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Disney Shares May Produce New Base Amid ‘Star Wars’ Success

If anyone at Walt Disney had a bad feeling about its 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm, this past weekend’s record-breaking box office figures probably laser-blasted those concerns into a galaxy far, far away. “Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens” reportedly raked in $248 million in the U.S. and Canada on opening weekend, bumping previous record holder “Jurassic World” down to the No. 2 spot on the charts. Globally, the seventh installment of

Are Christmas Packages Going To Arrive On Time?

Amid reports of startup Jet.com and other e-tailers struggling to deliver packages before Christmas, it is worth posing the question: Will your Christmas packages arrive on time? That depends. E-commerce leader Amazon.com (AMZN) continues to tell IBD that products ordered on its site will indeed arrive by Christmas if shoppers choose its two-day, one-day or same-day delivery options. In a statement, the company said it will offer its Prime Now,

Facebook, Google, Twitter Chase Mobile In 2016

Online ad revenue continued to boom in 2015 as mobile advertising reached a “tipping point.” Heading into the New Year, social sites such as Facebook and Twitter are poised to grab a bigger share of digital ads vs. Google and other search engines. Digital advertising is rising as people migrate from desktop computers to their mobile phones to search the Internet, shop, seek out entertainment and communicate. In 2015, mobile ad