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Disney Just Hit An All-Time High And This Analyst 'Can't Help But Like' The House Of Mouse
Wednesday, February 4, 2015 - 11:41am | 374Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) shares rose sharply Wednesday after its first-quarter earnings came in 23 percent higher than Wall Street expected. The entertainment company hit a 52-week high earlier Wednesday of $101.22, trading recently at $100.56, up more than 6 percent. Despite negative...
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Sheryl Sandberg On Facebook's Biggest Moment Of 2014
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 3:30pm | 385Times have changed. To gauge the impact created by events is easy -- find out is what's trending on social media. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) released its biggest moments of 2014 on Tuesday morning, which is a list of top 10 moments across the globe and the most-talked about things and people...
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Will Disney Investors Be Treated To Another Magical Earnings Report?
Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 2:48pm | 816Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) will report its fourth quarter results on Thursday after market close. Analysts are expecting the company to book $0.88 per share on $12.37 billion in revenue. Disney reported its third quarter results on August 5. At that time, the company earned a record high $1.28...
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The Walt Disney Company Won't Have To Pay Author $250 Million If It Never Read The Book
Sunday, September 28, 2014 - 11:42am | 810Isabella Tanikumi might have a difficult time proving her case against The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS). Tanikumi (whose birth name is Amy Gonzalez) sued Disney for $250 million. She claims that "Frozen," the studio's biggest animated film, takes most of its ideas from her book...
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3 Ways 3D Printing Could Revolutionize Disney's Parks, Toys And Movies
Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 1:53pm | 587Disney (NYSE: DIS) researchers recently came up with a new algorithm that allowed them to print unique spinning tops and yo-yos. The results are unlike anything else the world has ever seen. Disney has not indicated that it plans to sell these items, but they were on display at this year...
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Target Earnings Call Recap: Data Breach Behind Customers, Omni-Channel Retailing And Moving Ahead
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 1:12pm | 501Target (NYSE: TGT) Interim CEO John Mulligan and Executive Vice President Kathryn A. Tesija on Wednesday narrated Target's first quarter earnings conference call. Speaking in an optimistic tone about the company's performance, omni-channel retailing, and moving ahead with the company, Mulligan...
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Walt Disney Earnings Preview: Reaching For The Stars
Sunday, May 4, 2014 - 5:44pm | 859Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), which is making every effort to exploit its recently acquired Marvel and Star Wars franchises, is scheduled to report its fiscal second-quarter results Tuesday, May 6, after the markets close. Analyst sentiment is optimistic about the growth prospects of animation...
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'Game of Thrones' Fans Have A Surprising Secret
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 9:30am | 660Game of Thrones is one of the most popular shows on cable, earning an average of six million viewers for the first airing of new episodes. That number rises with each repeat airing, along with online streams from Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) HBO Go. Peer-to-peer downloads greatly increase the total...
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'Catching Fire' Ignites Box Office, Surpasses Debut of 'Frozen'
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 12:26pm | 515Lions Gate (NYSE: LGF) won big at the box office last weekend, maintaining its lead with The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. According to Reuters, Catching Fire earned an additional $110.2 million over the five-day period -- Wednesday, November 27 through Sunday, December 1. Frozen, Disney's (...