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Priceline.com Reports Financial Results For 3rd Quarter 2008

NORWALK, Conn.--(Business Wire)-- Priceline.com Incorporated(R) (Nasdaq: PCLN) today reported its financial results for the 3rd quarter 2008. Gross travel bookings for the 3rd quarter, which refers to the total dollar value, inclusive of all taxes and fees, of all travel services purchased by consumers, rose 47.4% year-over-year to $2 billion. Priceline.com had GAAP revenues in the 3rd quarter of $561.6 million, a 34.6% increase over a year ago. The Company's international operations contributed revenues in the 3rd quarter of $223.7 million, a 69.7% increase versus a year ago (approximately 63% growth on a local currency basis). GAAP gross profit for the 3rd quarter was $316.1 million, a 56.2% increase from the prior year. The Company's international operations contributed gross profit in the 3rd quarter of $222.

Give One Get One Redux, OLPC XO-1 Now On Amazon

404 Clue Not Found writes "The One Laptop Per Child project's XO-1 laptop is once again available to the general public via its Give One Get One promotion, where $400 will buy two laptops, one for the purchaser and one for 'a child in the emerging world.' Having learned from their delivery and fulfillment headaches the first time around, this time they partnered with Amazon.com to handle shipping. But a year after its initial release, the market has become saturated with Eee-wannabe netbooks from every major manufacturer. Can the XO-1's charitable appeal, unique chassis and dual-mode screen compete with the superior performance and standard operating systems of its newer peers?"

From Race Cars and Google Doodles to Day Spas and Night Lights: Groups Across the U.S. Prepare to Join World Diabetes Day Celebrations on November 14

BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Whether your tastes tend toward bright lights and big cities, quiet contemplation or off-road racing, groups around the U.S. are gearing up to celebrate World Diabetes Day and raise awareness of the growing threat of diabetes. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF), which led the effort to get the United Nations to recognize the existing World Diabetes Day (November 14) as an official UN world day, announced that this year's campaign theme is "Diabetes in Children and Adolescents." Over 200 children a day are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and over 500,000 children under the age of 15 live with diabetes worldwide. In the U.S. 40 children a day develop type 1 diabetes, roughly 15,000 children each year.

Two-for-one online car offer in Britain attracts customers by the thousands

A British car dealer has found one way around the looming recession by offering a buy-one-get-one-free offer on new cars, a report said on Saturday. Online car broker Broadspeed.com, based in Colchester near London, offered customers two Dodge Avenger SXT saloon cars, like the one pictured, complete with leather seats and air conditioning, for £20,000 pounds ($37,236). The dealership near London has just sold the last of the cars. Managing director Simon Empson told the Guardian newspaper: "It was amazing. We had been trying to sell those cars online at half price for nearly a month and they were selling, but it was nothing special. "But when we made the deal two-for-one, we got 22,000 customers." The number of new cars sold in Britain in October fell by nearly a quarter compared with the same period a year ago.

Nintendo's Kirby Floats Through the SkiesKirby really flies! For one day only, Kirby, Nintendo's super-tough, pink puff, video game character turned the sky pink as thousands of Kirby-shaped clouds floated through the air. Nintendo released t...

Nintendo's Kirby Floats Through the SkiesKirby really flies! For one day only, Kirby, Nintendo's super-tough, pink puff, video game character turned the sky pink as thousands of Kirby-shaped clouds floated through the air. Nintendo released t...

GED-I Ltd: GED-I's GSA 2000 Storage Encryption/Security Achieves "IBM System Storage Proven" for IBM Storage Environments; GED-I Delivers Advanced Encryption and Security Solution for IBM Storage

TMCNet: GED-I Ltd: GED-I's GSA 2000 Storage Encryption/Security Achieves "IBM System Storage Proven" for IBM Storage Environments; GED-I Delivers Advanced Encryption and Security Solution for IBM Storage

Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc. Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results

DUNMORE, Pa., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc. , parent company of The Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank, announced net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 of $741,000 compared to $1,178,000 for the same quarter of 2007. Earnings per share on a fully diluted basis for the quarter totaled $0.35 compared to $0.57 for the prior year third quarter. The decrease for the quarter was primarily the result from grand opening costs for the new West Scranton branch plus a non-cash other-than-temporary impairment charge, which was recorded during the quarter ended September 30, 2008.

Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc. Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results

DUNMORE, Pa., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FDBC - News), parent company of The Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank, announced net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 of $741,000 compared to $1,178,000 for the same quarter of 2007. Earnings per share on a fully diluted basis for the quarter totaled $0.35 compared to $0.57 for the prior year third quarter. The decrease for the quarter was primarily the result from grand opening costs for the new West Scranton branch plus a non-cash other-than-temporary impairment charge, which was recorded during the quarter ended September 30, 2008.

A truly revolutionary software available on the iPhone. This will take patient care to new heights. I just hope its application in day to day practice is speeded up. Having the technology at hand is one thing and applying it is another. I think th...

A truly revolutionary software available on the iPhone. This will take patient care to new heights. I just hope its application in day to day practice is speeded up. Having the technology at hand is one thing and applying it is another. I think th...

IBM hosts technology day at IIT Delhi

NEW DELHI,INDIA: IBM, one of the leading IT service providers, today hosted IBM Technology Day at The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT Delhi).

Deposits Help Capital One Reach Profitable Third-Quarter

Capital One Financial Corp. showed a third-quarter profit, but it was clear the bank and credit-card issuer is repositioning its auto portfolio. Capital One reported net income of $374.1 million for the third quarter of 2008, compared to a net loss of $81.6 million in the year-ago period.

New IBM Portal Web 2.0 Technology Presented by Award Winning IBM Business Partner

Huntington Beach, CA � October 13, 2008 � Alphalogix�, an IBM (News - Alert) Business Partner and awarding winning provider of portal and workflow solutions, announced today that they will present an IBM WebSphere® Portal 6.1 and Portal 6.1 integrated solutions and services seminar on November 6th, 2008 at the IBM facilities in Costa Mesa, CA. The seminar will highlight the IBM�s latest portal technology as well as the Alphalogix (News - Alert) award winning experience in WebSphere Portal Administration and integrated business process automation solutions.

Major changes in one-day international squad

South African cricket coach Mickey Arthur has started rebuilding the national one-day squad. The Proteas are in Kimberley preparing for the first of two one-day internationals against Kenya starting on Friday.

Flintoff urges England's one-day young guns to 'embrace and enjoy' their first Indian tour

Andrew Flintoff has urged the younger members of England's one-day squad to relish the experiences of the next few weeks as they embark on a gruelling seven-match one-day series against India.

(Kingdom Hearts) TGS Day One Roundup

Kingdom Hearts Insider writes: "R-K here bringing you guys an information roundup for the first day of the Tokyo Game Show. Here is all of the information gathered on Day One of TGS. Remember that there are still three more days of TGS left to go, with the next one starting in a few hours, so, expect more information soon!" (Including KH: BBS, 358/2 Days, and Coded)

Sierra Bancorp Reports Quarterly and Year-to-Date Earnings

parent of Bank of the Sierra, today announced its financial results for the quarter and the nine months ended September 30, 2008. Sierra Bancorp generated a 21.96% return on average equity and a 1.77% return on average assets for the quarter. Net income for the third quarter of 2008 was $5.8 million, compared to $5.3 million in the same quarter a year ago. Diluted earnings per share increased 11%, to $0.59 in the third quarter of 2008 from $0.53 per diluted share in the third quarter of 2007. Net income was higher due in large part to solid growth in core non-interest income and a respectable increase in net interest income. Non-recurring items that had a favorable impact on net income for the quarter include a gain on the exchange of certain bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) policies, and the reversal of a tax reserve.

Johanson Technology To Support ONE-NET Open-Source Wireless Control Standard

Petaluma, CA - ONE-NET announced recently that Johanson Technology has joined the ONE-NET open-source wireless networking alliance. Johanson Technology joins a growing list of companies supporting the ONE-NET wireless standard. "We are excited that Johanson will be supporting ONE-NET with their excellent line of passive RF components" said James Martin, CEO of Threshold Corporation, and a founding member of the ONE-NET alliance.

Johanson Technology To Support ONE-NET Open-Source Wireless Control Standard

Petaluma, CA - ONE-NET announced recently that Johanson Technology has joined the ONE-NET open-source wireless networking alliance. Johanson Technology joins a growing list of companies supporting the ONE-NET wireless standard. "We are excited that Johanson will be supporting ONE-NET with their excellent line of passive RF components" said James Martin, CEO of Threshold Corporation, and a founding member of the ONE-NET alliance.

Latest: England face huge run-chase as India post 387-5 in first one-dayer

England have fallen to one of their heaviest ever one-day defeats in the opening match of the one-day series against India this morning.

Video: Article One Partners Launches New Global Online Community to Energize Patent Reform

NEW YORK, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Article One Partners, LLC launched as a new global community to legitimize the validity of patents. Community members - who Article One calls Advisors - have an opportunity to send in previously hard to find evidence of validity for high profile patents. By tapping the unique knowledge and referral networks of our Advisors, this publicly available evidence known as prior art can be discovered. Article One analyzes the prior art to determine whether it can show patents to be legitimized or invalid. If Article One forms an opinion that patents are invalid, Advisors earn up to U.S. $50,000, with $1,000,000 total being offered for launch. Advisors who actively build the community also earn premium compensation in Article One's Profit Sharing Plan of about five percent (5%) of the company's net annual p

The Hanover Insurance Group Reports Third Quarter Results

WORCESTER, Mass., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Third Quarter 2008 Financial Highlights -- Segment income after tax of $3.3 million, or $0.07 per share, compared to $51.7 million, or $0.98 per share, in the prior-year quarter(1), which included the after-tax net impact of catastrophes of $63.8 million, or $1.25 per share, in the third quarter of 2008, and $16.3 million after tax, or $0.31 per share, in the third quarter of 2007. -- Pre-tax catastrophe and related storm losses of $98.2 million in the current quarter, consistent with the company's pre-released estimate of $95 million to $100 million. -- Net loss of $61.8 million, or $1.21 per share, included $52.8 million of realized losses on investments, or $1.04 per share, and a loss from discontinued operations of $18.

Halo 3's protagonist is the Master Chief, a cyborg supersoldier who is one of the last surviving members of the Spartan Project, and one of humanity's greatest warriors. Although there is technically only one Master Chief, who wears olive green armor, the

There can certainly be no question that the HALO franchise is one of the most popular video game series of the modern day -- and I maintain that this is not a thing easily accomplished. The video game world today is as diverse and extensive, if not moreso, than television, movies, or perhaps even music. For anything to rise above that cacophony is nothing short of incredible. And yet, HALO has done so.

Fraud Threat Halts Knuth's Hexidecimal-Dollar Checks

Barence writes "You may be aware of Donald Knuth, the creator of TeX and author of The Art of Computer Programming, who used to post checks to anyone who spotted an error in one of his books — one hexadecimal dollar, or $2.56. No one cashed them though. This blogger has two of them proudly on his wall, but the sad news is that modern day bank fraud has put a stop to Knuth's much-loved way of keeping his books free of errors." (Here's Knuth's own post about the sad change.)

Twenty-five years ago she looked on as the Queen opened one of the greatest collections of world art accumulated by one person.

Yesterday, one-quarter of a century later, Winnie Tyrrell, 51, the longest-serving member of staff at the Burrell Collection, recalled the day the museum was unveiled to the public.

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