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Hertz Global analysts are expecting big things from the stock. After the last quarterly report estim Dollar Thrifty has advised shareholder not to tender their shares to Hertz Global Holdings, as an offer of $72 a share undervalues the company. The car rental organisation is presently being sought by two larger rivals, Hertz and competitor Avis. {poll_summary} Dollar Thrifty Automotive's board of directors advises against tendering shares to Hertz. Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group (DTG) said today its board of directors is recommending that shareholders [...] Hertz provides customers with the chance to explore the city in the summer on fun Ultra Motor electric bicycles.{poll_summary} **AutoSlash cuts the time** it takes to find the best car rental rates. Enter your desired dates and location on AutoSlash.com, and the service scours the Web for discounts and coupon codes from companies such as Hertz and Avis. Within seconds, a list of the cheapest options pops up. If you reserve a car on the site, it automatically rebooks the reservation if a better deal comes up before your trip. Another plus: You can cancel the reservation at any time. **COST: **Free. Hertz UAE has announced the launch of the Hertz #1 Club Gold service programme at its Abu Dhabi International Airport location in a move to provide travellers the quickest possible service with extra benefits... Hertz UAE has announced the launch of the Hertz #1 Club Gold service programme at its Abu Dhabi International Airport location in a move to provide travellers the quickest possible service with extra benefits. The loyalty programme, the first of its kind for any car rental company in the Middle East, will offer customers exclusive benefits including faster reservations, a much quicker vehicle collection and handover process, and privileged treatment every time you rent a Hertz car. {poll_summary} TORRANCE, Calif., June 1 (UPI) -- Japanese automaker Toyota said 106,000 Prius vehicles are being recalled due to nuts coming lose in the gear box. Most of the attention in leveraged loans these days has gone to the cash-flow crowd. With few exceptions, little has been written about asset-based lending. Yet buyout practitioners are now making full use of this decades-old corner of the capital markets.Given the nature of its reliance on asset-intensive businesses, ABL tends to work best in industries chock full of accounts receivable and inventory. These include wholesalers, retailers, rental companies, oil and gas, automotive and durable goods manufacturers. While ABL is known as "lender of last resort" for tougher credits, the current cycle has brought corporate heavyweights to the table like Georgia Gulf, Hertz, and Del Monte, as well as retailers like Sears, Neiman Marcus, Jo-Ann Stores, J Crew, and Liz Claiborne. Hertz UAE has announced the launch of the Hertz #1 Club Gold service programme at its Abu Dhabi International Airport location in a move to provide travellers the quickest possible service with extra benefits.{poll_summary} **Along with writing his own business books, Adrian Slywotzky**** writes for many publications such as Harvard Business Review**** and The Wall Street Journal****. He is a sought after business consultant and a Partner at the consulting firm, Oliver Wyman****. Interviewing ****Adrian**** was like talking to a trusted friend: you can tell that he has a passion for businesses to succeed. Below, Adrian gives a brief background on his new book, Demand: Creating What People Love Before They Know They Want It.** Curt-I've been reading your books for years. I just re-read The Art of Profitability. I've always enjoyed your work. I think everyone can read your books and get a lot out of them. Adrian-Thank you very much. Curt-The Art of Profitability left me with a desire to be more formulaic. I like to see wisdom presented in well-described formulas. This is a theme described in another of your books, Profit Patterns, correct? Adrian-Yes, that book is along those lines. The profit patterns are, in many cases, more diagrammatic, which means describing the patterns of what happens in the value chain or patterns related to customer action. The book is a combination of stories that a reader ... Currently, we are maintaining a long-term 'Neutral' recommendation on Avis Budget Group, Inc. with a target price of $18.00 per share. _The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st_… A new car-sharing program and an eruption in Iceland Booking by the hour can sound seedy for a hotel room, but it's perfectly respectable for a rental car. Hence the fanfare when Hertz unveiled its **car- sharing program in Washington last week**. The capital is the third city to offer Connect by Hertz, after New York and London. Washington renters, however, **do not have to pay an annual membership fee**. And you can drive the car one way without any penalty fees. Read full article >> The Hertz Corporation announced the expansion of its Global EV initiative to Washington, D.C., adding all electric (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric (PHEVs) vehicles, including the Chevy Volt and Nissan LEAF to its Union Station fleet.{poll_summary} Hertz Global Holdings Inc.'s latest $2.25 billion offer for Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. won't be the last, and it could be the prelude to new rounds of bidding on the Tulsa-based rental car company, ... Alligators flirt with physics. When males attract attention by quivering their spiky backs underwater, they create Faraday waves, researchers reported May 23 in Seattle at a meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. These sophisticated patterns are usually seen only in man-made devices. "Faraday waves haven't really been seen in nature before," [...] Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity. May 23 (Reuters) - Hertz Global Holdings Inc said it would start a direct exchange offer this week for smaller rival Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group , as it gets aggressive to wrap up the deal which has been hanging fire for more than a year now.
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