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 MasterCard (NYSE:MA) today announced PayPass WalletServices, a new global offering for banks, merchants and partners that will make it faster and easier for their customers to make purchases in stores or online by allowing them to securely pay with a simple click of the mouse, touch of the tablet screen or tap of the smartphone.

Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS – News) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT – News) today announced the formation of a strategic partnership in a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary, which will build upon the history of strong innovation in digital reading technologies from both companies.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced an exclusive offer to get the NOOK Tablet for the incredibly low price of $199 with purchase of a one-year NOOK subscription to PEOPLE.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of digital media and educational products, today announced that it has teamed up with VIZ Media, LLC, the largest distributor and publisher of anime and manga in North America, to bring the digital manga (graphic novel) experience to NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color customers.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, announced today the best Black Friday deals on the season’s hottest reading and entertainment products.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS),  the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, and hhgregg (NYSE: HGG), one of the nation’s leading and fastest growing retailers of home appliances and consumer electronics, announced today they will be bringing the company’s award-winning line of NOOK® eReading devices.

The world’s music library has partnered with the world’s largest bookseller with the launch of a Grooveshark app for Barnes & Noble, Inc.’s award-winning NOOK Color and NOOK Tablet.Grooveshark’s newest app will give readers access to millions of songs through its extensive, internationally available on-demand music streaming and discovery service.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today expanded its portfolio of bestselling NOOK® devices with the introduction of NOOK Tablet, the company’s fastest and lightest tablet with the best in HD entertainment. NOOK Tablet offers access to popular movies, TV shows, music and more through the top entertainment services, including Netflix, Hulu Plus, Pandora and others, plus a collection of high-quality apps, fast Web browsing and email.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, announced a major new milestone for its recently updated award-winning NOOK Color Reader’s Tablet™. Just one week after the company made its free software update featuring popular NOOK Apps available over the air for all NOOK Color customers, customers have made more than one million apps downloads.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, has the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for anyone who loves reading – NOOK Color, the first full-color touch Reader’s Tablet. Designed for people who love to read everything – books, magazines, children’s books and more – in rich, beautiful color, the award-winning device is immediately available for $249 at any of Barnes & Noble’s more than 700 stores.

The company significantly exceeded both online and in-store sales forecasts, led by strong consumer demand for Barnes & Noble’s NOOK brand of eReading products. The company sold virtually its entire inventory of NOOKcolor and E Ink devices during the holiday season while exceeding its sales plan for accessories associated with the NOOK product line.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today reported preliminary bookstore holiday comparable store sales of 9.7% for the nine-week period ending January 1, 2011.