Safeway
Oct 7 2008, AP

Higher sales at its gas stations and upscale stores helped boost grocer Safeway Inc.’s profit nearly 3 percent in its third fiscal quarter.

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Angela Park, from South Korea, checks the line of her putt on the first hole in the second round of the Safeway Classic golf tournament in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008.