	may ma reports strong st qtr start may department stores co reporting record results for the fourth quarter ended january said it is encouraged about the new fiscal year by a strong start in february and march the company said its merger last year with associated dry goods which was accounted for as a pooling of interests is going very well may said we are acting more like one company every day our expansion schedule is on track may said it plans to invest more than mln dlrs this year to open department stores eight discount stores and more than specialty outlets the company reported fourth quarter ings of mln dlrs or dlrs a share up from mln dlrs or dlrs a share a year earlier revenues advanced to billion dlrs from billion dlrs reuter 
