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Trump’s Hotel Company Takes Name Off Rio de Janeiro Property

  • Investments in Rio hotel involved in criminal probe in Brazil
  • Trump Hotels cites construction delays, difference in strategy

The Trump Hotel in Rio De Janeiro.

Photographer: Nadia Susman/Bloomberg
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President-elect Donald Trump’s hotel management and development company took its name off a beachfront hotel in Rio de Janeiro, citing construction delays and a difference in strategy.

The removal of Trump’s name came after prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into investments in the hotel. A spokeswoman for Trump Hotels declined to comment on the probe. The name will be pulled on Thursday, according to the Washington Post, which first reported the decision to sever ties.