They are at least dimly aware that the country is awash in convention centers and rental fees for the halls are collapsing.
Lennox Little League got caught in a financial bind because the local school district doubled rental fees for its fields, and because the district no longer would allow the league to sell grilled food at games.
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Besides meaning you have one less ugly component to deal with, getting rid of the cable box also usually means better picture quality and you don't have pay rental fees for your box any more (though we have faith that the cable companies will eventually find a way to charge seven bucks a month for CableCard rentals).
Video subscription, rental or purchase fees may also apply.
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In a survey last November, Travelocity found car rental taxes (including special airport facility fees) at the 100 largest U.S. airports averaged 28%, up from 25% in early 2005.
But their real value for Boston Properties (nyse: BXP - news - people ) is in management fees and rent hikes as rental rolls turn over.
So on one side we have the rental store dinosaurs and their insidious late fees, and on the other we have Netflix charging more money to rent DVDs by mail.
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The issue is that rental stores, as we know, charge late fees, and late fees are the reason why Netflix was so successful to begin with.
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Putting the fees to one side, it is also important to examine the rental rates that businesses pay, and that often constitute the most significant expenses for small companies.
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In a nice touch, drivers age 21 to 24 don't pay additional fees to use Zipcar, On Demand or Car2go, while most traditional rental companies charge younger drivers a premium.
Raising fees on small-ticket debit purchases could hurt self-service kiosks, such as DVD rental kiosks, which "benefit from debit-card acceptance, " Mr. McCrohan wrote.
If you rent a home out for more than two weeks a year, it becomes a rental for tax purposes, and you can deduct costs for upkeep, such as repairs, utilities and condo maintenance fees.
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