Borders holiday same-store sales up 2.4 pct

Typography

The company also said it expects fourth-quarter earnings at or down from the $1.45 a share reported a year earlier, excluding one-time charges and discontinued operations.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Borders Group Inc <BGP.N> said on Thursday sales in the holiday period rose 2.4 percent at its Borders bookstores open at least one year, outperforming rival Barnes & Noble Inc <BKS.N> and sending Borders shares higher.

The company also said it expects fourth-quarter earnings at or down from the $1.45 a share reported a year earlier, excluding one-time charges and discontinued operations.

(Reporting by Brad Dorfman; Editing by Dave Zimmerman)