Some cities, including Washington DC, now have excellent equipment and coordination while others don't.

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The best known extended-stay apartment hotel is AKA, which has nine locations in key markets throughout the US, including Philadelphia, Washington DC, Virginia and four in New York.

BBC: Apartment stays get hotel style

The rules say the next appointee must be a CPA. Sources tell me that the finalists for the open spot include two former female PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) professionals including a trade group leader, a female career Washington DC insider, and a male academic who has been a long and strong investor advocate.

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Huawei also operates a string of offices in the U.S., including North American headquarters in Plano, Texas and 15 other outposts in cities including Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington, DC.

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Today, Enterprise offers roughly 300 electric cars (including the Nissan Leaf, Chevy Volt and Toyota Plug-in Prius) and about 3, 200 hybrids (which run on both gasoline and electric power) throughout the United States, including California, Hawaii, Seattle, New York and Washington DC.

BBC: Rental cars go electric

On Monday in Washington, DC, OSTP Director John Holdren spoke to an audience of scientists and innovators, including the student finalists of the Siemens Foundation Competition in Math, Science, and Technology.

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Streetline has been rolling out the service in Germany and certain cities in 12 states including California, Delaware, Florida, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York and Washington, DC.

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The initial rollout will span 38 metropolitan areas and 62 airports, including major cities such as Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC.

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