* Through the merger with Viacom, they gained U. S. rights to the majority of the Cannon Films library ( except Lifeforce, where some of said rights are owned by Sony via its initial US theatrical distribution by TriStar, once posting it on the website Crackle ), owned for other media by MGM ( who also posted Lifeforce on Hulu and Netflix ).

The Netflix website launched in April 1998 with an online version of a more traditional pay-per-rental model ( US $ 4 per rental plus US $ 2 in postage ; late fees applied ).

Netflix initiated an initial public offering ( IPO ) on May 29, 2002, selling 5, 500, 000 shares of common stock at the price of US $ 15. 00 per share.

After incurring substantial losses during its first few years, Netflix posted its first profit during fiscal year 2003, earning US $ 6. 5 million profit on revenues of US $ 272 million.

On October 24, 2011, Netflix announced it lost 800, 000 US subscribers in the third quarter of 2011 and more subscriber losses were expected in the fourth quarter of 2011.

On January 26, 2012, Netflix said it added 610, 000 subscribers in the US by the end of the fourth quarter of 2011.

Netflix is a subscription-based movie and television show rental service that offers media to subscribers via Internet streaming and via US mail.

Netflix estimated the settlement cost at approximately US $ 4 million, which included up to US $ 2. 53 million to cover plaintiff lawyer fees.

The entire series is available to be streamed on Netflix and Crackle in the US, along with several Minisodes.

The show is also available on Netflix streaming in the US.

US news media published several articles accusing Americas Watch and other bodies of ideological bias and unreliable reporting.

A Human Rights Watch report of 1 February 2000 quotes a study made by the US Defense Intelligence Agency:

In 2004 the Director of Military Personnel Policy for the US Army acknowledged in a letter to Human Rights Watch that nearly 60 17-year old US soldiers had been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in 2003 and 2004.

Human Rights Watch sent written requests in April and August 2007 for updated information regarding possible deployment of 17-year-old US troops to Iraq or Afghanistan, but as of October 2007 had not

Human Rights Watch charges that, " the US government incarcerated him with adults, reportedly subjected him to abusive interrogations, failed to provide him any educational opportunities, and denied him any direct contact with his family.

While both " White Rabbit " and " Somebody To Love " were US Top 10 hits, " The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil ", peaked at No. 43 and " Watch Her Ride " stalled at No. 61, though both were listed as being in the top forty in Cash Box.

Gregory H. Stanton, formerly of the US State Department and the founder of Genocide Watch, lists denial as the final stage of genocide development:

* Air search providing aerial spotting for the emergency services, such as conducted by the Civil Air Patrol in the US, or Sky Watch in the UK.

* A day after Operation Provide Comfort ended, Operation Northern Watch was launched by US, UK, and Turkey to continue in protecting the Kurds above the 36th parallel in the north from air attacks by Iraqi forces.

The Congress Watch Division of Public Citizen “ champions consumer interests before the US Congress and serves as a government watchdog .” They are focused on three aspects: “ strengthening health, safety and financial protections.

Human rights NGOs such as Human Rights Watch have accused the US of human rights abuses in the " coca war ", including the use of paramilitary death squads against cocaleros.

The bipartisan Committee runs a number of projects, including US Budget Watch ( www. usbudgetwatch. org ), a project funded by Pew Charitable Trusts which reports on important fiscal issues relating to the 2008 election and continuing after that.

His other television shows and one-off specials include Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch ( 1992 ), Dame Edna's Work Experience ( 1996 ), Dame Edna Kisses It Better ( 1997 ) and Dame Edna's Hollywood ( 1991 – 92 ), a series of three chat-show specials filmed in the US for the NBC and the Fox network.

Commonly referred to as a Watch Cap by sailors and in the US Military.

* Orient Watch Co., Authorized Distributor ( US website )

In February 2000, the Luxottica Group acquired Sunglass Hut, paying US $ 653 million and taking possession of 1, 300 Sunglass Hut stores, 430 Sunglass Hut-Watch Station combination stores, and 228 stores that operated under either the Watch Station or Watch World banner.

** Rentokil Pest Control including JC Ehrlich, Presto-X and Watch All pest control companies in the US

The Elgin National Watch Company, most commonly known as just the Elgin Watch company was a major US watch maker.

These include, or have included, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Australian Privacy Foundation, the Electronic Privacy Information Center ( US ), Statewatch ( UK ), the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( US ), the European Digital Rights Initiative, Consumers International, the Foundation for Information Policy Research ( UK ), Liberty ( UK ), the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, the Moscow Human Rights Network, Amnesty International, Privacy Ukraine, Quintessenz ( Austria ), Human Rights Watch, Bits of Freedom ( Netherlands ), freedominfo. org, Index on Censorship, the Association for Progressive Communications, the Global Internet Liberty Campaign, Charter 88 ( UK ), the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates and the Thai Civil Liberties Union.

In 2005, The Washington Post and Human Rights Watch ( HRW ) published revelations concerning CIA flights and " black sites ", covert prisons that are operated by the CIA and whose existence is denied by the US government.

The complete series of The Good Life including the Specials is available in the US through Amazon Instant Video streaming.

Reruns of the first three seasons can be seen in Canada on Teletoon Retro, and the first two seasons are available on Netflix's streaming service in the US.

In 2008, the US subsidiary of Toei Animation produced official subtitled-only translations of all 152 episodes, which were released on various paid download and video streaming websites available only for North American customers.

The entire series is currently available for streaming for free in the US and Canada on Sony owned Crackle.

For users abroad, iMBC offers VOD download and streaming services, available for ₩ 1000 ( about $ 1 US ) each.

All 8 seasons were made available in the US on Netflix's streaming service July 15, 2011, although as of December 2011 the show has failed to appear on Netflix's Canadian streaming service.

Viz Media stated at Otakon that if the streaming numbers are good, they might release the uncut DVDs to the US.

A privately held company, Bunge & Born did not release periodical financial statements, though it reported US $ 2 billion in gross receipts in 1962 ; by then, it had become a leader in commodity futures trading, operating 110 offices worldwide.

The film's lesbian eroticism was however significantly cut for its US release.

A 2003 compilation album, Classic Masters, was released only in the US, while 2005 saw the release of the album She Will Have Her Way, a collection of cover versions of Crowded House, Split Enz, Tim Finn and Finn Brothers songs by Australasian female artists.

* 1989 – Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, US President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the cold war between Nato and The Soviet Union may be coming to an end.

Bowie's second album, Space Oddity, followed in November ; originally issued in the UK as David Bowie, it caused some confusion with its predecessor of the same name, and the early US release was instead titled Man of Words / Man of Music.

In 1987, the release of the country-based Love Tracks album gave rise to the hit singles " Love in My Heart " ( a top-10 in Australia ), " Can't Blame the Wreck on the Train " ( US country No. 49 ), and " Eventually ".

The US had a slightly edited release on 24 August 2010.

The US and Australian releases will share one design while the rest of the world will feature the other for a new 2 CD October 2011 release.

As the genre matured, budgets sometimes increased, as evidenced in 1962's I sette gladiatori ( Gladiator Seven in 1964 US release ), a wide-screen epic with impressive sets and matte-painting work.

In a 9 March 2006 press release, HBC announced that Zucker would replace George Heller as the new Governor and CEO, to become the first US citizen to lead the company.

While not featuring the censoring mosaics of the original Japanese version, the US release of La Blue Girl was edited during the initial VHS release and all scenes featuring Miko's companion Nin-Nin engaged in a sexual act were removed, probably to avoid the charge of pedophilia, in spite of the fact that the character is not a minor but a dwarf ninja.

* 1998 – During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands the release of political prisoners and political reforms while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.

Soon after the release of the movie Logan's Run in 1976, rudimentary live role-playing games based on the movie were run at US science fiction conventions.

Following the second album's release, Led Zeppelin completed several more US tours.

1992 saw the release of the " Immigrant Song "/" Hey Hey What Can I Do " ( the original B-side ) as a CD single in the US.

The film would not see a US release until 1992, two years after the game's Japanese release, so the game is often thought to be a standalone adaptation of Little Nemo, not related to the film.

" The Tec-9 is sold as a semi-automatic weapon, but soon after its release in the US, the " US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ( BATF ) found that this semiautomatic pistol can be easily converted back to full automatic, and restricted it manufacture.

Thanks to the persistence of the band's management, the album was eventually released in the US and the UK six months after its Australian release.

In return for the hostages they succeeded in getting the government to pay US $ 1 million ransom, broadcast an FSLN declaration on the radio and in La Prensa, release fourteen FSLN members from jail, and fly the raiders and the released FSLN members to Cuba.

* 1979 – Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.

The release spawned the singles " Regret "— their highest-charting single in the US —" Ruined in a Day ", " World ", and " Spooky ".

In the US, the track listing was altered to set it apart from Substance as well as the UK release of The Best of New Order which had been available months prior.