faster than ever, DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc <DWA.O> Chief ... Full Article
CORRECTED - Venture capital creates jobs, but not enough
(Corrects 13th paragraph to show Kingston Technology is an Intel partner, not backed by Intel) Full Article
Venture capital creates jobs, but not enough
* Venture Capitalist trade association says creating jobs Full Article
MGM exploring potential sale of company
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer said on Friday it is exploring a potential sale of the company as the storied Hollywood studio struggles to deal with looming debt payments and come up with a long-term business plan. Full Article
UPDATE 2-MGM exploring potential sale of company
* Film production to continue, management to stay in place Full Article
More Disney shakeup as CFO, parks chief swap jobs
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co stepped up an overhaul of its management by announcing that two top executives, its finance chief and the head of its parks division, will swap jobs at the end of this year. Full Article
UPDATE 2-More Disney shakeup as CFO, parks chief swap jobs
* Changes to occur at end of the year (Recasts that job swap a part of management overhaul; adds analyst, background, byline) Full Article
Blockbuster loss wider than expected, shares drop
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Blockbuster Inc <BBI.N>, the largest U.S. movie rental chain, posted a larger-than-expected third-quarter loss it said was due primarily to write-offs of debt financing costs and the sale of its Irish unit, and its shares ... Full Article
