Consumers Buying priceline.com Travel Products On eBay Now Can Earn eBay Anything Points.Business Editors/Travel Writers/High-Tech Writers NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2004 Now, consumers who buy priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN PCLN Priceline.com (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) travel products on eBay may receive eBay Anything Points for their purchases. Anything Points is the eBay program designed to give eBay members extra spending power The power of legislatures to tax and spend. Spending power is conferred to state and federal legislatures through their constitution. Judicial Review of legislative spending varies from state to state, but the law of federal spending informs courts in all states. when shopping on the world's online marketplace. Priceline.com also said it has extended its marketing agreement with eBay to provide access to travel booking services. Priceline.com offers an array of products on eBay, including airline tickets, hotel rooms, and rental cars. Combined with current listings available on eBay, the priceline.com service offers great value, making eBay Travel a premiere destination for people booking travel reservations. The eBay Anything Points program does not apply to travel purchases made on priceline.com's web site. eBay Anything Points gives members the opportunity to take advantage of special offers, and earn points to buy just about anything on eBay. Points are deposited into members' PayPal accounts and can be applied as currency to purchase items on eBay or pay for eBay seller fees. Point totals vary according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. products purchased. Additional information about the eBay Anything Points program is available at http://anythingpoints.ebay.com. About priceline.com Priceline.com is a travel service that offers leisure airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages and cruises. Priceline.com also has a personal finance service that offers home mortgages, refinancing Refinancing An extension and/or increase in amount of existing debt. and home equity loans through an independent licensee licensee n. a person given a license by government or under private agreement. (See: license, licensor) LICENSEE. One to whom a license has been given. 1 M. Q. & S. 699 n. . Priceline.com operates the retail travel Web sites Lowestfare.com and Rentalcars.com. Priceline.com is part-owner of Travelweb LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . Priceline.com licenses its business model to independent licensees, including pricelinemortgage and certain international licensees. 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The following factors, among others, could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements: adverse changes in general market conditions for leisure and other travel products as the result of, among other things, terrorist attacks; adverse changes in the Company's relationships with airlines and other product and service providers including, without limitation, the withdrawal of suppliers from the priceline.com system; the bankruptcy or insolvency insolvency Condition in which liabilities exceed assets so that creditors cannot be paid. It is a financial condition that often precedes bankruptcy. In the context of equity, insolvency is the inability to pay debts as they become due; insolvency under the balance-sheet of another major domestic airline; the effects of increased competition; systems-related failures and/or security breaches; the Company's ability to protect its intellectual property rights; losses by the Company and its licensees; final adjustments made in closing the quarter; legal and regulatory risks and the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel. For a detailed discussion of these and other factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Company's most recent Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. 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