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New Patent Suits Target Starbucks, Expedia Mobile Payments

Jan 9, 2012 4:36 PM

In a possible sign of trouble for the booming mobile payment industry, a semiconductor firm filed patent lawsuits against Starbucks (NSDQ: SBUX), Expedia and Capital One over applications like “Starbucks for iPhone.”

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Posted In: Apps, Legal, Patents, Mobile, Companies, Apple, Starbucks, capital one, east texas, expedia, mobile payments, starbucks for iphone

Expedia Will Spin Off TripAdvisor As A Public Company

Apr 7, 2011 4:53 PM

Expedia will spin off its TripAdvisor unit as a publicly trading company, a move which will establish the business as the dominant, independent online travel media company. TripAdvisor is best known for its flagship TripAdvisor travel reviews site, which attracts more than 50 million unique visitors a month, but it…

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Travel, Money, expedia, tripadvisor

Expedia Buying European Hotels Site Venere

Jul 15, 2008 8:05 AM

Expedia is following its acquisition of a majority of India’s TravelGuru site by buying Venere.com, an Italy-based travel site listing about 29,000 hotels in Europe and the US, for an undisclosed amount.. All told, it means an extra 10,000 Europe, Middle East and Africa hotels for Expedia. Venere, which has…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Countries, Europe, Italy, expedia, venere

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Expedia Buys Majority Of India’s TravelGuru For $17 Million

Jun 30, 2008 4:12 AM

This story was written in conjunction with our content partner VCCircle... Expedia has acquired a majority stake in India’s top online hotels aggregator TravelGuru for $17 million. The deal values TravelGuru and Desiya.com (which was acquired by the former in December last year) at about $30 million, which, according to…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Exclusive, Countries, Asia, India, expedia, travelguru

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