SAN FRANCISCO — Pixar Animation Studios Inc.'s upcoming sale to Walt Disney Co. has inspired an audience of investors more interested in buying a piece of paper than a piece of the $7.4 billion deal.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it is buying longtime partner Pixar Animation Studios Inc. for $7.4 billion in stock in a deal that could restore Disney's clout in animation while ...

The smoldering controversy over the Apple chief's involvement in stock options reignited once again on Friday after curious timing in a Pixar stock option was discovered by the Wall Street Journal.

Los Angeles money manager TCW Group Inc. took profits in high-flier Pixar Animation Studios, selling $520 million of Pixar stock and reducing its stake to 8 percent, from 15 percent in December. In a ...