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False advertising: On a related note, the engine growls that define some of America’s most iconic cars are in fact, a cleverly recorded lie. (WP)
No deal: Exelon’s proposed $6.4 billion takeover of Pepco Holdings, which would create a single dominant electricity provider in the Mid-Atlantic, could lead to higher rates for millions of Pepco customers, according to a new report that urges a rejection of the merger. (CAPBIZ)
Cityscape: Ever wondered which D.C. neighborhood has the most rats? Or the most trees? Here’s your answer, in ten maps. (CAPBIZ)
Trial run: A District biotechnology company that uses gene therapy to treat diseases of the central nervous system has raised $30 million from investors. What’s next? Clinical trials.(CAPBIZ)
Slimming down: America’s staid, beige hotel rooms, with their sad ironing boards and packaged soaps, have always paled to the promised coziness and cheap chic of vacation-rental sites like Airbnb. So to win back millennials, hotel giant Marriott is doing something very different. (WP)
Pilot project: You need a license for driving a car. Should you need one for flying a drone? (WP)
New delivery: Two former LivingSocial executives are venturing into completely different waters. Instead of delivering deals, they’re delivering meals. (WBJ)
Another choppy day on Wall Street ended with stocks broadly higher on hopes of new stimulus measures for Europe’s weak economy and a sharp rise in oil prices. (Get the latest updates here)
Housing starts (8:30 a.m.)
VIPeventsConcierge’s second annual Network on Capitol Hill (5 p.m.)
No deal: Exelon’s proposed $6.4 billion takeover of Pepco Holdings, which would create a single dominant electricity provider in the Mid-Atlantic, could lead to higher rates for millions of Pepco customers, according to a new report that urges a rejection of the merger. (CAPBIZ)
Cityscape: Ever wondered which D.C. neighborhood has the most rats? Or the most trees? Here’s your answer, in ten maps. (CAPBIZ)
Trial run: A District biotechnology company that uses gene therapy to treat diseases of the central nervous system has raised $30 million from investors. What’s next? Clinical trials.(CAPBIZ)
Slimming down: America’s staid, beige hotel rooms, with their sad ironing boards and packaged soaps, have always paled to the promised coziness and cheap chic of vacation-rental sites like Airbnb. So to win back millennials, hotel giant Marriott is doing something very different. (WP)
Pilot project: You need a license for driving a car. Should you need one for flying a drone? (WP)
New delivery: Two former LivingSocial executives are venturing into completely different waters. Instead of delivering deals, they’re delivering meals. (WBJ)
On Wall Street
Another choppy day on Wall Street ended with stocks broadly higher on hopes of new stimulus measures for Europe’s weak economy and a sharp rise in oil prices. (Get the latest updates here)
What’s on tap today
Housing starts (8:30 a.m.)
VIPeventsConcierge’s second annual Network on Capitol Hill (5 p.m.)
Help: How to lead on the way out (WP)
Follow: Washington Auto Show
Extra: The geography of calamity in America (WP)
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