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...Capital to buy Toronto-based Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. The two companies want to create a $5.5 billion high-end leader, with 120 hotels in 24 countries. Why the interest in prestige North American properties? In part, foreign hoteliers hope to lure nouveau-riche travelers from their own countries. A weak dollar and a low-supply lodgings cycle that analysts expect to last until 2008 help. "The broader trend is private-equity interests in hotel assets," says Deutsche Bank analyst Marc Falcone. So far, shareholders are the biggest winners. Fairmont's stock has jumped 57% over last quarter. Next...
What does the report say? In the days before the storm hit on Aug. 29, local, state and federal officials failed to heed warnings of Katrina's intensity. Their disorganized response reflected communication failures and weak leadership at all levels of government. "Our report," the authors wrote, "is a litany of mistakes, misjudgments, lapses and absurdities all cascading together...
...Capital to buy Toronto-based Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. The two companies want to create a $5.5 billion high-end leader, with 120 hotels in 24 countries. Why the interest in prestige North American properties? In part, foreign hoteliers hope to lure nouveau-riche travelers from their own countries. A weak dollar and a low-supply lodgings cycle that analysts expect to last until 2008 help. "The broader trend is private-equity interests in hotel assets," says Deutsche Bank analyst Marc Falcone. So far, shareholders are the biggest winners. Fairmont's stock has jumped 57% over last quarter. Next...
...doing so, alienated his proponents.“I think the problem now is he’s not making anyone happy,” said Pinker, the Johnstone Family professor of psychology. “He’s made his critics think he’s weak, and made it a little harder for his supporters to find anything to support.”Pinker’s comments were striking because the psychologist had been so outspoken in his support of Summers during the thick of last winter’s women-in-science storm...
...manage either, you’re a sitting duck going up against major conference teams that have been experiencing both for the previous three months.By no means should Penn be penalized for its outstanding run through the league or for the fact that the league has been extremely weak over the past two seasons. But inherently the Quakers have been. When the last game that matters occurs a full month before the next, it’s hard to retain that edge no matter how hard you try.The folks around the league that have experienced more than just...