Diamonds and Dogs

11/25/22

Expedia (EXPE) all booked for the holidays. The travel website is up a percent as holiday travel whether it be for heading home for Thanksgiving or planning a family trip for December, is expected to jump 39% this year even as traveling is especially expensive this year. Consumers must be visiting the websites like Expedia to cut costs where they can.

Activision Blizzard (ATVI) gets the cold shoulder from the FTC. The video game maker is down 4% on rumors the Microsoft's bid to acquire Activision Blizzard could face a major roadblock as early as next month. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is likely to file an antitrust lawsuit to block the $69 billion takeover. A lawsuit challenging the deal is not guaranteed, and the FTC's four commissioners have yet to vote out a complaint or meet with lawyers for the companies.