Tuesday, July 31, 2007

IAC sees profits flat in third quarter

(Reuters) - "Given the challenges of the first half, it's a virtual certainty that we won't tally the year at the double-digit rate we had aspired to," IAC Chief Financial Officer Thomas McInerney said on a conference call with analysts. McInerney said HSN's gross margins are expected to decline in the third quarter from a year ago, due to inventory levels, but the drop should be smaller than in the second quarter.



He said that a decline in second-quarter U.S. sales for IAC's Ticketmaster box office service isn't expected to continue in the third quarter.


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