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Unlike Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is not overly forthcoming about its R&D initiative. Instead of promoting the technology of tomorrow, Apple tends to wait until a product is ready for release before revealing its plans. In fact, if it weren'...

Universal Studios, which was acquired by Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) during Q1 2013, failed to deliver a successful sequel to the original Kick-Ass. Plagued by questionable ads (the second film was accused of looking too similar to the original) and a now-infamous controversy with comedic actor Jim...

Sony's (NYSE: SNE) mysterious TV service could launch sooner than later if the company's new deal with Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA) comes to fruition. According to The Wall Street Journal, Sony has reached a preliminary agreement with Viacom for its unconfirmed pay-TV series. Unlike Netflix (NASDAQ:...

Despite the fact that the number of screens showing 3-D films increased to nearly 15,000 in 2012, moviegoers are showing less interest in the three-dimensional format. According to The New York Times, this summer’s 3-D offerings like Turbo, produced by DreamWorks (NASDAQ: DWA) and distributed...

Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), which is spinning off its ailing magazine unit into its own publicly traded company, is scheduled to report its second-quarter 2013 results Wednesday, August 7, before the opening bell. Investors will be looking for details of the timing and strategy of the separation of...

The earnings season is beginning to wind down, and much of the focus this week will turn to central bank meetings and economic data from China and the United States. But, there are still plenty of earnings reports on the schedule this week, including those from Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Time...

According to the New York Times, Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) has ended talks with owners of Hulu to take a 25 percent stake in the content delivery service. Joint owners, Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), 21st Century Fox, and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), have been trying to unload Hulu for years. The...

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has previously secured exclusive animated programs from DreamWorks Animation (NASDAQ: DWA). Now the streaming video giant could be on the verge of fresh content deals with CBS (NYSE: CBS) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX). CBS is currently responsible for producing some of the...

Two films that opened over the July 4 holiday weekend had drastically different results along with drastically different budgets. One movie scored big and one will likely find company with the biggest Hollywood flops ever. First, the winner. “Despicable Me 2” brought in $142.1 million from...

Warner Brothers, a division of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) is reveling in the first-weekend haul of its newest mega-blockbuster, Man of Steel. According to the Associated Press, early metrics show a domestic revenue of $125 million plus an additional $71.6 million internationally. This puts Man of...

This weekend in Barron's online: the challenges faced by Tesla Motors, the Barron's 2013 ranking of the top 100 women financial advisors, and the prospects for electric utilities, Clean Harbors, Foot Locker and Loral Space & Communications. Cover Story "Recharge Now!" by Bill Alpert. Elon...

Last December, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) released The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey to cinemas all over the world. The Peter Jackson-directed epic was the start of a new trilogy for Warner Bros., which will continue this Christmas with The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and conclude in 2014 with...

It’s Monday and the S&P 500 is, again, sitting at an all time high of 1,667.47. CNBC predicted that the bulls will keep control this week but the market will listen for any sign that Fed president Ben Bernanke is considering drawing down QE. However, some technicians note that the market is...

Last weekend, we reported that Disney (NYSE: DIS) had to be doing the collective happy dance after Iron Man 3, the third installment in the Iron Man franchise brought in an impressive $175 million domestically and $623 million internationally. This was so impressive that it placed the film as...

First-quarter results from General Motors (NYSE: GM) will be one of the highlights on the earnings front this week. Analysts anticipate that the carmaker will say Thursday its revenue slipped about three percent from a year ago to $36.60 billion, but that earnings fell from $0.93 per share a year...