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Strong Growth Abroad Lifts Priceline’s Results
Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) delivered solid top line and bottom line growth in Q2 2014. Revenues increased 26% year over year to $2.12 billion, helped by a 34% rise in gross bookings. The growth was broad-based with an increase of 29% in hotel room n...
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Priceline Will Register Solid Top-Line Growth This Quarter But Operating And Revenue Margins May Contract
Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) is set to release its results for Q2 FY2014 on Monday, August 11. Despite the large size of its business and uncertain global economic conditions, the leading Online Travel Agency (OTA) grew robustly in the first quarter, ...
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Online Travel Giants Increase Exposure To Car Rentals Market
Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE) acquired France’s car rental company, Auto Escape, and Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) launched a premium car rental service named Fun Rides, last week. These developments highlight the agenda of online travel agencies (OTA) to ...
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International Sports Events In Brazil Is A Lucrative Opportunity For Online Travel Companies
Brazil’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth rate declined steeply from 7.5% in 2010 to 2.7% in 2011 and 0.9% in 2012, due to a contraction in consumption and investments. Although the growth picked up in 2013 to 2.3%, it was still lower than t...
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Where Are Priceline and TripAdvisor Headed With the Restaurant Reservations Business
Lately, increased M&A activity has been observed in the online restaurant reservation space. TripAdvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP)—the world’s largest travel review company— acquired French site LaFourchette for $140 million last month. LaFourchette i...
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Savvy Acquisitions to Propel Growth in These Stocks
Submitted by Wall St. Daily as part of our contributors program Six weeks ago, I told you there was no tech bubble . Looks like I was right. There’s no bubble. And there’s no imminent downturn, either. On the contrary. Tech stocks are actual...
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Why Online Travel Companies Are Buying Restaurant Reservation Operators
Lately, increased M&A activity has been observed in the online restaurant reservation space. TripAdvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) —the world’s largest travel review company— acquired French site LaFourchette for $140 million last month. LaFourchette ...
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Priceline Forays Into Online Restaurant Reservations With Acquisition Of OpenTable
Leading online travel agency, Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN), announced its decision to acquire OpenTable (NASDAQ:OPEN) for $2.6 billion on June 13. OpenTable helps restaurants to fill tables by offering online reservation services to diners. The acqu...
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How Much Is OpenTable Really Worth To Priceline?
Late last week, the online travel giant Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) announced its decision to acquire the restaurant reservation leader OpenTable (NASDAQ:OPEN) in an all-cash deal for $2.6 billion. The offer price of $103 a share was a good 47% highe...
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The Effect of Monetary Policy On Gold Prices
Submitted by SK Options Trading as part of our contributors program . The Effect of Monetary Policy On Gold Prices Background Gold prices have fallen for 6 days in a row taking the price down to $1243/oz and it now stands about $60/oz abov...
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Dividend Stocks Outperforming in 2014
Submitted by Wall St. Daily as part of our contributors program Dividend Stocks Outperforming in 2014 It’s known as the most exciting two minutes in sports. Held annually since 1875, the Kentucky Derby is a famed one-and-a-quarter-m...
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Broad-Based Growth Helps Priceline Post Another Set Of Strong Quarterly Numbers
Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) delivered healthy top line and bottom line growth in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues increased 26% year on year to $1.64 billion, helped by a 34% rise in gross bookings. The growth was broad-based with increase of 32%...
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3 Reasons TripAdvisor May Be Overvalued
Submitted by Jeff Michaels as part of our contributors program . 3 Reasons TripAdvisor May Be Overvalued The world’s largest online travel review company, TripAdvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP), was one of the best performing stocks of 2013, with its...
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Competitive Landscape Of The U.S. Online Travel Market Is Transforming
The U.S. online travel market is growing at the slowest pace compared to other economies such as Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Nevertheless, with estimated revenues of $157 billion in 2013, it remains the biggest market in terms of onli...
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Silver Prices Heading Lower As the Bears Tighten Their Grip
Submitted by SK Options Trading as part of our contributors program . Silver Prices Heading Lower As the Bears Tighten Their Grip Every picture tells a story and silver’s story is not a pretty one as the above chart clearly depicts. ...
