The next day he began a clean-up operation at his home, washing the dining room carpet and scrubbing every inch of the house with what one police officer recalled was a "lemony" cleaning fluid.

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The deleveraging of the private sector is nearly complete and governments have taken steps to clean up their own balance-sheets and create the room for economies to breathe.

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For instance Best Western, Carlson, Mandarin Oriental and others have teamed up with Clean the World, an initiative that recycles your partially used soap from the hotel room.

BBC: Business travel gives back