Shares of Expedia rose after theflyonthewall.com said Chairman Barry Diller may take the online travel agency private. Expedia denied the report. Diller is working on a $30-a-share buyout, the Web ...

REDMOND, Wash. -- Despite a sharp drop in bookings immediately following the terrorist attacks, Expedia reported better earnings than expected in the third quarter but nevertheless lowered ...

Spring 1995: Founded as a tiny division within Microsoft to create a travel CD-ROM. Rich Barton, the division’s first product manager, persuades the company to start an online-travel business. Oct. 22 ...

REDMOND, Wash. -- Expedia, a top dog in online consumer travel, entered the managed corporate market by purchasing Metropolitan Travel, a $150 million travel agency in Seattle and the 39th-largest U.S ...