Pebblebrook Hotel Trust buys hotel for $87M – Forbes
BETHESDA, Md. — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust said Friday that it has acquired the Sofitel Philadelphia Hotel for $87 million. The 306-room hotel has more than 15,000 square feet of meeting space and will continue to be managed by Sofitel. Pebblebrook used a $ …
Business News at 1:50 p.m. – New Orleans Times-Picayune
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Business News: Jefferson County and Fenton – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Jefferson College Board of Trustees has unanimously agreed to extend the contract of President Dr. Raymond Cummiskey by two years, through June 30, 2014. “The Board of Trustees values Dr. Cummiskey’s leadership, particularly in these challenging …
Hate crimes hit 2-decade low in 2009 – Bradenton Herald
TALLAHASSEE — Florida s 148 hate crimes in 2009 are a record low since the state began tracking them two decades ago in 1990. An annual report Friday by the attorney general s office says last year s figure is 114 below the 262 annual average. Data …
U.S. service sector expands for 11th month – Detroit News
The U.S. service sector expanded for the 11th straight month in November and at the fastest pace in six months. Friday’s report from the Institute for Supply Management said its service sector index, which includes everything from health care to retail to …
Business events scheduled for the coming week – Atlanta Journal Constitution
WASHINGTON Labor Department releases job openings and labor turnover survey for October, 10 a.m.; Federal Reserve releases consumer credit data for October, 3 p.m.; Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on credit unions. H&R Block …
Ascent Media Reaches Deal To Sell Content Distribution Business To Encompass DIgital Media – Multichannel Online
Ascent Media Corp. has reached a definitive agreement to sell its global content distribution unit to Encompass Digital Media . The acquisition, which will create a worldwide provider of media services to cable channels, broadcasters, media companies and …
This Hour: Latest Indiana news, sports, business and entertainment: – Fox 28
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A new survey finds that only about one-quarter of Indiana residents support using public money to start more charter schools, which Gov. Mitch Daniels is pushing to do during the upcoming legislative session. Nearly half of all Hoosiers …
Washington County Superintendent Headed To Trial On Assault Charges – msnbc.com
THE PITTSBURGH CHANNEL.com A Washington County school district superintendent facing domestic assault charges was in court on Friday. Trinity Area Superintendent Paul Kasunich is accused of shoving his live-in girlfriend, Darlene Tartaglione, during a …
N. Indiana man sentenced in wife’s weight bar death – 22 WSBT
WABASH, Ind. (AP) A northern Indiana man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for killing his wife whose throat was crushed by a weight bar. A Wabash County judge ordered the sentence for 39-year-old Scott Pattison during a hearing Friday. A jury …