NEW YORK, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Costco Wholesale Corp (COST.O) on Thursday reported a 7 percent rise in total same-store sales in December compared with the same month a year earlier.
Comparable sales in the United States rose 5 percent from the same period a year earlier.
Costco reported net sales of $7.55 billion in the five weeks ended January 6, 2008, up 10 percent from a year earlier. (Reporting by Ritsuko Ando)
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it will tweak its Word application to remove a feature judged to be a breach of patent, ensuring that it will be able to continue selling one of its most widely used programs.
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