| 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.
Apple tweaks iPhone for business uses
In January Apple CEO Steve Jobs said the company has sold 4 million iPhones since they went on sale June 29. The iPhone has claimed 28 percent of the U.S. smart phone market since its release here in June, according to Jobs. But many businesses have shied away because they want the device to work better with their corporate e-mail systems. To woo more business customers, Apple said Thursday it's tweaking the iPhone to support Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange software, which addresses a key weakness in the gadget and puts it in more direct competition with Research in Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry and Palm Inc.'s Treo smart phones. Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, said the software update will give iPhones the security and integration of e-mail, calendars and contact lists that businesses have been demanding.
Dollar Thrifty slashes pay, benefits
A slow travel market, weakening economy and disappointing fourth quarter are prompting Tulsa-based Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. to make major salary and benefit cuts, officials say.
In its third retrenchment of the past year, the rental car company is suspending its matching contributions to employees' 401(k) retirement plans. It is also suspending merit pay increases for executives and enacting 21 percent salary cuts for executives at the vice president level and above.
Employees were notified of the cuts during the past week in a memo from President and CEO Gary Paxton.
Dollar Thrifty employs 8,500 people worldwide and 970 in Tulsa.
“As you read daily in the headlines, the U.S. economy is slowing significantly and many economists are now projecting that we are entering a recession," Paxton wrote in the memo.
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8 wallet-friendly business travel tips
For the typical road warrior, who spends about $1,045 on airfare, hotel accommodations and car rental per trip, the cost of business travel is a necessary expense. After all, a global economy requires traveling far to pitch clients and deliver presentations. But the cost of representing a company off-site is expected to increase. The average domestic trip this year will cost 6 percent more than in 2007, or $1,110, while the average international trip will rise 7 percent to $3,171, according to the American Express 2008 business travel forecast. What's more, as the American economy weakens, companies are beginning to scrutinize travel expenses, and business travelers will be enlisted to help control spending. .
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Chester stadium: Two views
The debate has intensified because the costs have escalated and these sports developments have become larger real-estate and entertainment plays," said David Carter, executive director of the University of Southern California Sports Business Institute. Now, that tension has come anew to the Philadelphia region, specifically to one of Pennsylvania's poorest cities, where Gov. Rendell has promised that a proposed $500 million stadium development will "change the face of Chester forever." He has pledged a pivotal $47 million in state funding that has supporters believing the city will land a Major League Soccer expansion team. A decision is expected soon. The team would play at a $115 million, 18,500-seat stadium set near the Commodore Barry Bridge and surrounded by what sounds like riverfront paradise - $385 million in restaurants, stores, offices and townhouses.
Gaming gets 'King'-sized treatment in DVD doc
In other words, a geek consumed with combat games, owning great manual dexterity but few other redeeming qualities and even less imagination. Enter "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters," an interesting little movie headed to video after a brief if critically successful run in theaters. What makes Seth Gordon's documentary so intriguing is that it might be the first film to portray gamers as they see themselves: as people with flaws, of course, but also with an abiding passion to excel at something. The story begins when a schoolteacher from Washington state, Steve Wiebe, decides he wants to set the world-record high score at "Donkey Kong," the 1980s' arcade game. This brings him into conflict with the current record holder, a Florida restaurateur named Billy Mitchell, as well as "a whole culture of devoted, grown-up gamers determined to see Mitchell's record stand." As Wiebe practices for the final duel, you just may develop some grudging respect for, or at least understanding of, the committed gamer.
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Use tape records and take copious notes in closed sessions; then, divulge the contents to the public (feel free to engage in political spin).
3. Make individual Repulicans defend themselves in front of a platoon of television cameras and microphones -- something no politician relishes. All of which are great ideas from Marty. Now, we'll see if Idaho D's have the cajones to pull something like this off, and mebbe win a few more votes. .
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