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When Hollywood releases weak films like Free State of Jones, Alice Through the Looking Glass, and Gods of Egypt it hurts the whole movie theater business, not just the companies producing those box office flops. In 2016, not only did a number of big budget movies fail to attract an audience, even some of the hit films underperformed.

Short seller Andrew Left says the game’s success is a sign that Facebook may not dominate the mobile ecosystem in the future.

On the heels of its planned acquisition of Yahoo’s core web assets, Verizon is acquiring GPS tracking company Fleetmatics for $2.4 billion in cash.

One of the commonalities among banks in the first quarter was that most capital markets businesses did well, fueling top and bottom lines across the industry.

To hear more about this, listen in below to this clip from the Industry Focus: Financials, The Motley Fool’s weekly podcast focusing on a different industry each day.

A full transcript follows the video.

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Standards tightened for Commercial and Industrial loans
The lending standards to households in Q2 were little changed.
The tightening of the commercial and industrial loans is the 4th straight quarter where standards have been tightened.  

Lending standards for corporate and commercial real estate loans have tightened for the past year, according to a Federal Reserve survey released Monday.
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Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist at Wells Capital Management says it’s time to leave “dividend aristocrats” and dip into global markets.