BETHESDA — Marriott is voluntarily transferring its listing to the Nasdaq Global Select Market from the New York Stock Exchange. The hotel and timeshare company said that its shares are expected to start trading on the Nasdaq on Oct. 21. ...

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Financing for pinched hotel owners Choice Hotels International Inc. of Silver Spring, one of the world’s largest hotel franchisors, said a new partnership it has established with Access Point Financial Inc. will provide financing to qualified franchisees of major hotel ...

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The Better Business Bureau | Greater Maryland has issued an alert, cautioning Maryland residents to anticipate a spike in scams by door-to-door “rogue contractors” who solicit home repair business following an event such as Hurricane Irene. The BBB and government ...

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Convention center-arena project urged A plan to raze a portion of the Baltimore Convention Center, the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel and its parking garage and replace them with an expanded convention center and new arena has been endorsed by the ...

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HARTFORD, Conn. — The Better Business Bureau, criticized by Connecticut’s attorney general for a system that he called pay for play, said Thursday it’s abandoning a practice that awarded rating points simply because a business was accredited. The business group ...

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The Better Business Bureau’s rating system has come under attack for being little more than a “pay-to-play” system that gives higher grades to those paying an annual fee. An ABC News investigation took issue with how the consumer advocacy group ...

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HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s attorney general is pushing the Better Business Bureau to stop what he calls a pay-to-play system that rates BBB members better than nonmembers. Richard Blumenthal’s office says he sent a letter Friday to the BBB’s national ...

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