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Investments (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Investment Summary |
|  |  | 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 |
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
NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |
Investment Summary |
|  |  | 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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