Staples posts rise in first-quarter profit, sales

marketwatch.com     20-May-2008            

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Staples Inc. said Tuesday that its first-quarter profit rose to $212.3 million, or 30 cents a share, from $209.1 million, or 29 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. A FactSet survey of analysts, on average, predicted earnings of 30 cents a share for the quarter.... [read full story]                    


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