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A Fairy-Tale Ending: Disney, Fox Shareholders Approve Merger
Friday, July 27, 2018 - 11:41am | 337Read More...At long last, it seems the sale process for Twenty-First Century Fox Inc Class A (NASDAQ: FOXA)’s entertainment assets, drawn out by a bidding battle, might finally be winding down. What Happened Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) and Fox shareholders voted Friday to approve the former’s $71.3-...
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The Synergies DisneyNature, Disney Studios Could Enjoy With Nat Geo, 20th Century Fox Acquisitions
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 - 5:14pm | 731Read More...Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) and Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ: FOXA) are reportedly in late talks that could lead to a $60 billion asset transfer as soon as next week. The deal would infuse Disney with super production powers worthy of its Marvel monopoly and smartly blend similar content....
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Ivory Retail Trade Dips, But DC Now Leads Nation
Tuesday, August 1, 2017 - 1:30pm | 446Read More...The trade in elephant ivory is down but not out. And the nation’s capital has become a hotbed for hawking ivory, apparently because other places have made it harder to move stuff made from the tusks of slaughtered pachyderms. TRAFFIC, a nonprofit group that monitors wildlife trafficking, said...
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How Baseball, 'Deadpool' Drove 21st Century Fox's Q2 Beat; Super Bowl To Add $400 Million Revenue In Q3
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 - 1:25pm | 498Read More...BMO Capital maintains its Outperform rating on Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ: FOXA) following its $0.04 EPS beat in its second quarter, driven by the World Series, Fox News ratings and "Deadpool." However, shares were down after the company's total revenue fell short of the Street's view...
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Facebook To Host News Directly On Its Site?
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 8:16am | 228Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has been "quietly" holding talks with at least half a dozen media companies about hosting their content directly on Facebook's platform than force users to click on an external link to access the content, the New York Times reported on Monday night. Facebook is in a...
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5 Must-Download Apps Before Visiting Disney World, Universal Studios And More
Thursday, July 24, 2014 - 10:26am | 738Read More...These are the apps that everyone should download before their next big vacation. 1. My Disney Experience Up until now, Disney World (NYSE: DIS) might have been the one place where consumers didn't need a smartphone. It is, after all, the happiest place on Earth. Why would anyone want to...
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Will The Fed Cite the Solar Flare in Its Next Beige Book?
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 5:57pm | 409Read More...On Tuesday, an unusually large solar flare exploded from the surface of the sun. That explosion put a tremendous amount of solar material into space, material which is on a collision course with the Earth. According to National Geographic, that material could disrupt power grids and damage...
