In his story on money laundering Michael Freedman mentions the emergence of new forms of e-money (see box, p. 104).
In other countries, value-added taxes are taken out of gross box-office receipts, before the money is divided between studios and theaters.
The money will most likely be spent on another X-Box set, flat screen TV, or Ipad for family fun and consumption.
The Co-op Bank refused to be interviewed for Money Box, but did give a statement in which it said that its authorised overdraft is designed for customers who need a "significant short-term borrowing facility".
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In the early days of cinema, studios made almost all of their money from box-office takings.
Relinquishing personal information on a pop-up box or unknown source could lead to the loss of money or identity theft.
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Despite a dollar-conscious promotion budget, Money held onto the No. 1 spot at the box office for a month after its May 7 opening.
Selig wants to squeeze even more money out of the big boys -- from cable TV revenues, gate receipts and corporate box receipts.
It worked out of the box, making money, gaining audience, and proving a market in hyper-local existed.
Front companies amounting to little more than an offshore post office box have been created to perform end-runs around official efforts to stem the money flowing to those who are trying to kill us.
Internet banks have also had their problems with security breaches and complaints of slow service and as for the government's plans, Money Box can reveal that in the first big attempt to get us to interact with our - with it via our computers has failed.
So it's not how many people--who wins the weekend, it's how much money a film generates for a studio, not merely from the box office, which is the smallest part--it's only 20 percent of the earnings--but from television sales where it's shown on television--network, pay television, cable--and, of course, DVD and video, foreign sales, toy licensing and even product placement.
However, when Money Box contacted the bank, it said it was conducting a review to see how much she had overpaid - but said it was the responsibility of customers to shop around.
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