'Laying off of US workers for H1B holders needs to be probed'

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 15, 2015, 12:51

Amid reports that entertainment giant Walt Disney has laid off American employees and replaced them with Indians holding H1-B visas, US Homeland Security Secretary Jeb Johnson has told lawmakers that any such allegations are very troubling and should be investigated.

Disney ABC TV reverses plans to outsource IT jobs

Last Updated: Saturday, June 13, 2015, 15:03

Amid reports of a US government probe of two top Indian IT companies for possible violations of H-1B visa rules, Disney ABC TV has cancelled plans to outsource IT jobs, according to a media report

Disney lays off 250 employees, replaces them with Indian H1-B workers

Last Updated: Thursday, June 4, 2015, 17:58

Entertainment giant Walt Disney has laid off about 250 employees and replaced them with Indians holding H1-B visas, raising new questions on how outsourcing companies are using the temporary visas to bring immigrants into technology jobs in the US, according to a media report.

Steve Jobs bio says Disney CEO kept Jobs'' condition a secret

Last Updated: Saturday, March 21, 2015, 22:03

Walt Disney Co CEO Bob Iger learned that Steve Jobs` cancer had returned less than an hour before Disney announced it was buying Jobs` Pixar studio in 2006, and Iger kept the Apple co-founder`s condition a secret for three years, according to Bloomberg, citing a new biography of Jobs.

EU's Juncker on defensive as new 'LuxLeaks' drag in Disney

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 10, 2014, 18:32

EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker was back under the spotlight Wednesday after new revelations showed Disney, Microsoft and Koch Industries got bumper tax deals from Luxembourg when he was prime minister.

Now, musical adaptation of `Frozen`

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 04:12

Animated movie "Frozen" will be transformed into a stage musical, confirmed Walt Disney`s chief executive officer and chairman Bob Iger.

Disney`s animated film `Frozen` headed to Broadway

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 18:10

Disney`s animated blockbuster `Frozen is getting a stage musical adaption on Broadway.

Cinderella, Rapunzel to dance to Bollywood tunes

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 16:47

Move over desi item girls, Disney princesses like Rapunzel, Cinderella, Snow White, Belle and Ariel will now dance to popular Bollywood songs.

Disney film ``Iron Man 3`` hottest ticket of 2013: Rentrak

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 03:47

Walt Disney`s film "Iron Man 3" was the hottest film of 2013, with ticket sales of $409 million in the North American market, one of four Disney films among the year`s top-selling movies, according to Rentrak.

Miley Cyrus says after Disney, it was time to be herself

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 07:14

It is sex, drugs and pop music - and Miley Cyrus is fine with it that way now that the provocative singer has shed her innocent Disney star image along with most of her clothes.

Miley Cyrus makes underwear top prop in new music video

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 18:54

Miley Cyrus`s latest music video, which features the provocative pop singer in just her underwear, leaked online hours before its scheduled release on Thursday, prompting a profane rebuke from the former Disney star.

Disney India to co-produce `Khubsoorat` with Kapoors

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 15:40

Anil Kapoor and his daughter Rhea have joined hands with Walt Disney Studios to co-produce `Khoobsurat`, a remake of the 1980 Rekha starrer `Khubsoorat`.