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    A Growing Space

    March 7, 2008
    Tim Ford joined Genie Industries a year and a half ago as CEO, and has grown along with the company. RER editor Michael Roth had the opportunity to sit down with Ford at the ARA...
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    United Rentals

    Feb. 21, 2008
    Data Location: Greenwich, Conn. Top Executive: Wayland Hicks Stores: 696 Sales in $ Millions: $3,640.0 Website: www.ur.com Overview About to turn 10, United Rentals has gone from...
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    Sunbelt Rentals

    Feb. 21, 2008
    Data Location:Fort Mill, S.C. Top Executive:Cliff Miller Stores: 454 Sales in $ Millions: $1,681.0 Website: www.sunbeltrentals.com Overview Revenue includes that of NationsRent...
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    RSC Equipment Rentals

    Feb. 21, 2008
    Data Location:Scottsdale, AZ Top Executive:Erik Olsson Stores: 452 Sales in $ Millions: $1,652.9 Website: www.rscrental.com Overview Private equity players Ripplewood and Oak ...
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    Hertz Equipment Rental Corp.

    Feb. 21, 2008
    Data Location:Park Ridge, NJ Top Executive:Gerry Plescia Stores: 275 Sales in $ Millions: $1,795.0 Website: www.hertzequip.com Overview With higher total equipment rental division...
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    Fire Up the Power

    March 1, 2004
    On August 14, 2003, more than 60 million people in the eastern United States and Canada lost power as 21 power plants were shut down in a span of three
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    Hicks Takes the Reins

    March 1, 2004
    RER: How will United Rentals change under the leadership of Wayland Hicks? Hicks: There will be a lot of change, but let me start off with an explanation
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    Rental is a Diamond's Best Friend

    Feb. 1, 2004
    The year was 1999. Mark Clawson, working in Palo Alto, Calif., near the epicenter of the dotcom boom, decided, along with a partner, to raise funds by
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    Still with Us

    Nov. 1, 2003
    It was so much simpler years ago. The manufacturer would ship equipment to its network of exclusive dealer-distributors who would keep large quantities