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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – John Q. Hammons, a prominent hotel developer and southwest Missouri philanthropist who rose from a poor Depression-era childhood to build a national real estate empire, has ...

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A Maryland hotel magnate behind an 11th-hour bid to acquire Tribune Publishing Co. is working to find new financing and partnership options after his partner withdrew from the deal, people familiar ...

Texas has been known for producing colorful, larger-than-life business figures. That has been found in a variety of industries. Perhaps one of the most unusual was hotel magnate Conrad Hilton, whose ...