TALLAHASSEE, Fla. --- As part of a transportation-funding plan, The Florida House of Representatives approved legislation that would add a $2 surcharge to car rentals in three counties in the Sunshine State.
Read More →CHICAGO --- Car-sharing firm Zipcar has seen its competitive plans to move into the Chicago market hit a snag due to a combined 12% tax the company would owe on its revenues to the city and the state of Illinois.
Read More →ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Truck Renting and Leasing Association and members of its Equipment and Technology Advisory Council traveled to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland to take a look at the Department of Labor's Hire Vets First Committee's Training Assistance Program.
Read More →TULSA, Okla. --- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. has acquired the Thrifty Car Rental franchise operation at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. The acquisition adds approxim...
Read More →ATLANTA –-- Manheim's Total Resource Auctions network of salvage wholesale auctions has expanded to 20 locations nationwide with the addition of TRA Grand Prairie in Texas and TRA Utah in West Bountiful.
Read More →WASHINGTON --- President Bush today criticized calls in Congress for a tax on oil company windfall profits.
Read More →AUBURN HILLS, Mich. --- Since 1998, DaimlerChrysler has sold nearly 1.5 million flexible-fuel vehicles (FFVs) designed to run on E-85 fuel.
Read More →BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. --- Though the Graves Amendment portion of the transportation bill that was passed last fall placed a federal ban on vicarious liability, apparently, there are still circumstances in which rental and leasing companies can be held responsible.
Read More →ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Bill Connors executive director and COO of the National Business Travel Association appeared in April before a Florida Senate Transportation Committee hearing in Tallahassee, Fla., to address a proposed $2 car rental levy.
Read More →TULSA, Okla. --- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group reported total revenue of $362.6 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2006. Those results are a first-quarter record for the company, up 5.8% from the same period last year.
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