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November 23, 2009 6:25 PM ET

Borders Group, Inc. (BGP:NYSE)

LAST $2.01 USD
CHANGE TODAY +0.07 3.61%
VOLUME 686.0K
As of 4:03 PM 11/23/09 All times are local (Market data by Reuters is delayed by at least 15 minutes).

Snapshot of Borders Group, Inc. (BGP)

OPEN
$1.98
PREVIOUS CLOSE
$1.94
DAY HIGH
$2.07
DAY LOW
$1.95
52 WEEK HIGH
06/5/09 - $4.48
52 WEEK LOW
12/24/08 - $0.34
MARKET CAP
121.1M
AVERAGE VOLUME 3 mo
627.4K
DILUTED EPS TTM
$-4.56
SHARES OUTSTANDING
60.2M
BGP Does Not Pay Dividends
P/E TTM
NM
K = Thousands  M = Millions  B = Billions

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BGP Details

Borders Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates book, music, and movie superstores. It also operates mall-based bookstores. The company’s Borders Superstores segment offers books, music and movies, gifts, and stationery. Its Waldenbooks Specialty Retail segment operates small format stores in malls, airports, and outlet malls. This segment offers a source for new releases, hardcover and paperback bestsellers, periodicals, and a selection of other titles. The company's International Stores segment operates Borders superstores in Puerto Rico, as well as designs and retails stationery, cards, and gifts in the United Kingdom. As of January 31, 2009, Borders Group operated 518 superstores under the Borders name, including 333 in the United States, 117 primarily in the United Kingdom, and 3 in Puerto Rico. It also operated 386 mall-based and other small format bookstores comprising stores under the Waldenbooks, Borders Express, and Borders Outlet names, as well as Borders-branded airport stores. Borders Group also offers its products through Internet. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

BGP Top Compensated Officers

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Key developments for Borders Group, Inc. (BGP)

Borders to Close 3 Stores in Central Florida

Borders Group, Inc. will close three Central Florida bookstores in January 2010.

Borders Group Inc. Plans to Close 200 Waldenbooks Stores, Cut 1,500 Jobs

Borders Group Inc. announced that it would shutter more of its small-format Waldenbooks stores in January as it focuses on its more profitable superstores. The company is closing 200 Waldenbooks and Borders Express stores and cutting 1,500 jobs in January to make the chain smaller and more profitable. The company said the closings would leave about 130 stores in its Waldenbooks Specialty Retail unit, which includes Waldenbooks and Borders Express stores, still in business. The company said the closing will not affect any Borders superstores or any of its mall kiosks, including 500 Day by Day Calendar Co. spots and other mall-based stores.

Borders Group, Inc., Q3 2009 Earnings Call, Nov-24-2009

Borders Group, Inc., Q3 2009 Earnings Call, Nov-24-2009

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