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Marriott Plans To Lay Off Over 800 Corporate Employees Marriott Plans To Lay Off Over 800 Corporate Employees
Marriott Plans To Lay Off Over 800 Corporate Employees Global hotel chain Marriott International is planning to lay off hundreds of employees by the start of the new year. According to a Maryland Work Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing, the company, based in Bethesda, listed 833 people slated to lose their jobs by Wednesday, Jan. 3. Despite the development, Chief Executive Officer Anthony Capuano said business is solid. "Our business momentum is excellent, and as a company that embraces change, we continue to evolve our business to support our global growth," Capuano said in a third-quarter earnings call late last month,…
Kutztown University Professor Found Frozen To Death On One Of Turkey's Tallest Mountains Kutztown University Professor Found Frozen To Death On One Of Turkey's Tallest Mountains
Kutztown University Professor Found Frozen To Death On One Of Turkey's Tallest Mountains An associate business professor at Kutztown University has died after he and another man's bodies were found frozen on one of the tallest mountains in Turkey last weekend, according to university administrators and local news reports.  Dr. M. Halim Dalgin a 58-year-old Adana, a Turkey native living in Mountain Top, Luzerne County, had been climbing a mountain near the country's southeastern border with Iran, multiple outlets report.  On his Facebook page, Dalgin said he was making a pilgrimage to the top of Mount Ararat (also known as Mount Ağrı or Büyük Ağrı Dağı) while travelin…
Rutgers Econ Student Joseph Guaman Dies In Crash, 22 Rutgers Econ Student Joseph Guaman Dies In Crash, 22
Rutgers Econ Student Joseph Guaman Dies In Crash, 22 Newark native and Rutgers University graduate Joseph Guaman died in a car accident on Oct. 26, according to his obituary. He was 22 years old. Joseph was studying economics at Rutgers University, where he served as the president and director of the university's investing club, his obit says. He also founded startup company Traders Capital, and was passionate about financial markets. Humble and soft-spoken was how Joseph was being remembered in his obituary. Services were held Wednesday, Nov. 2 with Mausoleum Entombment at the Glendale Cemetery. Click here for Joseph Guaman's comp…