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dan: they are doing a new farmville game. that title has been very successful for them. t these numbers keep going down with the multi-active users. the new battle games they are coming out with, it will be interesting to see. but i'm not sure they will meet expectations compared to the other casual games in the market. emily: lewis, are you more optimistic when it comes to having another hit? lewis: i think the natural acquisition is beginning to pay off. they also have empires and allies, which is trying to go get more those -- more of those lucrative gamers. they've done pretty well. that with also shipping back to amazon in terms of infrastructure. that could help with some of the cost. it will propel them in a positive direction. you can take the quarterly results and read them in a positive way. emily: we will continue to watch the headline. we will be listening to the call with mark pinkus at the top of the hour. thank you all. a long list of media companies reported earnings this week and investors are binding -- finding plenty of reasons to worry about the future
dan: they are doing a new farmville game. that title has been very successful for them. t these numbers keep going down with the multi-active users. the new battle games they are coming out with, it will be interesting to see. but i'm not sure they will meet expectations compared to the other casual games in the market. emily: lewis, are you more optimistic when it comes to having another hit? lewis: i think the natural acquisition is beginning to pay off. they also have empires and allies,...
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dan: they are doing a new farmville game. that title has been very successful for them. mbers keep going down with the multi-active users. the new battle games they are coming out with, it will be interesting to see. but i'm not sure they will meet expectations compared to the other casual games in the market. emily: lewis, are you more optimistic when it comes to having another hit? lewis: i think the natural acquisition is beginning to pay off. they also have empires and allies, which is trying to go get more those -- more of those lucrative gamers. they've done pretty well. that with also shipping back to amazon in terms of infrastructure. that could help with some of the cost. it will propel them in a positive direction. you can take the quarterly results and read them in a positive way. emily: we will continue to watch the headline. we will be listening to the call with mark pinkus at the top of the hour. thank you all. a long list of media companies reported earnings this week and investors are binding -- finding plenty of reasons to worry about the future of tradit
dan: they are doing a new farmville game. that title has been very successful for them. mbers keep going down with the multi-active users. the new battle games they are coming out with, it will be interesting to see. but i'm not sure they will meet expectations compared to the other casual games in the market. emily: lewis, are you more optimistic when it comes to having another hit? lewis: i think the natural acquisition is beginning to pay off. they also have empires and allies, which is...
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the maker of farmville and allies is forecasting to come in well below expectations even as it gets set to release new games in the fourth quarter. shares falling as much as 10% in after hours trade. zynga down by 1.3%. >> the egyptian president unveiled the country's new canal. an $8.5 billion project finished in under a year. hadley gamble has the full story for us. >> it was a historic day for egypt with pomp and pageantry and a major political victory for the country's president. a new canal, 35 kilometers long carved out of the egyptian desert in just a year at a cost of $8.5 billion and all financed by the egyptian public. but with analysts already speculating that the governments figures are overly optimistic, a potential wind fall, $13.5 billion in increased transit revenues over the next five years it's the economic zone's plan for around the canal that the government hopes will rake in the long-term cash. and it's that long material investment and job growth that egypt so desperately needs. as governments begin to tighten the purse strings the pressure is on the president to perform. >> when
the maker of farmville and allies is forecasting to come in well below expectations even as it gets set to release new games in the fourth quarter. shares falling as much as 10% in after hours trade. zynga down by 1.3%. >> the egyptian president unveiled the country's new canal. an $8.5 billion project finished in under a year. hadley gamble has the full story for us. >> it was a historic day for egypt with pomp and pageantry and a major political victory for the country's...