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Books-a-Million Inc., which sells through 174 book stores and an Internet site, said its sales rose 3.4% to $62.3 million in the five-week holiday shopping season ended Jan. 2, but sales at stores open at least a year slipped 0.4%.

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Starbucks Corp. agreed to acquire Tazo, a Portland, Ore.-based tea seller, for an undisclosed amount of cash.