PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Thursday July 12, 2007

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Thursday July 12, 2007

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Casts Box Office Spell - Breaks Into MovieTickets-dot-Com All-Time Pre-Release Sales List

Proving he still has the magic, Harry Potter's fifth movie installment, has earned a leading place on MovieTickets-dot-com's all-time advance ticket sales list. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has exceeded advance sales for the summer's earlier blockbusters such as Transformers and Spider-Man Three, and is neck-and-neck with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

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Chick-fil-A Awards Free Meals to Cow-Dressed Customers on Cow Appreciation Day

For the superstitious, Friday, July thirteenth could be an anxious day, but for the bovine-minded, it could be a lucky day. As part of its third annual Cow Appreciation Day event, Chick-fil-A is offering a free combo meal to any customer who isn't "too chicken" to visit any of the chain's thirteen hundred-plus restaurants fully dressed as a cow on July thirteenth.

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Gallup Survey: Majority of U-S Moms Believe French Fries Can Be Part of a Well-Balanced Diet

Amid the nationwide search for solutions to the obesity epidemic, a new study by the Gallup Organization offers fresh insights into U-S mothers' attitudes about French fries. The poll, commissioned by McCain Foods confirms a love of fries and a desire for healthier French fry products and cooking choices. Among the two thousand mothers who completed the survey fifty percent of mothers think fries can be part of a well-balanced diet. That number increases to eighty-eight percent if fries are oven-baked instead of deep-fried.

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C-E-O Confidence Declines, The Conference Board Reports

The Conference Board Measure of C-E-O Confidence, which had improved to fifty three in the first quarter of 2007, fell to forty-five in the second quarter. A reading of more than fifty points reflects more positive than negative responses. The survey includes about one hundred business leaders in a wide range of industries.

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