TOPLINE With the global tourism sector hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, French hotel company Accor is considering a possible merger with British rival InterContinental Hotels – a move that would make it the largest hotel group in the world, daily Le Figaro reported. Shares of both Accor and InterContinental …
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Click here if you have trouble viewing the slideshow on a mobile device. Lick Observatory, the historic telescope beneath the majestic white steel dome atop Mount Hamilton, escaped narrowly by consuming Wednesday as firefighters worked overnight to repel flames in the pedestrians above east San Jose. UC Observatories, which operates …
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Critics have repeatedly said that this circular form of fiscal finance – in which one arm of government, the central bank, creates in principle the money needed to finance the government arm that taxes and expenditures – would be disproportionate. leading to a spiral of inflation, a spike in interest …
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Some Florida Keys residents are worried about plans to release more than 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes in the region to fight disease. The Florida Keys’ Mosquito Control District on Tuesday gave final approval to the plan, which will be implemented in 2021 and 2022. The transgenic insects, classified as …
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