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'Don't Discount Kamala Harris Yet,' Says IAC Chairman Barry Diller, Recounting How 'She Mobilized Her Forces And… Shut Everyone Else Down' Within Hours Of Biden Stepping Down
Saturday, July 27, 2024 - 7:00am | 545IAC chairman Barry Diller on Friday praised Vice President Kamala Harris while recounting what happened after President Joe Biden last week decided to exit the 2024 presidential race. What Happened: While appearing on CNBC, Diller said he was impressed by Harris’s quick mobilization of...
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Google's Ad Expansion Met With Resistance From Expedia And IAC Chair: 'I'm On The Edge Of Revolt Now'
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 - 8:43pm | 739Barry Diller, the chair of IAC Inc. (NASDAQ:IAC) and Expedia Group Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPE), previously voiced his dissatisfaction with Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google’s advertising approach, hinting at an impending “revolt....
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Notable Insider Buys at Harley-Davidson, Xerox And Many More
Saturday, August 15, 2020 - 4:35pm | 681Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors during periods of uncertainty. A number of executives and other insiders returned to the buy window last week. A notable activist investor again added to his stake in an old-school tech company. Conventional wisdom says that...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Alphabet, IAC, Spotify, Under Armour And More
Sunday, April 8, 2018 - 2:07pm | 729This weekend's Barron's shows why Google's parent now stands out among the tech titans. Other featured articles examine a "dot-com hatchery" that is outperforming and why a recent IPO is no lightweight. Also, the prospects for a pair of apparel makers, one out-of-...
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Why Are Angie's Shares Trading Sharply Above The $8.50/Share Bid Price From IAC?
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - 3:20pm | 354This week, IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IAC) agreed to a $500 million buyout of Angie’s List Inc (NASDAQ: ANGI) worth at least $8.50 per common share. However, Angie’s list shares are up another 8 percent on Wednesday to $10.27, well above the value of the potential buyout price. For...
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Everything You Need To Know About The IAC Merger With Angie's List
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - 10:07am | 414Shares of Angie's List Inc (NASDAQ: ANGI) soared higher by more than 50 percent early Tuesday morning after the local services consumer review platform received a takeover offer from IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IAC), which has been approved by the boards of both companies. As part of a merger...
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EXCLUSIVE: Benchmark's Daniel Kurnos Thinks Angie's List Has Been A 'Broken' Stock, Would Be Better Served As Part Of IAC
Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 12:35pm | 590Shares of Angie's List Inc (NASDAQ: ANGI) spiked higher by nearly 15 percent Thursday after the company confirmed it has received an acquisition offer from IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI) for $8.75 per share. Speaking to Benzinga, Benchmark's Daniel Kurnos said that Angie's...
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2 Companies Benefiting From Windows 10 (Hint: Not Microsoft)
Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 10:22am | 287Daniel Kurnos of Benchmark said that adoption of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)'s Windows 10 has been "fairly rapid despite some initial glitches," with more than 53 million installs. While the adoption rate is good for Microsoft, Kurnos said it was also a positive for Perion...
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Teenage Boys Aren't The Only Ones Bullish On Tinder
Sunday, January 18, 2015 - 1:26pm | 294IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI) focuses on the areas of search, applications, online dating, media and e-Commerce. One of the most popular mobile applications among teenagers and young adults that IAC runs is a dating app called Tinder. Topeka Capital analyst Victor Anthony maintained a Buy...
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Facebook's OpenTable Integration Could Raise Social Traffic (FB, OPEN)
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 8:32am | 666OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN) closed up 7.66 percent Monday afternoon after the company announced a new partnership with Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). According to TechCrunch, Facebook users will now be able to book reservations from the Facebook pages of 20,000 different restaurants in North America. This...
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Whitney Tilson: Facebook, IAC Takeover Target Could Be the Next Netflix
Friday, May 10, 2013 - 10:05pm | 1137Nine months ago, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) traded for less than $55 a share. Any major company -- Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) or any other firm that has an interest in content deals and millions of subscribers -- could have purchased the firm at that low...
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Is the TripAdvisor Spin-Off a Lousy Destination?
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 3:59pm | 920Expedia's popular travel website, TripAdvisor, is now trading on its own. Should investors care? At the time of this writing, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) doesn't seem to care. A quick Google Finance search for TripAdvisor (NASDAQ: TRIP) brings up an old, out-of-date listing for some pink sheets...
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YouTube to Finally Receive Original, High-Quality, Non-User-Generated Content?
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 9:45am | 555After a mountain of speculation, the Wall Street Journal is providing us with MORE speculation! Last March, word started to spread that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) was looking for Hollywood talent to bring fresh and original (and presumably scripted) content to YouTube. The news quickly died down after...
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Benchmark On The Internet Sector
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 9:09am | 403Benchmark has downgraded the Internet sector from Overweight to Market Weight and core internet holdings currently are believed to be Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN). In the report, Benchmark writes "The Internet Holdings Company Depositary Receipts...
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Goldman Sachs' Global Internet Notables Summary
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 7:52am | 253Goldman Sachs has published a research report on Global Internet Notables for the week of October 11, 2010. In the report, Goldman Sachs writes "For the week ending Monday, October 11, 2010, the market-weighted Internet average increased 1.7% week over week, underperforming the NASDAQ, up 2.5%, and...