04:17 PM EST - Richelieu Hardware Ltd. : reports that its profit continued to rise in its second quarter but at a slower pace than earlier in the company's current financial year. Net income in the three months ended May 31 rose to $9.1 million, up 5.2 percent from $8.6 million in the same period of 2007. Sales declined from a year earlier to $114.8 million, down 1.3 percent from $116.3 million. First-quarter profit had grown by nearly 11 percent to $6.6 million and sales were on the rise. Richelieu Hardware Ltd.
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