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<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
consolidated  balance sheets and consolidated  statements of income contained in
RadioShack  Corporation's  10-Q and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                                         RADIOSHACK CORPORATION
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