The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Dec. 11--TWIN FALLS, Idaho--AUTOZONE SALES: Memphis, Tenn.-based auto parts chain AutoZone Inc. -- which has stores in Jerome and Burley and is building one in Twin Falls -- reported sales of $1.282 billion for its first fiscal quarter, up 5.2 percent from a year earlier.
Net income for the quarter increased by 16 percent to $121.7 million, and diluted earnings per share, reflecting net income and the benefit of AutoZone's share repurchase program, increased 30 percent to $1.35 per sh