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"Hunger Games" onslaught begins with advance ticket sales
Feb 22nd, 2012
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Hunger Games" won't hit theaters for more than a month, but already Lionsgate is making a multi-front push to maximize interest in the film weeks ahead of its March 23 release. Tickets for the film, based on Suzanne Collins' young-adult novels, go on sale Wednesday, a full four weeks before the film draws screaming teenagers into the multiplexes nationwide. Fans of the Collins books -- and anyone who might just be interested in checking out what could become the next "Twilight"-like movie craze -- can purchase their seats via MovieTickets.com and Fandango.com. ... (Source: Reuters) -
SINGAPORE (AP) - The girlfriend of a U.S. software engineer whose parents insist he was murdered in Singapore said at a coroner's inquest Monday that he had been unhappy at work and feared "heavy hands coming after him." (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks turned slightly higher on Thursday afternoon, helped by more upbeat earnings and data showing signs of improvement in the labor market. The market, which had been down slightly from the opening bell through midday, reversed course and began to edge higher between 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. If stoc... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - One winning ticket for a record U.S. Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on Saturday. No other information on the winning ticket was immediately available, but the grand prize accumulated after two months of drawings surpassed the previous record Powerball payoff of $587.5 million, se... [Full Article]
REUTERS - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's quarterly profit just missed Wall Street expectations on Thursday, with sales down 1.4 percent at its Walmart U.S. stores open at least a year. The world's largest retailer said U.S. sales suffered from a delay in income tax refund checks, cool weather, less grocery inflation than expected, and the payroll ... [Full Article]
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