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TOPLINE With the global tourism industry hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, French hotel company Accor is considering a potential merger with British rival InterContinental Hotels—a move which would create the largest hotel group in the world, daily newspaper Le Figaro reported. Shares of both Accor and InterContinental Hotels rallied on Thursday. Eric Piermont/AFP via
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Founder and CEO of Network Capital Funding Corporation writing about trends in the mortgage industry.   getty You may have noticed that the response to the Covid-19 pandemic has meant shifts in the way that businesses operate, with a common theme being less face-to-face interaction. Certain industries have implemented fundamental changes with no clear expiration date, and lending
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TOPLINE Home-sharing giant Airbnb has filed confidential paperwork for an initial public offering, the company announced Wednesday, paving the way for a potential public markets debut later this year. Airbnb has resumed its efforts to go public this year, despite fallout from the pandemic. Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images KEY FACTS The company announced that it had
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Aaron Marshall is CEO & Co-Founder of Keyrenter Property Management, the nation’s leading property management and real estate franchise. getty When starting a business, one of the biggest pressures we put on ourselves is to have this outstanding, never-before-seen concept or idea. Yet every professional businessman or woman will point to a certain person or company and
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SoftBank Group chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images) Getty Images This spring, SoftBank, the Japanese conglomerate helmed by Masayoshi Son, backtracked on an offer to buy up to $3 billion of WeWork shares, a deal that would have netted the coworking firm’s cofounder Adam Neumann nearly $1 billion. It seemed, at
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