On Feb, 27 2014 Priceline.com Inc (NASDAQ:PCLN) is the online booking portal which has substantial brand position in the US over other global players such as Agoda.com or Booking.com.For Priceline.com Inc (NASDAQ:PCLN) a dominant part of the bookings are for North American hotels. Interestingly reviews on Priceline.com indicate that the hotel reservations have increased in the domestic bookings only. This factor also highlights the intensity of expansion of Booking.com across the U.S. markets. In December 2013, Priceline.com showed that it had 44k reviews, in comparison to the TTM statistics which were at 768 thousand reviews. Priceline.com Inc (NASDAQ:PCLN) stock opened today at $1,188.77 and is currently trading at $1,178.99. The stock showed a negative weekly performance of -7.65%.
Myron Ullman, the chief executive officer of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) will receive a salary increase this year, based on the company’s latest regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) stock opened at $8.79, in current trading session and currently is at $9.10, by gaining 3.80%.The 52 week range of $4.90-$19.63.Company’s market capitalization is $2.77 billion.
On Mar 3, 2014, E Commerce China Dangdang Inc (ADR) (NYSE:DANG)’s Gross margin for the fourth quarter 2013 was 17.6%, up from previous year’s 13.4%, same as third quarter 2013. Gross Merchants Value or GMV of the marketplace was $230.3 million which means an increase of 154.2% as compared to the same period of the previous year. E Commerce China Dangdang Inc (ADR) (NYSE:DANG) had as many as 8.9 million active customers, including around 3.1 million new ones this quarter. This represents 18% and 21% increase, respectively from the same period of the prior year. Total orders for the quarter were around 18.1 million, which marks a 13% increased as compared to the fourth quarter of 2012. E Commerce China Dangdang Inc (ADR) (NYSE:DANG) stock is currently trading at $14.49 .The EPS of the stock is -0.58. Company’s market capitalization is $1.17 billion.
After announcing last Friday that they would not be processing any transactions for Russian banks, Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) and MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA) restarted payment processing on Saturday. Payment processing was halted following the inclusion of individuals who own banks on a list of 20 Russian officials and businesspeople who have been identified as targets of U.S. sanctions related to Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Visa Inc (NYSE:V) stock opened the session at $214.89, and now is at $215.50.The 52 week range of the V stock remained $161.27-$235.50 and the day range was $213.05-$215.97.