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The online travel website has seen better quarters, with higher taxes, increased spending on technology and content, and a push and pull between airlines and global distribution systems that took a toll in the last quarter of 2010. The stock was down more than 18% Friday at $21.06.

Shares in eBay jump almost 8% after the online auction site's Paypal unit said its revenues would double by 2013.

Germany's Deutsche Boerse is in advanced talks to buy NYSE Euronext, and the London Stock Exchange has agreed to buy Canadian stock market operator TMX, as exchanges globally look for ways to boost their markets and cut costs.

Hackers have repeatedly breached the systems of the company that runs the Nasdaq, according to several law enforcement officials.

Stocks started 2011 with a big lift on Monday, and that could be a promising sign for the rest of the year.

Gold futures finished the year with a 10th consecutive annual gain amid expectations for new record highs next year.

Stock indexes were mixed Friday in quiet New Year's Eve trading....

Latest signs spur caution optimism. Stock market rising; Americans paying off debt.

Dow Needs 23 Percent in 2011 to Set Record, Which Happened 6 Times Since 1985

Short-term positives jockey with long-term concerns as Street opens with narrow gains.