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Bargain rates: Samuel Bresler's Budget Car Rentals may lead the business in Toronto but he is worried about stiff competition which he claims is squeezing profits.
Bargain rates: Samuel Bresler's Budget Car Rentals may lead the business in Toronto but he is worried about stiff competition which he claims is squeezing profits.

Bargain rates: Samuel Bresler's Budget Car Rentals may lead the business in Toronto but he is worried about stiff competition which he claims is squeezing profits.

Date7/8/1981
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No.1?: Samuel Bresler, owner of Budget Car Rentals, says its a tough business. But his company is now considered Canada's biggest agency by some transport officials and carmakers.
No.1?: Samuel Bresler, owner of Budget Car Rentals, says its a tough business. But his company is now considered Canada's biggest agency by some transport officials and carmakers.
6/15/1983
Herb Singer Discount car and truck Rentals
Herb Singer Discount car and truck Rentals
10/19/1993
Wheeling and dealing: The Lord may not buy you a Mercedes Benz but you can rent yourself one from Executive Choice Auto Rentals
Wheeling and dealing: The Lord may not buy you a Mercedes Benz but you can rent yourself one from Executive Choice Auto Rentals
7/4/1984
Edwin (Honest Ed) Mirvish stands outside his Royal Alexandra Theatre which he claims may be forced to close due to competition from city-owned theatres
Edwin (Honest Ed) Mirvish stands outside his Royal Alexandra Theatre which he claims may be forced to close due to competition from city-owned theatres
1/24/1969
John A. Sawyer. Canadian businessmen are reasonably optimistic about the economy next year, a University of Toronto forum was told yesterday. Two economists, Douglas Peters, of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, and John A. Sawyer, of the U of T School of Business, saw a strong economic recovery. Jerry McAfee, president of Gulf Oil Canada, predicted an increase in natural gas and oil sales, and J.S. Dewar, president of Union Carbide Canada saw modest profits in chemicals.
John A. Sawyer. Canadian businessmen are reasonably optimistic about the economy next year, a University of Toronto forum was told yesterday. Two economists, Douglas Peters, of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, and John A. Sawyer, of the U of T School of Business, saw a strong economic recovery. Jerry McAfee, president of Gulf Oil Canada, predicted an increase in natural gas and oil sales, and J.S. Dewar, president of Union Carbide Canada saw modest profits in chemicals.
12/9/1970
A Toronto publisher says he may take business worth $750,000 south of the border because he has been unable to get second-class mailing rates for one (...)
A Toronto publisher says he may take business worth $750,000 south of the border because he has been unable to get second-class mailing rates for one (...)
2/9/1987
Business baron with a difference: Sebastian de Ferranti says government intervention in business is necessary when the scramble for profits results in decisions based on short-term expediency.
Business baron with a difference: Sebastian de Ferranti says government intervention in business is necessary when the scramble for profits results in decisions based on short-term expediency.
10/7/1979
Toronto's oldest Redcap, Jake Charendoff, sits waiting for new business at Toronto's Union Station, while behind him sits redcap Bert Fortune. Charendoff picked up his first piece of baggage at Union Station on the day it opened in 1927. But, although he claims the title oldest, he refuses to say exactly how old he is.
Toronto's oldest Redcap, Jake Charendoff, sits waiting for new business at Toronto's Union Station, while behind him sits redcap Bert Fortune. Charendoff picked up his first piece of baggage at Union Station on the day it opened in 1927. But, although he claims the title oldest, he refuses to say exactly how old he is.
1/24/1972
H. S, (Stan) Bond won't retire although he'll soon be 94. He's too old to renew his driver's license so makes his sales calls via bus and streetcar. Bond thinks today's company managers would do a better job if they were given bonuses for boosting profits. His customer say he knows merchandise well.
H. S, (Stan) Bond won't retire although he'll soon be 94. He's too old to renew his driver's license so makes his sales calls via bus and streetcar. Bond thinks today's company managers would do a better job if they were given bonuses for boosting profits. His customer say he knows merchandise well.
1/4/1973
Inform the public: David Clark, president of Thomas J. Lipton Ltd., middle, believes business should explain why it needs large profits.
Inform the public: David Clark, president of Thomas J. Lipton Ltd., middle, believes business should explain why it needs large profits.
4/15/1981
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
1/29/1986
Rewarding choice: By cutting back its Canadian operations Time Canada may have forfeited its tax-deductibility, but final result shows booming profits, says president Hugh Findlay.
Rewarding choice: By cutting back its Canadian operations Time Canada may have forfeited its tax-deductibility, but final result shows booming profits, says president Hugh Findlay.
10/17/1979