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Investments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Investment Summary |
December 31 (in millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Fair Value Method | $ | 4,345 | $ | 4,493
Equity Method: |  |  |  |
| The Weather Channel |  | 333 |  | 471
| Hulu |  | 187 |  | -
| Other |  | 469 |  | 693
|  |  | 989 |  | 1,164
Cost Method: |  |  |  |
| AirTouch |  | 1,553 |  | 1,538
| Other |  | 456 |  | 594
|  |  | 2,009 |  | 2,132
Total investments |  | 7,343 |  | 7,789
Less: Current investments |  | 3,573 |  | 1,464
Noncurrent investments | $ | 3,770 | $ | 6,325
Investment Income (Loss), Net |
Investment Income (Loss), Net |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31 (in millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Gains on sales and exchanges of investments, net | $ | 484 | $ | 30 | $ | 41
Investment impairment losses |  | (29) |  | (24) |  | (5)
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities underlying prepaid forward sale agreements |  | 1,601 |  | 1,159 |  | 192
Mark to market adjustments on derivative component of prepaid forward sale |  |  |  |  |  |
| agreements and indexed debt instruments |  | (1,604) |  | (1,071) |  | (119)
Interest and dividend income |  | 111 |  | 119 |  | 110
Other, net |  | 13 |  | 6 |  | (60)
Investment income (loss), net | $ | 576 | $ | 219 | $ | 159
Prepaid Forward Sale Agreements |
Prepaid Forward Sale Agreements
December 31 (in millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Assets: |  |  |  |
| Fair value equity securities held as collateral | $ | 3,959 | $ | 4,143
Liabilities: |  |  |  |
| Obligations under prepaid forward sale agreements | $ | 811 | $ | 1,248
| Derivative component of prepaid forward sale agreements |  | 2,800 |  | 2,302
Total liabilities | $ | 3,611 | $ | 3,550
NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |
Investment Summary |
|  |  | Successor
December 31 (in millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Fair Value Method | $ | 11 | $ | 21
Equity Method: |  |  |  |
| The Weather Channel |  | 333 |  | 471
| Hulu |  | 187 |  | -
| Other |  | 332 |  | 545
|  |  | 852 |  | 1,016
Cost Method |  | 21 |  | 229
Total investments | $ | 884 | $ | 1,266

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