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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 1, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Pro shred Security Winnipeg free press document destruction at your door business Philip 6977017 b5 August mouse roars As Disney buys Abc Earl Barish is enjoying the Best of both worlds having fun while making Phil free press exploding Candy ignites Bangon business treat by Murray Mcneil business reporter at the age of Earl bar ish would seem to have it the former co owner of the Dickie Dee ice Cream vending Empire is about to become a he has a Beautiful Home in South and he has a swimming Pool in the Back Yard and a Jaguar parked in the front of and thanks to the 1993 Sale of his share of the Dickie Dee he also has enough Money that he Doest have to work another Day in his so whats the curl haired Success Story doing to while away his time these Days maybe lounging beside the Reading a Good mystery novel he sits at a desk in his Home based office working out the latest details in the develop ment of a new business venture he confounded last year with Wisconsin businessman Lynn their 19monthold business is called global alternative treats Gat for and what they and their two employees do is sell bulk quantities of or popping Candy to dairies around the world to use in the production of Novelty ice Cream were talk ing about dairies in new South Central the Middle East and Southeast but never mind the big question Here Why Why is this Guy who Doest have to work another Day in his life still working according to Barish and his its because that the Way he i missed being involved in something that exciting and Barish sounding almost i guess the development and creation of interesting things and fun and exciting things and being involved in a business has become a very big part of what i he Odd behaviour at my age in just not ready to do Cheryl has another explanation for this Odd you just have to look around a bit to realize Earl is a big she flashing him a wide he really and this is fun for for Barish its More than just to him its the Best of both Between sips from his diet he explains that during much of the More than 30 years he and his older spent developing the Dickie Dee ice Cream into a Canadian he had very Little time for anything other than after when they bought the company in it was an eight Winnipeg based by the time they and their wives sold the company to British multinational Unilever in sep Dickie Dee had Between and ice Cream vending vehicles and about Bubble cabinets in operation in cities across the but this new venture is differ Barish said its not nearly As labor intensive capital intensive or although they sell popping Candy to dairies scattered around the world everywhere except the United states and Spain Barish said his does most of the travel that allows him to spend most of his time working out of his Home based lining up new clients and developing new uses for popping Barish notes that when they obtained the distribution rights for the Candy from the Spanish company that manufactures it Zeta Especial they Only obtained the rights to peddle it As an added ingredient for ice Cream but after 18 the response from the Dairy Industry has been so encouraging that the partners Are now negotiating with Zeta for the rights to sell bulk quantities of the Candy for use in confections and Yogurt and Cereal in Barish said theres an Australia company that Hopes to introduce a new chocolate product by As Early As next while All of this might sound like a full time Barish says its he says he still has time to take Winter vacations with Cheryl and to do Volunteer never about Money that Why he says it gives him the Best of both and because Hes already financially Barish Doest fret too much about How financially successful this new Ven Ture while he wants it to be Cheryl this company was never about making More As for when hell finally quit Barish says he Hast really thought about i dont think that i dont dwell on the past and i dont look to my i will just continue As Long As my health is with me continue to do things that Are economic Outlook brighter by Gord Mclntosh Canadian press Ottawa Canadas eco nomic prospects Are looking brighter after surprisingly Strong growth in statistics Canada said yesterday the Gross Domestic product the key measure of economic output advanced by per cent in May after months of the turn around was attributed to stronger manufacturing and rising activity in wholesale and retail among the highlights manufacturing output Rose per cent for the month and remains the main growth Centre of the Economy with a year overhear increase of per Electron Wood and primary metals provided the off setting the fourth monthly decline in vehicle the Economy also got a boost from sales that were Strong enough to Drain wholesale and retail Trade posted gains of per cent and per cent in 1986 constant dollars seasonally adjusted electronic equipment saw Strong sales and Home sales were recon it looks like the worst is behind said John Deputy chief economist at the Royal regardless of whats the latest numbers break a pattern that had economists worried since feb when the Economy began to the contraction accelerated in March with a Gap decline of per in fact the Best monthly growth the Gap could Muster All before was per cent in both january and prompting forecasts of a stalled Economy or even outright Johnston said Mays activity wont save the second Quarter of the year from a soft but it Likely Means the Economy will be Back on track in the third Quad Mario economist at mrs said Mays improved activity was Likely a delayed reaction stemming from lower interest rates in the he too believes its a Harbinger of better things to possibly As Early As junes Gap and it May save the second quarters Gap from a widely anticipated he there was a huge Cloud Over Canada Over the first Quarter of this and frankly it want obvious which Way it was going to said Overall growth for the year now May come in at per cent on the strength of greatly improved third and fourth he but economist David Rosenberg of Nesbitt Burns saw last fridays jump in interest rates As a reminder that the Economy wont be Able to cruise As it did last the Prospect of a return to 1994style growth will be limited by recurring Canadian Dol Lar which has already shown through in the latest hike in mortgage he by Arthur Spiegelman Reuters Newy Pruthe once disparaging phrase Mickey mouse operation Shook off its negative connotations yester Day As the Empire built around the worlds most famous mouse bought its very own television today theme Parks and Block Buster tomorrow the same plus the capacity to provide Tele vision service to virtually every Corner of the thanks to the Walt Disney proposed Bil lion Purchase of capital cities talk about a mouse roaring major investments analysts said the Deal made Dis Ney the worlds biggest entertain ment company and gave it the jewel that was missing from its Crown a to network that reaches into every Home and has major investments in Germany and the tiny mouse that started As Steamboat Willie in Walt Disney first sound cartoon Way Back in 1928 now has a huge jump Over its Domestic and global competitors As the 21st Century Rolls so it was no wonder that Disney executives marched proudly on to the set of abcs prime time live for the news conference announcing their unexpected corporate the set came Complete with maps of the a fitting Back drop for a merger that gives Dis Ney Access to global and markets As never Mickey mouse might not know what it Means but the word syn Ergy was used Over and Over again at a press conference that seemed engulfed by off to the Side were 14 to monitors showing the combined logos of the two companies with Mickey mouse standing above Cap his White loved hands spread wide open As if to embrace the All that was missing was a Back ground chorus singing the Mickey mouse club theme the one that who is the Leader of the club that built for you and me a few reporters tried to sing alas think of All the things we can do said Michael chairman and ceo of As he Laid out a scenario of Disney Cable to operation combining with Cap cities esp sports Channel to provide a service to be beamed into China and countries that do not like foreign political Content on their i am totally optimistic that one and one will add up to four he said As he explained that the sports and entertainment hungry Middle class of India alone totalled 250 million people a huge mar Ket that the combined operation cannot wait to Cap cities and Disney executives were joined on the speakers plat form by their biggest billionaire Sid whose family owns per cent of Disney billionaire Warren who bought 20 million shares of Cap cities Stock at a share and now owns 13 per cent of the com Over and Eisner said that Buffet liked the the legendary who will receive a share of Disney Stock plus for every share of Cap cities that he called it the Best merger he Ever heard of except for the original merger of Abc and capital More sense this Deal makes More sense than any other Deal i have seen except for the Cap cities and Abc Buffet it is a merger of the number one Content company Disney with the number one distribution company Warburg analyst Timothy Wallace saying this blows the other Guys out of the Treyve now got a lock on the ability to distribute that they cant be squeezed out Disney had More Good news regarding its euro Disney opera Tion in attendance figures due out in september will show a big it credits a 20 per cent Cut in ticket prices to 195 francs us and the debut of the space Mountain Winnipeg free press commercial print division get the Power of our printing presses working for retail flyers catalogues newspapers Coupon books tabloids magazines broadsheets newsletters we also offer the following services creative color scanning and color distribution to selected areas or to full Market for professional assistance in plan Ning your next publication 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