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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...

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...

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...

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...

Netflix might very well be the most beloved company that investors hate. After all, for every customer you can find who despises the video rental service because it raised prices prematurely, you can find several loyal customers who couldn't part with their Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) subscription if...

That John Carter is one sly pickpocket. It turns out that after bumping into Disney (NYSE: DIS) on the subway, John Carter – that sneaky guy from the past, future, or some other point in time that nobody cares about – walked away with $200 million in Mickey Mouse money. According to the...

It turns out that Apple's patent problems are nothing compared to the class-action lawsuit the company is facing. In a surprise development that could significantly impact the public image of several tech corporations, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE), Intel (...

Do they grow on trees? Did they come from another planet? Is there a secret lab in South America that builds them from scratch? No one knows for sure. But after encountering dozens of these creatures myself, I figured it was time to investigate. Let's start by taking a closer look at the four...

Is Amazon Prime's success a good excuse for lousy licensing deals? Early this morning, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced that it had signed an agreement with Disney (NYSE: DIS) to stream a number of shows from ABC Studios, The Disney Channel, and ABC Family. This means that Amazon Prime members will...

Even the most brilliant minds in finance can make terrible mistakes. And when they do, the results are usually as bad as a lame summer blockbuster that ultimately flopped. 3. They Don't Know When to Quit Is there anyone left that believes that MF Global (NYSE: MF) will make a comeback? It's not...