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Airbnb valued at $100 billion following blockbuster IPO — equivalent of more than five Expedias

GeekWire

billion — a mind-boggling figure that the newspaper said is greater than Marriott, Hyatt Hotels and Hilton Worldwide Holdings combined. Meanwhile, its net loss more than doubled to $696 million for the first nine months of this year, sparked in part by the decline in the travel business due to COVID-19. That compared to $3.6

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GI Partners Buys LA Telecom Hub One Wilshire » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

Private equity firm GI Partners has acquired One Wilshire, the leading carrier hotel in Los Angeles and one of the most wired buildings in the world, the company confirmed this week. By comparison, the U.S. | High Net World HNW Magazine. Photo: CoreSite Realty). Bank Tower recently sold for about $260 a square foot.

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Data mining for B2B churn and loyalty management in India and South Asia

TM Forum

Whereas postpaid customers may be characterized by their affordability, high propensity to call ‘on-net’, i.e., to their family or friends from within their network of provider, a rich residential location, etc. According to [15], the author concludes that churn analysis is applicable to the noncontractual B2B hotel industry.

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Some things Jeff Bezos can do with his $193 billion

The Verge

Forbes pegs his net worth around $193.2 For instance, last year, Bezos’ ex-wife, Mackenzie Scott, gave away $4 billion in four months — and her net worth is only a paltry $60 billion by comparison. His solution is increased wages and social safety net programs. That’s more money than most people’s brains can process!

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How effective altruism went from a niche movement to a billion-dollar force

Vox

Along the way I asked if the organizers could pay for my flight and hotel, as is the norm for journalists invited to speak at events. I had asked the people at the “let’s all give our money to buy the world’s poor malaria bed nets” conference to buy me a plane ticket ? Obviously the money should go to bed nets! He peaked at $25.9

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