Out on the footpath by the hotel, Michael Adams, an editor who has lived in the neighbourhood for 20 years, is walking his golden retriever, Pym.

BBC: Walking New York City��s High Line

Among the best-known names of those who have signed on: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, investor Ronald Perelman, hotel magnate Barron Hilton and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

FORBES

Michael and Sabina Baugh spent eight days at the Hotel Cecil in Los Angeles (LA) before Elisa Lam's body was found.

BBC: Devon

Prince Waleed bin Talal , a Saudi prince whose company interests encircle Euro Disney, Michael Jackson, Saks Fifth Avenue, the George V hotel in Paris and Canary Wharf in the Docklands of London, has built up a 5% stake in Apple Computer in recent weeks.

ECONOMIST: Fowl

The operation was aimed at making the hotel safer, the military source told CNN's Michael Holmes.

CNN: U.S. says Iraq missions will go on

The other books on this year's shortlist were Skios by Michael Frayn, England's Lane by Joseph Connolly, Heartbreak Hotel by Deborah Moggach, and Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt.

BBC: Howard Jacobson

Morgans, headed by Yucaipa veteran Michael Gross as chief executive since 2011, is remaking itself into a hotel manager, divesting its hotels and keeping contracts to manage them for the new owners.

WSJ: The Fight for Hip Hotel Firm

In Los Angeles Drago Centro serves three prohibition era-inspired cocktails from Beverage Director and Sommelier Michael Shearin and Head Bartender Jaymee Mandeville: The Algonquin, created at the famed NYC hotel around prohibition, includes rye whiskey, dry vermouth, and pineapple juice.

FORBES: Boardwalk Empire Inspires Prohibition Era Themed Cocktails