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9-Year Delay Could Sink ‘Sin City’ Movie Sequel
“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” opens on 2,894 screens this weekend and its prospects for matching its predecessor’s opening take are not good.
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The Attraction of YouTube’s Multichannel Networks
When Disney agreed in March to pay up to $950 million for Maker Studio, the acquisition was looked at as a testament to the value of a multichannel network -- an MCN…
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Weekend Movie Sweepstakes Dominated by Viacom
As anticipated, Paramount Studios’ “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” held on to its weekend box-office supremacy for a second week, outselling “The Expendables 3,” from Lions Gate Entertainment.
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Disney Heats Up at Walmart After Being Shut Out at Amazon
The Walt Disney Co.About a week ago Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) removed the pre-ordering option for several DVD releases of popular movies from Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS). The dispute between the…
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Ninja Turtles Likely to Beat the Expendables at the Box Office
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.The summer movie season has only three more weekends to run, including this one, which features a third installment of the senior citizen action heroes, “The Expendables 3” from…
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The 4 Stocks That Carried the Market
thinkstockAugust 14, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday after a slightly worse-than-expected report on new claims for unemployment benefits. U.S. export prices were higher in July and natural gas prices rose about…
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Disney Leads 2014 Movie Box Office Sweepstakes
The Walt Disney Co.Of the top 10 grossing movies so far this year, the Buena Vista Studio owned by The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) claims three titles, while Time Warner Inc.’s…
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AECOM, Intercept, Kinder Morgan, Rackspace, SunEdison, Disney and More
Jon OggStocks were holding on to small gains on Tuesday even after weaker sentiment was reported out of Europe. It looks as though investors have decided they can now shop around for…
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The 4 Stocks That Lifted the Market
thinkstockAugust 11, 2014: Markets opened higher Monday following a relatively quiet weekend on the geopolitical front. Semiconductors and biotechs were among the better performing sectors on a day when no economic data…
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Amazon Now Playing Hardball with Disney?
The Walt Disney Co.Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has apparently decided that when the going gets tough, the company will play tougher. In what appears to be the company’s latest distribution dispute, Amazon…
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The 4 Stocks That Boosted the Market
thinkstockAugust 8, 2014: Markets opened higher Friday and all ten sectors were holding onto gains into the last half hour of trading. Consumer discretionary, energy, and utilities sectors performed best all day.…
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The 4 Stocks That Weighed Down the Market
thinkstockAugust 7, 2014: Markets opened higher Thursday but the thrill was gone by mid-morning when equities turned south and never came back. Only the utilities sector was able to stay in the…
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Disney Posts Great Earnings, but Not a Great Stock Reaction
courtesy of DisneyThe Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) has another blowout for earnings this quarter, posting strong numbers throughout all of its business segments. Unfortunately, the investment community has seen so many…
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What to Expect From Disney Earnings
Walt Disney will report earnings on Tuesday after the close. The past year has been very good to Disney, in part due to top box office movies and from its acquisition of…
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Lifted the Market
thinkstockAugust 4, 2014: Markets opened higher Monday morning on the strength of technology and consumer discretionary stocks. There was no economic data published today and the Dow 30 blue chips posted the…