Tuesday, 10 Nov 2009 | Source: The Associated Press
Shares of Priceline.com Inc. hit a nine-year high Tuesday, rising nearly 20 percent, a day after the online travel booking service posted a strong outlook, saying more customers were using it to book airfare and hotel rooms.
Priceline.com Inc. said Monday that its third-quarter profit more than tripled on an "exceptionally strong" summer travel season in which bargain hunters rented more hotel rooms and booked more flights through the online service.
Thursday, 29 Oct 2009 | Source: The Associated Press
Standard & Poor's said Thursday it will add miner Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. to its S&P 100 index to replace Schering-Plough Corp., after the drugmaker merges with Merck & Co. in a deal expected to be completed soon.