Stock Market News: TWC, NWS, AXP, MSFT, XOM, T, WFC

Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) and News Corporation (NASDAQ:NWS) are in an ongoing dispute over TV programming that may not be resolved before the New Year deadline. If unresolved it will threaten millions of cable subscribers with the loss of Fox broadcast programs, including big football games, in coming days. At the core of the issue is a much higher fee that Fox is charging Time Warner Cable for carriage of local Fox TV stations. – AOL Money & Finance In other news, many are looking at the yearly stock performance numbers. Of the Dow industrial companies, American Express (NYSE:AXP) is on track to become the top performer…