Fandango

    By Jorgen Wouters

    | 12:00PM 1/07/2011
    Online marketing firms that bilked millions of consumers out of more than $1 billion will find it far harder to pick the pockets of online shoppers thanks to a new law passed by Congress. For years, millions of consumers have been opening their credit card statements and discovering small,...

    By Sarah Coffey

    | 6:00AM 4/22/2010
    Facebook, the social networking site, is trying to get more in touch with your personal needs, your likes and dislikes, and most importantly, your purchasing power. Facebook is offering to place a "like" button on Web sites other than itself, that people can click on to signal their interest in a...

    By 24/7 Wall St.

    | 10:00AM 4/06/2010
    For much of the last decade, it was thought DVD sales and rentals would crush movie theaters out of existence -- but it simply hasn't happened. An astounding 1.42 billion movie tickets were sold in 2009, up from 1.39 billion in 2008. The reasons for the rebound are many, but it all boils down to a truth as timeless as cinema itself.

    By 24/7 Wall St.

    | 10:00AM 4/06/2010
    For much of the last decade, it was thought DVD sales and rentals would crush movie theaters out of existence--but it simply hasn't happened. An astounding 1.42 billion movie tickets were sold in 2009, up from 1.39 billion in 2008, according to Nash Information Services. The reasons for...

    By Sarah Coffey

    | 6:00AM 3/25/2010
    Trying to cash in on a new wave of 3D movies, theaters across the country are quietly raising ticket prices up to almost $20 a head. No official announcement has been made. But theaters owned by Regal Entertainment Group, Cinemark Holdings and AMC Entertainment are upping prices by as much as 26%...

    By Josh Smith

    | 2:30PM 8/25/2009
    Ever since Edison decided to sell the Vitascope Projector, which jump-started the movie industry in 1896, newspapers like the Buffalo Express have been used to advertise feature attractions such as "Trotting Race at Charter Oak Park" and "The Bathers" to the public. The past 100 years have seen...

    By Mitch Lipka

    | 6:00PM 3/31/2009
    Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal told WalletPop his office has launched an investigation into controversial Webloyalty.com -- a company you might not have heard of, but might find charges for on your credit card statements. . The company operates Reservation Rewards and other...