Hilton Hotels Corp. (HLT)

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    Josen
    Jun 08 02:57 PM
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    Online Travel Sites: comScore November Top Sites [view article]
    The challenge that most online booking giants have is loyalty--or lack of it. They spend millions of dollars each week with hopes that they will attract a customer. YTB's model is totally different in that each YTB agent has a small circle of loyal family, friends or associates that will book with them, given all other factors are equal. That is why YTB is capturing a large market share. Reply
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    SeekingAlpha
    Editors
    Apr 06 05:17 AM
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    General Discussion on HLT
    Is this a buy or a sell? Reply
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    Tim Draayer
    Aug 30 02:15 PM
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    Online Travel Sites: comScore November Top Sites [view article]
    I think the day is coming when we'll start to see companies like YTB who have travel retail sites showing up on the radar as well. I have to say that having been neck n' neck with the bigger ones like Expedia and Travelocity in the search engines myself (for keywords I optimize), I can see YTB becoming a strong competitor in Travel.

    Tim
    www.ytbtravelworldwide...     Reply
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    cliftonwebgr
    oup
    Aug 14 06:30 PM
    Online Travel Sites: comScore November Top Sites [view article]
    Travelocity is the front end to (YTB (Your Travel Biz). With YTB you have a great opportunity to start a successful home based business.

    Rick
    www.ytbsource.com     Reply
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    Tate
    Dwinnell
    Jul 19 10:02 PM
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    Blackstone, While Buying Up the World, Adds Hilton Hotels [view article]
    I did Eddie.. thought the stock would take a hit but lucked out after it popped the next day. This thing is really tanking with no end in site. It's going to be awhile before I play another snap back rally! Reply
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    Woodrebel
    Jul 05 11:28 PM
    Blackstone, While Buying Up the World, Adds Hilton Hotels [view article]
    So did you dump your BX today, after catching a 3% "snap back"? Reply
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    Sol
    Rosenberg
    Jul 05 06:32 AM
    Share, Options Movement Leading Up To Hilton Buyout Reeks of Insider Trading [view article]
    What's the big deal? The only real losers are the cartelized option market makers. They spend most of their existence screwing investors with huge spreads and keeping out competition with things like $1.50/order cancel/modify fees, so forgive me if I have trouble shedding a tear for their loss. Reply
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    rolfnorfolk
    Jun 19 04:45 AM
    Barron's Mid-2007 Analyst Roundtable [view article]
    Interesting to see Marc Faber's prediction of a consumer slowdown. As I say in "Bearwatch":

    That may reduce the monthly trade deficit for a while, but won't turn it into a surplus. China's ultra-low wage costs, combined with what seems to be very loose enforcement of intellectual property rights, are still set to hollow out Western industrial production of all kinds, as James Kynge's book makes abundantly and frighteningly clear.

    It's all very well finding ways for individual investors to benefit, but if you haven't got spare money to invest, you can't back the winner in this unequal contest. Without some degree of prosperity, what real peace will our countries have? I'd like to see a credible national economic plan from our politicians.

    theylaughedatnoah.blog...     Reply
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    maavericks
    Jun 17 05:16 PM
    Barron's Mid-2007 Analyst Roundtable [view article]
    PFN is leveraged about 38%. I've owned 2k shares for a long time and was thinking about shedding some shares but its sister fund PFL trades at an even higher premium, lower yield. Risks are if the Fed cut rates since their portfolios are all securities tied to LIBOR + a percentage. The securities are typically in a Senior position but are usually not very liquid compared to corporate bonds. But unlike corporate bonds, when interest rates go up, so does their income which more than offsets their borrowing costs. Reply
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    Ralph F
    Jun 17 03:02 PM
    Barron's Mid-2007 Analyst Roundtable [view article]
    How can PFN yield 8.9%? I assume it's leveraged. It would be interesting to know by how much and what the risks are. Reply
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    William
    Trent
    May 10 01:34 PM
    Consumer Slowdown? Retail Conference Calls Say Not Yet [view article]
    The retail reports today are a big crack in the invincible consumer thesis. Reply
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    BillCust
    May 08 05:11 PM
    Consumer Slowdown? Retail Conference Calls Say Not Yet [view article]
    Bill,
    the timing this time is unique, but not the outcome.

    Looks to me that the spending lagged a bit this time relative to "wealth" and "credit". The mentality was accustomed to available credit and non-production wealth creation (read: home value). But consumption always respond to the asset side of consumer balance sheet in a big way, although predicting the fluctuation in the asset value is a hard thing to do.

    But the most recent data (consumer credit, home equity withdrawal $, and just the trade "dispersion" across stocks of the same industry - esp. if there is buyout rumors) suggests that the lag is not infinite from here on. :)     Reply
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    Jameswg
    Jan 30 02:25 PM
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    Investing In China's Wedding Fever [view article]
    Do you seek any companies like the knot.com coming to China?

    Eat China Blog</A>     Reply
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    john gaats
    Jan 26 01:27 PM
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    Investing In China's Wedding Fever [view article]
    Other than CAF, can we buy A shares from QFII here in N.Y.? Reply
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