PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Tuesday, February 12, 2008

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Tuesday, February 12, 2008

First Teaser Trailer of Steven Spielberg's 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' Hits Movie Theaters Worldwide February 14, 2008

Paramount Pictures and Lucasfilm say the first teaser trailer for the highly anticipated Indiana Jones adventure "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford in the title role, will debut in theaters across the globe on February 14th.

The trailer will air exclusively on A-B-C's "Good Morning America" that morning between eight a-m and nine a-m. Immediately thereafter, the footage will be available at the film's official site IndianaJones.com, Yahoo Movies and in motion picture theaters.

The movie premiers May 22nd.

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Forty Percent of Workers Have Dated a Co-Worker, CareerBuilder.com's Annual Valentine's Day Survey Finds

It's that time of year, when nobody can escape the heart-shaped candies, sappy love cards and images of cute, chubby babies flying around with bows and arrows. Love is in the air around Valentine's Day and the workplace is not immune. Four-in-ten workers say they have dated a co-worker at sometime during their careers, with 20 percent admitting to doing it more than twice, according to CareerBuilder.com's annual office romance survey of more than 67-hundred workers. Close to three-in-ten workers said they went on to marry the person they dated at work.

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Immigration to Play Lead Role in U.S. Population Growth from 2005 to 2050, Pew Research Study Finds

A new report says if current trends continue, the population of the United States will rise to 438 million in 2050, from 296 million in 2005, and 82 percent of the increase will be due to immigrants arriving from 2005 to 2050 and their U-S-born descendants. These figures are according to new projections developed by the Pew Research Center. Of the 117 million people added to the population during this period due to the effect of new immigration, 67 million will be the immigrants themselves and 50 million will be their U-S-born children or grandchildren.

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Netflix, Citing a Clear Signal From the Industry, Will Carry High-Def DVDs Only in Blu-ray Format

With the industry now having picked a winner in the face-off between the two competing high-definition D-V-D formats, Netflix says it will move toward stocking high-def D-V-Ds exclusively in the Blu-ray format.

Citing the decision by four of the six major movie studios to publish high-def D-V-D titles only in the Sony-developed Blu-ray format, Netflix said that as of now it will purchase only Blu-ray discs and will phase out by roughly year's end the alternative high-def format, H-D D-V-D, developed by Toshiba.

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Stamps Increasing by One Cent to 42 Cents on May 12

The Postal Service says the price for a one-ounce First-Class stamp will increase from 41 to 42 cents on May 12th. The Forever Stamp will still get your letter delivered.

Prices for other mailing services, such as Standard Mail, Periodicals, Package Services, and Special Services will also change. The average increase by class of mail is at or below the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index.

The Postal Service has sold five billion Forever Stamps since the launch last April and plans to have an additional five billion in stock to meet the expected demand before the May price change.

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