The other key detail to note from today's earnings report, which covers both Q4 and the full year, is that Groupon acquired longtime rival LivingSocial last quarter for 'no consideration' according to its 10-K filing.
Revenue from entertainment advertising, which makes up 14percentt of the advertising revenue at the company's flagship newspaper, grew by 21percentt in both the fourth quarter and the full year.
We turned to our computer screens to find the companies with the biggest gains and slides in share price for both the fourth quarter and the full year.
Marketplaces' gross merchandise value (GMV) grew 13percentt in both the fourth quarter and the full year to $76.5 billion in 2013, which eBay attributes to "strong growth in its domestic business".
Internet-specific companies experienced a 5percentt decline in both dollars and deals for the full year 2012, with $6.7 billion going into 976 rounds compared to 2011 when $7.1 billion went into 1,033 deals.
Even worse, the company said it expects to earn between 25 cents and 30 cents per share in the first quarter of 2010, and $1.54 to $1.64 per share for the full year, Both ranges were below the consensus Wall Street call and the weak outlook sent shares down $2.49, or 14.1%, to $15.15.
"Looking to the full year … both our GB and our Irish radio divisions are expected to continue to outperform their respective markets for the rest of the year," said Richard Huntingford, the recently appointed chairman of UTV Media.
At least someone in the airline industry is smiling… Southwest Airlines Chief Executive Jim Parker Jim Parker said the carrier expects to be turn a nice profit in both the second quarter, and for the full year 2003.
Southwest Airlines, the only major U.S. airline to post an operating and net profit in 2002, expects to be profitable in both the second-quarter and for the full year 2003, said Chief Executive Jim Parker.
