Uber has expanded its Comfort Electric service to 24 US cities and Vancouver, Canada. The company had launched Comfort Electric to build on agreements with rental companies like Hertz. The latter helps Uber drivers get their hands on Tesla and other high-end electric vehicles.

Uber Comfort Electric was made available four months ago in select California cities. Today, Uber’s partnership with Hertz has helped the company expand service, with more than 25,000 drivers renting a Tesla.

To pick up, Hertz in October 2021 said it would supply 50,000 of the 100,000 electric cars ordered from Tesla to Uber drivers in the United States. Drivers could first rent Tesla cars from Hertz in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and Washington DC last fall.

Uber and Hertz have worked together since 2016 to provide discount car rental options.

Besides Tesla cars, Uber is also listing other premium electric vehicles like the Polestar and Ford’s Mustang Mach-E in today’s announcement. At least the Polestar cars are also confirmed by Hertz.

As with previous communications, the companies did not disclose actual driver rates. Uber, however, suggests drivers who qualify for Comfort Electric can earn more per hour due to higher fares, gas savings and an additional $1 per trip incentive for every trip they take.

Starting today, Uber Comfort Electric has been activated in the app in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore-Maryland, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Connecticut, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Miami, New Jersey, NYC Suburbs, Philadelphia, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio, Seattle, St Louis, Vancouver (Canada), in addition to Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Washington DC.

It’s a bit like Uber Green in Europe, where passengers choose electric cars to pick them up. The service is mainly available in London (and some US markets), and Uber has tried to make it easier for drivers to finance electric cars. More recently, the company partnered with fintech company Moove to provide drivers with electric vehicles through its rent-to-own model. Moove aims to be the biggest EV partner on Uber’s London platform, with plans to grow to 10,000 cars by the end of 2025. However, that has yet to materialize.

Uber Comfort Electric also ranks above Uber Green as it requires a price premium and is premium EV only. Uber Green, however, sometimes includes PHEVs and hybrid cars.

Uber drivers can view their options for going electric in the “EV Hub” available in the driver app.

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When nearly 80,000 Afghans arrived in the United States, refugee resettlement agencies were quickly overwhelmed, still struggling to rehire staff and reopen offices after being gutted as the Trump administration slashed the number of refugee admissions at a record high.

So the US State Department, in conjunction with humanitarian organizations, turned to ordinary Americans to fill the void. Neighbours, co-workers, faith groups and friends have come together in “sponsorship circles” to help Afghans settle into their communities.

They raised funds and found houses to rent for new arrivals, enrolled their children in schools, taught them how to open bank accounts and located the nearest mosques and shops selling halal meat.

Since the withdrawal of the US military from Kabul last year, the Sponsorship Circle program for Afghans has helped more than 600 Afghans restart their lives. When Russia invaded Ukraine, a similar effort was made for the Ukrainians.

Now the Biden administration is preparing to turn the experiment into a private sponsorship program for refugees admitted under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and is asking organizations to partner with it to launch a pilot program. by the end of 2022.

The move comes amid mounting pressure on President Joe Biden, who pledged in a 2021 executive order to increase opportunities for Americans to resettle refugees and restore the United States as the world’s safe haven. The Trump administration has decimated the refugee program, which traditionally tasks nine resettlement agencies with placing refugees in communities.

Experts say the private sponsorship model could transform how America resettles refugees and ensure a door remains open no matter who is elected.

“I think there’s a real revolution going on right now when it comes to communities in America and communities around the world raising their hands and saying, ‘We want to bring in refugees,'” said Sasha Chanoff, Founder and CEO of RefugePoint. , a Boston-based nonprofit that helped launch the effort.

It comes as the number of people forced to flee their homes topped 100 million this year, the first time on record, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

The pilot program will incorporate lessons learned from the Sponsor Circle program for Afghans, which was developed as an emergency measure to expedite the resettlement of Afghans, many of whom are languishing on US bases. But the pilot program will be different because it is intended to be “an enduring part of US refugee resettlement,” a US State Department official said in an email to The Associated Press.

The pilot program will connect ordinary Americans with refugees abroad who have already been approved for admission to the United States, the representative said.

Chanoff said the new model should also come on top of the US government’s traditional refugee program, which only admitted about 15% of the 125,000 Biden cap set for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30. . The Biden administration has been slow to build staff and overcome the huge backlog, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic, advocates say.

Those figures exclude the roughly 180,000 Afghans and Ukrainians who were mostly admitted on humanitarian parole, a temporary legal option that aimed to get them in faster but left them with less government support.

Ordinary Americans have helped fill that need, Afghan families say.

As part of the sponsorship circle program for Afghans, participants underwent background checks, received training and developed a three-month plan. Each group was to collect at least $2,275 for each resettled person, the same allowance the US government gives to agencies for each refugee.

Mohammad Walizada, who fled Kabul with his family, said five days after being connected in a sponsorship circle with Four Rivers Church in New Hampshire, his family moved into a furnished house in Epping, a town in approximately 7,000 inhabitants.

Meanwhile, Afghan friends and relatives have spent months on US bases waiting to be placed by a resettlement agency, he said.

He said his sponsorship circle gave his family 10 months rent and a car, and someone still watches over him, his wife and six children on a daily basis. Each circle receives a mentor who coaches them from WelcomeNST, an organization created in 2021 to help Americans resettle Afghans and now Ukrainians. The organization offers a Slack channel for circles and partners of the resettlement agency, HIAS, which connects them to social workers when needed.

The New Hampshire team has more than 60 members helping people like Walizada.

“I feel like I have a lot of family here now,” Walizada said.

True, ordinary Americans have always helped resettle refugees, but not on this scale since the US Refugee Act of 1980 created the official program, experts say.

A similar outpouring of goodwill occurred when the Biden administration launched Uniting for Ukraine, which allows Ukrainians to flee war to the United States for two years with a private sponsor. US Citizenship and Immigration Services, an agency of the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the program, received more than 117,000 applications through August.

Hundreds of Americans have formed teams to resettle Ukrainians, including in Wyoming – the only state that has never authorized an official refugee resettlement program.

“We just wanted to be able to do something and we have such a great community here,” said Darren Adwalpalker, pastor of Highland Park Community Church in Casper, who formed a group that sponsored three Ukrainians who arrived in the town in 60 000 in June. .

Adwalpalker has received support from the humanitarian group Samaritan’s Purse.

“Without private sponsorship, this would not have been possible for many of these communities who have enormous resources and the goodwill to do so,” said Krista Kartson, who runs its refugee programs.

With $3,000, the pastor said his group provided an apartment for six months for the only Ukrainian who remained in Casper. Just about everything else – grocery gift cards, furniture – was donated.

“One of the things I’ve learned is that the whole idea of ​​a resettlement office isn’t that important” if there are people on the ground willing to help, Adwalpalker said. .

“We have dentists working on their teeth. We have doctors who see them. We have lawyers who help them with their immigration documents.

Manziel could afford to buy, having grown up on the money before signing a four-year, $8.2 million contract with the Browns in 2015. But the average NFL player earns significantly less coming out of the university.

Before Wyatt Teller became an All-Pro guard for the Browns, he was just a fifth-round pick trying to make the Buffalo team. After being drafted from Virginia Tech in 2018, he signed a four-year contract worth $2.7 million with a signing bonus of $250,000. He moved into an apartment in Hamburg, New York, about 10 minutes from the Orchard Park training facility, and looked set to stay with the Bills, starting the final seven games of the season. Then, 10 days before the start of the 2019 season, he was traded to the Browns.

“I was living in Virginia at the time, and neither of us had ever been to Cleveland, so we had no idea where anything was,” said his wife, Carly, who had just started dating Teller at the time.

Teller added, “I was so focused on learning the playbook that I didn’t have time to look for an apartment. She was like, ‘What can I do for you? ?’ So I kicked him.”

Carly remembers calling the Browns’ offices and asking, “Where do people live in Cleveland, Ohio?” She quickly found him an apartment in Olmsted Falls, near the Berea training center. Most of Teller’s neighbors were of retirement age.

“I think I could get in my truck and be at the facility in 10 minutes,” said Teller, who now lives with Carly in a home in Westlake.

“I still can’t hear the end of it,” Carly said. “I still hear we’re 20 minutes away now.”

The story of the Tellers is typical. Cleveland’s sports teams are (understandably) tight-lipped about their athletes’ housing situation, but renting is common, especially with the Browns and Guardians, MLB’s youngest team. A Guardians source says Jose Ramirez may be the only player to own a home in Cleveland. Manager Terry Francona, who is finishing his 10th season with the club, rents an apartment two blocks from Progressive Field and walks or scooters to work. Most Guardians rent apartments near Crocker Park, with a few others downtown or in Tremont. Many of them choose to buy homes in Arizona to be closer to the Guardians’ Goodyear compound.

The NBA offers a little more security. Thompson bought his lakeside home in Bratenahl for $1.9 million in 2015 after signing a five-year extension. (The house, which was often featured on E!’s “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” sold for $2.5 million shortly. after being listed.) Kevin Love also lives in Bratenahl, in a $1.25 million home he bought in 2015 and could sell once his contract ends after this season. Current jumpers such as Darius Garland, Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley and Donovan Mitchell are all signed for at least four more seasons on guaranteed contracts, making buying more convenient, but few are staying long-term. Anderson Varejao still lives in Cleveland and LeBron James has a mansion in Bath where he will one day have to take a bath, but most former Cavaliers move to warmer climes after their careers end.

The NFL is a renter’s paradise, as the average career lasts 3.3 years, or nearly two-thirds of a team’s roster. runs after two years, and few contracts are fully guaranteed outside of Deshaun Watson’s five-year, $230 million deal with the Browns. Most of the Browns live on the West Side in places like Westlake, Strongsville, Avon and Columbia Station, where Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham Jr. both owned homes. OBJ’s home went on the market in April for $3.3 million and would have found a taker in Juneeven if the house has not yet closed.

That’s no problem for Beckham, who earned $82 million during his NFL career and who signed a five-year, $29 million deal with Nike in 2017. But the average player can’t afford to own homes in multiple cities.

“It’s funny, but a lot of my friends think as soon as you get drafted you’re a millionaire,” said Teller, who signed a four-year, $56.8 million extension last November. “It took me three years to become a millionaire. They see this contract (extension) and think you have all this money right now.

“Careers in the NFL are short. You dream of playing for 10 years or even three years, since that’s when you retire. You hope to earn money outside of football, but you You only have a short time to make money. We’re blessed, but for a lot of guys it’s hard.”

RIYADH – Theeb Rent a Car Company has announced that it has received the first fleet of the new 2023 BMW 5 Series, which recently hit the road, from Mohamed Youssef Naghi Cars Company. This fleet will open a series of new expansions across the Kingdom as the company aims to improve and upgrade its services to meet the growing demand for premium car rental services.

The expansion also stems from Theeb Rent a Car’s attempts to update its fleet of cars periodically and continuously. Many presences from both sides were present for the signing of the supply agreement, which was set up by Mr. Hamad Alrajhi, Director of Purchasing and Warehouses at Theeb Co., and Mr. Khaled Hassan, Director of sales at Mohamed Yousef Naghi Motors Co.

On this occasion, Purchasing and Warehouse Manager at Theeb Rent a Car, Mr. Hamad Alrajhi, said: “The new 2023 BMW 5 Series fleet will be an added value to our Class A fleet, which is in high demand by our customers. clients. This step also responds to the company’s strategy to develop and update its fleets periodically and continuously, to meet the needs of customers who seek comfort and luxury.

According to Alrajhi, the first fleet is being prepared for deployment to a number of company locations across the Kingdom. He also explained his pleasure in Theeb’s partnership with Mohammed Yousef Naghi Motors Co., BMW’s official supplier in the Kingdom.

Theeb Rent A Car is one of the largest and most pioneering companies in the car rental industry. The company includes a wide range of solutions and services for vehicle rental through long and short term rentals. Also, it includes a large base of customers from different categories and industries, as well as individuals. In addition, the company has accumulated experiences of more than 30 years where its activity has started in the field of car rental since 1991 with more than 24 thousand vehicles.

COSTA MESA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–To help millions of U.S. renters improve their credit scores, Experian^® today launched a beta version of Experian Boost^®1 which allows consumers to make qualifying “positive” residential rent payments directly to their Experian credit report. This ability makes Experian Boost the only feature that can instantly improve a consumer’s FICO^® Rating 8² through positive rent payments at no cost.

“Experian Boost is a game-changer and we are excited to launch the first phase of this new enhancement that will allow consumers to instantly add lease payments to their Experian credit report,” said Jeff Softley, President Direct to Consumer, Experian Consumer Services. “We are committed to continually improving Experian Boost to bring financial power to everyone.

Based on preliminary analysis³ Highlighting the potential impact of a positive residential rent payment report via Experian Boost, Experian believes:

• 66% of consumers will see an instant increase in their FICO^® Rating 8

• A FICO^® Score 8 improvements of nearly 10 points on average for those who receive a boost and are new to using Experian Boost

• Consumers who get a boost with thin credit records or low FICO^® Scores see an improvement of around 14 points

• An average improvement of almost 19 points for new users who see a FICO^® Score 8 improvement when positive rent payments are combined with other payments eligible for Experian Boost, such as telecommunications, utilities, and video streaming services

Reporting positive rents via Experian Boost: how it works

With the beta, consumers who rent from more than 1,500 of the largest U.S.-based property management companies and pay their rent directly to their property management company or through platforms like AppFolio Property Management, Buildium^®Yardi^® Breeze and Zillow^® The rental manager can add qualifying positive rent payments to their Experian credit file through Experian Boost.

Once a consumer creates an Experian account and signs up for a free or paid Experian membership, the consumer can register and authorize access to checking, savings, or credit card accounts used to pay rent so that Experian can identify residential rent payments under eligible conditions. amount range. Once three qualifying rent payments within the past six months are verified by the consumer, including at least one within the past three months, they may be added to the consumer’s Experian credit report, assuming they have no does not already have rent in his credit file via Expérian^® RentalOffice^® or an active home equity line of credit. The whole process takes less than five minutes. Once logged in, eligible future rent payments can be automatically added to a consumer’s Experian credit file.

New property management companies and payment methods will continue to be evaluated and added during the beta. Experian also plans to add individual owners and smaller property management companies over time.

Experian Boost: three years of significant impact

Since its launch in spring 2019, 8.6 million⁴ consumers instantly improved their FICO^® Achieve a score of 8 with an average increase of 13 points by adding their positive payments for telecommunications, utilities, and video streaming services to their Experian credit report through Experian Boost. While not all users receive an increased FICO score, the free feature added a total of 88 million points to FICO scores nationwide. Those with limited credit histories and FICO scores below 620 saw the most benefit with an average FICO Score 8 improvement of almost 17 points for subprime consumers and almost 20 points for those with thin credit records (among users who see an improvement).

Experian analysis shows member FICO^® Score 8 continues to improve during an Experian membership, even after being boosted. In fact, members who initially received a boost saw their FICO 8 score continue to improve by an additional 9 points on average over the next 12 months.

Experian was the first major credit reporting agency to include rent payments in consumer credit reports and has long supported the use of positive rent payments. In 2010, the company acquired RentBureau, which provides another way for consumers to report positive rent payments to Experian through their landlord, property management company, or third-party rent reporting service. .

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FICO is a registered trademark of Fair Isaac Corporation.

When first reports of BMW created a marketing program to lease heated seats in its newest vehicles, the media coverage was designed to make my blood boil. “Pigs!” I thought. “They’re just bleeding their customers dry because cars have become rolling, always-connected software platforms.” Here are some of the titles that led me down the garden path:

“BMW owners are outraged by the $18 per month charge for using heated seats” – Theo Wayt, New York Post

“The future of cars is a subscription nightmare” – Andrew J. Hawkins, The edge

“FYI: BMW is putting heated seats and other features behind the paywall” – Brandon Vigliarolo, The register

“BMW hides its best car features behind a paywall? –James Brizuela, Giant monster robot

These titles are all written to annoy you.

A few days later, I finally saw an article by Peter Valdes-Dapena, a great automotive reporter for CNN Business, which has been covering the automotive industry for many years. I have watched his car review videos for many years and think he is an accurate reporter. His article on the CNN Business The website is titled “Why BMW offers heated seats with a monthly subscription”.

In his article, Valdes-Dapena writes:

“BMW is now offering UK drivers the option of enjoying a heated seat on a monthly subscription basis. Of course, you can still get heated seats in the usual way – just buy them as an option when you buy the car – but for those who haven’t or bought a used car without this feature, BMW will activate it for a monthly fee so you can try and get a nice warm seat on a cold day .”

Later in the article, he explains:

“BMW executives have been talking for years about plans to offer certain features, including, yes, heated seats, on a subscription basis. The heater coils and other hardware needed to heat the seats are already in the car, but owners can, if they wish, pay a monthly fee to BMW which will allow them to actually operate The benefit would be a lower initial price for the car and potentially the ability to pay for functionality only when it might be needed, such as in the winter, and second or third owners could pay – or not – for the features they want or not.

Now this program makes more sense to me. BMW extends the whole car buy/lease concept to parts of the car. BMW can reduce the number of option configurations it needs to build by putting every feature in every car and pushing the option decision to the buyer. Maybe you want to buy the car but not all the options. Maybe you only want heated seats three months out of the year. However, you probably want the wheels full time. You’ll probably want to buy them, or at least put them on the entire car lease.

The transformation of an automobile into a rolling software and infotainment platform is a long-term trend. This trend parallels a demographic trend of the buying public. Brian Kurtz, one of my marketing experts, recently sent out an email newsletter that focused on this trending demographic. Strangely, he begins by writing on sneakers:

“A Swiss sportswear brand, On, has designed a shoe that can be ground down into another shoe – as long as runners send back their old pairs and are willing to ‘rent’ their sneakers (for 29, $99 per month for an endless supply) rather than buying them outright.

Now I know immediately that this is no deal for me. My everyday sneakers cost around $50 and wear out in about six months. Generously speaking, this rental plan would triple the cost of my everyday shoes. However, On’s shoes cost three times what I pay for my basic ASICS shoes, so it might not be a bad deal if you like shoes from this company. (Yes, I wear ASICS, because they fit, not because of the high-tech name.)

I say “No thanks” to On’s shoe rental program. I will throw away my shoes when they are worn out and buy new ones. But I also recognize that I am not the only demographic at sea. As Kurtz points out, a clear demographic trend is a growing aversion to owning “things”, whether due to storage/clutter issues or environmental concerns. Does this trend apply to shoes? Not in my world. Maybe you, like me, don’t fit into this demographic. Like me, you may have seen news stories about this trend of owning less and renting more stuff.

Kurtz’s newsletter highlights this closely related trend: renting versus buying. He calls him “The kissing cousin of ‘less stuff'”, and he writes:

“Leasing relieves you of the burden of thinking about the things you buy when their usefulness is complete… where to throw away or recycle or sell… or give to someone else to collect dust in their storage unit.”

The On brand’s monthly running shoe subscription is called Cyclon. Although On offers running shoes in different colors and I can see people changing shoe colors every month through this rental program, the photos on the On website suggest that the recyclable rental shoes are exclusively white. I guess the monochrome feature makes it easier to recycle.

As someone who just moved from California to Utah, I can attest to the onerous nature of hoarding stuff. I recently had to purge my pantries of stuff accumulated over the past 22 years, plus stuff we dragged from Massachusetts 22 years ago when we moved to California. It is a painful process. Things are great when you use them, but they become fossilized strata over the years, depositing hardened layers of trash in heaps that only seem to grow higher. The younger population is onto something here, maybe.

Maybe, like me, you still have 20e artifact of the century which is a tribute to things. I have four Ikea media cabinets bundled together filled with DVDs, CDs and the occasional Blu-Ray disc. For many, the very idea of ​​a media cabinet is quaint. For me, it’s something my parents did with 78 rpm phonograph records. Come to think of it, I have three extremely heavy bins of vinyl records from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s in the garage. More stuff I’ve dragged from house to house over the decades.

Much of what we do technologically as engineers empowers marketing felines like Brian Kurtz to invent even more ways for people to spend their money. Engineers tend to view marketing as the dark or dirty side of business. System design and chip design are seen as “pure”, while marketing is seen as some kind of alien, derivative exercise done by people who couldn’t do it as engineers or could ever become engineers. I’ll just remind you that engineering is about creating products and services that people want to buy, personally or for work. The idea that people pay money for the product or service should always be there, as long as we are all immersed in a capitalist society.

EDA companies, including Synopsys, Cadence, and Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor), have had to get creative with pricing models for years. They have developed all-you-can-eat buffet style pricing. They have created EDA tool licenses that go around the world so that global chip design teams can push designs and tools in a 24/7 design environment. Now they are migrating to cloud-based tools, so new pricing models will undoubtedly emerge.

Oscilloscopes with software-optional analog bandwidth and optional function generators, logic analyzers, and protocol and signal analysis applications also come to mind. The hardware is there in the instrument, but you have to pay extra to unlock it. Oscilloscope vendors including Keysight, Tektronix, Siglent, and Rigol all use this sales model. Don’t want the option? Don’t buy it. Need a month? Maybe you can rent it. Like BMW’s cars, these oscilloscope options owe their existence to the transformation of instruments into Internet-connected software platforms. Obviously, our own electronics industry is not immune to this type of marketing.

All of this puts the consumer in the driver’s seat. Presumably, a heated one. Rented, maybe.

(Note: When playing with software options in the design engineering and consumer markets, you open yourself up to feature pirates. It goes with the territory.)

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) — As of September 1, electric scooters are now available for rent in Springfield, but only in certain areas.

These include:

— the campus of Missouri State University

— the commercial part of Commercial Street

— along Boonville Avenue from Commercial Street to downtown

— downtown Water St. in the north to Elm St. in the south

In Missouri State on Thursday, the Student Government Association and Bird, the company bringing electric scooters to Springfield, introduced students to the latest transportation option around campus.

Drew Minnis, a junior, was among the first to try one.

“That’s pretty cool,” he said. “It slows down (on its own) in front of some university buildings, so you don’t go too fast and pass people. That kind of threw me for a loop for a second. Once you have learned how to navigate the app and load money into it, you can reserve it. I think it’s about 39 cents a mile. It might be a bit pricey as there is a $3 minimum, but they do offer membership options so you can buy an unlimited pass.

At MSU, e-scooters are supposed to be ridden in areas marked for bikes and depending on where you are in the city center. We advise you above all not to walk on the sidewalks.

But not always.

“They have the technology that shows you on the app where you’re allowed to be on or off the sidewalk,” said Springfield Public Works traffic engineer Grady Porter. “Basically, these follow the same rules as the bikes in our city. And the reality is that some people will ride on the sidewalk where they’re not supposed to, but they just have to be careful. We’re not here to write tickets. We just want them to be used safely and appropriately.

Other rules include:

— you must wear a helmet and have a driver’s license

— you must yield to pedestrians

– speed limits for scooters are 15 mph in most areas and 10 mph on greenway trails

– scooters must stay off roads where the car speed limit is over 30 mph

— rentals will be stopped at 10 p.m. each evening

Bird, the electric scooter company, is present in 400 cities around the world and has extensive experience in the field. They were the first company to contact the city of Springfield and get approval after the city council approved electric scooter rentals in May.

But based on the problems in other cities, local businesses certainly had concerns.

“The biggest concerns are what you’ve heard nationally about people using them inappropriately,” Porter said. “They will leave them on the sidewalks. They will throw them in the streets. They will just be careless in their operation of the scooters. But there are ways for the city to track this. There are ways for the supplier to know where each scooter is. And the city required that the scooters be picked up every night and returned to the deployment location, so they weren’t strewn across the sidewalks in the morning like you’ve seen in other cities. This was one of our big concerns. »

Also, as you’ll notice along sidewalks in areas where e-scooters are permitted, the city has placed green rectangles marked “e-scooter parking only”, which should be treated the same as a parking spot. car park.

“A lot of people use the term ‘dock’, but either way the scooter is on its kickstand and sitting in an area where it’s allowed to be,” Porter explained. “These areas are marked as your street parking spots. We can’t say everyone will be forced to put their scooters there but there are ways and measures our supplier has to make sure they park there with incentives for their rides and if they are still charged if they stopped at a location that is not an approved parking spot. We want to ensure these scooters are parked in an efficient manner that remains attractive and does not disrupt business. We have also limited the number to 30 scooters at MSU and 20 downtown until we find that there are not a number of nuisance issues.

So, with only 50 scooters available in limited areas at present, what is the future of e-scooter expansion? (By the way, if you are wondering if you are driving a scooter outside the authorized areas, it will automatically turn off)

“We haven’t set any parameters on when or how we will grow. We’ll let the data and the providers determine that,” Porter replied. “So as we become more comfortable with technology to prevent these nuisances and address these public safety concerns, we will slowly grow. We also don’t want scooters sitting all over the place that aren’t being used. But other companies can apply for a commercial license, and we will work with them because we have this supplier.

Electric scooters are expected to be aimed at young people, but they are open to everyone.

“I think it’s going to be a great program for this campus,” Minnis said of the potential use of electric scooters in the state of Missouri. “And I’m delighted.”

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She said she spent $4,500 moving in and was paying $1,868 a month for rent, insurance and pet fees.

As high inflation pushes up other living costs, Warren said she’s struggling to keep up. She works for FedEx and supports her children on her own income.

“It’s been miserably difficult,” she said.

Rising rents are making it difficult for residents of the San Antonio metro area to find affordable apartments — and rates continued to climb in July, according to the latest data.

Real estate brokerage red fin pegged the median asking rent in San Antonio at $1,476 last month, up 21.1% from a year ago.

The increase put San Antonio in 10th place among metros with the fastest rising rents year-over-year last month. Redfin ranked Cincinnati first with a 31% increase; Nashville second at 26%; and Pittsburgh third at 24%.

Realtor.com’s estimate for median July rent in San Antonio was lower at $1,418, up 13.4% from a year ago.

Make ends meet

Warren said she stopped eating lunch at work so her children had enough food, ran out of credit cards and missed payments.

She lost her car in the divorce, so she said she borrows her boyfriend’s or his friends’ cars to get around.

“I just asked my dad today to borrow some money. I’m almost 40 – I haven’t asked my dad for money in years,” she said.

In other major Texas metros, rents last month were higher than in San Antonio.

On ExpressNews.com: ‘They don’t care’: Struggling San Antonio residents are often forced to live in affordable disasters

The median asking rent was $2,491 in Austin, $1,737 in Houston and $2,218 in Dallas, according to Redfin. Realtor.com reported median rents of $1,853 in Austin, $1,450 in Houston, and $1,703 in Dallas.

Redfin said year-over-year rent peaks in each of those metros have topped San Antonio; Realtor.com said the increases were higher in Dallas and Austin, but lower in Houston.

In the United States, prices hit a new high in July, but the rental market is showing signs of slowing down.

The national median asking rent was $2,032 last month, a 14% year-over-year increase and the smallest annual increase since November, according to Redfin.

“Big rent hikes may finally be coming to an end as landlords adjust to shrinking budgets for tenants who are strained by the rising cost of groceries, gas and other regular expenses. “, Redfin chief economist Daryl Fairweather said in a statement.

“Yet rents are rising faster than headline inflation, which has started to subside,” he added. “We expect rent growth to continue to slow, but markets with strong job growth and limited new housing construction, such as New York and Seattle, will likely continue to see large rent increases. .”

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Realtor.com said the median posted rent in the 50 largest U.S. metro areas was $1,879 in July, up 12.3% year-over-year. It was the lowest annual rate since August 2021 and just $3 higher than June 2022.

“This sets a new record for national rent, breaking the record for the 17th consecutive month, but it also signals a significant slowdown in rent growth,” Realtor.com noted in its report.

“Despite encouraging indicators, the challenges of record rent, 12.3% higher than last year, inflation of 8.5% and wage growth of only 5.2% are very real for tenants,” the report continues. “Relief in the form of a moderation in rental charges is coming, but it hasn’t arrived yet.”

Growing demand and the limited supply of available apartments have driven up rental prices.

As more companies have started offering remote work options during the coronavirus pandemic, employees have moved to cheaper cities or sought more space.

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Rising house prices and higher interest rates relative to the start of the pandemic kept potential buyers out of the market, so they continued to rent.

The median sale price in July was $341,600, an increase of 15.4% over the previous year, according to the San Antonio Board of Realtors.

Rising construction and labor costs, supply chain delays and rising interest rates have also made it more expensive to build and renovate apartments. Landlords pass these costs on to tenants.

Sixty percent of respondents to a July survey told Realtor.com’s Avail that rising housing costs were crushing their wallets, and 57 percent said their rent had gone up since moving into their current home.

For its numbers, Redfin said it assessed RentPath’s rental prices in the 50 largest US metros and used data from more than 20,000 apartment buildings. Its estimates refer to the median cost of apartments available for rent in July.

Realtor.com used data from the properties offered for rent on its website.

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The Detroit Lions entered Week 3 of the preseason looking for a statement at quarterback, and the only statement that has come may be how below par the team is at this point. job.

Detroit saw Tim Boyle struggle, and David Blough didn’t do much better in the first half against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and fans were elated by their poor performance, taking to the internet to share their frustration and roast .

Mark Mathur put it very simply. In his mind, it’s a surprise that Boyle is even in the NFL and should be cut immediately.

“Tim Boyle sucks as a backup QB. How this guy stayed in the NFL after being a college QB is a mystery. Cut him ASAP,” he said. tweeted.

Statistically, uneven performance is nothing new for Boyle, who struggled in college, as this tweet pointed out.

“Friendly reminder, Tim Boyle threw 1 TD to 13 INT in college and is sort of in the NFL,” he said. tweeted.

Duncan Smith made a great comment, saying Boyle might have to rent a car to return to Detroit thanks to his poor performance in the game.

“The Lions are going to force Tim Boyle to rent a car to drive home tonight,” he said. tweeted.

Other commentators were more succinct about the level of play of the two players involved in the team’s ongoing quarterback battle.

“Tim Boyle and David Blough are expected to be free agents next Tuesday. What an absolute awful display of quarterback play from two guys who are supposed to be ‘fighting’ for their jobs…” he tweeted.

As Eli Bashi said, the way the substitutes were playing could make the starter look even better than he is for the team.

“It’s crazy how much David Blough and Tim Boyle make Jared Goff look like,” he said. tweeted.

Add it up and it’s clear people aren’t happy with either player. What that means for the Lions this week remains to be seen, but obviously all options must be on the table for Detroit.

Dan Campbell wanted a QB Grand Final

Speaking to the media on Thursday, Aug. 25, Campbell discussed the quarterback’s situation and, as he said, the fighters need to shake things up soon.

“I think what we need is we need someone to really take the reins here. Someone has to come out of both,” Campbell said. “I thought they both improved last week. Someone has to step up and direct that offense, play efficiently, play smart, take care of the football, get us the first downs and when we get to the red zone, score touchdowns for us.

Additionally, Campbell admitted that he wouldn’t rule out making an addition to the quarter room if there was someone in the market in the coming days who caught the team’s eye.

“Dan Campbell said ‘someone has to step in’ between David Blough and Tim Boyle for the backup QB job. Boyle is slated to start Sunday in Pittsburgh. He also didn’t rule out bringing in a QB if the right guys matches Lions having the No. 2 waiver request position, Twentyman tweeted.

Obviously, the coaching staff hinted that there might be a change in the coming days. This performance could only help that this is more the case.

Lions have a major quarterback decision

Detroit has a big decision to make at quarterback. The team needs to find a way to have a quarterback to rely on for 2022, especially if Jared Goff were to fall.

Recent rumors have swirled that the team may be looking to trade for an available quarterback, like Mason Rudolph. There will likely be options on the cutting block as well in the coming days, so the team will have to decide if they like the duo they have, or if an underdog is a better choice at this point.

If the fans have a vote, chances are they would say the Lions shouldn’t go with any player. Watching their comments online shows their enormous frustration with each of the quarterbacks on the team.

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• Avis charged a customer over $6,000 after claiming she rode 23,000 miles in 3 days, per NNO.
• Giovanna Boniface told the Daily Hive it was the equivalent of a South African return trip.
• A spokesperson for Avis told CTV it apologized to Boniface and issued a refund.

Avis charged a customer more than $6,000 after claiming she drove a rental car nearly 23,000 miles in three days, according to reports.

North Shore News reported for the first time that Giovanna Boniface rented a GMC Yukon Denali at Toronto’s Pearson Airport to help her daughter move to college.

Boniface told NSN that she drove between the airport, downtown Toronto and Kitchener, Ont., where she visited her mother-in-law. She estimated that in total she had walked 300 kilometers (186 miles).

While waiting to catch a flight to Paris, France, Boniface, who had prepaid $1,000 to rent the car, checked her credit card statement to verify that it had been okay, by CTV News.

“That’s when I noticed this charge of over C$8,000 ($6,137) from Avis,” she told CTV, after tweet a photo of his receipt.

Boniface told CTV that Avis charged him for 36,482 kilometers (22,668 miles) at a rate of 25 cents per kilometer. She estimated that she would have had to drive 310 miles per hour for 72 straight hours to reach that distance.

“I could have driven to and from South Africa and still had several thousand miles to go,” she told the Daily Hive. “Of course, that’s ridiculous. I don’t even put that many miles on my car in a year, let alone in three days.”

Boniface told CTV that she spent several hours on the phone with Avis representatives and that someone only made contact after the media began reporting her story.

A spokesperson for Avis told CTV and The Daily Hive that it apologized to Boniface and issued a refund.

Avis, as well as competing car rental companies, have made similar mistakes in the past.

In April, Elliot Advocacy reported how a customer was charged over $4,000 after Avis claimed she kept her car for 34 days after dropping it off and then flying to another country.

last november The Guardian reported how a Hertz customer visiting his dying brother was charged double for dropping off his car two days earlier.

Avis did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.

Tenants struggling to pay their bills could see some relief with rent stabilization protections Antioch City Council approved on Tuesday.

The wards came on a split vote, with Mayor Pro Tem Mike Barbanica and Councilor Lori Ogorchock dissenting, after dozens of residents and advocates swarmed City Hall, many carrying signs and yellow or purple shirts representing some of the 15 nonprofit groups that supported capping annual rent increases for tenants. As at previous rallies and council meetings, many spoke of exorbitant rent increases — up to $500 a month or more — and landlords who failed to address cockroach infestations, broken appliances, the leaky plumbing and other issues.

Developer Ralph Hernandez spoke of a longtime neighbor whose rent went up $1,000 — $1,800 — an amount they couldn’t afford, leading to financial problems and the eventual marriage breakdown, he said.

“There are landlords taking advantage of tenants,” he said. “That is clear from some people I know and have spoken to. They need the city’s help. They need some kind of intervention.

Frustrated tenants, backed by advocacy groups like Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Action (ACCE), East County Regional Group and Monument Impact, first spoke in droves at the council in late January. In June, they gathered at two long-running apartment complexes where many had seen steep rises or faced multiple rent increases over short periods.

Then and this week, advocacy groups and tenants called for not only rent stabilization, but also for the city to create a rent commission to handle tenant appeals, for any protection to be retroactive to January and for an immediate rent freeze to avoid reprisals by landlords.

On Tuesday, the vast majority spoke about the problems of out-of-region business owners, many of whom managed apartments funded by the low-income tax credit program, which are not included in the protections for tenants of the ‘State.

Seven-year-old resident Juan Gonzlaez said he bounced from town to town before moving to Antioch with his family of three, but now struggles to pay rent and other expenses even s he worked the whole pandemic, he said.

“It’s scary every day to wake up and think I won’t have a place to live tomorrow,” he said, noting that his rent was more than 50% of his salary. “…Knowing that I can be evicted because I don’t have enough money to pay my rent.”

A woman said she had fallen behind on her rent, been evicted and had been living in her car with her family for two months.

“I’m still working; I’m fighting to get my kids to school,” she said. “And it’s very hard. It’s terrifying. people like us… I want my home back.”

However, not everyone was in favor of stabilizing rents.

Greg Lyons, a former landlord, said landlords needed flexibility to raise rents to pay for damages caused by tenants.

Property manager Joe Stokley also objected, noting that an overwhelming number of landlords “were good people”.

“I don’t believe it’s in the interest of the public or the people to enact new laws, new rules and bureaucracy for something that’s already in place to protect the people.”

Under the measure, only one rent increase will be allowed each year. But, to comply with state law, not all rental units would be subject to the proposed rent stabilization regulations. That’s because the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act prohibits local restrictions on units built after February 1, 1995, and single-family homes without accessory units, as well as condominiums and co-ops.

Would not be exempt under the proposed local measure would be owner-occupied duplexes and developments funded by the low-income tax credit scheme, including many of the city’s larger complexes such as Casa Blanca apartments. , Delta View and Delta Pines.

Barbanica, while sympathetic to tenants, said he was concerned about how rent stabilization could hurt family landlords, noting that the majority of problems came from business owners who were making much higher profits.

“I would like to work, look for a way to meet in the middle where we don’t harm moms and pops, but we don’t allow this (exorbitant rent increases) by business owners, and we close loopholes that allow them to do that,” he said.

Ogorchock warned that if the rent cap is too low, some landlords may sell their compounds, redevelop them or turn them into condominiums.

Tamisha Torres-Walker, however, said she supports the resolution as proposed and with a 3% or 60% CPI rent cap that many housing advocates as well as tenants have advocated for. She also noted that family landlords aren’t usually the ones who raise rents outrageously.

“And so I don’t think they will be affected very much, if at all, unless they decide to raise the rent by 30% overnight,” she said.

But Barbanica said that in addition to tenants, it’s homeowners who are experiencing inflation and cost increases that concern him.

The interim mayor suggested the city set a limit on rental rate increases in accordance with state law AB 1482 and close the loophole to increase rents above that law, which limited them to 5% more. the local CPI or 10%. His motion failed without a second.

Councilwoman Monica E. Wilson then proposed a rental cap of 3% or 60% CPI, whichever is lower, followed by approval of the rent stabilization order and waiver of her first reading. The motion passed 3-2 with Barbanica and Ogorchock opposed.

Mayor Lamar Thorpe noted that rent stabilization is the first part of the city’s overall tenant protections, but rules on justification and anti-tenant harassment policies will be considered in the future.

Check back for updates.

Holidaymakers could save hundreds of pounds by canceling and rebooking their hire car, after prices suddenly plummeted in popular holiday destinations. Car rental prices jumped earlier this year on a rush of travelers booking trips, coupled with a lack of supply as rental companies sold many of their vehicles during the pandemic.

In some places, car rental costs have more than doubled since 2019, according to iCarhireinsurance.com, a provider of car rental excess insurance.

However, prices are starting to fall in countries like Spain, Italy and the United States as car rental companies receive deliveries of new cars, boosting supply. Flight cancellations and the cost of living crisis have also dampened demand, leading some rental companies to lower prices.

Broker Clarify Car Hire says if you had booked a Hyundai i10 in June for a week’s holiday in Alicante later this month you would have paid £262. But if you booked the same car now, you’d only pay £86.

A family collecting a Citroën C1 in Catania for a week in Sicily at the end of this month is said to have prepaid £866 in June. They could cancel and rebook now for £510, a saving of 41%.

Meanwhile, someone renting a Mustang convertible in San Francisco could save 48% by canceling a reservation made in March and booking at today’s price. Fees have also dropped for fall getaways. Sara and Glenn Burns, from Marlow in Buckinghamshire, saved £458 by canceling and booking their car hire for a two-week trip to Seville in October. In June they shelled out £1,005 for a hybrid Toyota C-HR, but the price they re-let was £547. Sara, a 61-year-old finance manager for a charity, says: ‘I would urge anyone who has booked a holiday car rental to check out if they can save money by canceling and changing their booking.’

Most companies, including Europcar, Budget and Avis, allow free cancellation up to 48 hours before pick-up. At Enterprise you’ll need to cancel at least three days in advance to get a full refund, otherwise you’ll be charged a £40 fee.

It’s usually easy to cancel online, with the refund being made to the debit or credit card used for the booking. Some providers refund customers within days, while others can take up to 20 business days. If you paid in another currency, pay attention to any exchange fees charged by your bank. But depending on how much you’d save by booking at a lower price, bank charges or car rental cancellation fees might be worth paying.

Mark Bower, Managing Director of Clarify Car Hire, says: “We have never seen these extremes in car hire prices before.

“In January, when Omicron took over Europe, some prices were offered at discounted rates. Then demand surged, and by May car rental companies were pricing sky-high, unsure whether they would receive a new fleet of cars to secure their term reservations. This was due to a shortage of automotive semiconductor chips, which delayed car production. The market is now stabilizing and common ground is being found. But prices have not gone down everywhere.

Car hire costs for next month in places such as Dublin, Lyon in France, Faro in Portugal and Almeria in Spain have increased since the spring, according to Clarify Car Hire. This could be due to increased demand and delays in new car deliveries. Vacationers may also struggle to get a cheaper deal if they hire a seven- or nine-seater.

Bower recommends customers compare prices regularly — including with other rental companies — as they approach their trip to see if they can get a better deal. Hannah Linder, from north London, is traveling to Perugia, Italy, for a family holiday at the end of this month and has saved €375 (£316) after canceling and re-renting her hire car twice.

She originally paid €1,169 (£985) for a Fiat 500L for the nine-day trip, with comparison site DoYouItaly.com in June. Hannah checked prices earlier this month and noticed the same car was available for £909, so she took advantage of the free cancellation policy and rebooked at the lower price. A few days later the price dropped to €794, so the mother of two canceled and booked a second time.

Hannah considers starting the process all over again, because each time she looks, the price has dropped again. Alternatively, it could upgrade to an SUV, which now costs the same as the smaller Fiat 500L. “The only extra charge I paid was the exchange fee from my credit card provider, but it was around €11, so canceling and rebooking was well worth it,” she says .

Ernesto Suarez, managing director of iCarhireinsurance.com, says it’s crucial that travelers don’t cancel their car rental reservation until they’ve secured one at a better price. “Inventory can still be tight with some suppliers in some destinations, and the last thing you want to do is find yourself without a car.”

Bower of Clarify Car Hire adds: “If you’re planning on hiring a car, book as soon as possible and then come back to see if you can improve the price.” Longer term, you can book a week’s car hire next June in Faro for just £145, Malaga from £154 and Chania Greece from £224.

I should probably have figured out transportation by now.

It’s been a part of my life in one way or another ever since my parents took me home from the hospital. And even.

I could fill a memoir with my stories of tows, tickets, and other jobs – all the result of my poor planning or wishful thinking. (“They won’t tow me if I just duck here for a few…oh wow, my car is going.”) That would be a sad memory, and it would quickly accumulate in the clearance bin next to “A Shore” by Snooki. Thing”, but at least it would be long.

Which brings me, believe it or not, to Los Angeles.

My son and I took a two day trip to see a Dodgers game and do some touristy stuff before school started and the pace of life got hectic again. I didn’t rent a car because LA is, the last time I checked, a real city, and everyone knows you don’t need a car in a real city.

We were on the ground for 45 seconds when it became apparent that in fact LA is nearly impossible without a car. I quickly arranged a rental from my phone and we hopped on a shuttle to the rental car parking lot.

Except it was the wrong batch of rental cars. And when we walked to the other rental car parking lot, it was no longer located there. And when we gave up our hands and canceled the rental and returned to the original rental parking lot, all rental companies had a four day rental minimum. And when we gave up and decided to rent a car there anyway and eat the cost of two unused days, I realized I didn’t have my driver’s license.

It was at O’Hare. Sitting in a bin at safety. Where I hastily dumped it to empty my pockets before being scanned full body.

I panicked briefly, after briefly (and unsuccessfully) begging the gentleman to accept a photo of my driver’s license which I store on my phone. And then I called an Uber. And when we got in the Uber and headed to our first destination, the driver suddenly stopped and informed us that oops, sorry, she wasn’t driving that far, and we would need to hop and to take another route.

Did I mention the trip was my son’s 13th birthday present?

“Literally, everything is bad,” he said, as we stood in billion-degree heat on scenic Airport Boulevard, waiting for a second Uber.

(Feel free to pause and calculate all the ways I could have easily avoided this whole debacle. Believe me, I did it.)

But if there’s one thing I have a lot of practice at, it’s looking on the bright side — and trying to convince my kids to join me there — after screwing up something, usually involving the transportation.

There was the time I took my son and his friend to a Northwest/Michigan football game and decided to take the “L” because who wants to park at a North West football game? northwest / Michigan, only to realize after waiting 30 minutes on the Diversey platform that the train we were waiting for was not running on Saturday.

There was the time I had my car towed in front of my son’s winter vacation concert.

There was a time when I decided we didn’t need to rent a car in Dallas when we were going there for my daughter’s gymnastics competition, only to learn once we landed that the competition was in “Dallas” similarly Allstate Arena or Sears Center or Hollywood Casino Amphitheater is in “Chicago”. Which is to say, not actually. That is to say, you need a car.

Unfortunately, this is just a small sample of my missteps. But before finding my children and introducing them to the process of emancipation, listen to me.

Each of the stories (colossal failures?) has a happy ending. OK, happy. Alright, funny. Well, memorable.

The Northwest/Michigan game? Two other poor souls were on the same platform that day, also waiting for the train which never arrived. They were from Michigan and had a much better excuse than me for not knowing the train schedule, but that’s beside the point. The thing is, we’ve all shared an Uber with Evanston, and one of them was a college basketball player. My son and his friend and I ended up having the best time talking to them about college sports.

Finding a last minute rental in Dallas took us on an adventure that included an impromptu visit to the Dallas Stars hockey stadium, and I distinctly remember my son ending the day singing in the hotel shower, which I took as a sign that I hadn’t sapped all the joy from her life.

The winter vacation concert tow is still too much of a pain to unpack here. Perhaps in memory.

“Not everything,” I said to my son, on the sidewalk of Airport Boulevard, sweating and furious and frantically transferring money from my savings account to cover Ubers’ next 48 hours. “Like three things. Maybe four. Everything else went well.

And that’s where I decided I’d stumbled upon our motto for the school year, which will no doubt include missteps and moments of poor planning and the occasional colossal failure (mine and my children).

All will be eminently more tolerable and rebound if we approach them with a little grace. And don’t forget to stack them next to all the things that haven’t gone bad. And know that they might even take us to an interesting place. And they will most likely make a good story.

And you can always choose, at the end of the day, no matter how ugly, to sing in the shower.

Heidi Stevens is a columnist at the Tribune News Service. You can reach her at [email protected], find her on Twitter @heidistevens13 or join her Facebook group Heidi Stevens’ Balancing Act.

A banned New Jersey broker was charged Wednesday with defrauding 10 investors out of at least $1 million, federal prosecutors said.

Anthony Mastroianni Jr., 48, of Manalapan, has been charged with three counts of wire fraud and two counts of mail fraud, according to a statement from the US Attorney’s Office in Newark.

In 2016, Mastroianni consented to being permanently banned by the Financial Sector Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which prohibited it from acting as a broker or intermediary in securities transactions, the office said.

He was banned after refusing to appear to testify to address allegations of, among other things, excessive trading in an elderly client’s account, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a statement.

Despite his exclusion, from January 2017 to August 2022 he allegedly took money from investors, many of whom were elderly, claiming he would generate significant investment profits for them through his company, Global Business Development & Consulting Corp., the office said.

Instead of investing the money as he said he would, Mastroianni used the funds for personal expenses, including rent, car payments, credit card bills and cash withdrawals. investigators said.

In addition to the investment program, he also submitted a fraudulent application for $96,300 for a federal COVID-19 emergency relief loan known as the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security), the office said. The loans are for small businesses that have been hit hard by the pandemic.

Once he received the funds, he used the proceeds to make personal purchases and cash withdrawals, officials said.

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Manhattan: I have read few more satisfying editorials than your August 5 “Jonestown” article. I’m a big fan of your post, largely because of your editorial policy and fearless style. No jaded or cutesy opinions in New York’s Hometown Newspaper. You said it shamelessly in clear and uncertain terms. It is gratifying to read opinions with which so many people agree, but few publications have the resolve to publish them.

As for Alex Jones in particular, your editorial was absolutely spot on. This man is so repulsive. In a few short paragraphs, you managed to sum up his character’s malignity with skill and aplomb.

Now that Jones has been slapped with an additional $45 million in punitive damages, one can only hope that this massive combined award of nearly $50 million will serve to muzzle him like any other rabid dog. Meanwhile, fingers crossed that the trial testimony gets noticed by local law enforcement and he is successfully charged and prosecuted for perjury. Other Sandy Hook parents have pending cases still waiting to be heard and it will be poetic karma if the pending civil litigation combines with future criminal charges to keep this disgusting miscreant broke and in jail for the rest of his days.

As you say, “make him pay”. If this man is held entirely responsible for his despicable behavior, others with similar inclinations might think twice before entering the world of shameless slander, senseless lies and human destruction. Pierre Janoff

Manhattan: We applaud the Daily News for its stance on “Unlocking Inventory” (editorial, August 15). As the largest industry organization representing 25,000 diverse providers of affordable housing for 2.5 million New Yorkers in all five boroughs, we spoke out against the state’s 2019 housing reform laws from the start. because they removed the financial capacity of the owners to renovate and modernize their pre-apartments and buildings built during the war. Landlords aren’t intentionally stocking apartments, but the only way to get these desperately needed affordable units back on the market is to restore programs that worked, giving them the financial means to reinvest in aging infrastructure. We can only hope that Albany lawmakers and Governor Hochul see sense in your editorial recommendations. Joseph Strasbourg, President, Rent Stabilization Association

Brooklyn: Re “Veteran News photog injured in carjacking” (August 12): How did this guy turn 73? First, he leaves the keys in the ignition while the car is driving. Then when someone leaves with it, it jumps into a moving car. He is probably standing under a tree during a thunderstorm. Of course, you won’t print it. Denis Burge

Flushing: Congestion pricing will be the death knell for New York City. We never recovered from the heights of the pandemic. Less than 50% of people have returned to full-time or even part-time work. Commercial real estate vacancy has never been higher. Restaurants are closing like wildfire, caught between rising costs and the inability to raise their prices as much, the inability to have staff and fewer people to serve. Crime is skyrocketing and we have a Manhattan prosecutor who doesn’t believe in prosecuting criminals. Migrants and homeless people lay in our streets. And now the powers that be want us to pay up to $23 to come to town for work or play. Do these people have a brain? I suggest not. Stuart Baum

Rural Retreat, Va. : Stop using “in disgrace” (“Andy worries about ‘politics’ in Don raid”, August 10), he is the former governor. He’s accomplished a lot during his tenure, and New York Attorney General Letitia James has made it political, but not everything she’s published stands up to the charges, and what she hasn’t not published in the year since must have more exculpatory evidence or she would have published it. In fact, you wrote an op-ed about it only the week before (“Shine a light,” August 3). The Attorney General is a disgrace to the law. Kathleen Cobb

Highland Falls, NY: So now we know how top secret information is handled by an ex-president already under suspicion for his ties to Russia: come get him! It’s important to remember – despite the regular drumbeat of the right-wing echo chamber – that the only reason Donald Trump hasn’t been indicted in the wake of the Russian investigation is because he was president. at the time. Well, he isn’t now. I wonder how many Russian visitors have been to Mar-a-Lago recently? Joe Cyr

Fishkill, NY: Is there any precedent or reason for an ex-president to take such documents to the White House? I wonder how many of them he shared/sold to his buddy Vladimir Putin. Bill Barish

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Beacon, NY: If the FBI can raid Donald Trump’s property, then Hillary Clinton’s house should have been searched as well. Hunter Biden is also expected to be investigated. What is right is right. Barbara Chaya

Dayton, Ohio: In the Daily News’ Aug. 14 editorial, “Fanking the Flames,” you write, “A 42-year-old man from Ohio who was a Trump supporter and apparently participated in the riot in January 6. was killed on Thursday after attempting to break into an FBI field office. When the bad guy Trump was president, he was a big deal. Now that he’s out, he’s not the problem anymore. It’s the idiots who are still devoted to Trump who are the problem. One of them got off the board trying to break into an FBI office, but there are many more politicians and voters out there trying to destroy our republic because Trump wants it. Vic Presutti

Yonkers: Someone still has to explain to me how Trump called Georgian Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and tried to coerce him into changing the numbers and saying he miscounted, then asked him to ‘find 11 780 votes somewhere – come on, give me a break” is not outright voter fraud. And there’s no doubt the phone call happened – we’ve got a nice clear strip of every word thanks to Raffensperger, who was placed in a shocking position but did the right thing by alerting the authorities.Why that didn’t lead to Trump’s immediate arrest is a mystery to me. Suzanne Hayes Kelly

Bronx: Liz Cheney is an example of what a politician should be. She’s a Republican and a conservative, but she doesn’t let that dictate her actions. She follows his standards and morals. Every politician, Democrat or Republican, progressive or conservative, could learn a lesson from this. Instead of condemning her, they should praise her for not being dictated to. Dorothee Krasiker

Manhattan: It is not certain, in my opinion, that people are not allowed to get paper bags from the store. I do the right thing by taking one. I have rights in this country and you have no right to reject existing opinions against environmentalism. Tina Celano

Bloomington, Ind. : To Voicer Sam Katz: I’m corrected! You did not mention Goldwater’s rule in your letter. However, the title of your letter was “The Goldwater Rule”. Someone at the log must have added this. Thank you, Sam, for being a good sportsman. I appreciate the Daily News for allowing the jokes. Scott Thompson

Flushing: I look at everything that’s going on in the world with politics, global warming, wars, hate, backsliding on women’s rights and human rights, etc., and I’m like, ‘How have we reached the top of the food chain?” Dizziness my mind! Joseph Big

Stocks rallied strongly last week on better-than-expected consumer inflation (CPI) data. But has the inflation rate peaked for this cycle? At the risk of spoiling the ending, it looks like the worst year-over-year inflation rates are behind us. It may still be premature to break the champagne with an overall rate still at 8.5% year-on-year and an uncertain timing to reach the target inflation rate.

First of all, the good news, the energy component which was a major driver of the surge in inflation has receded somewhat. While the gasoline component of the CPI is still up 44% year-on-year, it was -7.7% in July. Gasoline prices are still well above year-ago levels, but the decline is helping to ease some pressures on households and the economy.

Additionally, some areas of consumer inflation that have been particularly affected by the reopening of the economy following the Covid shutdowns have started to show improvement. For example, car rental prices skyrocketed as the economy reopened due to a lack of vehicle fleets and the inability to replace cars at a reasonable price due to a shortage of microchips. . Car and truck rental prices fell -11.9% year-over-year in July. Additionally, hotel and used car prices have risen at a rate below the overall inflation rate.

Now the hardest part of the inflation story. Despite the decline in the headline inflation rate year-over-year from the previous month, the sticky part of the components of inflation rose to 5.8%. Sticky elements take longer to adapt than gasoline, which can have more volatile fluctuations. This persistently high inflation makes it more difficult to reach the 2% inflation rate.

A sticky part of inflation is rent. Primary residence rent is up 6.3% year-over-year, and rent tends not to drop very often. Even during the global financial crisis, which included the bursting of the housing bubble, rent components barely dipped into negative year-over-year. Directionally, housing prices tend to drive rents, so monitoring activity around homes will be key. Federal Reserve rate hikes have cooled real estate activity and prices may follow. Lots of housing data is coming in this week, including building permits, housing starts and existing home sales.

Salaries are another component that tends not to drop often. Despite high unemployment during the global financial crisis, average weekly earnings only dipped into slightly negative territory. In July, average weekly earnings rose 5.3% year over year, and the upward pressure is expected to continue as the unemployment rate remains low. Furthermore, the (real) growth rate of income after inflation is negative, which should add to the reasons why the nominal level remains high.

It is always instructive to look at what the collective wisdom of the markets expects from inflation. The Breakeven inflation over 10 years has recently fallen to 2.48%, implying that market participants believe that inflation will reach this average level over the next ten years. Interestingly, the equilibrium rate peaked at the end of April. The Forecast breakeven inflation rate over 5 years over 5 years tells us what the markets think inflation will be over the next five years, starting five years from now. Looking at inflation five years ahead helps to suppress some short-term price movements and focus on the expected long-term path. This metric fell to 2.24% and also peaked in late April.

Notably, 2-year and 10-year Treasury yields have been lower since peaking in mid-June. Nominal yields on Treasury bills would not be lower if inflation was expected to continue to accelerate. Looking back, the S&P 500 hit a closing low shortly after the peak in returns and rebounded nearly 17%!

Another piece of evidence supporting markets believing we have seen the peak in inflation is the outperformance of cyclical stocks versus commodities. Cyclical stocks are more exposed to the economy than commodities, implying that the Federal Reserve is less likely to be forced to continue to aggressively raise interest rates. The market seems to be looking past the economic slowdown with some relief on the inflation front.

Markets cheered the better inflation news, but the timing and path to a normalized environment remains unclear, with persistent components of inflation remaining elevated. Despite the respite given to lower-quality companies by the relatively positive inflation news, investors should focus on quality companies that can survive a possible recession and prosper once the turmoil passes. Investors should focus on an asset allocation that provides the financial means to weather market volatility and an economic downturn, as the economic backdrop remains challenging.

” We’re late ; we’re going to miss our bus! my friend cried in the spanish midday sun. I said “Follow me” and I made a mint green scooter EV parked on the sidewalk. She walked around the retro Vespa-style scooter, gave a look at its chrome and stripes, and said, “Cute!” Then I took out my phone and the scooter came to life. She recovered from her shock, jumped on her back and we ran along Calle Torneo and over the Guadalquivir. As I accelerated, the wind dried the sweat that was building up on our skin. two euros later, we jumped off our electric scooter and turned it off – and even took the bus – thanks to an app called YEGO.

What is a YEGO scooter?

YEGO scooters are Vespa-sized electric scooters. You can rent them, even for a few minutes at a time, using the YEGO app – much like Revel in the US, YEGOs are only available in certain Spanish and French cities, they’re far from the scooter most common commendable electric – but they might be the most stylish.

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If you live in certain US cities, you might be familiar with “electric scooters” from Lime or Bird that are the same size and shape as a Razor. But in Europe the Vespa-sized scooter is ubiquitous and the scooter rental app means a company like YOU GO.

The difference between a Vespa moped and a Vespa scooter comes down to the size of the engine. Therefore, new electric vehicles are labeled as “scooters” instead of mopeds to give them a premium appeal.

As of this writing, YEGO scooters are available in the Spanish cities of Seville, Malaga, Valencia and Barcelona. They are also available in the French cities of Toulouse, Bordeaux and Paris.

See my trip up Barcelona’s Montjuïc hill in the Twitter embed below:

Plan your YEGO scooter rental in advance

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If you decide on a whim that you want to spin a nice green YEGO, you first have a few steps to follow. You’ll need to download the YEGO app to your phone (which may require wifi if your roaming data plan isn’t robust enough). Next, you will need to upload and approve your documents.

I found the approval process quick and easy. I also found the staff at YEGO to be very responsive. That said, the company warns that reviewing your documents could take them two hours on weekdays and longer at night or on weekends. Therefore, it is a good idea to plan ahead.

Of course, locals can simply upload their Spanish or French driver’s license to the YEGO app. But for us foreign travelers, it can be more complicated. The YEGO app has the ability to upload a photo of your driver’s license, passport or international driver’s license.

Theoretically, YEGO will allow you to ride with just your driver’s license and passport. But when I offered the three documents, the staff specifically asked me for my international driving license.

An app-based electric scooter can improve your vacation

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If you choose not to rent a car for your next vacation, definitely consider app-based electric transportation. It may take some research and planning ahead of time, but it’s worth it.

If you can set up the app before you go, you’ll find that a scooter like YEGO gives you another option for city transportation. This gives you a bit more flexibility when on the go. It’s also a fun way to experience adventures abroad that you couldn’t experience on foot.

Then watch a YEGO addition in the video below:

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Falling prices for gasoline, airline tickets and clothing helped Americans escape the pain of high inflation last month, though overall price increases slowed only slightly from the highest reached in June in four decades.

Consumer prices jumped 8.5% in July from a year earlier, the government said on Wednesday, compared with a 9.1% year-on-year increase in June. Month-over-month prices remained unchanged from June to July, the smallest such increase in more than two years.

Much of last month’s relief was felt by travellers: hotel room prices fell 2.7% from June to July, air fares nearly 8% and car rental prices from 9.5%. These price declines followed strong increases over the past year after COVID-19 cases eased and travel rebounded. Airfares are still almost 30% higher than a year ago.

Lower travel-related prices last month helped lower core inflation, a measure that excludes the volatile categories of food and energy to provide a clearer picture of underlying inflation. Core prices rose just 0.3% from June, the smallest month-over-month increase since March. And compared to a year ago, core inflation stood at 5.9% in July, the same year-on-year increase as in June.

All told, the July figures raised hopes that inflation may have peaked after more than a year of relentless increases that have strained household finances, soured Americans on the economy , led the Federal Reserve to aggressively raise borrowing rates and lowered President Joe Biden’s approval ratings. .

Yet core prices have slowed in the recent past only to reaccelerate in the following months. And even if inflation continues to weaken, we are far from the Fed’s annual target of 2%.

“There are good reasons to believe that inflation will continue to slow,” said Michael Pugliese, economist at Wells Fargo. “What I think gets lost in this discussion is how long?”

Even if consumer inflation were to slow to 4% — less than half its current level — Pugliese suggested that would likely force the Fed to keep raising rates.

Americans are still absorbing larger price increases than they have in decades. Grocery prices jumped 1.1% in July and are 13% higher than a year ago, the largest year-over-year increase since 1979. Bread prices have jumped 2.8% last month, the highest in more than two years. Rental and medical costs increased, although slightly less than in previous months.

Average paychecks are growing faster than they have in decades, but not fast enough to keep up with these rising costs. Consequently, some people who had retired have felt the need in recent months to return to the labor market.

Among them is Charla Bulich, who lives in San Leandro, California. For the past six months, Bulich, 73, has worked a few hours a week to care for an elderly woman because her social security and food stamps don’t cover her rising costs.

“I go over budget all the time – that’s why I had to look for a job,” Bulich said. “I wouldn’t even think of buying hamburger meat or a steak or anything like that.”

Now she fears losing her food stamps in the coming months because of her extra income.

Micheal Altfest, director of community engagement at the Alameda County Community Food Bank in Oakland, said his organization now provides about 4.5 million pounds of food per month, up from less than 4 million in January. The group also budgeted for a 66% increase in fuel costs. This is mainly because of higher gas prices, but also because he is now using more trucks to meet the demand for food.

Altfest’s rent recently jumped 14%, he said, forcing him to recalibrate his budget.

“All of these costs go up, all of a sudden,” he said. “People here were already exhausted.”

Wednesday’s report raised hopes that the modest slowdown in inflation could allow the Fed to slow the pace of its short-term rate hikes at its meeting in late September – and sent stock prices soaring. The speed and magnitude with which the Fed raises borrowing costs has significant effects on the economy: steeper increases tend to reduce consumer and business borrowing and spending and make a recession more likely. .

If the Fed doesn’t have to hike rates that high to rein in prices, it’s more likely to engineer an elusive “soft landing,” in which growth slows enough to rein in high inflation, but not to the point of triggering a recession.

Biden picked up on the report in remarks he made on Wednesday, pointing to the flat monthly inflation figure:

“I just want to say a number: zero,” he told reporters. “Today we learned that our economy recorded zero percent inflation in the month of July.”

Biden pointed to lower gasoline prices as a sign that his policies — including large releases of oil from the country’s strategic reserve — are helping to reduce higher costs that have hurt household finances, especially for low-income Americans and black and Hispanic households.

Still, Republicans point to persistently high inflation as one of the main issues in the midterm congressional elections, with polls showing that high prices have sent Biden’s approval ratings plummeting.

Other signs indicate that inflation could subside in the coming months. According to a survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Americans’ expectations for future inflation have declined, likely reflecting lower gasoline prices that are very visible to most consumers.

Inflation expectations can be self-fulfilling: if people think inflation will stay high or get worse, they are likely to take actions – such as demanding higher wages – that can drive up prices in a self-perpetuating cycle. Companies then often increase their prices to compensate for the increase in their higher labor costs. But the New York Fed’s survey found that Americans expect lower inflation in the next one, three and five years than a month ago.

Supply chain issues are also easing, with fewer ships docked off Southern California ports and shipping costs falling. Prices for commodities such as corn, wheat and copper fell sharply.

Yet in categories where price changes are more rigid, such as rents, costs continue to rise. A third of Americans rent their homes, and higher rental costs leave many with less money to spend on other items.

Stubborn inflation is not just an American phenomenon. Prices have jumped in the UK, Europe and less developed countries like Argentina.

UK inflation rose 9.4% in June from a year earlier, a four-decade high. In the 19 countries that use the euro, it reached 8.9% in June compared to a year earlier, the highest since the start of the registration of the euro.

Christopher Rugaber reports for The Associated Press. AP writer Zeke Miller contributed to this report.

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U-Save Car & Truck Rental Winchester opened in early August.

RIDGELAND, MS, USA, August 8, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — U-Save Car & Truck Rental is pleased to announce the opening of a new location in Winchester, Indiana. The new location is locally owned and operated by Casey and Morgan Dyer and James and Lisa Keener.

The new franchise located at 401 Symmers Center Drive in Winchester will include a fleet of sedans, small and midsize SUVs and minivans; and will diversify as it grows.

“We are thrilled to announce the opening and affiliations with U-Save Auto Rental of America,” said Casey Dyer. “We look forward to adding another contributing business to the community. Currently, Randolph County residents are leaving the area to rent a car. Our team is looking forward to changing that.

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Postcards from America’s Great Labor Shortage: A couple arrives at Seattle airport after a five-hour flight and waits in line at the rental car counter. People are angry. In the office sits a harassed employee explaining that he simply has no car to rent. Nothing. Why? There are not enough employees to vacuum, wash, fuel and treat the cars.

Another snapshot. A couple has been driving for several hours and needs a restroom stop. They walk into a Burger King. The doors are locked. The only service is at the drive. Why? Lack of employees.

Have you stayed in a hotel recently? Housekeeping and room service are sparse. If hotels offer these services, they are only available on request. About 25% of restaurant and hotel employees are immigrants. What could be going on here?

Politico reports that hospitals in 40 states have reported critical staff shortages — orderlies and janitors, yes, but also nurses, doctors and medical technicians. One in five nurses and one in four nursing assistants were born abroad. Twenty-eight percent of physicians are immigrants.

That dining room set you’ve been waiting for to get delivered? A shortage of port workers and truckers slows everything down. No more airline delays. Fewer varieties of food in supermarkets. Shortages of wood, cars and consumer electronics.

And, as you may have noticed, everything is much more expensive.

The reasons for this are multifactorial. Falling demand for cars during the pandemic, for example, prompted the industry to slow production. It takes time to come back up. The inflation we are experiencing is partly the result of the government pumping too much money into people’s accounts, compounded by COVID-induced supply chain shocks and disruptions caused by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

But the one factor we discuss too little of is immigration – or rather, we emphasize the wrong aspect. Republicans are obsessed with the southern border and the dreaded waves of people (or sometimes “caravans”) trying to enter. But we’ve had people crowding the Mexican border for a long time. What we haven’t seen in many decades is a serious drop in the number of legal immigrants — a drop that’s a big factor in everything Americans don’t like about the way things are going. are happening right now. If an immigration advocate had wanted to concoct a scenario to show Americans how much their lives would be diminished with fewer immigrants, they could not have devised a better scheme than the combination of the Trump administration and the pandemic.

Trump began his push on immigrants in 2017 with a ban on immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries and followed with drastic reductions in the number of green cards issued, the number of refugees admitted (a shameful political choice) and the number of legal immigrants. treaty. A Government Accountability Office review found that the Citizenship and Immigration Service had increased its processing time for immigration applications sixfold between 2015 and 2020. Trump officials threw sand in the gears. They increased the fees for naturalization applications from $620 to $1,160 and added onerous and burdensome requirements. A 2019 rule, for example, required immigrants to refile forms if they left a blank, even if the question did not apply to them. The interviews were blocked and they deprived the agencies concerned of funding.

Where is the outrage that we are turning away highly skilled immigrants who could make a difference in our competition with China? Wouldn’t an “America First” policy capitalize on our desirability as a destination for talent instead of slamming our doors? Wouldn’t we welcome those who will create the key technologies of the future, such as artificial intelligence?

Before Trump, Republicans used to point out that they were all for legal immigration but only opposed the illegal variety, but that has all changed now. In fact, as Alex Nowrasteh of the CATO Institute argues, Trump failed to budge the number of illegal immigrants in the United States, but drastically decreased the number of legal immigrants. Senator Tom Cotton and other Republicans have now declared themselves in favor of less legal immigration. By some estimates, if the immigration rate had remained unchanged during Trump’s tenure, we would now have nearly 2 million more prime-age workers.

These workers would drive trucks, administer IVs in hospitals, clean hotel rooms, pick vegetables and design software. They would start businesses (immigrants are 80% more likely to do this than the native-born), pay taxes and care for the elderly. And, by the way, they would help to lower the general price level.

But Trump has twisted the Republican Party into a narrow-minded, xenophobic cult that mistakenly sees immigrants as a drain instead of a boon.

So the question Republicans need to answer today is: How do you like this immigrant-starved America? Do you like shortages, inflation and bad service? Because that’s what comes from nativism.

Mona Charen is the editor of The Bulwark and host of the “Beg to Differ” podcast. Her most recent book is “Sex Matters: How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love, and Common Sense”.

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Covid-19 has brought many negative changes to our world, but some would say there have also been some upsides: a slower pace of life and the ability to work from home. Often, the latter also means less time to contend with rush hour traffic.

There’s also another potential benefit: you could save money on your auto, home and contents insurance. Specifically, we’ll explore how to save on your car insurance premiums in Singapore if you don’t come to the office every day of the week.

If you’re working remotely, that means your car is spending a lot more time in your multi-storey parking lot than on the freeway. But unless you tell your auto insurer it’s going to stay that way, you might actually be paying too much for coverage.

Factors that influence car insurance premium

Occupation

Interestingly, even your job can affect the cost of your car insurance premium. Although different insurers may have different ways of calculating premiums, people with “outdoor” jobs tend to be charged a bit more than people with office jobs.

Some insurers can be even more specific. For example, they might charge more to insure a salesperson who might spend a lot of time traveling to different customers than they would charge a housewife or an accountant who sits in his office all day.

No Claim Discount (NCD)

A claim-free discount, or NCD, is a discount on your car insurance premium that you can earn for consecutive years of safe driving. Generally, for each year you drive without making a claim, you get a 10% discount when you renew your insurance policy – up to a cap of 50%.

This means that after five years claim-free, you essentially cut your premiums in half. Obviously, driving safely has huge benefits.

Some car insurance policies offer the option of adding an NCD Protector feature, which protects your NCD from being dropped when you make a claim. The NCD Protector usually costs an additional 10% on your premium. Note that in most cases you can transfer your NCD if you buy a new car or change insurance companies.

age and sex

Unfortunately, age and gender are two factors over which you have no control. Drivers in their 20s tend to pay the most for car insurance in Singapore, compared to drivers in their 40s.

However, don’t take it personally – insurers charge different premiums after analyzing their claims data and determining which age groups tend to have the most accidents and file the most claims. Hence, they charge higher premiums accordingly.

Car insurance premiums can also vary depending on your gender. Insurance companies in Singapore generally charge higher premiums for men than for women. Unfortunately, the data indicates that men are much more likely to have an accident than women.

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How does working from home (WFH) affect your car premiums?

If you now work from home, you will certainly find yourself using the car much less than before Covid-19.

So you might want to talk to your agent or insurance company to take advantage of a better deal on your car insurance premiums. The best way may be to call them directly and let them know your situation has changed. Since your risk is lower, you may be able to renegotiate your premium.

Insurance based on mileage and usage

Another way is to call your insurance to request a switch to a mileage or usage-based insurance plan. But what is it ?

Usage-based insurance tracks a driver’s telematics using a wireless device installed in the car. The device then collects information and transmits the data to the insurer. An app can also be used instead to collect the data.

Some of the data collected includes acceleration, hard braking, and cornering, as well as the time of day the ride was taken.

What about mileage-based insurance? As the name suggests, mileage-based insurance is a type of insurance that charges customers based on the number of miles driven. This type of insurance can be beneficial for people who don’t drive very often, as they save money on their premiums.

Pay per kilometer uses a base rate plus a monthly mileage rate to determine your car insurance premium. The premium will change as your mileage changes. Drivers with more mileage generally pay a higher insurance premium.

However, note that not all car insurance companies offer plans based on mileage or usage. For the most accurate information, it is best to contact your insurance company.

Off-peak license plate

If you only drive for fun and don’t need your car to get to work, you can save big on your premiums by signing up for an off-peak license plate, up to 25% off. mean ! Off-peak drivers can also receive rebates of up to $17,000 and $500 annual road tax reduction.

Off-peak drivers who identify themselves by wearing red license plates on their vehicles are subject to strict constraints on the extent of their driving. Restricted hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays, unless they obtain a special electronic day license (e-Day license).

This means that drivers are not restricted to driving on weekends and religious or public holidays.

Car subscription

Maybe the best way is to save money driving a car, but without incurring the expenses of car ownership like insurance, road tax and warranty, it’s subscriptions automobiles. Unlike traditional car rental methods, car subscriptions allow Singaporeans to rent a car on a month-to-month basis, without a fixed-term contract that binds the buyer to a rental car for a year or more.

With COE prices reaching six figures in Singapore, it’s no wonder many Singaporeans are turning to this alternative instead.

For a detailed breakdown of the exact costs of subscribing and owning a car, you can check out our helpful comparison guide here.

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Conclusion

Working from home certainly offers many advantages. Most people wouldn’t remember that they might have been paying too much for car insurance because they weren’t using their cars as much before Covid-19.

Even if you don’t plan to switch to car rental or apply for an off-peak license plate anytime soon, comparing the cheapest car insurance in Singapore is still very important to keep costs down. Lucky for you, we’ve compiled a list of car insurance policies and their prices for your convenience.

This article was first published in ValueChampion.

Picture this: you’re on your dream honeymoon in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, bathing in surreal turquoise water, sipping pineapple and passion fruit cocktails, and indulging in couples lomi lomi massages. But, after a few days of relaxation and ultimate pampering, you take an hour or two to put on gloves and pick up litter on the beach. Or, you set off on an exciting ATV or helicopter tour that ends with the planting of a native seedling as part of a reforestation effort. Or maybe you and your new spouse mingle with some locals while clearing invasive algae from a shoreline, help clean up a royal fish pond, or attach coral fragments to a nursery to help propagate a new reef. .

These are just a few of the super simple and endlessly enjoyable ways to give back to the earth and the community during the most romantic trip of your life. Doing a little good in no way diminishes the glamor or excitement. In fact, being exposed to new activities, learning a bit, and meeting new people can actually lead to not just more fun, but an even more rewarding and memorable experience in paradise. Additionally, engaging on an equal footing with the people who live in a place, beyond the hotel staff who are there to serve you, can help you gain perspective and appreciation. Then there are the tips you might glean on local restaurants and secret places to visit. Here, a few handfuls of ways to work in a small voluntary action around your tropical honeymoon.

Hawaii

The Hawaiian Islands are a mecca for heavenly honeymoons laced with feel-good elements. In many cases, couples participating in a community project or volunteer organization will receive special perks, discounts, or even free nights at their hotel or resort. It is thanks to a compelling and inspiring initiative called malama hawaii, which means “taking care of Hawaii” in Hawaiian. The term is usually used alongside the word ainameaning “earth”, or kupuna, meaning “elders”. It is a concept rooted in responsibility, or kuleanato be Hawaiian or to live in the islands.

For visitors, participating in these efforts goes a long way to showing respect, and you’ll likely get it back too. There are dozens of ways to malama across the islands, and many can be found on line. (Note that in some cases, COVID has temporarily altered volunteer schedules.) But the beautiful island of Hawaii—full of varied landscapes and very few cars—is a great place to start if you’re looking for an over-the-top adventure, a breathtaking beauty, and a meaningful connection. There, plant lovers should head to Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative (the fortnightly Saturday volunteer days end with a potluck!), an organization that has had an impressive impact in restoring endangered lowland dry forest and native flora like wiliwili. Do meaningful work sorting seeds, removing native species, or planting shrubbery while learning traditional Hawaiian stories and mythology of these plants. (Fairmont Orchid offers the fourth night free for those who participate.)

Take a magnificent tour of Hualālai Crater above the clouds with Uluha’o or Hualalai is a special opportunity that isn’t actually volunteering, but is about saying thank you for deep immersion in a very sacred place by planting a baby koa on the mountain. Some resorts have packages or opportunities for couples who want to get involved, like Mauna Kea Beach Hotelwhich offers a fifth night free to those who clean up the beach themselves using a provided DIY kit. (Prince Waikiki on Oahu is offering the fourth night free for this effort, a partnership with Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii.) Get there early to beat the heat and you might just be able to join the sunrise chant E Ala E. Mauna Lani, Inn Resorts CollectionMālama Honu, from , is a program to raise awareness of endangered sea turtles and care for hatchlings who, around the age of three, are released on Turtle Independence Day (aka July 4 ) in an evocative ceremony well worth the pilgrimage.

On Oahu, Hawaiian Heritage Reforestation Initiative is one of the efforts you’ll hear the most about, as the organization brings together locals and travelers to help reforest 500 acres of land in Gunstock Ranch with native species like milo and kou trees. A ceremonial planting wraps up some ATV or horseback tours of the sprawling and spectacular ranch, and the energy is so special there have been proposals along the way. ‘Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beachfor its part, offers the fifth night free, plus a $200 F&B credit (use some of it on their sustainable Earth to Cup happy hour menu) and a day car rental for those who make the scenic drive up. ‘to the north coast for a plantation, which also means you can follow your love tree long after you’ve left the island.

Of course, you don’t have to let any hotel perk direct your energy or activities. Ocean enthusiasts – and anyone who doesn’t want to miss a day at the beach – can join a community hukior volunteer event, with Malama Maunalua, for example, and discover and eliminate the exotic seaweed that clogs scenic Maunalua Bay. Also consider who your dollars are supporting: people of color Kaimana Beach Hotelfor example, fresh out of a highly Instagrammable renovation, is one of the few local hotels in the area.

On other islands like Kauai, Timbers Kauai to Hokuala partners with Sustainable Coastlines for periodic beach cleanups that guests of five-star resorts can participate in. Couples can also help harvest or pack seasonal produce from the 450-acre property with Farmer Cody to donate to the Kauai Food Bank. maui Ko’a Kea Hotel & Resort on Po’ipu Beach offers a mālama package that includes a volunteer beach cleanup activity and your fourth night free, while many island resorts including Hana Maui Resortwhich also includes a daily breakfast for two, offer a free night to volunteer with the Pacific Whale Foundation to pick up litter at any Maui beach. Some opportunities are a little more offbeat, like Wailea Beach Resortthe promise of a fifth night free for guests who make an appliqué and sew it on a quilt to donate to kupuna (elders).

Remember, none of this means you can’t treat yourself yet. Feast on the freshest, most mouth-watering seafood at Mauna Lani’s CanoeHouse and discuss history with resident cultural keeper Uncle Danny. Rent a longboard and hit the constant waves in Waikiki. Get a heavenly Huki Huki mud wrap, scalp massage and lomi lomi massage at The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Waikiki Beachthe spa. Walk on the rolling lava of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. Climb aboard a helicopter to admire the surreal coastline of Nā Pali. Head out after dark to sip a craft cocktail White sands hotelis a hidden bar. Relaxing on the beach. Balance is a beautiful thing, and a bit of mālama along the way can bring it all to light.

Guatemala

During your stay on the idyllic hillside of Lake Atitlán, the deepest lake in Central America, in the dream property Relais & Châteaux Casa Palopo, lovers can (with a donation) arrange to spend a few hours or a day painting facades of vibrant homes and buildings in the charming technicolor town of Santa Catarina Palopó. The opportunity is with a community revitalization initiative called Pintando Santa Catarina Palopó. Plus, guests get 10% of their nightly rate back in vouchers they can use to shop at local artists and boutiques. Residents then exchange voucher payments for cash at the hotel, greatly benefiting the city’s micro-economy.

Florida

If you have a special affinity for sea turtles, you and your love may want to spend part of your honeymoon helping them from the plush Juno Beach. Water Palm Beach Resort & Spa. With a two-night minimum stay, the Sea Turtle Voluntourism package includes an evening visit to Loggerhead Marinelife Center to feed hatchlings, care for current patients, learn about conservation, and release turtles back into the sea. of a turtle patient is also included, so you can get updates on your little boy or girl as they heal.

Maldives

The eco-friendly but luxury JOALI has set up a Coral Table Nursery to accommodate the varying skill sets of clients in assisting with coral restoration and expanding their sustainable coral gene bank. And, in a super luxurious island resort Soneva Fushicouples can engage in sustainability initiatives that include beach cleanups and placing coral fragments in the ocean to grow new reefs.

Costa Rica

In the Blue Zone of Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula, all-inclusive eco-luxury Hotel Punta Islita offers all the thrilling and relaxing activities the newlyweds could want (zipline, horseback riding, spa treatments) plus deep community involvement in the form of cleaning up the school, church or city beaches, from gardening at the Sports Plaza, harvesting fruit to give back to the community, and teaching local children at the Islita Education and Nutrition Center.

• Today’s picks force you to choose your weapon in the defining supercar rivalry of the 1980s, and do so before the twin auctions end on Friday August 5th.

• Porsche’s 959 was a high-tech tour de force that accurately predicted the future of the turbocharged, all-wheel-drive 911.

• Second on the scene but the first production car to hit 200mph, the F40 is still arguably more desirable than any Ferrari flagship that came after it.

Released in 1989, the personal computer video game The Duel: Test Drive II asked a difficult question. Faced with the option of a Porsche 959 or a Ferrari F40, which do you choose? It’s still a puzzle today. But you might have to decide, because the cars are both currently listed on Bring a Trailer (which, like Car and driver, part of Hearst Autos) by the same dealership in San Diego. Bidding ends just five minutes apart, and while the F40 is currently leading with an offer of 1.7 million dollars to 959 Highest bid of $1.3 millionthe final price for each should be neck and neck.

The game Road Test II was quite advanced for its time, using video footage captured in a Porsche 944 Turbo on the Sea-to-Sky Highway in Vancouver, British Columbia, to simulate one of the stages of the race. The developers even went so far as to rent a Ferrari 308, record its engine, and then faithfully reproduce the sound to the best of 8-bit technology. The Road test series culminated in the long run Need of speed franchise.

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Maybe you, dear reader, grew up racing a digital 959 versus a digital F40 on mom’s Apple IIGS. Maybe you’ve also made wise investments in Microsoft, or Playstation, or those images of electric monkeys that no one understands the purpose of. And now you’re ready to cash in and finally buy the 1980s supercar of your dreams. So what’s it gonna be?

The case for the 959 is that it’s the rarest thing, a usable supercar. Launched in 1986, it was a window into the future of automotive performance. Its 2.9-liter flat-six engine featured water cooling and twin sequential turbochargers. Peak power was 444 horsepower and the 959 used its smarts Porsche-Stuer Kupplung all-wheel drive to reduce that power in all possible weather conditions.

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This example from 1987 is a relatively late-production Komfort model, meaning it comes with niceties like leather seats, air conditioning and a Blaupunkt cassette stereo. Any successful bidder should consider purchasing Kraftwerk’s immediately electric coffee on tape.

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The F40 is also twin-turbocharged but doesn’t have a full stereo. That’s not really a downside, because experiencing that Ferrari 2.9-liter four-valve V-8 rushing to the redline behind you is like being front row for Pavarotti in his prime as he hits the crescendo of Sleep Nessun.

Gordon Murray called the F40 “a big kart with plastic bodywork”, and up close these cars have a kit-car build quality. There were also more than three times as many F40s built as 959s: 1311 to 337. Still, there’s a magic to this car that’s hard to define. It’s one of the few cars that stands up to the cult of childhood heroes, even better to drive than you’d hoped.

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The F40 presented here is a 1992 model at the end of the series. For investment potential, it comes with the must-have Ferrari Classiche Red book. To get it out and drive it, he had the twin alloy fuel tanks replaced – European models had horrendously expensive rubber fuel bladders – and a full service in May this year.

With auctions ending August 5, there’s still time to decide which of these icons to take home. Will it be the insanely fast technology of the 959, or will you be swayed by the raw mechanical emotion of the F40? There’s really no wrong choice here: one or the other would be a childhood dream come true.

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LOCKPORT, NY – For as long as anyone can remember, rent increases have rarely happened at Ridgeview Homes, a family-friendly mobile home park in upstate New York.

That changed in 2018 when business owners took over the 65-year-old park located in the middle of farmland and on the road to a fast food restaurant and grocery store about 30 miles northeast of Buffalo.

Residents, about half of whom are seniors or disabled on fixed incomes, bear the first two increases. They hoped the last owner, Cook Properties, would take care of bourbon-colored drinking water, sewage bubbling in their bathtubs and pothole-filled roads.

When that didn’t happen and a new lease with a 6% increase was imposed this year, they formed an association. About half of residents launched a rent strike in May, prompting Cook Properties to send out around 30 eviction notices.

“All they care about is raising the rent because they only care about the money,” said Jeremy Ward, 49, who lives on just over $1,000 a month in disability benefits after his legs suffered nerve damage in a car accident.

He was recently fined $10 for using a leaf blower. “I’m disabled,” he said. “You don’t do your job and I get a violation?”

The fate of Ridgeview residents is being played out nationwide as institutional investors, led by private equity firms and real estate investment trusts and sometimes funded by pension funds, rush to buy up parks of homes mobiles. Critics say mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are fueling the problem by backing a growing number of investor loans.

Shopping puts residents in a bind, as most mobile homes — despite their name — can’t be moved easily or cheaply. Landlords are forced to either accept unaffordable rent increases, spend thousands of dollars to move their home, or abandon it and lose tens of thousands of dollars they have invested.

“These industries, including the mobile home park manufacturing industry, continue to tout these parks, these mobile homes, as affordable housing. But it’s not affordable,” said Benjamin Bellus, an assistant attorney general. of Iowa, who said complaints have increased “100-fold” since out-of-state investors began buying up parks a few years ago.

“You put people in a trap and a trap, where they have no ability to defend themselves,” he added.

Driven by some of the strongest returns in real estate, investors have shaken up a once dormant sector that is home to more than 22 million mostly low-income Americans in 43,000 communities. Many are aggressively promoting parks as providing a steady return – repeatedly raising rents.

There’s also a growing industry, with how-to books, webinars and even a mobile home university, offering advice on attracting small investors.

“You went from an environment where you had a local owner or manager who took care of things as they needed to be fixed, to where you had people who looked at a cost-analysis benefits for how to get the lowest penny,” Bellus said. . “You combine it with the idea that we can just keep raising the rent and these people can’t leave.”

George McCarthy, president and CEO of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, a Cambridge, Mass.-based think tank, singled out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for guaranteeing the loans under what the lending giants regard as an expansion of affordable housing. Since 2014, the Lincoln Institute estimates that Freddie Mac alone has provided $9.6 billion in purchase funding for more than 950 communities in 44 states.

A Freddie Mac spokesperson countered that it purchased loans for less than 3% of mobile home communities nationwide, and about 60% of those were refinances.

Shortly after investors began buying up parks in 2015, complaints about double-digit rent increases followed.

In Iowa, Matt Chapman, a resident of a mobile home in a park purchased by Utah-based Havenpark Communities, said his rent and fees have nearly doubled since 2019. Legal Aid’s Alex Kornya of Iowa said another park purchased by Impact Communities saw rent and fees increase 87% between 2017 and 2020.

“A lot of people living in the park had fixed incomes, disabilities, social security and just weren’t going to be able to keep up,” said Kornya, who met about 300 angry mobile home owners in a mega-church. “It almost led to a political awakening.”

In Minnesota, purchases of parks by out-of-state buyers have increased from 46% in 2015 to 81% in 2021, with rent increases of up to 30%, according to All Parks Alliance For Change, an association of parks. ‘State.

US Senator Jon Tester of Montana, speaking at a Senate hearing this year, recalled tenants complaining about repeated rent increases at a Havenpark development in Great Falls. One resident, Cindy Newman, told The Associated Press that her monthly rent has risen from $117 to nearly $400 over a year and eight months, the increase of the past 20 years.

In addition to rent increases, residents have complained of being inundated with fees for everything from pets to maintenance and fines for congestion and speeding — all locked into leases that can exceed 50 pages.

Josh Weiss, a spokesperson for Havenpark, said the company must charge prevailing market rates when purchasing a park at the fair market price. That said, the company has taken steps since 2020 to limit its rent increases to $50 per month.

“We understand the anxiety that any rent increase creates for residents, especially those on fixed incomes,” Weiss said. “While we try to minimize the impact, the financial realities do not change.”

The mobile home industry argues that communities are the most affordable housing option, noting that average rent increases in parks nationwide were just over 4% in 2021. improvement were about 11%. Significant investment is needed, they said, to make improvements to older parks and prevent them from being sold.

“You have people coming into space who are giving us all a bad name, but these are isolated examples and these practices are not common,” said Lesli Gooch, chief executive of the Manufactured Housing Institute, the association industry professional.

Both sides said the government could do more to help.

The industry wants Federal Housing Administration financing to be made available to residents, many of whom rely on high-interest loans to buy homes that cost an average of $81,900. They also want the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to allow the use of housing vouchers for mobile homes.

Resident advocates, including MHAction, want lawmakers to cap rent or require a reason for a raise or eviction — state legislation that succeeded in Delaware this year but failed in Iowa, Colorado and Montana.

They also want Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to stipulate in the loans they support that rents remain affordable. And they’re supporting residents buying their communities, which started in New Hampshire and has grown to nearly 300 parks in 20 states.

A spokesperson for Freddie Mac said it had created a new loan offering that encourages tenant protection and last year made them mandatory for all future transactions in the mobile home community.

In Ridgeview, it is unclear how the rent strike will be resolved.

Cook, which claims to be the largest operator of mobile home parks in New York and has the slogan “Exceptional Opportunities. Exceptional Returns,” declined to comment. The company closed a $26 million private equity fund in 2021 that bought 12 parks in New York, but it was unclear if any of them were Ridgeview.

The residents, meanwhile, continue. Joyce Bayles, an 85-year-old resident, has started mowing her own lawn because crews only show up every month. Gerald Korb, a 78-year-old retiree, said he was still waiting for the company to move a utility pole and transformer that he said could fall on his house during a storm.

“I bought a place and now they’re forcing all of this on us,” said Korb, who stopped paying rent in protest. “They are absentee owners, that’s what they are.”

DUBLIN, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The “UK Car Rental Market, By Vehicle Type (Economy, Executive, Luxury), By Channel (Online, Offline), By Type (Self-Driven, Chauffeur-Driven), By End-Use ( local, airport, external station), by region, forecast and competition opportunities, 2017-2027″ report has been added to from ResearchAndMarkets.com offer.

UK The car rental market is expected to register growth during the forecast period, 2023-2027

Advancements in mobile car rental applications, internet-based services, location-based fare adjustments, simple user interface coupled with the rapid rise of online service providers are contributing to the growth of UK car rental market.

The entry of new players into the rental services market and the expansion of car rental service are some of the factors supporting the growth of UK car rental market in the coming years. Rising trend of on-demand transportation services and low car ownership among millennials are some of the factors supporting the growth of UK car rental market.

The UK The car rental market is segmented by vehicle type, channel, type, end use, competitive landscape and regional distribution. Based on vehicle type, the market is further segmented into economy, executive and luxury. The economy vehicle segment is expected to hold the largest market share UK car rental market due to their growing adoption for short-haul trips. Rising demand for leisure travel could contribute to the rapid growth of the luxury car segment in the coming years.

The big companies of UK car rental market are Lex Autolease Ltd., Alphabet (GB) Ltd., Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK Ltd., LeasePlan UK Ltd., Europcar Mobility Group, Avis Budget Group Inc., Hertz UK Ltd., Sixt SE , Dollar Rent A Car, Inc., Green Motion International, among others.

Goal of the study:

• To analyze the historical growth of the market size of UK car rental market from 2017 to 2021.
• To estimate and forecast the market size of UK car rental market from 2022 to 2027 and growth rate to 2027.
• Classify and predict UK car rental market based on vehicle type, channel, type, end-use, region and company.
• To identify the dominant region or segment in the UK car rental market.
• Identify drivers and challenges for the UK car rental market.
• Review competitive developments such as expansions, new product launches, mergers and acquisitions, etc., in the UK car rental market.
• Identify and analyze the profiles of the main actors operating in the UK car rental market.
• Identify key sustainable strategies adopted by market players in UK car rental market

Competitive landscape

Company Profiles: Detailed analysis of the main companies present in UK car rental market.

• Lex Autolease Ltd.
• Alphabet (GB) Ltd
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK Ltd
• LeasePlan UK Ltd
• Europcar Mobility Group
• Avis Budget Group Inc.
• Hertz UK Ltd
• SIXT SE
• Dollar Rent A Car, Inc.,
• GreenMotion International

Report Scope:

Years considered for this report:

• Historical years: 2017-2020
• Base year: 2021
• Estimated year: 2022E
• Forecast period: 2023F-2027F

UK car rental market, by vehicle type:

UK car rental market, by channel:

UK car rental market, by type:

• Autonomous
• Heat Driven

UK car rental market, by end use:

UK car rental market, by region:

• London
• East Anglia
• South West
• South East
• Scotland
• East Midlands
• Yorkshire and Humberside

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