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Netflix trails HBO in picking well-reviewed shows

Netflix (NFLX) does a pretty good job at picking original shows that get good reviews from critics, but it’s still not as good at it as Time Warner’s (TWX) HBO is. Entertainment news website Exstreamist did a study of shows by six major TV networks to see which does the best at green-lighting critically acclaimed original programs. It used data from Rotten Tomatoes, which aggregates reviews from media critics, and looked at non-reality prime-time

FANG Stocks: Which 2 Internet Giants Are Buys Now?

After some choppy action in August and September, the market is back in a confirmed uptrend. That’s providing buying opportunities as stocks break out of bases. Facebook (FB), Amazon (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX) and Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL), whose tickers spell out FANG, are four hot tech stocks for your watch list. Let’s take a look at which ones are buys now: Facebook cleared a 96.59 cup-with-handle buy point on Friday, and it’s still in buy

How Netflix’s DVD business is like the baby in ‘Trainspotting’

If you’ve seen “Trainspotting,” then you know that a baby in the movie dies of neglect as the adult characters get high on heroin. In a way, that’s what’s happening to Netflix’s (NFLX) DVD business. The company is high on its fast-growth streaming business and letting its legacy U.S.-only DVD-by-mail unit die a slow death in the other room. In a letter to investors with Wednesday’s Q3 earnings release, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and CFO David Wells