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text: Cendant Buys Orbitz for \$1.25 Billion Orbitz Inc.'s shares surged nearly 31 percent Wednesday on news that Cendant Corp., the owner of the CheapTickets, Days Inn, Avis and Budget brands, had agreed to pay \$1.25 billion to acquire the third-largest online travel agency.