By CHRISTOPHER WEBER LOS ANGELES - Fresh off a $4

An opera singer has sued the Hilton Hotels Corp. for $6 million, complaining she suffered 150 bites from bedbugs on her arms, chest, neck and face when she stayed in one of its hotels in Arizona.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York hotel workers look set to ratify a new contract with the city's leading hotels, except two Hilton Hotels Corp. properties where talks are turning contentious, a union spokesman said on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York hotel workers look set to ratify a new contract with the city's leading hotels, except two Hilton Hotels Corp. properties where talks are turning contentious, a union spokesman said on Thursday.

By David Jones and Christian Plumb LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hilton Hotels Corp. on Thursday said it would buy its British namesake's hotel operations for 3.3 billion pounds ($5.7 billion), propelling it into the ranks of rivals with global operations.