Hungry take

Lionsgate Entertainment’s widely anticipated “The Hunger Games” grossed $19.74 million in midnight screenings, the biggest midnight debut gross ever for a non-sequel, the studio said.

NBA schemer

Ex- NBA player Tate George was indicted by a Newark, NJ, grand jury for allegedly orchestrating a $2 million Ponzi scheme, the Department of Justice said.

Wells probe

The SEC asked a federal judge to force Wells Fargo to comply with subpoenas as it probes the bank’s sale of almost $60 billion in residential mortgage-backed securities.

Kim on tap

Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim was nominated by President Obama to head the World Bank, making him the first physician and Asian-American to lead the $57 billion lender.

Gold bug

Greg Smith, who famously announced his resignation from Goldman Sachs in a Times op-ed, has hired an agent and has met with publishers to propose a book about his coming of age on Wall Street, according to published reports.