Also . . .

* Bookseller Borders Group Inc. said its fiscal first-quarter loss widened to $900,000, or 1 cent a share, in line with estimates, from a loss of $700,000, or 1 cent, a year ago, on spending to build its Internet site. Sales were up 10% to $680.9 million. The Internet unit lost 6 cents a share, while its sales rose 66% to $5.3 million. The company said its Waldenbooks stores and international operations lost money, while its larger Borders book and music stores were profitable.

* Autotote Corp., which makes betting computers and software, agreed to buy Scientific Games Holdings Corp., the biggest U.S. maker of scratch-off lottery tickets, for $310 million, or $26 a share. Most of Scientific Games’ 1,600 employees will join Autotote.