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Borders gift card holders deserve nothing, judge rules
Reuters* About 17.7 million cards outstanding when chain closed * Tens of millions of dollars of potential claims rejected By Jonathan Stempel May 22 (Reuters) - Borders owes nothing to holders of roughly $210.5 million of gift cards that had not been used by...Tags: Justice System, Judges, Bankruptcy, Barnes & Noble, Inc., Financially Distressed Companies
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Judge rules gifts cards from belly-up Borders bookstores worthless
Those clinging hopefully to the old Borders books gift cards stashed in their drawers or wallets are out of luck, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Wednesday. According to Reuters, there are about $210.5 million worth of such cards that had not been used by...
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Barnes & Noble Chairman Riggio plans retail bookstore buyout
Barnes & Noble Inc. Chairman Leonard Riggio is hoping to buy out the struggling retail side of the bookstore business he bought some 40 years ago as digital advances and online competition threaten the chain’s growth. In a Securities and...
Tags: Dell Inc., Richard Schulze, Barnes & Noble, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Barnes & Noble says holiday sales disappointing, Nook has new investor
Bookstore chain Barnes & Noble said Friday its holiday sales look disappointing and that publisher Pearson Plc took a 5% stake in its Nook e-reader business. In a regulatory filing, the New York company said early reports indicate its holiday sales fell...
Tags: Books, Holidays, Pearson Plc, Barnes & Noble, Bankruptcy
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A third of Barnes & Noble stores may close in next decade, report says
Barnes & Noble will shut up to a third of its brick-and-mortar bookstores over the next decade as reading habits change and digital publications evolve, according to a new report. The chain will end up with 450 to 500 stores in 10 years, down from the...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Barnes & Noble, Bankruptcy, The Wall Street Journal
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Another indication that bookstores are returning to boutique status
Change of SubjectNews:Barnes & Noble plans to cut stores by about 30% in decade Barnes & Noble Inc. expects to shut down as many as a third of its retail stores over the next decade...."In 10 years we'll have 450 to 500...... -
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New owners ready to take over Ivy Bookshop
Don't call the Ivy Bookshop's new owners New Yorkers.
Sure, Ed Berlin and his wife Ann have lived in the orbit of Manhattan for more than three decades, working in corporate careers. But they insist they love Baltimore — Ed was raised in Forest...Tags: Electronics, Walmart, Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Bankruptcy
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Barnes & Noble's Nook news: good, surprising
Jacket CopyBarnes & Noble's Nook sold big over the holidays. So why does it want to unload the business?... -
Borders' flagship Ann Arbor store closing Monday
ANN ARBOR (AP) — Borders' flagship store in downtown Ann Arbor is expected to close Monday as the bookseller works to wrap up hundreds of store closings. Borders Group Inc. on Wednesday made public the closing date for the 40,000-square-foot...Tags: Birmingham , Bankruptcy, Financially Distressed Companies, Books-A-Million Incorporated
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Netflix To Split DVD, Streaming Services
CNN/KTLA NewsNetflix is rebranding its 12-year-old movies-by-mail service as Qwikster and adding video games to its catalog, Reed Hastings, the company's CEO, announced Sunday night. The Web-streaming portion will continue to be called Netflix, he wrote on the...Tags: Blockbuster, Companies and Corporations, Bankruptcy, Microsoft Corporation, Blu-ray Discs
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Borders fate to be decided this week
NEW YORK — Borders Group is edging closer to extinction after no new bids surfaced in an auction process for the bookstore chain other than the opening bid from two liquidation firms. Borders Group last week assigned the opening bid in its...Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Auction Service, Bankruptcy, Financially Distressed Companies
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