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Dear Alexa, My friends and I went to the movies last weekend, and at the end of the night I realized I paid more for my popcorn, soda and candy, than I did for my actual movie ticket! Why are movie concessions stands so expensive? Please Explain! Kate Well Kate,... [read more]
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Barnes & Noble, the biggest major chain and the nation’s largest bookstore company, posts a rough third quarter with total revenue down 8.8 percent. Barnes & Noble’s e-reader, the Nook, also did not do well, and there are now talks about discontinuing the e-reader all together or scaling back on production. What will Barnes & Noble’s come-back be?