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Stocks To Watch For April 8 (STX, SGMO, TPX, EXPE, LAKE)
Friday, April 8, 2011 - 12:11am | 302Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX) announced its plans to pay its first quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share. The company also projects to report Q3 revenue of around $2.7 billion, down from $3.05 billion in the year-ago quarter....
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Expedia Books TripAdvisor On The Next Flight Out
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 7:50pm | 54Companies with histories of spin-offs seem to have a penchant for that particular corporate transaction. Expedia (EXPE), which was spun out of IAC in 2005, announced today that they are planning on splitting the company into two separate pieces, TripAdvisor and Expedia Inc. TripAdvisor will run the...
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Will Investing In TripAdvisor Take Your Money For A Ride?
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 5:54pm | 340With the announced spinoff of TripAdvisor from Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE), investors need some guidance in sifting through the rubble. Specifically, does TripAdvisor have what it takes to stand — and thrive — on its own? Credit rating giant Fitch believes that TripAdvisor, as it stands now, is a...
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Trading Resumes: Expedia (EXPE)
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 4:45pm | 13Trading Resumes: Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE)
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REMINDER: Expedia Resumes Trading At 4:45 p.m. EST; TripAdvisor To Become Separate Company (EXPE)
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 4:27pm | 244Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE), currently halted for trading, is scheduled to resume trading at 4:45 p.m. EST. Expedia announces that it will split into two separate companies; TripAdvisor will become a separate company. Expedia's Board of Directors has preliminarily approved a plan to separate Expedia...
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Expedia To Split Into Two Companies (EXPE)
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 4:17pm | 25Expedia To Split Into Two Companies (NASDAQ: EXPE). The board preliminarily approves plan to split the company.
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Expedia, Inc. Announces Plan to Separate Into Two Companies
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 4:16pm | 173Expedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE) announced today that its Board of Directors has preliminarily approved a plan to separate Expedia, Inc. into two publicly traded companies: TripAdvisor, which will include the domestic and international operations associated with the TripAdvisor Media Group, which...
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Expedia Halted (EXPE)
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 4:14pm | 12Expedia Halted (NASDAQ: EXPE)
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What Can Dish Network Do With Blockbuster? (DISH, BLOAQ, BLOBQ)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 3:19pm | 820Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) is now the proud owner of a shiny and new – I mean tarnished and old – video rental chain! Isn't it exciting? After dropping $320 million to acquire Blockbuster (BLOAQ) (BLOBQ), Dish is now faced with a lot of choices, most notably: what can be done with the 1,700+...
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Priceline Retreats From All Time High (PCLN)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 2:24pm | 156Yesterday, shares of priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN) hit an all time high of $522 despite being hit with a downgrade from hold to sell by S&P Equity Research just one day prior. The stock is giving some of that back in today's session, however, currently trading down 1.34% to $510.04 as investors...
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Options Update: Priceline.com Incorporated (PCLN)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 1:42pm | 91Shares of Priceline.com Incorporated (NASDAQ: PCLN) are lower on the session by 1.75%, trading at $507.88. More than half way through today's session, Priceline.com has traded 10,000 calls and 14,000 puts. Puts have been outnumbering calls for the majority of the past two weeks. Priceline.com...
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Will Netflix Have A Real Competitor Now? (NFLX, DISH)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 1:39pm | 118Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) are down over 1% today, as Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) announced it had won the auction for Blockbuster's assets, paying some $320 million for them. Some have speculated that Dish Network could introduce a streaming option to compete with Netflix, which offers a...
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Google's Cloud-Based Music App Leaked (GOOG)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 9:03am | 67According to this article from EnGadget, images of Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) cloud music player for Android have been leaked. This is in response to Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) cloud music player, which was launched last week. Shares of Google are up $1.51 to $570.60 in pre-market.
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Deutsche Bank Maintains Buy Rating On AMZN
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 7:17am | 107Deutsche Bank is maintaining its Buy rating on shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) “given the company's fundamental strength in e-commerce globally, and potential growth drivers in Kindle/digital and AWS.” “While little is known on the exact business impact from recent events in Japan, we are...
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Fast Money Pops & Drops, April 5th (GOOG, EXPE, TJX, JOYG, TM)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 8:41pm | 226Karen Finerman said on CNBC's Fast Money Pops & Drops that she sold her position in Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG). She advised viewers to stay away from this stock, because of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission investigation. Google Inc. (GOOG) fell 3.16% on Tuesday, and it closed at $569.09. JJ...