Hints and tips:
...Mr Sternlicht took over Westin Resorts & Hotels Worldwide and ITT Corp, which owned the Sheraton chain and the St Regis hotel in New York....
...The short-sellers who thought education provider ITT, Beazer Homes or Restoration Hardware were bound to fall have been hit by rises of more than 40 per cent in three weeks....
...Activist investors have taken stakes in several US manufacturing companies in recent years, including ITT, Ingersoll-Rand and Illinois Tool Works....
...Executives at Pepsi might note the changes at industrial products maker ITT and L-3 Communications, both of which announced spin-offs last year following prodding from the patient but insistent Mr Whitworth...
...In the past year, companies including Sara Lee, ITT and Fortune Brands have decided to separate disparate parts of their businesses, in some instances under pressure from activist investors....
...ITT, the US industrial company, said earlier this month that it would divide its defence, water and industrial products units....
...The level of stock lending is lower than at ITT Technical Institutes and Corinthian Colleges, two other for-profit education companies deemed at risk from the US Department of Education’s proposals....
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