Smarter Travel Media, LLC, part of the TripAdvisor Media Network and an operating company of Expedia, Inc. (EXPE), announced that it has acquired Airfarewatchdog, which is a source of airfare sales. Airfarewatchdog.com evaluates and aggregates the best airfare deals from across the web on all airlines, including those that sell their fares only on their own web sites.Smarter Travel said that the terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.Airfarewatchdog will operate as an independent site and is based in New York City. Airfarewatchdog's eight employees will remain with the company.
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June 19, 2026 16:46 ET Major central banks continued to dominate the economic news flow this week too, led by the Federal Reserve, as they announced their latest policy decisions. The Federal Reserve policy session was in focus as it was the first to be led by the new chief Kevin Warsh. In Europe, central banks of the U.K. and Switzerland announced their rate decisions. In Asia, the Bank of Japan drew attention for its policy moves, while data out of China threw some light on the state of the economy.