| Thrifty Car Sales Opens Eight Dealerships in Six States
TULSA, Okla., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Thrifty Car Sales, a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTG) , is turning up the heat on expansions, recently adding eight locations to its national network of franchised used car dealerships. New dealerships are opening in markets that include Baxley, Ga.; Louisville, Ky.; Albuquerque, N.M.; Bixby and Pryor, Okla.; East Providence, R.I.; and Spokane, Wash. In Baxley, Ga., dealer Keven Carter opened a Thrifty Car Sales dealership at 755 W. Parker St. Carter has been in the automotive business for more than 10 years, most recently as Sales Manager at Woody Folsom Chevrolet. Steve Sternberg, a Thrifty Car Rental and Truck Rental franchisee for more than 32 years, has opened a dealership at 6507 Preston Highway in Louisville, Ky.
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1car1, the UK's leading independent car rental company continues to grow and grow and grow. This year the UK specialist car rental company has seen 10 new branches open nationwide giving an even greater level of service to the Australian Traveller. With its ever present Free home delivery Lee Burrows, 1car1's National Sales manager says, We aim to position ourselves in the marketplace as the leaders in UK Car Rental and whilst we are still new to many agents there is a large following out there who know that 1car1 are the only stop when it comes to full on expertise in the UK. Some of the new branches such as Kendall in the Lake District highlights just how specialised we are." Whilst available in all the major centres some of the 1car1 branches service the obscure requests that are sometimes received.
It’s official: Rockford lands Ireland flights
Twice-weekly flights between Rockford and Shannon, Ireland, will start June 26, according to Kenny Tours. The Maryland-based company signed a deal Thursday with North American Airlines to fly the route through Aug. 31, said Bob Nay, Kenny Tours' director of sales and marketing. The flights will be Thursdays and Sundays. Round-trip airfares start at $888, including taxes and airport fees. Six-night motor coach tours, including airfare and hotels, start at $1,489. Six-night bed-and-breakfast stays, including airfare and car rental, start at $1,489. The seasonal model is similar to Chicago Rockford International Airport's other international route, Apple Vacations' weekly flights to Cancun, Mexico, in the winter. But the Ireland flights will be on Boeing 757s with almost 200 seats, which would be the largest plane used on a regularly scheduled passenger route from Rockford.
Dallas area new-vehicle sales rise 4.5% in 2007
Contrary to national trends, new car and truck sales in the Dallas-Fort Worth area rose 4.5 percent last year. The data from the Freeman Metroplex Recap includes retail sales as well as sales to car rental agencies and fleets. And the increase "portends well for business this year," said Drew Campbell, president of the New Car Dealers Association of Metropolitan Dallas. "I think it's very exciting," he said Wednesday. "We are in the center of the United States. Because of that, we're not having the ups and downs of the West Coast and East Coast." If new vehicle sales here continue to grow, they'll be bucking some considerable economic headwinds. New car and truck sales in the U.S. dropped 2.5 percent last year and are expected to fall by at least that much this year. Dealers in the four-county Dallas-Fort Worth area sold 383,939 new vehicles last year, compared with 367,381 in 2006, according to the Metroplex Recap.
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It's belt-tightening time
RESERVE Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens says inflationary pressures are to blame for this month's interest rate rise and has hinted there is a risk inflation could rise further. So how does hiking official cash rates - and adding more to the cost of your mortgage - help? "The rationale is that if the economy is growing too fast, demand for goods may be outstripping supply, causing prices to rise,'' says CommSec chief equities economist Craig James. "Central banks feel that the best thing they can do to keep the economy growing at a sustainable pace is to prevent inflation getting out of control. And if it does look like getting out of control, interest rates are increased to slow down the demand for goods.'' Conversely, when unemployment is high and consumer spending is low, central banks will usually reduce interest rates to stimulate economic activity.
Russian bombers to test-fire missiles in Bay of Biscay
The moment the Chinese put one foot into Siberia, a region with low population density, Russia will come running to NATO for help. He should not play with fire. He needs to understand that waging war requires a strong economy and the Russian economy, at purchasing power parity, is lower than India and China's and only about the same as that of the UK. The days of Soviet glory are long past and he should grow up and co-operate with people, not try and push them around. Peter M, Bath, UK .
Warriors know who they are, and they dig it
But his appendix took a powder after Wednesday's win over the Boston Celtics, and he is expected to miss anywhere from two weeks to a month, somewhere between eight and 15 games at a time when the Warriors don't need any absenteeism. Yet here the Warriors stand - lacking an impact big man when the chips go into the middle of the table. This looks, frankly, like a job for Don Nelson's pointy wizard's hat. And no, Patrick O'Bryant isn't the answer, and Brandan Wright isn't either, at least not yet. Biedrins' injury leaves the Warriors vulnerable at a time when the Western Conference has begun to separate into a nine-team upper division, and the Warriors are ninth. The Houston Rockets, Golden State's closest rivals and winners of 18 of their previous 21 games, felt good enough about their place in the universe to ship Bonzi Wells to divisional rival New Orleans.
New Jersey Orchestra Announces 08/09 Season
The NJSO adds a series at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn beginning in the 2008–09 season, establishing it as its eighth New Jersey venue and further broadening the Orchestra's accessibility to audiences statewide. "I'm very pleased with the 2008–09 season," Music Director Neeme Jarvi said. "The NJSO will be performing some of my favorite music and inviting exciting soloists I enjoy working with." "I love making music with the wonderful musicians of the NJSO, and I look forward to sharing another season with the Orchestra and with New Jersey audiences. Although this is my last season as Music Director, it will certainly not be the end of my relationship with the NJSO; I will enjoy contributing to the Orchestra's artistic growth beyond 2009." Highlights: classical subscription concerts Beethoven Piano Concerto cycle: In every generation, great pianists have discovered new dimensions in these inexhaustible works, which embody Beethoven's progression from developing artist to mature visionary.
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