Article: Barnes & Noble Reports Second Quarter Financial Results.(Financial report)

Declares Quarterly Dividend

NEW YORK -- Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, today reported sales and earnings for the second quarter ended August 2, 2008. In addition, the company also announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share for stockholders of record at the close of business on September 9, 2008, payable on September 30, 2008.

Sales for the second quarter decreased 1.6% to $1.2 billion largely due to last year's record sales of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Barnes & Noble store sales decreased 1.6% to $1.1 billion, with comparable store sales decreasing 4.7% for ...

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