In court filings, Tom's attorneys acknowledge many of the transactions that Liesel alleges, including the giveaway to the Pritzker Foundation of her 5% stake in Hyatt hotel chain parent H Group.

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Either way, the ruling puts Liesel Pritzker a step closer to forcing her family to giver her answers she has sought since discovering her trust funds had been drained of valuable assets, including her 5% stake in Hyatt hotel chain parent H Group.

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Ctrip also backs HanTing, another fast-growing Chinese budgetary hotel chain whose parent company, China Lodging Group, went public on NASDAQ just this March.

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Coinstar, parent of the Redbox video rental chain, this afternoon posted better-than-expected Q1 results.

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More recently, there is a story extant about a pizza chain franchisee of a parent company that was going bust.

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Morgan analyst Paul Coster upped his rating on the parent of the Redbox video rental kiosk chain to Overweight from Neutral.

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Coinstar shares are taking some heat after hours Thursday following a disappointing third quarter financial report from the parent of the Redbox video rental kiosk chain.

FORBES: Coinstar Q3 Revs Miss; Q4 Outlook Light; Shrs Fall

Dubai International Capital, the former owner of Madame Tussauds, took an 18% stake in Merlin after the theme park company bought the chain of wax museums' parent in 2007.

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Morgan analyst Paul Coster this morning chopped his rating on the stock to Underweight from Neutral, asserting that consensus EPS estimates for 2011 are too high for the parent of the Redbox video rental kiosk chain.

FORBES: Coinstar: 2011 Estimates Too High, Sell The Stock, Analyst Says

Choice hasn't bought another chain since 1990, when its parent picked up both Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn.

FORBES: No Time To Relax

The combined company is 52%-owned by German retail chain KarstadtQuelle, which was the parent of Thomas Cook, and 48%-owned by the shareholders of MyTravel.

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