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Investments (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Investment Summary |
|  |  | June 30, |  | December 31,
(in millions) |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Fair Value Method | $ | 2,387 | $ | 4,345
Equity Method: |  |  |  |
| The Weather Channel |  | 331 |  | 333
| Hulu |  | 187 |  | 187
| Other |  | 486 |  | 469
|  |  | 1,004 |  | 989
Cost Method: |  |  |  |
| AirTouch |  | 1,560 |  | 1,553
| Other |  | 446 |  | 456
|  |  | 2,006 |  | 2,009
Total investments |  | 5,397 |  | 7,343
Less: Current investments |  | 2,325 |  | 3,573
Noncurrent investments | $ | 3,072 | $ | 3,770
Investment Income (Loss), Net |
Investment Income (Loss), Net
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
|  | June 30 |  | June 30
(in millions) | 2014 | 2013 |  | 2014 | 2013
Gains on sales and exchanges of investments, net | $ | 90 | $ | 3 |  | $ | 173 | $ | 38
Investment impairment losses |  | (19) |  | (4) |  |  | (24) |  | (13)
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities underlying prepaid |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| forward sale agreements |  | 85 |  | 247 |  |  | (28) |  | 852
Mark to market adjustments on derivative component of prepaid |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| forward sale agreements and indexed debt instruments |  | (85) |  | (239) |  |  | 32 |  | (841)
Interest and dividend income |  | 28 |  | 26 |  |  | 56 |  | 56
Other, net |  | 21 |  | (20) |  |  | 24 |  | (7)
Investment income (loss), net | $ | 120 | $ | 13 |  | $ | 233 | $ | 85
Prepaid Forward Sale Agreements |
Prepaid Forward Sale Agreements
|  | June 30, | December 31,
(in millions) | 2014 | 2013
Assets: |  |  |  |
| Fair value equity securities held as collateral | $ | 2,250 | $ | 3,959
Liabilities: |  |  |  |
| Obligations under prepaid forward sale agreements | $ | 470 | $ | 811
| Derivative component of prepaid forward sale agreements |  | 1,586 |  | 2,800
Total liabilities | $ | 2,056 | $ | 3,611
NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |
Investment Summary |
|  |  | June 30, |  | December 31,
(in millions) |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Fair Value Method | $ | 19 | $ | 11
Equity Method: |  |  |  |
| The Weather Channel |  | 331 |  | 333
| Hulu |  | 187 |  | 187
| Other |  | 333 |  | 332
|  |  | 851 |  | 852
Cost Method |  | 19 |  | 21
Total investments |  | 889 |  | 884
Less: Current investments |  | 8 |  | -
Noncurrent Investments | $ | 881 | $ | 884

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