Daily Archives: November 23, 2010 - 2 results

The holidays are a peak travel time, and a peak season for the car rental business. When renting a car for pleasure or business you want a good, safe car at a good price. So you might be interested to know some rental car companies aren’t in a hurry to inspect or repair recalled fleet vehicles.   Many recalled, possibly unsafe vehicles remain in service Insurance offered with rental contract expensive, usually unnecessary Check your auto policy and credit card …

You hear about it every day: Companies fined for breaking laws, defrauding customers, selling unsafe products and more. But what happens to that money once a company is found guilty and has to pay? Does it reward the victims? Go toward slashing the federal deficit? Something else? The answer is: It depends.   Copy this link to share with your friends: http://bit.ly/i1anan   Typically fines (also known as civil penalties) go to either the U.S. Treasury or the victims. Which …