Hilton suffers W-shaped recovery

Hilton, like the rest of the hotel industry, is struggling with declining room rates and revenue. The company also labors under a $20 billion debt load from Blackstone's 2007 buyout.

A federal grand jury is investigating whether Hilton Worldwide and several of its former executives should face criminal charges for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of pages of confidential documents from rival Starwood Hotels & Resorts, according to people familiar with the situation.

The grand jury is part of a six-month-old Justice Department probe into allegations that Hilton, which is owned by private-equity firm Blackstone Group, used trade secrets taken by former Starwood executives, who defected to Hilton last year, to develop its own luxury brand to compete with Starwood's successful W chain.

Hotel Feud Prompts Grand Jury Into Probe

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