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• A Good Guy for Hilton

  Published: November 2, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Good, Guy, For, Hilton, Richard Marriott, The Blackstone Group Lp, Arlington, Host Hotels Amp Resorts Inc, Arne Sorenson, Jon Gray, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Oliver T Carr Co, Starwood Hotels Amp Resorts Worldwide Inc, Willard Hotel, Asia, Bailey Capital, Beverly Hill

  Chris Nassetta may not be the most renowned chief executive in the Washington area -- in fact, if you're not in the hotel business, you've probably never heard of him.

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• Working the Frequent-Flier System

  Published: November 4, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Working, The, Frequent Flier, System, Randy Petersen, Tim Winship, Webflyer Network, Hawaii, All Nippon Airways Co Ltd, Frequentflier Com, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Singapore Airlines Ltd, Smartertravel Com, The Washington Post Company, Xm Satellite Radio Holdings Inc

  I remember sitting in my grandmother's living room, licking S&H Green Stamps and pasting them in prize booklets in hopes of getting something for free.

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• Blackstone Reports Third-Quarter Loss

  Published: November 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Blackstone, Reports, Third Quarter, Loss, The Blackstone Group Lp, Hamilton James, Citigroup Inc, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Jp Morgan Chase Amp Co, Nyse Euronext, Peter Peterson, Stephen A Schwarzman, Wall Street

  NEW YORK, Nov. 12 -- Blackstone Group, one of the world's largest private-equity firms, reported a $113.2 million third-quarter loss Monday on charges related to its initial public offering and lower real estate fees, sending shares down more than 8 percent.

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• Protest Rallies Across Kenya Draw Relatively Small Crowds

  Published: January 17, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Protest, Rallies, Across, Kenya, Draw, Relatively, Small, Crowds, Nairobi, Raila Odinga, Najib Balala, Mwai Kibaki, Lexus Motor Company, Downtown Washington Dc, Eldoret, Ezekiel Muhaya, Serena Hotel, Odm Kenya, Hilton Hotels Corporation

  NAIROBI, Jan. 16 -- Three days of planned opposition rallies across Kenya began haltingly Wednesday, with police facing off against relatively small crowds in several cities and chasing opposition leaders with tear gas through the streets of the capital.

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• After Mortgage-Related Losses, AIG Ousts Chief

  Published: June 16, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: After, Mortgage Related, Losses, Aig, Ousts, Chief, American International Group Inc, Robert Willumstad, Martin Sullivan, Citigroup Inc, Charles Prince, E Stanley O Neal, George L Miles Jr, Ken Thompson Executive, Stephen Bollenbach, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Merrill Ly

  NEW YORK, June 15 -- American International Group, which has lost billions on bad bets on the mortgage market, on Sunday named former Citigroup executive Robert Willumstad to replace the insurer's besieged chief executive.

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