03:52 PM EST - North West Company Fund : reported net earnings for the third quarter of $22.1 million or $0.46 per share, higher than $18.5 million or $0.39 per share in the same quarter a year-ago. Quarterly sales rose 40.4% to $359.1 million from $255.7 million in last year quarter. On a same store basis, sales rose 5.7% excluding the foreign exchange impact and were up 5.5% including the comparable increases from Cost-U-Less stores open for more than one year. The company also announced a quarterly distribution of $0.32 per unit to unitholders of record on December 31, 2008. North West Company Fund
units T.NWF.UN are trading up 55 cents at $17.80.
