(Updates)
** Shares of online furniture retailer Overstock.com
OSTK.O rise as much as 9% to $23.10
** Stock on course for second straight session of gains
** OSTK wins an auction for some of Bed Bath & Beyond's
assets, including intellectual property and mobile platform, a
court filing showed on Thursday
** Last week, Overstock said it would buy certain assets of
the bankrupt home goods retailer for $21.5 mln under a "stalking
horse" bid
** OSTK jumped nearly 12% on June 6 after WSJ first reported
on the online retailer's interest in Bed Bath & Beyond
** Including that, the stock is up ~9% this year through
Weds
(Reporting by Ananya Mariam Rajesh in Bengaluru)
((AnanyaMariam.Rajesh@thomsonreuters.com ; Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnanyaMariam))