China Lodging Group has a group of, you guessed it, hotels. The company operates about 235 economy-priced hotels in 40 cities, mostly in China's east coast region. It has another 140 in development, which would put the ratio of leased-and-operated to managed-under-franchise about even, though the company makes most of its revenue from the former category. China Lodging's banners include HanTing Express and HanTing Seasons, both business hotels, and HanTing Hi Inn, a budget hotel. The company locates its hotels in the country's more industrial and tourist-oriented cities. China Lodging began operations in 2005 and filed to go public in 2010. Pre-IPO, CEO Qi Ji owns about 62%.

Youbet.com is a diversified provider of technology and pari-mutuel horse racing content for consumers through Internet and telephone platforms. Youbet.com's website offers members the ability to watch and, in most states, wager on the widest variety of horse racing content available worldwide. Through this platform, Youbet offers members commingled track pools, live audio/video, up-to-the-minute track information, real-time wagering information, phone wagering, race replays, simultaneous multi-race viewing and value-added handicapping products. Youbet.com, Inc. Players Trust™ revolutionized advanced deposit wagering by placing player deposits in the custody of a major U.S. financial institution. Youbet.com is the exclusive provider of horse racing content for CBSSports.com and ESPN.com.

Inch Kenneth Kajang Rubber Public Limited Company, an investment holding company, engages in growing oil palm in Selangor, Malaysia. Inch Kenneth Kajang Rubber company operates in four segments: Plantations, Manufacturing, Tourism, and Others. The Plantations segment engages in growing and selling fresh fruit bunches. Its Manufacturing segment involves in producing and trading constant viscosity rubber blocks. The Tourism segment engages in the operation of two tourist resorts and a motel, as well as sale of food and beverages. Inch Kenneth Kajang Rubber company’s Others segment engages in the development and sale of land and properties, and leasing of buildings; trading of building materials; and holding of equity interests in quoted shares. It has operations in the Malaysia and Thailand.

If you want some Italian cooking from this company, apparently all you have to do is ASK. ASK Restaurants is a leading casual dining operator in the UK with about 120 locations. The chain's menu features a variety of pasta dishes and rustic-style pizzas, as well as several choices of antipasti. In addition to its flagship brand, ASK operates the Zizzi chain of upscale Italian eateries that offer authentic Italian favorites in a contemporary setting at about 100 locations. ASK is a unit of Gondola Group, which also owns the PizzaExpress chain. Brothers Adam and Sam Kaye started the company in 1993.

Consilience Restaurants owns and operates a small portfolio of upscale dining and drinking spots in the Dallas area. Its restaurants include the Cuba Libre Café, Hibiscus, The Porch, and Westside Tavern. Consilient Restaurants, L.P. also operates Victor Tango's, an upscale cocktail bar. In addition to its signature destinations, Consilience Restaurants operates a small chain of gourmet pizza joints under the name Fireside Pies. CEO Tristan Simon founded the restaurant company in 1999.

Detroit Pistons Basketball Company owns and operates the Detroit Pistons professional basketball team, which boasts three National Basketball Association championships, its last coming in 2004. The team was formed in 1941 as the Fort Wayne (Indiana) Zollner Pistons by auto piston maker Fred Zollner, who moved the team to Detroit in 1957. The Pistons roster has included such stars as Joe Dumars, Bill Laimbeer, and Isiah Thomas. Karen Davidson, widow of the late William Davidson, controls the team. The family also owns Palace Sports & Entertainment, a holding company that owns Detroit's Palace of Auburn Hills arena.

Centrebet offers some 4,000 online betting options every week, from wagers on international sporting events and races to pop culture and current events. Bets can also be made over the phone. Centrebet International Limited is licensed in Australia and the UK. Other Web sites offer online poker and online casino games, which are not open to Australian residents, but are popular in Northern Europe. Centrebet International Limited also takes bets from mobile phones through its Centrebet Mobile application.

Milan may have Da Vinci's Last Supper, but local soccer fans cheer for these artists on the pitch. Milan A.C. (known to English speakers as AC Milan) is one of the more popular and successful soccer teams in Italy's Lega Nazionale Professionisti (National Professional League), claiming 17 Serie A championships (its last in 2004) and 18 other international trophies. The club, known to supporters as the Rossoneri for their red and black jerseys, was formed in 1899 by British expatriate Alfred Edwards and is controlled today by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Milan A.C. plays host at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, more commonly known as San Siro.

The Mirage Casino-Hotel imagines itself an oasis in the desert of Las Vegas. Part of the MGM Resorts International (formerly MGM MIRAGE) family of about a half dozen Vegas resorts, The Mirage offers guests more than 3,000 rooms and 100,000 square feet of gambling space along with a spa, over a dozen restaurants, shops, and a handful of attractions including the famed Siegfried and Roy's Secret Garden and the Kim V Salon. The $630 million Mirage Casino-Hotel had its grand opening in 1989. Parent MGM Resorts is controlled by founder Kirk Kerkorian.

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