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March 10, 2015

Marriott to add Apple Pay

Apple Pay is checking in to Marriott International Inc.

The Bethesda-based hotel company will be the first global hospitality company to offer the mobile payment service, the company says in a release. It will be phased in during the summer throughout Marriott’s brands in popular locations, including The Ritz-Carlton, Edition, Renaissance and Marriott hotels.

Here’s how it will work: You bring your Apple iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus or – yes, you knew it was coming – your Apple Watch to a contactless…

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March 10, 2015

Montgomery County doubles down in effort to eradicate office vacancies (Video)

Montgomery County is doubling down on a program intended to incentivize companies to lease office space in the area with the ambitious goal of eliminating office vacancies entirely at a time when the D.C. region’s office market is as soft as it has been in years.

Companies of any type except for retail stores and restaurants are now eligible for a grant of $8 per square foot if they lease up to 10,000 square feet of Class A or B office space in Montgomery County for the first time. That rate went…

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March 10, 2015

Neustar revenue growth will 'probably be flat' if major contract ends, S&P analyst says

Neustar Inc., which faces a high chance of losing its $450 million contract with the Federal Communications Commission, will very likely not be able to replace the lost income with revenue from existing operations, according to an analyst at Standard and Poor’s.

“Even if those other businesses are growing at a quicker pace, they’ve lost half of their overall business,” Allyn Arden, a securities analyst for the ratings agency, told me.

Standard and Poor’s downgraded Neustar(NYSE: NSR) last week…

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March 10, 2015

Why does mall operator Simon want to buy rival Macerich? Think Tysons

With the circa-1960s formula of enclosed malls a dying concept, why in the world would Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group want to spend $22.4 billion to buy rival Macerich?

Think Tysons Corner Center — and other key, upscale jewels in Macerich’s mall portfolio.

The New York Times reports Simon Property Group’s key strategy is building and maintaining high-end malls — it has the upscale Forum Shops at the Caesars Palace Las Vegas and Florida’s Sawgrass Mills shopping center among its holdings…

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March 10, 2015

8 things: Metro's big 'crisis' PR hires; Why Uber seeks female drivers

Good morning and welcome to your Tuesday . Here’s some of your business:

1. AM News Talkers:

Reeling from a wave of negative publicity, Metro has brought aboard two hired guns to prop up the transit agency, The Washington Post reports.

Metro didn’t have a lot to say as to why, but it confirmed it has hired O’Neill and Associates and Hill + Knowlton Strategies as it attempts to get a leg up following the deadly smoke incident Jan. 12 and federal investigations into what caused it and how that led…

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