Saturday, August 07, 2004

Profile and news Shares of ValueClick, InterActiveCorp plunge

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IAC/InterActiveCorp Formerly known as InterActiveCorp. The Group's principal activities are carried out through two divisions: the Interactive group and the Entertainment group. The Interactive group consists of Home Shopping Network (including HSN International and HSN.com); Ticketmaster, which operates Ticketmaster; Hotel Reservations Network; Electronic Commerce Solutions; Precision Response Corp and Expedia Inc. The Entertainment group consists of USA Cable, including USA Network and Sci Fi Channel and Emerging Networks TRIO and Crime; Studios USA, which produces and distributes television programming and USA Films, which produces and distributes films. In 2003, it acquired Ticketmaster, Entertainment Publications, uDate.com, Inc and Hotwire.com. The Group in 2003 ceased operations of Electronic Commerce Solutions, Styleclick Inc and Avaltus Inc. On 27-Apr-2004, the Group acquired TripAdvisor, Inc. "

Shares of ValueClick, InterActiveCorp plunge: "InterActiveCorp posted a sequential decline in gross bookings. It marked the first time that 'our core business is starting to exhibit normal seasonality. We're seeing this with a number of businesses... taking on characteristics of underlying business as they mature,' said Dara Khosrowshahi, chief financial officer. "
InterActiveCorp also said it expects an operating profit before amortization of about $1 billion, at the low end of its original expectation between $1 billion and $1.2 billion.

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