Mel Gibson's controversial new film, "The Passion of Christ, " which at first had a hard time finding a distributor, will be independently released on about 2, 000 screens in the United States next month, a Gibson spokesman said on Wednesday.

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On March 16th Digicube, a Japanese game distributor, announced that it would be the first company to delist, citing the market's inability to make itself investor-friendly.

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In August 2006 they nabbed their first customer, providing JM Family Enterprises, the largest distributor of Toyotas in the U.S., with a way for employees to check into a centralized database via text messages after hurricanes.

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Furthermore, when the first version of the iPhone came to China, there was no official Chinese distributor for the product.

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United Natural of Dayville, Conn. is the primary distributor to Whole Foods and Wild Oats Markets, the nation's first- and second-largest hyperhealthy chains.

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