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Expedia Group topped estimates for its fourth quarter results, posting revenue of $3.55 billion, up 11% year-over-year, and adjusted earnings per share of $3.78. Analysts expected $3.41 billion in revenue and EPS of $3.37.
Gross bookings rose 11% to $27 billion, also beating expectations. Expedia’s B2B arm, meanwhile, remained a major growth engine. In the fourth quarter, B2B gross bookings jumped 24% from a year earlier, compared with 5% growth in the consumer-facing...

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Seattle-based company Highspot plans to merge with Seismic in a deal that will combine two of the biggest players in sales and revenue enablement software.
The companies announced Thursday that they’ve signed a definitive agreement to merge. Once the transaction closes, the combined company will operate under the Seismic name and be led by Seismic CEO Rob Tarkoff, who was hired in October. Highspot founder...

Mo Malakoutian has been mayor of Bellevue, Wash., for about a month. He’d like to take credit for the Seattle Seahawks making it to (and winning) the Super Bowl, the World Cup coming to the region this summer, and all of the sunshine of late — not a...