ABC, Inc.

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New York Times, The | 71 days 3 hours 30 minutes ago
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Coalition for a Democratic Workplace Calls on Congress to Oppose Anti-Worker Employee Free Choice Act [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 12 days 23 hours 56 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 500-member Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) today released a letter it delivered to Capitol Hill late yesterday. In the letter, CDW urged members of the Senate and House "to oppose all efforts to pass any provision included in the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA H.R. 800/S. 1041 in the 110th Congress)."


eFax Enhances Service by Adding Searchable Fax Feature [Press Release]
Business Wire | 14 days 14 hours 47 minutes ago
j2 Global Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:JCOM), the provider of outsourced, value-added messaging and communications, has announced that eFax, its premier brand, has initiated an innovative searchable fax feature to a pilot group of eFax customers.


ABC Funding, Inc. Hires Jim B. Davis as Senior Vice President of Operations and Provides Operations Update [Press Release]
Business Wire | 59 days 5 hours 47 minutes ago
ABC Funding, Inc. ("ABC" or the "Company") (OTCBB:AFDG) announced today that it has hired Jim B. Davis as its Senior Vice President of Operations and provides an operations update of its Duval County, Texas, properties acquired in September 2008.


CIT Arranges Acquisition Financing for ABC Funding, Inc. [Press Release]
Business Wire | 59 days 14 hours 20 minutes ago
CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT), a leading global commercial finance company, today announced that it arranged a senior secured credit line for ABC Funding, Inc. (ABC) (OTCBB: AFDG) to complete its $42 million acquisition of Voyager Gas Corporation, a Texas-based energy company.


Marketing to Hispanic Moms in the United States 2008 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 44 days 11 hours 25 minutes ago
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/385ed1/marketing_to_hispa) has announced the addition of the "Marketing to Hispanic Moms in the United States 2008" report to their offering.


Exciting Publication on How Fans Stay Connected in the United States with Remote Seats [Press Release]
Business Wire | 76 days 9 hours 50 minutes ago
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8f7402/remote_seats_how) has announced the addition of the "Remote Seats: How Sports Fans Stay Connected in the United States 2008" report to their offering.


Research and Markets: Women's Fragrances in the United States 2008 - The FDMx Women's Fragrance Market Reflected a Steady Decline Due to a Range of Challenges Facing the Market [Press Release]
Business Wire | 48 days 12 hours 20 minutes ago
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/44294e/womens_fragrances) has announced the addition of the "Women's Fragrances in the United States 2008" report to their offering.


ESPN2 to Broadcast One-Hour Special on Oct. 8-9, 2008, Featuring the Prequel to Walt Disney Pictures' Upcoming True-Life Sailing Documentary "Morning Light" [Press Release]
Business Wire | 63 days 8 hours ago
Conceivers, producers and executive producers Roy E. Disney and Leslie DeMeuse recruited 15 young sailors to take on the challenge of a lifetime — the 2,500-mile open-ocean Transpac sailing challenge featured in the upcoming true-life documentary “Morning Light,” which hits theaters nationwide Oct. 17. The story of how those 15 made the team is captured in a one-hour special “Morning Light: Making the Cut,” airing on ESPN2 Oct. 8-9, 2008.


Team of Industry Experts Join SearchHelp's Advisory Board for Its New Echometrix Division [Press Release]
MarketWire | 167 days 6 hours 51 minutes ago
SYOSSET, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/20/08 -- SearchHelp, Inc. (OTCBB: SHLP) today officially announced the formation of the advisory board for its new sentiment and behavioral analysis division, Echometrix. "We have put together an influential advisory board of industry expects that will be instrumental to not only validate the new technology, but to lend their collective expertise and help commercialize it in the various verticals identified by management and the advisory team," said Bill Bo...


Motorola Communications Professional Earns Accreditation Designation [Press Release]
Business Wire | 10 days 9 hours 22 minutes ago
Susan D’Alexander has earned the Accredited Business Communicator (ABC) designation from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).


ABC Funding, Inc. Enters into Definitive Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement to Acquire Voyager Gas Corporation for $42 Million [Press Release]
Business Wire | 195 days 9 hours 45 minutes ago
ABC Funding, Inc. (“ABC” or the “Company”) (OTCBB:AFDG) announced today that it has entered into a definitive Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement (“SPA”) to acquire all of the outstanding capital stock of Voyager Gas Corporation (“Voyager”) for total consideration of $42 million. Such consideration will consist of $35 million in cash (subject to adjustment) and 17.5 million shares of ABC’s common stock, having an agreed upon value of $7 million. ABC will own an approximate 100% working interest...


The PBR Showcases the New PBR Team Shootout on ESPN2 [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 161 days 2 hours 33 minutes ago
PUEBLO, Colo., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. will debut the 2008 PBR Team Shootout, a new two-man team competition featuring the greatest bull riders in the world. The five-event original series will occur at select bull riding events across the country and will be shown exclusively on ESPN2. The series marks the PBR's first bull riding broadcasts on the ESPN family of networks.


Fitch Upgrades Disney to 'A'; Outlook Stable [Press Release]
Business Wire | 161 days 7 hours 38 minutes ago
Fitch Ratings upgraded The Walt Disney Company's (Disney) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured debt rating to 'A' and the company's commercial paper (CP) program rating to 'F1'. The Outlook is Stable.


Analytical Bio-Chemistry Laboratories' New Pharmaceutical Facility is Open for Business [Press Release]
Business Wire | 72 days 11 hours 1 minute ago
Analytical Bio-Chemistry Laboratories officially inaugurated its new, 90,000-square-foot pharmaceutical development facility today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house. The event marked the completion of a carefully orchestrated transition of the company’s DMPK, bioanalytical and CGMP Analytical operations to the new facility, as well as the company’s 40th anniversary. The new pharmaceutical facility, located at the University of Missouri’s Discovery Ridge Research Park, more than do...





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Company Overview


Company: ABC, Inc.
Industry: Television Cable, Pay & Broadcast Networks
Website: http://abc.go.com

Some Desperate Housewives, a group of Lost plane crash survivors, and doctors schooled in Grey's Anatomy call this network home. ABC operates the #3 television network in the US (behind FOX and CBS), with more than 230 affiliates (including 10 corporate-owned stations). ABC also owns ESPN, a leader in cable sports broadcasting with a stable of channels, including ESPN2, ESPN Classic, and ESPN News, as well as its flagship channel. In addition, the company operates mass-market publisher Hyperion. ABC is the cornerstone of Disney-ABC Television Group, the TV division of parent Walt Disney.


Key Numbers

Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 14,638 (2006)
One-year % Growth in Sales 10.8 (2006)
Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 0 ()
One-year % Growth in Net Income 0.0 ()
Number of Employees 0 (0)
One-year % Growth in Number of Employees 0.0 (0)
Fiscal Year-End September