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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 | 545Read More...IAC 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 | 739Read More...Barry 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 | 681Read More...Insider 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 | 729Read More...This 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 | 354Read More...This 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 | 414Read More...Shares 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 | 590Read More...Shares 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 | 287Read More...Daniel 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 | 294Read More...IAC/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 | 666Read More...OpenTable (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 | 1137Read More...Nine 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 | 920Read More...Expedia'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 | 555Read More...After 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 | 403Read More...Benchmark 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 | 253Read More...Goldman 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...












