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UPDATE 2-Disney shareholders back board, reject CEO/chair split Wednesday, 6 Mar 2013 | 4:03 PM ET

March 6- Walt Disney Co shareholders on Wednesday re-elected the company's board, including Chairman and Chief Executive Bob Iger, and rejected an investor proposal to separate the roles of chairman and CEO in 2016, when Iger plans to leave the company.
UPDATE 1-CalSTRS to oppose dual chairman-CEO role at Disney Thursday, 14 Feb 2013 | 7:30 PM ET

Feb 14- The California State Teachers' Retirement System said on Thursday it will oppose Walt Disney Co's combination of the CEO and chairman roles, and its executive pay plan at the company's annual shareholder meeting in March. Robert Iger became CEO of the media and theme park company in 2005 and was elected chairman at last year's annual meeting.
UPDATE 4-Comcast to buy rest of NBC Universal from GE in $16.7B deal Tuesday, 12 Feb 2013 | 9:01 PM ET

*Analysts say Comcast getting good price. *Comcast has been making executive changes at NBC. Feb 12- Comcast Corp clinched full control of NBC Universal for $16.7 billion on Tuesday, the latest in a series of deals that have taken the cable operator from humble roots in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Manhattan's iconic Rockerfeller Center.