Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) announced two developments on Tuesday, one in music streaming and the other an investment in a privately held visual display firm. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) said its Play Music now provides mood- and activity-based playlists to its All Access paying subscribers using a system Google acquired when it bought the Songza streaming service in July. The update, rolling out to Google Play Music apps on Android, iOS and the Web on Tuesday, introduces listeners to the Concierge. That service offers six musical suggestions based on a user's location, the time of day, a user's past selections, what songs they've told Google they like and whether Google Play Music is being accessed through phone, tablet or Web browser.Separately, in one of the largest venture-capital deals on record according to the Wall Street Journal, the tech giant and others are investing $542 million in Magic Leap Inc., a secretive visual-display company near Miami. The startup is developing its own eyeglasses-like device, different from Google Glass, designed to project computer-generated images over a real-life setting. Qualcomm (QCOM) and private-equity firm KKR & Co. (KKR) are among the investors.Mead Johnson Nutrition CO (NYSE:MJN), a provider of pediatric nutrition products, is expanding its production capacity and capabilities at its Evansville, Indiana, facility. The latest upgrades to the Evansville campus, including the renovation and repurposing of existing manufacturing space, as well as the installation of new production equipment, are scheduled to begin later this year. Over the past 52 weeks, Mead Johnson Nutrition CO (NYSE:MJN) has traded between $73.23 and $104.89.Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc (NYSE:HLX) reported better-than-expected Q3 results, with both earnings and revenue beating the consensus of analysts polled by Capital IQ. Q3 net income rose to $75.6 million, or $0.71 per diluted share, from $44.6 million, or $0.42 per diluted share in the year-ago period, topping the consensus of $0.50 per share. Revenue rose to $340.8 million from $220.1 million in Q3 2013, beating the consensus of $299.5 million.Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc (NYSE:HLX) CEO Owen Kratz said, "We executed at a high level in the third quarter for both the Well Intervention and the Robotics businesses. This quarter's results reflect the strong demand for our services and the earnings ability of our existing asset base. As previously forecasted, the fourth quarter's earnings are expected to decline as a result of two of our Well Intervention vessels -- the Skandi Constructor and the Seawell -- entering dry dock, as well as normal seasonal factors in the Robotics business." HLX shares are moving within a 52-week range of $19.44 - $28.00.
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