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Spending a night between destinations in a stopover city and need a place to stay? Online boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith (www.mrandmrssmith.com) have come up with 10 class="mandelbrot_refrag"> hotels for a memorable stopover. Reuters has not endorsed this list. _0"> 1. Best for resort relaxation: Capella Singapore, Singapore Languishing on Sentosa Island, just a 15-minute taxi hop south of the city centre, Capella Singapore hotel in Singapore feels a relaxing world away. A tranquil resort, the 112-room heritage-modern hybrid has a graceful colonial building, art works dotted around the manicured grounds and a triple-tier pool with South class="mandelbrot_refrag"> China Sea views. 2. Best for gourmet dining: The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, class="mandelbrot_refrag"> China   true       A day-spa with 113 contemporary guest rooms, The Landmark Mandarin Oriental hotel in Hong Kong gives good stopover. This styli

For British student Carly Connor a trip to London for a city break would be impossible if she had to pay for a hotel so instead she rents a room in a Londoner's home. Connor, 26, is among a growing number of people taking advantage of a surge in the number of homeowners offering to rent out a room for a night or longer, with the cash a welcome addition to recession-squeezed budgets. This new wave of hospitality sweeping the travel industry was sparked by the success of "couch surfing", where people could go online to book a free bed in a home, and is being led by a blitz of new websites that let tourists bypass resorts and class="mandelbrot_refrag"> hotels .   true       "A lot of the time you find yourself with a host who is more than happy to point you in the direction of a few local hot spots that you otherwise would have missed entirely," Connor told Reuters. But the increasing popularity of peer-to-peer rentals has lawmakers on the alert

General Motors Co said Friday it is recalling 500 large trucks and SUVs because air bags may not deploy. _0"> GM said a small number of 2014 and 2015 pickups and SUVs, including some sold under the Chevrolet and GMC brands, may have a faulty part in the air bag sensing and diagnostic module. GM said dealers have been told not to sell the vehicles with the defective part until repairs are made.   true       (Reporting by Paul Lienert in Detroit; Editing by David Gregorio )

The law firms Squire Sanders and Patton Boggs said on Friday they had agreed to combine, striking a deal that is expected to save Patton Boggs from growing financial strain. In a news release, the two firms said they would begin operating under the name Squire Patton Boggs effective June 1. Partners at 1,300-lawyer Squire Sanders voted on Friday, after 300-lawyer Patton Boggs, known for its lobbying presence in Washington, D.C., had earlier approved the combination.   true       The combination was held up on Thursday because of concerns within Squire Sanders over the role Patton Boggs played in a legal battle between class="mandelbrot_refrag"> Chevron Corp ( id="symbol_CVX.N_0"> CVX.N ) and a group of Ecuadorean villagers, Patton Boggs managing partner Edward Newberry said. Starting in 2010, Patton Boggs had advised the villagers on a plan to enforce an $18 billion pollution judgment against Chevron that the oil giant said was obtained through fraud.

U.S. safety regulators said on Friday that it is likely that more than 13 people died in General Motors cars recalled earlier this year for defective ignition switches. The automaker told Reuters it had raised the number of crashes associated with faulty ignition switches but stood by its count for the number of fatalities. GM recalled 2.6 million older models, including Chevrolet Cobalt and Saturn Ion, to replace defective switches that can cause engines to shut off while driving, leading to a sudden loss of power steering, power brakes and the failure of air bags to deploy in a crash.   true       GM has linked the switch to 13 deaths in cars built and sold between model years 2003-2010. It has never fully explained how it arrived at the figure. Spokesman Jim Cain on Friday said that GM recently informed regulators that it had identified about a dozen more crashes connected with the ignition switch in addition to the previous 35 in had counted. In response to a query from Reut

The class="mandelbrot_refrag"> S&P 500 closed at a record high on Friday, buoyed by a rally in housing class="mandelbrot_refrag"> stocks after better-than-expected home sales and a jump in Hewlett-Packard shares a day after the personal computer maker said it would cut more jobs. The class="mandelbrot_refrag"> S&P 500 ended above 1,900, just below a record intraday high of 1,902.17 set on May 13 and above its record closing high of 1,897.45 the same day. Eight of the 10 class="mandelbrot_refrag"> S&P sector indexes ended higher for the day.   true       The class="mandelbrot_refrag"> Dow Jones Transportation Average .DJT rose 0.8 percent to close at a record high, after hitting a lifetime intraday high of 7,995.39. Housing class="mandelbrot_refrag"> stocks ranked among the market's biggest outperformers, with the housing index .HGX up 1.9 percent. Big tech names like class=

Credit Suisse's ( id="symbol_CSGN.VX_0"> CSGN.VX ) Chief Executive Brady Dougan told a Swiss Sunday newspaper he has no plans to step down and his bank would not need a capital increase despite a $2.5 billion deal with U.S. authorities over a tax dispute. _0"> Swiss lawmakers have been among those calling for Dougan and other executives to resign to allow the bank to make a fresh start after its settlement with U.S. authorities over charges it helped Americans to evade taxes. Asked in an interview with Sonntagsblick if he had thought about leaving the bank, Dougan said: "No. I have been working nearly 25 years for this bank, I'm committed to Credit Suisse, its customers, its staff, its shareholders."   true       Dougan said a capital increase would not be necessary for the bank to meet its goals of posting a capital ratio of at least 10 percent by the end of the year and targeting an 11 percent ratio thereafter. Switzerland's financial