THE DAILY STAR - Feb 13 - According to businesswire.com Valentine's week is No. 1 for chocolate candy sales in the US, with more than $323M dollars in 2008. Another $2.4 billion-plus is spent in sales of cards, flowers and jewelry. According to onlinepersonalswatch.com, ~40M people now use Internet dating, and of that 20% find long-term romance. And there's no shortage of dating sites such as match.com, eHarmony and others.
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