PARIS - Carrefour, the European answer to Wal-Mart and the world’s second-largest retailer, is in play.
It is a classic story, involving generational tensions, a senior executive summarily dismissed and pressure from powerful investors hunting for profit. But it is also a very French story because the value of the treasure at the tale’s core — [...]

Venerable Chandler resort, the San Marcos, has a new name, a new hue and a new outlook. And a whole new clientele, said Darlene Heavlin, hotel manager.
While the 295-room hotel did a booming businesses with groups, it had been mostly ignored by the corporate crowd in recent years — despite a star-studded history and a [...]