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Staples quarterly results top estimates


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top U.S. office supply chain Staples Inc reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on strength in its international business.

    Net income rose to $176.4 million, or 25 cents a share, in the second quarter, from $129.8 million, or 18 cents a share, a year earlier.

    Excluding special items, it earned 22 cents a share. On that basis, analysts on average were expecting 19 cents a share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

    Sales rose 5.2 percent to $5.82 billion, while analysts expected $5.65 billion.

    (Reporting by Dhanya Skariachan; editing by John Wallace)