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MSC Industrial Direct: Bolstered by its acquisition of the J&L Industrial Supply catalog last year, MSC Industrial Direct reported a 30.7 percent gain in the third quarter of the 2007 fiscal year. Net sales were $431.1 million, compared with $329.8 million in the third quarter of the 2006 fiscal year. Sales from the J & L acquisition accounted for approximately 74 percent of the overall sales growth in the quarter.