| Hertz Fourth-Quarter Profit Rises on Higher Rental Revenue
Net income in the quarter was $80.7 million, or 25 cents per share, compared with $39.8 million, or 14 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 7.4 percent to $2.14 billion. On an adjusted basis, Hertz earned 29 cents per share for the fourth quarter. Analysts on average had expected the Park Ridge, New Jersey, company to earn 26 cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates. Hertz operates 7,900 car rental locations and ranks as the largest airport-based car rental agency in the U.S. market. It also rents tools and equipment through a subsidiary. The company was spun off by Ford Motor .
Man found shot in pickup
Shattered glass was all that remained at the scene yesterday morning, after an apparent gangland hit in North Vancouver. A man in his 20s was found slumped over in the front seat of a pickup truck on Saturday night after police were called to the 600-block Queens Road West around 11:15. The fatal shooting, which happened in the parking lot of the Delbrook Recreation Centre, had all the indicators of being a targeted hit, police said yesterday. .
Tax caps draw a third of Hammond Fire Department to Indy
INDIANAPOLIS | A throng of Hammond firefighters descended on the Statehouse on Monday in the hopes of heading off a financial emergency.The city stands to lose nearly a third of its budget, or about $21 million next year, if lawmakers press ahead with property tax caps sought by Gov. Mitch Daniels. So roughly a third of the Hammond Fire Department, or about 60 firefighters, came out to show legislators what's at stake.Dozens more public safety officials from across Indiana, including a handful of East Chicago firefighters and paramedics, formed a dense crowd outside the House Ways and Means Committee. Inside the hearing room, Hammond Fire Chief Dave Hamm warned legislators that the budget cuts triggered by the tax caps would cost lives."One thing that I can assure you is our response time will worsen, and there will be deaths," Hamm said.
Experience ‘meaningful, not just memorable’ — ecologist
• INFORMATION: For the commission, see Web site kahoolawe.hawaii.gov; send e-mail to jbauer@kirc.hawaii.gov. For the ‘Ohana, see Web site www.kahoolawe.org; send e-mail to davianna@aloha.net (The ‘Ohana has different logistics, plus a $100-per-person cost) .
DATS outrageous
Questions over safety are being raised after city police charged a DATS driver with sexually assaulting a disabled woman who functions at the level of a 10-year-old. The woman alleges that once in late December and once in late January a Disabled Adult Transit Service driver sexually assaulted her in a DATS minivan. Police have charged a 44-year-old man with two counts each of sexual assault and an indecent act, and one count of sexual exploitation of a person with a disability. Transportation systems can sometimes leave disabled women more vulnerable, says the executive director of the Alberta Committee of Citizens with Disabilities. "We've done research papers here on women with disabilities and the incidents of abuse and one of the things that did come up was the transportation system and how it can increase the vulnerability in some cases," said Beverley Matthiessen.
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