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Man wanted murder to look like mauling imprisoned
MALONE, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man who plotted to make his ex-girlfriend‘s death look like a bear mauling is going to prison for trying to hire someone to kill her in a staged car crash.
Franklin County prosecutors say Clyde Gardner gave up on his first plan: He’d kill a bear, skin it and wear the pelt while using its claws to kill the woman as she was taking out her garbage.
An acquaintance alerted police after Gardner asked the man to kill the ex-girlfriend and gave him advice on how to stage a car accident.
Gardner is a 57-year-old junkyard owner from Malone and an experienced demolition derby driver. He pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in July. He was sentenced Wednesday to five to 15 years in prison.
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Ford Reiterates Plan to Hire 7,000 in U.S. By End of 2012
September 29, 2011, 9:36 AM EDT
By Tony Jordan and Anna Mukai
(Updates with January announcement in third paragraph.)
Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) — Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally reiterated the automaker’s plan to add 7,000 jobs over the next two years in the U.S. as it expects the world’s largest economy to avoid another recession.
Ford is discussing adding as many as 10,000 jobs in the U.S. in negotiations with the United Auto Workers union on a new four-year contract, according to three people familiar with the talks. Mulally, who was in Thailand today, declined to comment on the progress of discussions with the UAW.
Ford announced Jan. 10 plans to hire 4,000 factory workers and 750 engineers this year and 2,500 hourly workers next year. Some of the hiring was to support Ford’s development of battery- powered cars, the company said at the time. The automaker is now looking for new ways to expand employment, Mulally said.
“We are actually going to add nearly 7,000 new jobs in the U.S. over the next two years,” Mulally, 66, said in a group interview. “And you can imagine that with that backdrop that the attitude of everybody is how do we continue to make progress, because what we all care about is growing the business and providing great jobs and great careers.”
Still Seeing Expansion
The second-largest U.S. automaker’s plan to recruit more workers comes as President Barack Obama seeks to rally support for his $447 billion proposal to boost hiring. With unemployment stuck at 9.1 percent last month and the economy growing at a 1.3 percent annual rate in the second quarter, jobs will be a central issue as Obama campaigns for re-election in 2012.
“We’re still seeing economic expansion,” Mulally said. “It is relatively less than we’ve had following previous recessions. But clearly the recession we went through is the worst that we’ve had since the Depression, so we’re very encouraged by the recovery.”
Mulally was in Thailand to attend the production debut of Ford’s Ranger pickup at a local plant.
Ford shares fell 1.9 percent to $9.93 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading yesterday. The shares have fallen 41 percent this year.
While growth in Europe has slowed due to the region’s debt crisis, expansion in the Asia-Pacific region remains “substantial,” Mulally said. Increasing Ford’s business in Asia is part of the CEO’s wider plan to boost annual global sales 50 percent to 8 million vehicles by 2015.
Market Share
Ford’s U.S. market share rose to 16.8 percent this year through August from 16.7 percent last year, according to researcher Autodata Corp. Under Mulally, the Dearborn, Michigan- based carmaker has been diversifying its model lineup, including adding the Fiesta subcompact.
“The U.S. industry has been through its worst, and Ford is optimistic about the auto market’s recovery,” said Ashvin Chotai, London-based managing director for Intelligence Automotive Asia. “Ford’s financial situation is very good, with the restructuring and partial recovery. The hiring plan seems flexible and realistic, too.”
Mulally, who has headed Ford since September 2006, led the company to earn $9.28 billion in the past two years after $30.1 billion in losses from 2006 through 2008. The automaker borrowed $23.4 billion in late 2006, putting up all major assets including its blue oval logo as collateral. That helped Ford avoid bankruptcy and boost U.S. market share the last two years.
UAW Talks
The discussion about creating 10,000 jobs is part of high- level negotiations between Ford and UAW President Bob King over wages, benefits and employment gains in the new contract and is still subject to change, said the people, who asked not to be identified revealing internal deliberations.
“Job reduction in 2009 was severe, so Ford must be restoring the headcount from then,” Chotai said.
Ford, Toyota Motor Corp. and General Motors Co. are among automakers using Thailand as a global production hub due to tax incentives and trade arrangements that grant access to Southeast Asia’s 592 million consumers.
Ford has invested $1.3 billion in Thailand in the past three years. The carmaker signed a 15.5 billion-baht ($497 million) loan agreement in July with three Thai banks to fund a new passenger car manufacturing plant in the eastern province of Rayong.
Ford said earlier this month it would add eight models in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations over the next five years as vehicle sales increase.
–With assistance from Keith Naughton and Tim Higgins in Southfield, Michigan, John Lippert in Chicago and Kae Inoue in Tokyo. Editors: Kae Inoue, Nicholas Wadhams
To contact the reporters on this story: Tony Jordan in Bangkok at tjordan3@bloomberg.net; Anna Mukai in Tokyo at amukai1@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Kae Inoue at kinoue@bloomberg.net; Sean Collins at scollins14@bloomberg.net
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Review Roundup: Car-Sharing Services
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It’s never been easier to be carless in the city. Not because of a boom in public transit, but because of car-sharing services, which make owning a vehicle akin to paying for a nanny instead of hiring the occasional babysitter.
The Basics
Where do the cars live?
Established companies like Zipcar have parking lots sprinkled throughout urban areas, while newer P2P services connect drivers with private owners (a nice way to make extra money, given that the average car sits unused for 22 hours a day). Most systems use smartphones, GPS tracking, social networks, RFID cards, and the real-time web to connect drivers with vehicles, often within minutes.
How does the system work?
Drivers typically sign up online for memberships, often choosing a subscription plan or a monthly minimum payment. Reservations take a few taps on a phone, and unlocking the car can be as easy as touching a smartcard to the windshield. Usually keys and a gas card will be waiting inside the vehicle, though some car-sharing networks, especially P2Ps, require an in-person key exchange.
What about Insurance?
The services in our review all include rental coverage, which varies by company. A 2011 California law called AB 1871 protects car owners in P2P networks by stating that the owner’s insurance is not liable during a rental period as long as the P2P service has coverage and the owner’s rental revenue does not exceed the expense of owning and operating the vehicle. Several other states are considering similar laws.
Buying advice
AAA estimates that the average American who owns a small sedan and drives it 10,000 miles a year spends $5,860 per annum on car ownership. For that, you could log up to 20 hours a week through a car-sharing outfit.
But many providers limit each rental to three or four days and start charging extra fees after 160 miles per day. So for errands and the occasional weekend getaway, a car-sharing setup can save you time and money. For longer commutes or out-of-town trips, you’re better off buying a car or using a traditional rental agency.
How We Tested
We evaluated standard providers Zipcar and City CarShare and P2P services RelayRides and Getaround on midday errands, rush-hour commutes, and evening outings on the streets of San Francisco.
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Priceline Moves Into The Daily Deals Space
By Sarah Perez
Travel discounter Priceline.com (PCLN) is launching a new daily deals service aimed at helping users find cheap hotel rooms. (Maybe it would be more accurate to call it a “nightly” deals service.)
Starting today, same-day offers for heavily discounted hotel rooms will become available in Priceline’s Hotel Rental Car Negotiator app at 11 a.m. local time and can be instantly booked up until 11 p.m., or until the deal sells out.
To be clear, Priceline isn’t using the group-buying model of Groupon here, which requires that a certain number of people sign up for a deal in order for it to “tip” (meaning become active.) But it certainly is tapping into the instant gratification from discount fervor that services like Groupon (GRPN), Living Social and others offer.
The deals will show up in the mobile app when a traveler does a search for hotel rooms with a check-in date of “today.” When they buy a deal, they can choose to check in that day, and stay up to 4 nights at discounts of up to 35% off published prices, says Priceline. The app will also show hotel descriptions, maps, photos, ratings and the current discount rate.
Priceline SVP Marketing John Caine says that the discounter decided to go after the daily deals market after discovering that 70% of Priceline’s mobile customers were looking for same-day check-ins.
Starting today, 3-star and 4-star rooms will be available via the new service in 34 cities across the U.S., including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Ft. Lauderdale, Honolulu, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Phoenix, Portland, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Fe and Washington, D.C. More cities will be added in the future. The Priceline mobile app is available in iTunes and the Android Market.
Update: A top Priceline competitor in this space, Hotel Tonight, has just announced that it’s expanding into 14 more markets from the original 23. Good timing!
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Carrentals.co.uk Announces New Autumn Car Hire Prices for Saving in Orlando
Carrentals.co.uk Announces New Autumn Car Hire Prices for Saving in Orlando
Published on: September 29th, 2011 04:17pm by: theprconn
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Lightwater, Surrey (OPENPRESS) September 27, 2011 – Award-winning car hire price comparison website Carrentals.co.uk has introduced new prices sourced from the industry’s leading suppliers to help Brits save money on holidays to Florida this year. Anyone taking the kids to see Mickey and Minnie at Orlando’s Disney World this autumn can rent a car from a trusted provider at a price which won’t spoil a holiday budget.
Carrentals.co.uk specialises in helping tourists compare car hire deals from all the top name providers including Alamo, Auto Europe, Budget, Ebookers, Hertz, Holiday Autos, Opodo, Sixt and Thrifty. Travellers flying into Orlando Airport for a holiday this year can this week log on and browse a choice of car hire Orlando deals to help them get around the Sunshine State without having to pay a fortune for their vehicle.
Carrentals.co.uk advises tourists and travellers that picking up a car on arrival at Orlando Airport is the smartest way to get out and explore Florida. The many attractions around Orlando such as Sea World, Epcot Center, Universal Studios and the Everglades make car rental USA deals even more attractive – particularly with prices starting at just £14 per day*.
Gareth Robinson, Managing Director of Carrentals.co.uk, comments, “We know from experience just what a difference cheap car hire collected at the airport can make to a family holiday. For anyone planning a trip to the Sunshine State in October or November we can help them get some fantastic value vehicle hire deals with collections available on arrival in Orlando.”
Carrentals.co.uk compares car hire deals from more than 50 rental providers, including Alamo, Auto Europe, Budget, Holiday Autos and Sixt, in over 15,000 locations worldwide. To compare the latest car hire deals visit www.carrentals.co.uk.
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*Price correct at time of writing for 1 week car hire from October 20th for rentals collected at Orlando International Airport.
About Carrentals.co.uk
Carrentals.co.uk was launched in February 2003 and grew to become one of the UK’s leading online car hire companies by 2006.
In 2007 the company re-launched its site to create the first major online price comparator in the travel industry. Using the latest technology the Carrentals.co.uk site now searches more than 50 different car hire websites, providing an impartial comparison of the best prices available in over 15,000 locations.
Websites searched include Alamo, Auto Europe, Budget, Ebookers, Hertz, Holiday Autos, Opodo, Sixt and Thrifty, with the Carrentals.co.uk site quickly comparing prices and allowing customers to refine their search by car type.
The Carrentals.co.uk site also features over 5,000 pages of travel information in a mini-guide format.
In 2008 Carrentals.co.uk was voted Best Car Hire Website in the Travolution Awards, and in 2010 it was Highly Commended in the Best Meta-search/Price Comparison category. To book or for further information visit www.carrentals.co.uk.
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Utah rental car shop employee uses Facebook to recover overdue SUV; woman faces theft charge
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– Authorities in Salt Lake City say a rental car company employee used Facebook to trick a woman into returning a vehicle she stole.
The Deseret News reports ( http://bit.ly/qhpmTO) Jennifer Marshall Hansen rented an SUV from Affordable Rent-A-Car but failed to return it as scheduled on Sept. 1.
The 42-year-old woman from Sandy now faces a second-degree felony count of theft of a rental vehicle. The charge was filed Wednesday in Salt Lake City’s 3rd District Court.
Hansen could get up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
Court papers say a company employee “friended” Hansen on Facebook and arranged to meet with her. The papers say Hansen drove the stolen vehicle to the meeting and the employee called police.
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Information from: Deseret News, http://www.deseretnews.com
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