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Word of Mouth: Fox Searchlight hopes seniors check into 'Marigold Hotel'
About three years ago, producer Graham Broadbent visited the offices of Peter Rice, who was then running Fox Searchlight Pictures. Stacked near Rice's DVD player were discs of the senior citizen comedies "Cocoon" and "Cocoon: The Return." "There have to...
Tags: Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire (movie), John Madden, Martha Stewart, Penelope Wilton
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U.S. venture capital funding off to a slow start in 2012
Times Staff WriterU.S.-based companies raised $6.3 billion through 717 venture capital deals during the first quarter of 2012, an 18% decline in capital and 9% decline in deals from the same period last year, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. “The declines...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Media Industry, Zynga Inc., Startups, Business
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Venture capital declines, but California retains leading share
U.S.-based companies raised $6.3 billion through 717 venture capital deals during the first quarter of 2012, an 18% decline in capital and 9% decline in deals compared with the same period last year, according to Dow Jones VentureSource.
"The declines...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Media Industry, Zynga Inc., Consumers, Startups
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This is what you like to do on vacation; some of it's not nice
Los Angeles Times Travel editorYou like to eat, you like to take pictures and you like to shop. You’re big on museums, and you’re into skiing and snowboarding. If you could vacation with a celeb, you’d choose Taylor Swift, Ellen DeGeneres, Oprah Winfrey and Leonardo...Tags: Taylor Swift, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen DeGeneres, Trips and Vacations, Theft
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Retail roundup: Home Depot, e-books, LivingSocial
--Springtime is Christmas for the home-improvement industry, and Home Depot is marking the season with its third annual "Spring Black Friday" promotion. With warmer-than-usual weather over much of the country, the chain is rolling out deals nationwide,...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Harry Potter (fictional character), Restaurant and Catering Industry, Book
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Travel experts share bargain-hunting tips
If you don't know where you're going on vacation this year, you may not be indecisive. You might just be a bargain hunter.
Increasingly, travelers are trading the certainty of the destination for savings, Peter Yesawich, vice chairman of MMGY Global, a...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Personal Service, Condos and Houses, Hotels and Accommodations, Air Transportation Industry
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WEEKEND TALK
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 26 - March 3 in PDF format TV listings for the week of Feb. 26 - March 3 in PDF format are also available at latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv Weekly TV Listings...... -
Online pizza sales break records as mobile ordering takes off
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Silicon Beach: Real or high-tech hype?
Los Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles tech scene has buzz, glitzy backers and even a catchy nickname: Silicon Beach. Tech boosters are stumping for a Silicon Valley contender down south, and conference halls and bars are brimming with entrepreneurs looking to join a growing...Tags: Groupon, Inc., Thomson Corporation, Companies and Corporations, Consumer Goods Industries, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Food online: Anti-Groupon and crowd-sourcing to the perfect dish
Money & CompanyMore diners go online to crowd-source dishes and find restaurant gift certificates... -
The buzziest brands: Subway, Amazon and History Channel
The companies with the most positive buzz last year include retail brands such as Target, automakers such as Ford and tech giants such as Apple.
YouGov BrandIndex rated the companies by asking survey respondents throughout the year whether they had heard...Tags: Television, Hurricane Irene (2011), The Home Depot, Discovery Communications, Inc., Apple iPad
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Despite quarterly slip, venture capital investment up 10% in 2011
Venture capitalists invested 10% more funds in start-ups last year, shelling out $32.6 billion, according to Dow Jones VentureSource.
The number of deals by U.S.-based venture companies increased 6% to 3,209, including several transactions involving...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Companies and Corporations, Zynga Inc., Finance, Startups
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