| 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.
Ballmer spearheading KeyArena bid, but Legislature balking
Four prominent Seattle business leaders, including Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, are making their pitch to renovate KeyArena and keep the Sonics in Seattle. But the bid is being met with resistance in the state Legislature, where some lawmakers say it's too late in this year's session to push through such a proposal. .
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SMART INVESTORS ALREADY know that past performance figures won't tell you much about a fund's future but now they won't even tell you that much about a fund's past. Take Seligman Large Cap Value, which has outperformed the S&P 500 index and more than 75% of its peers over the past five years. Not bad, right? But a year ago that very same fund was a dog, one of the worst in its category. Same fund, same manager: What gives? Today its five-year record no longer includes its dismal 2002 performance. "Now we have a record that we can sell," says Neil Eigen, the fund's manager. Eigen's not alone. Plenty of fund managers welcomed 2008 with a sigh of relief. All mutual funds are required to report their performance over one-, three- and five-year periods, and now, for the first time since the 2000-02 bear market, those records will capture a period in which stocks mostly went up.
Chase ends with arrest
With the right front tire on the Gran Prix flat, the car continued to travel south on U.S. HIghway 41 and then attempted to turn right onto the dirt portion of Beech Street when the driver lost control and hit a large yellow and red sign in the Covington Motors parking lot at 1354 S. Main St. Godwin stated that the driver of the Gran Prix got out of the car and ran west on Beech Street. Godwin chased him on foot while ordering him to stop and to get on the ground. Bruner stood by with the three passengers while Godwin continued his foot chase with the driver. Godwin caught the driver, Zachary Desmond Rogers, 24, 310 Old Omega Road, E-11, in briars on the back side of railroad tracks. Godwin got Rogers on the ground and held him at gun point until officers Danny Hayes and Bobby Caton arrived and then Godwin handcuffed Rogers.
Task force traces gun used in fatal armored-car case
The gun that was used to kill two armored-car guards in an aborted Oct. 4 holdup has been traced to two employees at an airport car rental agency, Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne M. Abraham announced yesterday. Abraham said an investigation by the Gun Violence Task Force showed that two men, Jason Lighty, 26, of the 6200 block of Catharine Street, and Eric Benson, 25, of the 1500 bock of Ellsworth Street, had possession of the gun that was used in the robbery attempt that resulted in the deaths of Loomis guards William Widmaier, 65, and Joseph Alullo, 55. Lighty and Benson have been charged with violating illegal firearms transfer laws as well as conspiracy. The task force was still investigating how the 9mm handgun wound up in the possession of Mustafa Ali, the man accused of killing Widmaier and Alullo.
Opinion: It's clear BCS still bunch of ... well, you get it
Let me be the first to tell you that any day now, the veil of confusion will be lifted and everyone will see the real story line of this crazy, mixed up college football season. Right now, you're all being blinded by the feel-good sense of how much fun it is to see the football establishment spun on its head. You think it's so cute that this is the year Notre Dame and Nebraska are homecoming patsies. You snicker at the idea that Kansas and UConn — noted basketball powers — have ditched their notorious football lightweight status at the same time. Who doesn't love how every week the Top 10 looks like a revolving door, and that all sorts of unlikely names have worked their way into the Bowl Championship Series spotlight and so many familiar ones have worked themselves right out? Blinded by the light, we love embracing the idea that football historians will ultimately call this college football's most radical season in generations.
Woman guilty in U. of Washington arson
TACOMA, Wash. -- A federal jury Thursday found a woman guilty of two counts of arson for being the lookout in the 2001 burning of the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture by members of the radical Earth Liberation Front. The judge declared the jury deadlocked on three other counts against Briana Waters, including the most significant count, using a destructive device during a crime of violence, which carries a mandatory minimum of 30 years in prison. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Bartlett said his office would decide within a week whether to retry her on the deadlocked counts. For the arson convictions, Waters, 32, faces 5 to 20 years in prison. Sentencing was set for May 30. She closed her eyes, bowed her head and cried as the verdict was announced.
Reese Is Glamorous in the United Kingdom
Her adorable smirk is more than enough to sell magazines, which is a good thing because in the article she talks about how she'll never take her clothes off for a photoshoot. Reese also talks about how she keeps a level-head in Hollywood, and how her Oscar has opened doors for her. Here are highlights: On using nudity to promote films: "If [actresses] take their clothes off, they objectify themselves. I am flabbergasted by how many legitimate actresses do it." To read what else Reese had to say about Hollywood just read more On tinsel town: "Hollywood is one of those endless competitions. It's a race towards nothing. I just want to be the best version of myself that I can be." On the roles she picks: "I would never have been offered these kind of roles.
Chrysler Expands CPO Program to Encompass More Dealers
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — As new-vehicle sales are expected to dip industry-wide in 2008, certified pre-owned sales are becoming increasingly important to dealers and automakers. In response to this, Chrysler officially announced late last week that it is extending its CPO program to encompass more of its dealers. All qualifying U.S. Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge dealers can be authorized for the program, whereas previously, only Five Star dealers were eligible, the automaker explained. "We are pleased to announce the extension of our certified pre-owned vehicle program to all qualifying Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge U.S. dealers," commented Darryl Jackson, Chrysler vice president of U.S. sales. "Opening the program to all of our dealers is a win-win situation, in which dealers can introduce certified shoppers to the best assortment of pre-owned Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge vehicles available, and customers are invited to experience the Chrysler brand family of vehicles at a great value," Jackson continued.
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