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* Rite Aid Corp. had a fourth-quarter net income of $7 million, helped by higher prescription-drug sales. The chain had a net loss of 2 cents a share because of the $15.3-million cost of preferred stock dividends.

* Pier 1 Imports Inc. said fourth-quarter net income increased to $54 million, or 57 cents a share, from $49 million, or 51 cents, a year earlier.