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The Colorado legislature made history last week with the approval of the world’s first marijuana banking system. Though the feds announced guidance for banks on how to deal with marijuana-based businesses, this new cannabis focused credit co-op system would provide true access to financial...

New images continue to indicate that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is building its first smartphone. But is this a product that the company actually needs to release? Needham & Co. analyst Kerry Rice thinks Amazon should not bother entering this crowded and highly competitive market. "I don't...

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares continued dropping Monday after CEO Jeff Bezos told investors last week the company would continue spending-as-usual. Amazon shares were trading at $290.01, down $13.82 or 4.55 percent at midday Monday. One of the key drivers of investor malaise seemed to be the...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) closed up nearly four percent Thursday at $337.15, prior to an earnings report that featured higher than expected revenue growth and earnings that met analysts’ diminished forecasts. The revenue growth came despite an increase in spending on such items as technology,...

U.S. stocks fell after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq has risen for six consecutive trading sessions after new home sales data came in worse than expected. Investors could reasonably expect the markets to cool off after six straight days of gains especially as earnings continue to come in mixed....

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) on Wednesday announced it has entered a multi-year deal to bring award-winning HBO shows to its Prime Members. This is the kind of deal that would make Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings (and Netflix costumers) jealous. Amazon Prime will soon begin showing all...

This week was an unusual one. Instead of being dominated by headlines from Apple, the week proved to be ruled by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). The search engine giant made a key acquisition, filed a promising patent, and received investor hype from Jim Cramer. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), whose newly...

Game of Thrones is one of the most popular shows on cable, earning an average of six million viewers for the first airing of new episodes. That number rises with each repeat airing, along with online streams from Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) HBO Go. Peer-to-peer downloads greatly increase the total...

Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) HBO is losing millions of dollars to a large number of Game of Thrones fans who can't or won't subscribe to cable. Tru Optik, a startup that provides real-time and predictive audience intelligence for the media, entertainment and advertising industries, estimates that HBO...

Simon Thorpe, CEO of Brewery Ommegang, spoke on CNBC's Squawk Box Thursday morning about their new line of Game of Thrones beers based on the HBO show, as well as social media engagement's affect on sales. Thorpe painted a picture of Brewery Ommegang as a tiny spot tucked away in upstate New York...

A new report from business analysis firm, SNL Kagan said that by the end of 2013 cable companies had more than a quarter million (251,000) fewer subscribers on the rolls than at the beginning of the year. The jury, however, might still be out on whether that fact signals the beginning of a...

Nothing upsets die-hard Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) owned HBO True Detective fans like the inability to stream the series’ final premiere season episode on their smartphones, tablets and computers via HBO GO. Yet, that’s exactly what happened. HBO GO posted this message on their...

Could Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) survive without its two most critically acclaimed dramas? The short answer is "yes" -- but it could be more difficult for the firm to achieve its long-term goal of becoming HBO faster than HBO can become Netflix. Given that risk, why would Netflix give up either...

In the world of entertainment-related news stories, it’s what you call a double feature. Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), the largest cable television operator in the U.S. will acquire the second largest, Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC), according to The Wall Street Journal. At the same time, the...