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Hotel rates: Which way will they go later this year?

Have you been noticing rates at your favorite hotel are starting to creep up? We'll learn more about which direction rates will go in the coming weeks during the second-quarter results period.

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Travelocity strengthens hotel price guarantee and lowers hotel fees

By Barbara De Lollis, USA TODAY

In the latest salvo in the online travel agency wars, Travelocity.com is strengthening its hotel price guarantee and reducing hotel booking fees. The news marks the latest blow in the battle of the online travel sites that pits Travelocity.com against...

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Mortgage applications drop again as rates climb

By Julie Haviv, Reuters

Mortgage applications fell for a second week, led by a plunge in demand for home refinancing as interest rates climbed, an industry group said Wednesday.

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Earnings Preview: AirTran Q3 report to be rare bright spot

AirTran Holdings Inc., operator of discount carrier AirTran Airways, reports third-quarter results on Wednesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

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Earnings Preview: United parent UAL expected to post Q3 loss

United Airlines parent UAL Corp. is scheduled to report third-quarter results on Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

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Does selling in European banks represent an opportunity for short-term traders and active investors?

2h 40m agoSchaeffersResearch.com

edge of more than 0.5% in the short term. One bank from Europe that traders might be equally interested in is Barclays Plc (BCS). Barclays has rallied back into bull-market territory over the past several days, and in selling off by more than 2% on Monday,

MINING INDABA 2012: Europe is not the downside risk for copper – BarCap

2h 43m agoMetal Bulletin

base metals prices is not the possibility of a European recession but Chinese demand, which already looks encouraging, according to Barclays Capital’s Kevin Norrish. Norrish opened Mining Indaba in Cape Town with a bullish presentation outlining why 2012 looks

For Sale: AIG's Subprime Bonds

2h 10m agoWall Street Journal

International Group Inc. William Dudley, president of the New York Fed. The invited firms are the U.S. securities arms of Barclays PLC, Credit Suisse Group AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley and Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, according to people familiar

Junk Bonds Still Offer Margin for Error

2h 11m agoWall Street Journal

Bank positioned a safety net under the European banking system at the end of last year. But after a return of 3% in January, Barclays Capital's U.S. High Yield Index still yields 7.38%; 6.25 percentage points more than U.S. Treasury bonds of ... This copy

Junk Bonds Still Offer Margin for Error

2h 11m agoWall Street Journal

Central Bank positioned a safety net under the European banking system at the end of last year. But after a return of 3% in January, Barclays Capital's U.S. High Yield Index still yields 7.38%; 6.25 percentage points more than U.S. Treasury bonds of comparable