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The hotel industry has emerged from its recessionary doldrums and it's getting harder to score a cheap room. But even with occupancy rates rising, if you're willing to book your stay blind on priceline.com or Hotwire, good deals can be had.

The first of the major retailers will report quarterly earnings this week. Analysts expect to see strong results from Macy's and Penney, but flat earnings from Kohl's. Agilent may be one of this week's biggest earnings gainers.

In 1999, Priceline saw its stock surge to absurd heights before it had earned a cent in profit, and after the bubble burst, it lost more than 99% of its value. But from that low, the discount travel site began a hard journey to profitability that has proven there are second acts in dot-com companies' lives.

Priceline (PCLN) surged in extended hours trading after reporting strong earnings on Tuesday. The stock jumped 16.6% to $269 a share at 08:02 ET in extended trading. Earnings for the second quarter were $115 million, or $2.26 per diluted share, up from $67 million, or $1.38 per diluted share a...

This summer, for the first time in five years, I used Priceline.com (PCLN) to book a hotel room and rental car. Turns out, I am part of a trend. The online travel agency saw an increase in bookings over the summer. Now it forecasts sales in the current quarter rising 28 percent from last year's...

William Shatner may not be available, but patients who use a new Web site to negotiate prices with doctors might want to use Shatner's tactics as "The Negotiator" for Priceline.com. PriceDoc.com started in Seattle in April and is set to go national in November, allowing people to name their...

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal told WalletPop his office has launched an investigation into controversial Webloyalty.com -- a company you might not have heard of, but might find charges for on your credit card statements. . The company operates Reservation Rewards and other...

The airlines might have found a tax loophole, and you're it. The travel consultancy firm T2 recently published a worrisome blog post that is gaining traction. The airlines' extra fees, it says, aren't just costing consumers more. They're also enabling the airlines to dodge tax to our...