1.   Despite its encouraging start, both artistically and as a technology leader, Pixar illustrates the challenges of building an animation studio and an animation business.

2.   Fox has invested in an animation studio just outside of Phoenix, and local officials hope others will follow.

3.   He also hopes to create a Christian-oriented animation studio that eschews the violence that mars many contemporary cartoons.

4.   Her responsibilities include Cartoon Network, Boomerang and a new animation studio under construction in Los Angeles.

5.   In recent days discussions have centered on the possibility of incorporating a working animation studio into the project.

6.   Is an animation studio vital to this experience?

7.   It has bought two adjacent industrial buildings and intends to triple in size, with plans that include animation studios.

8.   Jobs, who is currently chief executive of Pixar, the Richmond animation studio that made Toy Story, was unavailable for comment.

9.   Jobs last week told employees of Pixar, the Richmond animation studio he runs, that he had turned down both the chairman and CEO positions at Apple.

10.   Pixar is a digital animation studio that creates computer-generated animation.