<div>UPDATE 1-Elliott Management nearing deal to buy Barnes & Noble - WSJ</div> <!-- no image --> <div>Elliott Management is the lead bidder in an auction for Barnes & Noble Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, sending its shares up as much as 28%.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=DYLdBK6TNcw:gZzY9_o96_E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=DYLdBK6TNcw:gZzY9_o96_E:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=DYLdBK6TNcw:gZzY9_o96_E:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=DYLdBK6TNcw:gZzY9_o96_E:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=DYLdBK6TNcw:gZzY9_o96_E:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/DYLdBK6TNcw" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted in: http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/UKBankingFinancial