but first the ceo of expedia explains how the company plans to keep growing even as it experiences a decline in bookings. we are coming right back with that. announcer: some people buy a car based on the deal they get. - others buy the car of their dreams. - ( beeps ) during the lexus golden opportunity sales event, you can do both. it's an opportunity today. it's a lexus forever. special lease offers now available on the 2009 es 350. >>> today as the numbers did beat street estimates, up 12%. for more on the earnings and outlook at expedia i'm joined in a "first on cnbc" interview by dara khosrowshahi. good to have you on the program, sir. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> can you tell me what drove the quarter and where you're seeing strength versus weakness? >> sure. i think what drove the quarter is the acceleration of our transactional trends in the business. the number of travelers that we sent on the way increased 18% in a year on year basis. and the number of room nights, hotel room nights we sold increased 26% in a year on year basis. so we are seeing accele

there's never been a better time to book your trip on expedia.ot only can you get great summer vacation deals, but right now, when you book a hotel for three or more nights, you'll get a $50 prepaid mastercard card for gas. simply put, expedia is, dare i say, la meilleure valeurdans le voyage. >> tres bien, jimmy. votre francaisest presque aussibon qeule mien. >> vous etestrop gentils. >> et quandnous arrivons a montreal, neveu, vous me donnerez le pudding et agraferezdes bebes a mes pieds. >> i have no idea what you just said, but whatever it was, i'm in. >> book a hotel for three or more nights and get $50 for gas, now on expedia. >> "jimmy kimmel live," back in two minutes with eric winter, music from parachute and leslie mann. an jimmy the chimp. big day. big opportunity. hi. ( whimpers, inhales ) ( sobs ) - hello! ( shakes and exhales ) for big moments anywhere, keep a little strength in your pocket. ( ding ) altoids smalls. are you in mint condition? go fresh with dove body mist in nectarine... and white ginger scent. with matching deodoran

expedia, and gannett. that's enough to hate for everybody. >> all right, matt. thank you. >> you hater. >> matt nesto. this rally is losing a little steam. up still 80 points but certainly way off best levels. got the closing countdown right after the break. >> and after the bell cnbc is your home for earnings analysis. disney results coming up minutes away. announcer: some people buy a car based on the deal they get. others buy the car of their dreams. during the lexus golden opportunity sales event, you can do both.

expedia, very strong, better than expected. room rate growth very strong. motorola, a tech name, beating the st. franklin resources financial and dow chemical also strong and the destock iing situation is over and the third quarter looks better, dow chemical up just about 8% on this session. also worth a mention weak names, exxon, the biggest battedest symptom stock of themmal falling 8%. they're tied to the economy, don't sugarcoat it say we're still investing in our business through the cycle, good, bad, but they took a hit today as did colga colgate-palmolive. a national global company. growth did not meet the expectations of some who wanted it to do better. becton dickinson, had a big gain on foreign exchange hedging positions and will go bye-bye next year and forecast looks light and kellogg, to give you a couple big names. and 10 more reports after-hours led off by disney, looks to be a little bit weak. get ready, larry talking about the new bull market, people looking for aay in and have to look for weaknesses, disney a little weak, first share made

the international website expedia says airline bookings to the l.a.area spiked higher right after the details of the memorial were announced as many people thought i'm going to try to make my way there,'ve ebb if i don't have a ticket, to try and participate in some way, sometimes as high as 20% the bookings went off, according to expedia. >>> all right. this is pretty scary, this story. some researchers say they cracked the code for social security numbers. meaning they say they can figure out your social security number solely knowing some of the public information out there like the kind of stuff you might post on facebook? yeah. that's right. they say they can do it just knowing that. the good news is they come from carnegie-mellon and they're glad they figured it out before the bad guys did. they said it was very easy to figure out the first five of your social and in 10% of the cases they figured out all nine. social security is listening. they say they think these guys are exaggerating but they say just in case they're coming up with a new numb

and in the s&p 500, this bad boy, expedia. no one saw it coming. but a 26% increase in global room nights and air traffic pushing expedia higher. david faber with the latest faber report. >> mat nesto, people may have seen penny mack, the ipo priced at 20. they continue to be few and far between than the initial public offerings, not secondary offerings. the stocks that caught my attention this morning. we don't talk about it normally. small company i know. the viewers know it. they have 930 stores across the country selling children's clothes. they've been involve in a nasty fight with their founder who owned about 16.6% of the company shares. wanted to place three new directors on the board and take control again of the retailer he started. that looks like that wasn't going to happen. the vote scheduled for tomorrow. he was nowhere near any hope of victory. he settled and is leaving. the company is buying back half of his shares, 2.45 million shares will be bought back below market at $28.88. he owns 16.6% of the company right now. soon he won't

it's the french, according to a new survey of hotel owners across the world carried out by expedia. the french rated the rudest. hey, they come across as the better dressed. the highest ranking was the japanese. they make the politest tourists. the brit and the germans came in tops for the europeans. so that's a ick look at some of the best people to have stomping around your city. dan, back to you. >> all right. cheap but looks good in toe tur. >>> final slots are thrilled on this year's all-star rosters. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and seeing that it's friday, we'll be talking about your weekend fo ccangsmito up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm barbara harrison. straight ahead on "news 4 today," marion barry won't face stalking chars. but he's not in the clear quite yet. coming up, why a d.c. council member is calling for an investigation. >> then the red line's getting an upgrade. why this face lift could be aÑi headache for metro riders. >> got plans for the weekend? meteorologist tom kierein has your for

. >> announcer: "today takes a vacation is brought to you by -- expedia. " is brought to you by -- expedia. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. 12 people are recovering this morning after they were all shot and a cook down. it happened just before 9:00 last night at the 2600 block of ashland ave. among the victims was a pregnant woman and a 2-year-old child. the injuries range from gunshot means to the shoulder, back, and arms, but mostly leg wounds. no word on a suspect or possible motive. >> plenty to talk about as you travel this morning. at fayette, all lanes closed. also it pressure white marsh and 95. honeygo and white marsh, also blocked. park heights and greenspring valley, closed due to downed wires. downed tree to report and it would buy into morgan station is shut down and route 99. use this as your alternate to white marsh boulevard, because that remains blocked. >> it is hazy, hot, and humid out there already. will surge to a high of 88 degrees. 40% to 50% of late afternoon and early evening showers and

this is also happening according to "the wall street journal" to expedia.are buying airline tickets and later saying oh, i can't go on that trip. then they're disputing it saying they never bought a ticket. here's what you need to know as a merchant. if you're sending expensive merchandise you need to send it with tracking and tracing and have it signed for so there's no question later on if this is disputed whether you sent the goods or not. i'm clark howard for more ways to protect yourself go to cnn.com/clark howard. >> for a whole lot more money advice don't miss clark's show at 4:00 this afternoon right here on hln. >>> doesn't everyone love lady bugs? so cute. they're supposed to bring good luck. for one colorado neighborhood a bumper crop has folks bugging out. >> i guess they all got together for a big party. >> i can feel them crawling up my leg inside my pants right now. >> heavy rains encouraged an aphid invasion which brought on the lady bugs. the gathering is classic mating behavior and the bugs are likely to disperse soon. >>> it is all about

. >>> take a look at the stock of expedia. it's up $2.81, 15 1/3%, that stock more than doubling this year. it's up 37% in the past month alone. profit at the online travel site dropping, however, almost 60%. but that still beat the estimates. expedia's ceo is on the "closing bell" to talk about the company's property picture and outlook for the overall travel business. bill? >> we have some surprising data on the state of foreclosures in america. our diana olick is in washington with details on that. >> foreclosure rates are still high, in the usual suspect states, california, arizona, nevada, but surprising cities are seeing drops, and some big jumps up. take a look at a new report from realtytrack.com. it shows foreclosure leaders like stockton, california and ft. myers, florida posted declines in the first half of this year, while portland, oregon, minneapolis, st. paul and boise i'd idaho posted big gains. why? job losses. but this is providing opportunities. >> some are in bad shape, but some are in better shape which is

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. >> big pop here for expedia. up 12%. >> i like to see the consumer-type names doing well. mastercard was a little bit of a surprise, but i'm hoping the types of names and what we're seeing isn't just a little blip on the radar. >> and we got a pop here for adrienne's hair center. , again, if only pete were here. whoa! no, no, no. we love pete. we love pete. you know if he were here, though, that toupee would be coming off his head. the ft. lauderdale, florida, hair salon has been inspired by the cash for clunkers auto stimulus plan and is offering its own plan, paying men and women 50 bucks to trade in their old hairpieces to new ones. the hair weaves can run between $500 and $1,000. they say there are a lot of clunkers on people's heads, hence the program. >> you see? >> got to wonder. got to wonder about that one. on deck here. time to take off the gloves for the latest street fight. should banks that receive bailout money be allowed to pay out big bonuses? plus, we'll grill the traders on not-so-hot trades and tell you what your next trades should be. . 31 are streaming

. " is brought to you by -- expedia. >>> good morning.t's 72 degrees here in the nation's capital this monday, july 27 2009. the time now 7:26. i'm barbara harrison. in the news at this hour montgomery county police discovered a body in a burning minivan. officers were called to bethesda this morning. what appears to be a body of an adult was found in the driver's seat. it's unknown if this is foul play or an accident. no other vehicle was found at the scene. >>> drivers using 14th street expect delays between constitution and pennsylvania avenues will have intermittent closures throughout most of the day. the closures are expected to last through 6:00 p.m. for some kind of high level government meeting at the reagan building. the district department of transportation suggest using ninth or 12th street to get around the closures. it's quiet on the me front-- not a lot of activity. you read the news. and yet, some people need to sell and other people want to buy. this is a moment of challenge and opportunity. fortunately, re/max agents hav

there's also happening, according to the "wall street journal" to expedia.ying airline tickets and then later saying, i can't go on that trip, and then they're disputing it saying they never bought a ticket. here's what you need to know as a merchant. if you're sending expensive merchandise you need to send it a method with tracking and tracing and have it signed for so there's no question later on if it's disputed whether you sent the goods or not. i'm clark howard for more ways to protect yourself, go to cnn.com/clark howard. >> and you can get much more great advice from clark, that's today at noon. in the struggling economy clark will help you save more, spend less, avoid getting ripped off. >>> habitat for humanity is a great organization. it's known for building homes for low income families. well, now it's buying them, too. that's because of the huge amount of foreclosed properties up for sale. habitat in charlotte is finding it cheaper to repair a foreclosed house than to build one from the ground up. >> a more efficient and effective use of our dono

joining us with tips on where to get travel deals is expedia trend watch editor. how are you doing today? >> i'm terrific. how are you doing? >> i have been able to cash in on some of the bargains. what are tips for people who want to travel in the summer? >> look at air fares. some of the lowest since just after 9/11. the lowest fares this summer so far are minneapolis, new york and los angeles. these are big metropolitan areas where fares are down over 20%. we were looking at fares starting to creep up a little bit in june. as soon as that happened the low fare carriers came out with fare sales and we are seeing trending down, down, down. there is great deals out there especially if you are willing to travel in late august on into september. you know, the kids are back in school, demand drops, really good deal. >> talk about hotels. great numbers there on airline specific cities. what about hotels? are we seeing those drop in the big cities as well? >> unlike airlines, hotels can't park the hotel rooms in the desert like the airlines parked their planes. hotel r

. >> okay, so they did a survey, somebody did, and i think it was -- >> expedia. >> guru? for food. >> good. >> now i'm trying to think of, i don't remember having a male on a plane nowadays. >> everybody's carrying on their food, you know. >> people come on with pizzas. >> they're eating in the aisle as they're going down to get in their seat. >> because they'll tell you before, we don't serve free food. you can purchase, so you eat your knees, that's part of the deal. and you have to pay for the food. it's not a great deal. >> that's right. for the privilege of flying the friendly skies, that's right, hoda. but hoo-hoo. well that's a whole other survey that we're talking about. one of the women in the airlines don't know how to wi-fi, whatever. >> they're telling you. they're just trying to give you rules because people are using the airplane as their personal office space. >> having conference calls, yelling, going into the bathroom to have a private conversation. >> you can't be on the phone. you can just be on the computer. >> and people can now return their voice mai