Week in Preview: Coca-Cola, Disney, Hasbro Earnings

It should be pretty quiet on the economic calendar this week, with only a few national reports due out. But iconic companies Walt Disney, Coca-Cola and Hasbro, among others, are scheduled to report quarterly results.
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Online Video-Game Pirates Are Outgunning the Publishers

At least 5.2 million copies of Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Black Ops were illegally downloaded between its Nov. 9 release and the end of 2010. All told, more than 19 million people illegally downloaded five of the top-s…

How Big Video-Game Studios Might Profit From Smartphones

Keep an eye on Falcon Gunner, a new breed of “augmented reality” game. It’s far more sophisticated than a typical iPhone game, but still far cheaper than a console game. And that could give major game makers a much-needed openi…