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Probably the best thing to say about world financial markets so far this year is simply that it has been quite a ride.

Walt Disney Co's streaming service Disney+ Hotstar plans to premiere seven big ticket Bollywood films originally meant for theatrical release this year, as it seeks to expand its lead in subscribers over rivals Netflix and Amazon's Prime Video.

Traditional toy sales have consistently shrunk in recent years. Some blame it on tariff wars raising costs for producers, but more attribute the contraction to kids shifting toward digital entertainment. Toy companies like Hasbro and Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT) have been tasked with ad

A fast-track visa program that Canada launched in 2017 has attracted a growing number of tech workers, and U.S. President Donald Trump's latest immigration crackdown is set to further boost intake once COVID-19 restrictions ease, lawyers say.

It seems like there's never been a better time to launch a new subscription streaming video service. Streaming hours have exploded this year as people spent more time at home, movie theaters closed, and other entertainment options like sports and concerts were suspended. New ser

The global economic downturn resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic led to significant declines in advertising spend during the first quarter of 2020. As a software platform enabling digital advertising, The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) seems particularly susceptible to weakness in t

Earlier this month, AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) announced its plans to reopen virtually all of its 1,000 theaters around the globe in July. This would come four months after the company shut down all of its venues due to COVID-19.

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A fast-track visa program that Canada launched in 2017 has attracted a growing number of tech workers, and U.S. President Donald Trump's latest immigration crackdown is set to further boost intake once COVID-19 restrictions ease, lawyers say.

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is a streaming media giant that hardly needs an introduction. AT&T (NYSE: T) acquired Time Warner, now called WarnerMedia, with its own plans to tackle the streaming media business.

"Content that matters to viewers is the real point of differentiation," HBO Max Chief Content Officer Kevin Reilly told the audience at AT&T's (NYSE: T) WarnerMedia event last October. Indeed, HBO has a long legacy of producing top-quality series its viewers love.

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Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Amazon.com Inc (Symbol: AMZN), where a total volume of 115,592 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximat

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After closing all of its parks to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Disney (NYSE: DIS) is now beginning to reopen. Its Shanghai park allowed guests to start visiting again in May, with limited capacity, and tickets sold out in a matter of minutes. Further, it announced it is

Last week, the European Commission announced that it was formally opening antitrust investigations into Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) regarding its App Store rules, as well as Apple Pay practices. This week, news broke that U.S. regulators and state attorneys general might be preparing t