Export orders for new Harry Potter rose 17%
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"These initiatives will help underpin the long-term success of the business between 2008-2012"  The final installment of the Harry Potter series is on track to break previous sales records as its British publisher, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, revealed Thursday that export orders are already 17 percent ... via KCBY-TV Coos Bay
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The sixth Potter book tops bookseller Amazon's chart less than 24 hours after its release date is announced.
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&quot;Harry Potter and the Order of the  Phoenix&quot; worked like magic in its U.S. box office debut,  whipping up $44.8 million for the biggest Wednesday ever,  according to studio estimates released on Thursday.
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LONDON/NEWYORK  - Harry Potter fans poured into book stores around the world on Saturday to get hold of the seventh and final volume in the series and discover the secret of the boy wizard's fate.
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The final book in the Harry Potter series sold a record 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale in the U.S.
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The Borders Group said Tuesday that it widened its net loss in the second quarter on heavy charges despite an increase in revenue from sales of the seventh book in the Harry Potter series.
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Johnson Controls reported a 17 percent increase in fiscal third-quarter earnings Wednesday as sales in its building efficiency and power segments jumped.
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The seventh and final Harry Potter book sells a record 11 million copies in the UK and US in its first 24 hours.
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LONDON &#151; Harry Potter has cast a spell on British book buyers, who purchased more than 2.6 million copies of the boy wizard's final adventure in 24 hours, an industry data service said Monday.
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Online retailer Amazon.com  posted a sharp rise in third-quarter net profit on Tuesday, helped by robust domestic and international sales and the latest Harry Potter book.
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Blog: Company, on a Yahoo book tour of sorts, to offer faster shipping at lower rates to Europeans as it prints books on demand in the Netherlands.
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The publisher of the Harry Potter books called in the lawyers after a British supermarket chain accused it of "blatant profiteering" for charging 17.99 pounds ($36) for the final novel in the series.
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The final book about boy wizard Harry  Potter broke a single-day record at Borders Group Inc. ,  selling about 1.2 million copies worldwide.
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LOS ANGELES  -&quot;Harry Potter and the Order of the  Phoenix&quot; conjured up $333 million at global box offices in its  initial release, marking the best worldwide debut ever for the  British boy wizard, according to final studio figures on  Monday.
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U.S. sales of the seventh and final  Harry Potter volume hit an estimated 8.3 million in the first  24 hours, confirming its place in the history books as the  fastest-selling book ever.
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UK manufacturing firms are enjoying their biggest rise in exports since 1995, a report says.
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A first edition Harry Potter book fetched $18,000 at auction Tuesday.