Bks

• Call it the battle of Seattle.
(Businessweek)
• Maxim Group maintains a Buy on Barnes and Noble (NYSE: BKS) price target raised to $32.
(StreetInsider.com)
• Barnes Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) 63.
(StreetInsider.com)
• On Friday, Barnes Noble (BKS) was a dying big-box retailer in the point-blank crosshairs of multi-industry serial killer Amazon (AMZN). A bookseller. With expensive square footage. And bathrooms.
(Businessweek)
• Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Barnes Noble Inc.
(24/7 Wall St.)
• Barnes Noble (NYSE: BKS) partnered with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) to form the digital reading subsidiary Newco with Microsoft investing $300 million for a 17.6% stake. Hologic (Nasdaq: HOLX) will pay a premium of approximately $3.
(Boston Globe)
• The major US stock indexes opened slightly lower this morning and continued drifting lower all day.
(Marketwatch)
• FinancialNewsMedia.com stocks to watch for today: Bio-Matrix Scientific Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: BMSN), Barnes Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), Gen-Probe Incorporated (NASDAQ: GPRO), SEFE, Inc. (OTCBB: SEFE).
(msnbc.com)
• Yesterday, software giant Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT ) announced a $300 million investment in Newco, a subsidiary created under the banner of bookstore operator Barnes Noble (NYSE: BKS ) . The investment gives Mr. Softy a 17.
(Motley Fool)
• Microsoft (MSFT) will invest $300 million in a joint venture with Barnes and Noble (BKS), giving the tech giant a 17.6% stake in BN's digital reading business. BN shares nearly doubled in pre-market trading.
(Barron's Online)