nightly business report is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. susie gharib is off tonight. i m joined by my colleague suzanne pratt. wall street welcomes a new chapter in barnes and noble s search for a buyer. since august the bookstore has been looking for a buyer and it found one in liberty media. suzanne, the buyout offer sent barnes and noble shares up 30%. suzanne: tom, now everyone wants to know what liberty s c.e.o. john malone sees in the deal. many analysts think he s focused on the nook barnes and noble s e-book reader. a new version of the nook is due out next week. tom: liberty media has been known for seemingly unconventional deals in the past. it owns the atlanta braves, major league baseball team; a technology company that can locate mobile phone signals for security purposes, called true position but the billion-dollar offer to buy a boo
captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. susie gharib is off tonight. i m joined by my colleague suzanne pratt. wall street welcomes a new chapter in barnes and noble s search for a buyer. since august the bookstore has been looking for a buyer and it found one in liberty media. suzanne, the buyout offer sent barnes and noble shares up 30%. suzanne: tom, now everyone wants to know what liberty s c.e.o. john malone sees in the deal. many analysts think he s focused on the nook barnes and noble s e-book reader. a new version of the nook is due out next week. tom: liberty media has been known for seemingly unconventional deals in the past. it owns the atlanta braves, major league baseball team; a technology company that can locate mobile phone signals for security purposes, called true position but the billion-dollar offer to buy a book store has many wondering about this deal. is this a good deal for liberty media? it can t be. you ha