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NewsNovember 3, 2010

Dollar Thrifty's Earnings Surge in Q3

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc.'s net income grew to $49.16 million in the third quarter compared with $30.09 million in the prior-year period, constituting the best quarterly financial performance in company history, company executives said.

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NewsNovember 3, 2010

Hertz Reports Strong Q3 Results

Hertz Global Holdings Inc. reported third quarter 2010 worldwide revenues of $2.2 billion, an increase of 7.1 percent year-over-year. Transaction days for the car-rental segment grew 8.2 percent, while the rental rate per transaction day rose 1.1 percent.

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NewsOctober 27, 2010

Different Approaches to Environmentally Friendly Motoring

A test drive pits the Nissan Leaf against the Chevrolet Volt.

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NewsOctober 27, 2010

GM Improves While Honda, Toyota Dominate in Consumer Reports’ Reliability Survey

European reliability rally stalls: Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz among the worst.

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NewsOctober 27, 2010

Hertz Teams With IBM and Mindshare Technologies to Analyze Customer Feedback

"Hertz gathers an amazing amount of customer insight daily, including thousands of comments from Web surveys, emails and text messages. We wanted to leverage this insight at both the strategic level and the local level to drive operational improvements," said Joe Eckroth, chief information officer, the Hertz Corporation.

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NewsOctober 27, 2010

Avis Launches ‘Free to Get Away’ Promotion

Customers who complete two qualifying rentals of at least two days from Oct. 28, 2010 through Jan. 31, 2011 will receive a rental certificate for one free day of time-and-mileage charges on an Avis rental.

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NewsOctober 27, 2010

Allegiant and Enterprise Form Three-Year Rental Car Agreement

The two companies have been partners since 2005 and will extend their partnership through 2013.

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NewsOctober 27, 2010

An Industry View on Vehicle Damage Recovery

Roger Van Horn of Enterprise responds to a consumer advocate's queries on car rental damage claims.

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NewsOctober 20, 2010

Australian Car Rental Company Director Fined for Underpaying Workers

Nathan Conn, of Enterprise Car Rental Group, was fined $110,000 for underpaying seven employees more than $61,000 between February 2006 and April 2008.

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NewsOctober 20, 2010

South African Car Rental Company Bans Smoking in Vehicles

First Car Rental removed all lighters from its vehicles to help renters comply with the new policy, which went into effect last week.

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