Barnes & Noble Shares Jump on Sign of Microsoft Interest in Nook

By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED Jim Sulley/Barnes & Noble, via NewscastWilliam Lynch, Barnes & Noble’s chief executive, shows off the Nook tablet at a bookstore in Manhattan. Shares of Barnes & Noble skyrocketed in early trading on Thursday after a report said Microsoft was offering $1 billion for the digital assets of the bookseller’s …

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