Word: rental
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...those not lucky enough to participate in a Harvard function, however, chairs might be a scarce commodity. The University's huge demands on chair rental companies radically deplete the inventories of several local suppliers, says Robert L. Dwyer, a buyer in Harvard's purchasing department...
...attacks, which improbably involved rental cars as well as helicopters and jet fighters, came at a time of sputtering unrest throughout South Africa. Early in the week the Pretoria government announced that it had found a large cache of mines, bombs, rockets, grenades and automatic rifles, supposedly belonging to the A.N.C., somewhere near Johannesburg. Rioting continued throughout the week in the squatter camp of Crossroads, near Cape Town, where gangs of conservative black vigilantes were pitted against hundreds of young antiapartheid activists. At least 32 people were killed, and tens of thousands of shacks were burned, reputedly by the vigilantes...
...says Paul Jenney of Springfield, Mass., whose Landlord Reports Computer Service will, for $4, deliver a profile of any one of 100,000 Bay State tenants who have ever butted heads with their landlords. Denver-based RentCheck boasts a coast-to-coast network; its subscribers control 2.5 million rental units, some 10% of the % total U.S. rental housing supply...
...items in their summer itineraries, they are setting out to explore what John Steinbeck called "this monster of a land." Travelers will be driving down country roads, hiking in the mountains, jogging on the beach. Their expeditions will spark a business boom for hotel owners and cruise operators, car-rental companies and motor-home manufacturers. In all, some 92 million Americans and 24 million foreigners are expected to vacation in the U.S. this year. As a result, revenues for the U.S. tourist industry may reach a record $280 billion, up some 10% from last year...
Wall Street Financier William Simon is renowned for buying companies with borrowed money and then managing to reap huge profits on his in vestments. Last week he was at it again. Simon's Wesray investment firm agreed to acquire Avis, America's perennial No. 2 car-rental firm, from Beatrice. Analysts estimated the price at $250 million...