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4 Stocks Set to Benefit From Massive Midterm Election Spending

Posted: April 9, 2018 at 8:45 am

It seems hard to believe that the midterm elections are right around the corner, and with the Democrats last time suffering perhaps the bitterest defeat ever in the party’s long ...
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‘Black Panther’ Now Third-Highest All-Time US Film

Posted: April 8, 2018 at 9:04 am

Including box office sales for this weekend, The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) and its Buena Vista Studios will claim two of the three highest grossing films ever released in ...
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How Disney May Smooth Fox Acquisition of Sky

Posted: April 3, 2018 at 8:15 am

When Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) in December offered to pay $52.4 billion in stock for a big chunk of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. (NASDAQ: FOXA), the deal included Fox's ...
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6 Most Important Things in Business Today

Posted: April 3, 2018 at 5:01 am

General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) will no longer report monthly car sales. According to Reuters: General Motors Co said on Tuesday it will stop reporting monthly U.S. vehicle sales, saying ...
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Disney’s Box Office Share Surges to a Third of the Studio Industry

Posted: April 2, 2018 at 6:40 am

Ticket sales for movies released by Walt Disney Co.'s (NYSE: DIS) Buena Vista studio reached a market share of over 31% of all ticket sales for 2018, which buried the ...
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‘Black Panther’ Nearly 40% of All Movie Tickets Sold in 2018

Posted: March 24, 2018 at 8:05 am

"Black Panther" has been so successful that it has carried the movie business on its back for the year. So far in 2018, ticket sales from the film are 38% ...
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Video Streaming Starts to Dominate Media

Posted: March 20, 2018 at 6:20 am

It was only a matter of time before the huge investments in streaming media made by Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) would ...
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6 Most Important Things in Business Today

Posted: March 15, 2018 at 4:59 am

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) has run into trouble again. This time is because of their auto insurance policies. According to Reuters: U.S. regulators are preparing to sanction Wells ...
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Walt Disney Reorganization Sets Stage for Direct-to-Consumer Media Launch in 2019

Posted: March 14, 2018 at 3:02 pm

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is getting ready to unleash its new direct-to-consumer over the top video and content system that is expected to compete against Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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‘Black Panther’ Box Office Takes 41% of All US Movie Tickets Sold in 2018

Posted: March 11, 2018 at 8:23 am

Going into its fourth weekend of wide release, Marvel's "Black Panther" topped $530 million in domestic ticket sales. All of the 109 movies on Box Office Mojo's chart of 2018 ...
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Disney Board Tries to Support CEO Iger’s Massive Pay Package

Posted: March 9, 2018 at 6:20 am

The board of directors of Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) tried to support a massive pay package it gave to CEO Robert Iger in exchange for him remaining in his ...
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5 Most Important Things in Business Today

Posted: March 9, 2018 at 4:52 am

Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) settled a multibillion lawsuit with a Japanese company. According to Reuters: Wynn Resorts Ltd has agreed to pay $2.6 billion to settle a lawsuit brought ...
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‘Black Panther’ Ticket Sales Cruise Toward $500 Million, May Hit Top 10 of All Time

Posted: March 4, 2018 at 7:12 am

Ticket sales for the extraordinarily successful "Black Panther" will probably reach $500 million this weekend, based on domestic sales. When international sales are added, the number will approach $900 million, ...
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If You Invested $1000 in Disney at the Market Bottom, Now It Would Be Worth $7350

Posted: March 1, 2018 at 9:50 am

One of the most difficult parts of trading is timing the markets, although in a bull market this is less of a problem. But it can be particularly difficult calling ...
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Disney, Merck Lead Slide in the Dow Tuesday

Posted: February 27, 2018 at 4:01 pm

February 27, 2018: Markets opened mixed Tuesday and took a nosedive following comments from Fed chair Jerome Powell who hinted that interest rates may have to move higher more quickly. ...
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