Borders Group Reports Improved Q2 2008 Results; Debt Reduced by …
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- Borders Group Reports Improved Q2 2008 Results; Debt Reduced by …
- Harry Potter star’s disability takes cloak off DCD
- Who’s who in Harry Potter’s world
- Commodity costs leave pork producer Smithfield Foods in red
- Decatur Book Fest: So you think you know Harry
Borders Group Reports Improved Q2 2008 Results; Debt Reduced by …
MarketWatch
At Borders domesticsuperstores, comparable store sales for the second quarter decreased by 8. 9%,a result significantly impacted by comparison to the same period last yearwhen the final book in the Harry Potter series was released. Excludingprior-year sales of the Harry Potter book, comparable store sales at Bordersdomestic superstores would have declined by 5. 1% in the second quarter. Themusic category continued to experience negative sales trends resulting fromdeclines in overall demand, and as planned, a reduction in inventory and floorspace devoted to the category. Factoring out music and the impact of HarryPotter, Borders domestic superstore same-store sales in the second quarterwould have declined by 3.
Harry Potter star’s disability takes cloak off DCD
Globe and Mail, Canada
The diagnostic term used by the medical community is Developmental Co-ordination Disorder, and it encompasses a range of motor difficulties that can interfere with the activities of daily life. com: Harry Potter star’s disability takes cloak off DCD.
Who’s who in Harry Potter’s world
amNewYork, New York
If there’s trouble, Harry, the teen wizard now entering his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, will find it. The son of Lily and James Potter, Harry was sent to stay with his aunt and uncle after his parents were murdered by the evil wizard Lord Voldemort. Voldemort tried to kill Harry as well, but failed, leaving him with a lightning bolt-shaped scar on his forehead to go with his green eyes and black hair. At Hogwarts, Harry is a member of Gryffindor house, where he plays on the Quidditch team. He’s constantly threatened by Voldemort and his minions, and knows that a big showdown is imminent. Should he manage to live past Hogwarts, he thinks he’d like to be an Auror, a wizard who fights against the dark arts.
Commodity costs leave pork producer Smithfield Foods in red
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN
5 million from $812. Borders said comparable-store sales for the quarter fell 8. 9 percent, partly because of the release of a book in the Harry Potter series last year and current declines in music sales. Excluding Harry Potter and music sales, comparable-store sales fell by 3 percent for the quarter.
Decatur Book Fest: So you think you know Harry
Access Atlanta, GA
It happens at 4:30 p. Saturday at the Target Children’s Stage. The fest has tapped Cheryl Klein to judge the quiz.