Quarterly News Second quarter fiscal results popped at HarperCollins, with profits up 8.8 percent to $62 million (after a nearly flat first quarter) and sales up even more, by 10.6 percent, to $377 million. And those results are in comparison to a strong second quarter a year ago as well. A News Corp. statement notes in particular movie-driven life for the Lemony Snicket series and continuing Purpose-Driven Life sales. Though the latter had slowed down a little over the summer, it sold a robust 1.5 million units or so during the reported quarter, bringing the North American total to 20.5 […]