What both countries need now is to ensure greater diversity in leadership positions, from the corridors of power to executive board rooms.

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The Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Card from Citibank includes automatic Gold status, bumping you into preferred rooms and granting you Executive Lounge access at many Hilton properties.

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When Charles Ledsinger Jr. became chief executive of Choice Hotels in 1998, the hotel industry was adding rooms by the thousands, and ever-fancier ones at that.

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All rooms are equipped with free wireless Internet access, and the hotel provides a complimentary executive basket that includes post-it notes and a stapler.

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"Vidyo and HP will offer a set of solutions that bring together the best aspects in high-end videoconferencing whether at the desktop, in conference rooms or in Halo studios, " said Ofer Shapiro, co-founder and chief executive officer, Vidyo.

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In Las Vegas, Mr. Nazarian and Terry Fancher, a Stockbridge executive managing director, have struggled to find affordable financing for the Sahara project partly because a glut of new rooms have kept rates down.

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