Barnes & Noble, surprise loss of $6.1 million (By Sylodium, international trade directory)

Barnes & Noble Inc., the largest traditional bookseller posted a surprise loss of $6.1 million, or 18 cents per share, in its fiscal third quarter, which ran through Jan. 26. The company blamed the loss in part on charges stemming from weaker-than-expected sales of Nook e-readers during the holiday shopping season. In the same period the year before, the New York Company posted a profit of $52 million, or 71 cents per share. Revenue fell 9 percent to $2.22 billion - analysts polled by FactSet predicted a more modest decline, to $2.4 billion. The stock fell 3.5 percent in premarket trading. Sylodium (global import export directory) you can advertise for free your company or your project, at the intersection of cities that you want, for example; New York (USA) - Ottawa (Canada) or any city around the World.

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