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Investments | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Investments | Note 6: Investments
|  |  | March 31, |  | December 31,
(in millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Fair Value Method | $ | 182 | $ | 662
Equity Method: |  |  |  |
| The Weather Channel |  | 336 |  | 335
| Hulu |  | 279 |  | 167
| Other |  | 534 |  | 517
|  |  | 1,149 |  | 1,019
Cost Method: |  |  |  |
| AirTouch |  | 1,572 |  | 1,568
| Other |  | 490 |  | 488
|  |  | 2,062 |  | 2,056
Total investments |  | 3,393 |  | 3,737
Less: Current investments |  | 158 |  | 602
Noncurrent investments | $ | 3,235 | $ | 3,135
Investment Income (Loss), Net
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | March 31
(in millions) | 2015 | 2014
Gains on sales and exchanges of investments, net | $ | - | $ | 83
Investment impairment losses |  | (15) |  | (5)
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities underlying prepaid forward sale agreements |  | 42 |  | (113)
Mark to market adjustments on derivative component of prepaid forward sale |  |  |  |
| agreements and indexed debt instruments |  | (38) |  | 117
Interest and dividend income |  | 28 |  | 28
Other, net |  | 16 |  | 3
Investment income (loss), net | $ | 33 | $ | 113
Fair Value Method During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we settled $517 million of our obligations under prepaid forward sale agreements by delivering equity securities. As of March 31, 2015, we have no remaining liabilities related to obligations under prepaid forward sale agreements. Cost Method AirTouch We hold two series of preferred stock of AirTouch Communications, Inc. (“AirTouch”), a subsidiary of Verizon Communications Inc., which are redeemable in April 2020. As of March 31, 2015, t he estimated fair value s of the AirTouch preferred stock and the associated liability related to the redeemable subsidiary preferred shares issued by one of our consolidated subsidiaries were each $1.7 billion. The estimated fair values are based on Level 2 inputs that use pricing models whose inputs are derived primarily from or corroborated by observable market data through corre lation or other means for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.
NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |
Investments | Note 5: Investments
|  |  | March 31, |  | December 31,
(in millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Fair Value Method | $ | 10 | $ | 10
Equity Method: |  |  |  |
| The Weather Channel |  | 336 |  | 335
| Hulu |  | 279 |  | 167
| Other |  | 356 |  | 338
|  |  | 971 |  | 840
Cost Method |  | 24 |  | 32
Total investments |  | 1,005 |  | 882
Less: Current investments |  | 52 |  | -
Noncurrent investments | $ | 953 | $ | 882

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