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Can The Avengers Save Samsung, T-Mobile?
Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 10:37am | 554Read More...T-Mobile is teaming up with Samsung to enhance the Galaxy S III with a free copy of Disney's (NYSE: DIS) hit Marvel film, The Avengers. This snazzy bonus will be accompanied by the release of the AllShare Cast Wireless Hub from Samsung, a $99 T-Mobile device that will allow users to stream their...
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Netflix Tanks as Amazon Scores The Avengers, Hunger Games
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 12:29pm | 590Read More...Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is getting hit today after Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced a content deal with EPIX that will bring The Avengers, The Hunger Games, and other major movies to Amazon Prime. The deal, which was officially announced this morning, means that content from Viacom's (NYSE: VIA)...
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Disney Trades Up on The Avengers Profit
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 3:16pm | 426Read More...The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) traded slightly up on Wednesday after the company reported third quarter earnings on Tuesday after market close. The company's third-quarter results exceeded expectations for earnings, but revenues came in lower than anticipated. Disney reported third-quarter...
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Disney Beats Estimates, Investors Not Impressed
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - 4:42pm | 179Read More...Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) reported a third-quarter EPS of $1.01, beating the estimated $0.93 number that Wall Street was expecting by 8.6 percent. Disney revenues of $11.1 billion came in below the $11.3 billion that Wall Street had anticipated. Investors are not impressed with these results....
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The Dark Knight Rises to Bank $170 Million Opening Weekend
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 8:39am | 689Read More...Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) The Dark Knight Rises is expected to bank millions this weekend, potentially awarding it the second biggest domestic opening of all time. Disney (NYSE: DIS) scored the number-one spot this summer with The Avengers, which earned $207 million. Harry Potter and the Deathly...
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Disney Trumps DreamWorks, Others with Pixar's Brave
Monday, June 25, 2012 - 1:41pm | 328Read More...In a weekend that included vampire hunters and an asteroid that threatens to destroy the planet, a young redheaded princess has soared to the top of movie ticket sales. Brave, the enchanting animated comedy from Pixar, Disney's (NYSE: DIS) chief animation studio, has earned an estimated $66.7...
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Why It's Time to Buy Stocks You Know
Monday, June 25, 2012 - 8:58am | 1205Read More...There's a reason Robert Freedland recently bought a bunch of household-name U.S. stocks: He thinks international buyers will be doing the same in coming months.“One reason U.S. stocks are going strong versus the rest of the world is because our country is a relative safe haven,” he says. “And...
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Disney, Raytheon and Other Avenger Picks for a Heroic Portfolio
Friday, May 18, 2012 - 6:40am | 985Read More...Having surpassed the $1 billion mark worldwide last week, "Marvel's The Avengers" is set to climb further up the list of all-time worldwide top-grossing films, as well as to battle this weekend's new releases -- game-based action flic "Battleship" and Sacha Baron Cohen's "The Dictator." Inspired...
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Will Disney Ruin The Avengers 2?
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 2:37pm | 789Read More...Is the Mickey Mouse studio destined to ruin Marvel's leading film franchise? Based on the quality of the first film, viewers might think that The Avengers is in goods hands. All parties involved (director Joss Whedon; the writers, Whedon and Zak Penn; Disney and Marvel; the great cast; the...
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Disney Bought Marvel at $4 Billion, Should You Buy Disney at $43?
Monday, May 7, 2012 - 12:14pm | 762Read More...Three years after the Marvel acquisition, Disney is earning record-breaking revenue from the first film based on The Avengers. At more than $600 million worldwide, the long-awaited motion picture is already the most successful of 2012. And while some of the profits must be shared with Paramount...
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40% of People Who Saw The Avengers Were…
Monday, May 7, 2012 - 9:07am | 751Read More...The Avengers is breaking records all over the place, and not just in the ways that people expect. In addition to the groundbreaking opening ticket sales estimate of more than $200 million domestically, The Avengers has earned more than $440 million worldwide. According to Box Office Mojo, that...
