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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc has announced that it will be making fewer 2010 car rental purchases from Chrysler in an effort to diversify its fleet. Chrysler had previously made up over three-quarters of Dollar Thrifty's total U.S. fleet purchases in 2008. It will now constitute about 30 percent of ...
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
As you probably know, GoDaddy.com has been deeply involved in sponsorship of sports for many years now. Last weekend in Portland, Oregon the world's largest domain name registrar jumped in to the dangerous and fast-paced world of Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR), with sponsorship of the the GoDaddy.com Invitational, a ...
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
In the wake of claims by one of the big credit reporting firms that fraud alerts being placed on behalf of an individual by identity protection firms are a misuse of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, LifeLock is replacing fraud alerts as one of the company's primary consumer protection methods, ...
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader Mark Martin will drive for Hendrick Motorsports through 2011, and GoDaddy.com has signed to be primary sponsor of his nunber 5 car Chevrolets in the Series. The world's leading registrar of Internet domain names will be on the hood for 20 races next year, including ...
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Last year Americans spent an estimated $6.9 billion on Halloween, making it the country's second largest commercial holiday, but the National Retail Federation released a survey this week saying that consumers intend to spend less in 2009 because of economic conditions, with total spending expected to reach only $4.75 billion. ...
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
We're all aware by now of the dangers of second hand and even third hand smoke. As more nonsmokers and people with sensitivity to tobacco products insist on non-smoking environments, more and more restrictions are placed on where smokers can light up.
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
LifeLock, Inc. has been recognized as Arizona’s fastest growing company with a 2009 Arizona Corporate Excellence (ACE) Award. A leader in identity theft protection services nationwide, LifLock was selected for the ACE Award based on revenue growth over the last two years. The awards program calculates both the actual dollar ...
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
To borrow a phrase from Mark Twain, reports of the death of the long play album have been greatly exaggerated, at least when it comes to leading digital music retailer eMusic. eMusic announced last week that full album downloads accounted for 72% of their worldwide sales over the past year, ...
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
Web publishing provider Squarespace announced this week that all of the electricity they buy is Green-e certified renewable and they are now a TerraPass certified carbon-balanced business. In a post on their official blog, Tristan Handy writes "We recently sat down to do a review of our complete footprint and ...
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
If you've ever flown into Orlando International Airport and rented a car from there, you might have been surprised to learn that your car was a lengthy shuttle bus ride away in a remote location. Between now and next April, those shuttles will become a thing of the past.
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