‘Wonder Woman’ could lift Time Warner shares 20 percent Barron’s

‘Wonder Woman’ could lift Time Warner shares 20 percent Barron’s

Time Warner owns Warner Bros., the film and television studio that controls DC Entertainment, the rights holder for "Wonder Woman" comics, and with an expected merger between Time Warner and AT&T (T.N) that will pay 8 percent more than Time Warner's recent stock price, Barron's analysts are expecting shares of the media company to soar. As of Sunday morning "Wonder Woman" is looking at a $100.5 million domestic opening weekend and international receipts of $122.5 million from 55 markets.


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After London attack, Facebook says aims to be ‘hostile environment’ for terrorists

Facebook said it wanted to make its social media platform a "hostile environment" for terrorists in a statement issued after attackers killed seven people in London and prompted Prime Minister Theresa May to demand action from internet firms. Three attackers rammed a hired van into pedestrians on London Bridge and stabbed others nearby on Saturday night in Britain's third major militant attack in recent months. May responded to the attack by calling for an overhaul of the strategy used to combat extremism, including a demand for greater international regulation of the internet, saying big internet companies were partly responsible for providing extreme ideology the space to develop.


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