Marriott is hitting back at Airbnb, which has been expanding its reach into the hotel industry, by rolling out its own home-rental service. Next week, Marriott said it would start renting 2,000 homes in 100 cities across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America.
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CAMBRIDGE – Toyota’s Cambridge plant beat out tough, global competition to win production of a new Lexus crossover vehicle, its president said Monday. Norman De Bono. Updated: April 29, 2019. The Lexus NX (NORMAN DE BONO, The London Free …
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It’s a question that cuts to the heart of the way tech giants like Uber and Lyft do business: Are gig-economy workers really just contractors, or should they be classified and compensated as employees? On Monday, the US Department of Labor hinted at an …
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Janine Johnson, 39, director of accounting advisory services for Pisenti & Brinker in Santa Rosa, is one of North Bay Business Journal's Forty Under
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SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd posted a 60 percent drop in first-quarter operating profit on Tuesday, hit by falls in chip prices and slowing demand for display panels. Operating profit was 6.2 trillion won (4.9 billion pounds) in the …
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