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Starwood 1Q profit drops, but results top Street

Apr. 30, 2009
Starwood Hotels & Resorts says its first-quarter profit plunged 81 percent, but adjusted results beat analysts' estimates as deep cost cuts helped offset softening travel demand. Like others in the sector, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. has been...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler