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Issaquah, Wash.-based Costco said this week that its fiscal first-quarter profit was up 11 percent as sales and membership fees both grew, but Costco shares were down nearly 5 percent as a result of disappointment with the retail giant's operating margins, particularly its gasoline operations: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnolog...ebcostcoearns13.html.