| Thrifty Car Rental Rolls Prepaid Tolls Into Rental Rates in Florida ...
TULSA, Okla., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Thrifty Car Rental, a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTG) is minimizing the stress that takes a toll on globetrotting travelers. That's why it's including Pass24(R) Prepaid Toll Service with select car rental rates at participating Florida locations when customers use any American Express(R) card for payment and make their reservation using Promo Code AXTL. This offer is valid at participating Florida locations through March 31, 2008. "In our quest to constantly improve the customer experience, Thrifty Car Rental is committed to making travel more convenient for customers," said Brian Carpenter, vice president of sales, marketing and advertising. "With this promotion in Florida, not only will travelers get a great rate with Thrifty, they'll also get the convenience of pre-paid tolls with Pass24." Ordinarily, Pass24 pre-paid toll service is available to Thrifty Car Rental customers for $5.95 per day or $27.95 per week in Florida, which includes all toll charges.
Banks cashing in on border crossers
The big banks must be loving the recent surge in cross-border shopping.Almost every time you buy something in the United States, your bank makes a few bucks in fees of one sort or another. Expect to pay far more in fees than if you bought something here at home. While the Canadian dollar had a bad day yesterday, it's high enough compared to the U.S. dollar that people are pouring across the border to shop. .
Editorial: DNR's short-term funding fix.
Budget shortfalls loomed and threatened the state's precious outdoor bounty. They'd have to lay off conservation officers and cut game management programs, they clucked. Reduce research, slash fish-stocking programs. Whack the walleye, trim the trout. Nothing, they said, could pull the state from the financial abyss. Nothing, of course, but a big tax hike on state hunters and anglers. The DNR could fend off its funding woes by demanding outdoors-inclined folk swallow double-digit price increases on the licenses required to shoot or hook fish and game here. The plan could generate millions of dollars and float the DNR's boat for the next couple of years. Otherwise, so long, steelhead. Buh-bye bears. No way around it.
Kristi O'Harran
Mariner Village's owners now are offering to sell their land to the park. The residents are working hard to find a way to buy it.
And politicians are studying state and county regulations that might control the redevelopment of this and other mobile home parks.
As property becomes more valuable, park owners often are hoping to develop their land for lucrative projects. That means residents must leave.
The Snohomish County Council is considering calling for a time out, and is studying a countywide moratorium on the redevelopment of mobile home parks.
"We're looking at all of the mobile home parks across the county and what we can do to put the brakes on conversions until we get some potential ordinances to help solve the problem," County Councilman Brian Sullivan said.
A. A. Bin Hindi divisions join Air Miles Programme
Mr. Mohammed Bin Hindi, A. A. Bin Hindi Group's Chief Marketing Officer (3rd from left) and Mr. Bassim Aryan, Air Miles Business Development Manager (2nd from left), A. A. Bin Hindi's PR & Media Manager, Mo'men Shawqi (left) and Marketing Manager, Mr. Bobby Cherian (right). .
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