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Old Dec 19, 2001 | 9:42 am
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I'd be very surprised over a Hilton/Starwood merger. Wouldn't this be viewed pretty negatively by U.S. Antitrust regulators? Seems like a combination of Starwood and Hilton in the U.S. would result in a big enough share of total lodging industry capacity that it would definitely show-up on the antitrust radar screen and possibly require divestitures. Not to mention the questionable economics of such a transaction. Isn't HOT pretty laden with debt right now, and HHL just as bad?
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