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Lee Enterprises Inc.

Lee Enterprises Inc.: The profit, which reversed a year-ago loss, pleased investors. Lee's stock jumped 31 cents, or 11 per cent, to close Tuesday's trading at $3.10. Earlier in the day, the stock touched $3.20, its highest price in more than two years. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Revenue fell 3 per cent to $167 million from $171.7 million. DAVENPORT, Iowa - Lee Enterprises Inc., publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and other newspapers, said Tuesday that it had net income of $1.8 million in its fiscal third quarter, helped by growth at its digital operations and cost cutting. For the April-June period, Lee's profit amounted to 3 cents per share, compared with a loss of $1.1 million, or 3 cents per share, in the same period a year ago. Excluding one-time items, the Davenport, Iowa, company said it earned an adjusted profit of $3.3 million or 6 cents per share in the recent quarter. The adjusted profit a year ago was $1.5 million or 3 cents per share. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.