<div>Barnes & Noble to be bought by hedge fund Elliott in $683 million deal</div> <!-- no image --> <div>Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it would be bought by hedge fund Elliott Management Corp in an all-cash deal valued at about $683 million, including debt.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Q4YCEbxH9jw:f3714zDIACs: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=Q4YCEbxH9jw:f3714zDIACs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Q4YCEbxH9jw:f3714zDIACs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Q4YCEbxH9jw:f3714zDIACs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Q4YCEbxH9jw:f3714zDIACs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/Q4YCEbxH9jw" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted in: http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/UKBankingFinancial