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Investments (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2016
Investment Summary |
|  |  | June 30, |  | December 31,
(in millions) |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Fair Value Method | $ | 167 | $ | 167
Equity Method: |  |  |  |
| Atairos |  | 402 |  | -
| Hulu |  | 170 |  | 184
| Other |  | 527 |  | 494
|  |  | 1,099 |  | 678
Cost Method: |  |  |  |
| AirTouch |  | 1,591 |  | 1,583
| Other |  | 915 |  | 902
|  |  | 2,506 |  | 2,485
Total investments |  | 3,772 |  | 3,330
Less: Current investments |  | 93 |  | 106
Noncurrent investments | $ | 3,679 | $ | 3,224
Investment Income (Loss), Net |
Investment Income (Loss), Net
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
|  | June 30 |  | June 30
(in millions) | 2016 | 2015 |  | 2016 | 2015
Gains on sales and exchanges of investments, net | $ | 13 | $ | 4 |  | $ | 15 | $ | 4
Investment impairment losses |  | (1) |  | (16) |  |  | (21) |  | (31)
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities underlying prepaid |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| forward sale agreements |  | - |  | - |  |  | - |  | 42
Mark to market adjustments on derivative component of prepaid |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| forward sale agreements and indexed debt instruments |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  | (37)
Interest and dividend income |  | 31 |  | 28 |  |  | 60 |  | 56
Other, net |  | 14 |  | - |  |  | 33 |  | 16
Investment income (loss), net | $ | 58 | $ | 17 |  | $ | 88 | $ | 50
NBCUniversal Media LLC [Member] |
Investment Summary |
|  |  | June 30, |  | December 31,
(in millions) |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Fair Value Method | $ | 7 | $ | 10
Equity Method: |  |  |  |
| Hulu |  | 170 |  | 184
| Other |  | 332 |  | 313
|  |  | 502 |  | 497
Cost Method |  | 470 |  | 458
Total investments | $ | 979 | $ | 965

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