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Swift, hopeful reaction to immigration bill
WASHINGTON – An eagerly awaited immigration overhaul from a bipartisan group of senators arrived early Wednesday, an 844-page bill that both the political left and right now see as the best chance in decades to achieve fix a broken immigration...
Tags: Rupert Murdoch, Republican Party, Human Interest, Corporate Officers, Media Industry
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Beat the zealots on immigration reform, then gun control
On Tuesday, I wrote about two senators’ bipartisan plan to expand background checks on gun buyers, saying it was a common-sense measure and should pass. On Wednesday, its sponsors -- Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, an NRA member,...Tags: Rupert Murdoch, Republican Party, Elections, Labor Legislation, Media Industry
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Hotel design team rooted in Maryland
The jeans are too gray, Toby Schermerhorn is on the phone saying. They need to be bluer, she tells the person handling the jeans. Prints of this collage — dozens of overlapping blue jean-clad bottoms — are going to grace guest room bathrooms...
Tags: Memorial Stadium, Hunt Valley, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Arts and Culture
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How loyal are you to your hotel?
If you are a member of a hotel loyalty program, you are probably not really very loyal to your hotel at all. That is one finding of a survey of about 4,000 travelers by Deloitte & Touche about how they book hotels and what guides their decisions. Only...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Car Guides and Reviews, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd., Rentals
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Romney can retire later
WASHINGTON -- The nation is heading toward the "fiscal cliff," but have no fear: Mitt Romney is coming to the rescue -- of Marriott International Inc. In his first public comments since election night, the defeated Republican presidential nominee issued...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Republican Party, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, White House, Elections
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Marriott agrees to buy Gaylord Hotels for $210 million
Bethesda-based Marriott International Inc. has agreed to pay $210 million for the Gaylord Hotels brand and hotel management company, Marriott announced Thursday. Gaylord Entertainment Co.'s shareholders must approve the company's conversion to a real...Tags: Harbor, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Prince George's County, Kissimmee, Gaylord Entertainment Company
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Suit blames hotel for death from Legionnaires' disease
Tribune reporterA wrongful-death lawsuit was filed Thursday against Marriott International, claiming that a downtown Chicago hotel is responsible for infecting an Irish tourist with Legionnaires’ disease. The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, says...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Death, Trials, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Crime, Law and Justice
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CFB Top Employers 2012 footnotes
Adventist: Excludes 2,954 per-diem workers; includes Florida Hospital system and several Adventist Care Center nursing homes. Comcast: Universal Orlando resort; excludes local cable-TV operations. Orlando Health: Excludes 1,632 per-diem workers; does...Tags: Florida Hospital, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Port Orange
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Maryland's wealthy dig deep to donate to super PACS
There are big political contributors, and then there are BIG contributors. Count Baltimore trial lawyer and Orioles owner Peter Angelos among the latter. Angelos has donated at least $1.22 million, mostly to super PACs backing Democrats, according to the...
Tags: Republican Party, Exelon Corp., Benjamin L. Cardin, Political Fundraising, U.S. Senate
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Scholars Unite To Urge An End To Hotel Porn
CNNA letter penned by two notable scholars – a Christian and a Muslim – and sent to a number of different hotel industry executives has asked those hotels to remove pornography from their company's in-room movie selections. Robert P. George, a professor...Tags: Princeton University, CNN (tv network), Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Civil Rights, Family
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Smaller profit, slightly more revenue for Marriott Vacations in 2nd quarter
Increased room-rent and resort-management income gave a lift to time-share operator Marriott Vacations Worldwide during its most recent quarter, though the gains were partially offset by lower sales of its "vacation ownership" products, and profit was...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Real Estate Sales, Trips and Vacations, Travel
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What if Baltimore had landed the Olympics?
A little more than a decade ago, a group of business executives and civic leaders envisioned a moment when the world's eyes would be riveted by events in the Baltimore-Washington area: the lighting of a cauldron followed by two weeks of elite athletic...Tags: Baltimore Red Line, Coca-Cola Co., Mitt Romney, Maryland Stadium Authority, University of Baltimore
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