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Article: Disney Executive Foresees Another Takeover Attempt by Comcast.

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By Greg Hernandez, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 10--Walt Disney Co. President and Chief Operating Officer Bob Iger said Tuesday that he believes Comcast Corp. is likely to come back with a higher bid to try to buy the Disney empire.

"I think Comcast comes back," Iger said, despite Comcast head Brian Roberts' insistence this week that his company will not sweeten last month's takeover offer. "I sense this inevitability to another offer being made that's in all likelihood going to be higher than the offer that was made. It's just my opinion."

Iger, appearing at the annual Bear Stearns media and ...

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