A Three-Day Car Rental Trip Mistakenly Got Turned Into a 22,669-Mile, $6,189 Adventure
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Dollar Thrifty Still Fights Hertz on Takeover Battleground
7 Jun 2011, 11:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / What was supposed to become the biggest merger in the rental car industry has turned into an over a year long saga with more ups and downs than GM's bankruptcy story of 2009 and beyond. In the ...
Dollar Thrifty Names New Chairman
29 Nov 2010, 23:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Still playing the role of a forbidden fruit for two rival companies, rental company Dollar Thrifty announced today the naming of a new chairman. Richard W. Neu will be replacing the current chairman...
Dollar Thrifty Rejects Avis' Offer
28 Sep 2010, 08:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite having a slightly better offer when it comes to the money offered, Avis Budget Group was given a big thumbs down by the Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, who chose to go with the first bidder...
Hertz Announces Final Bid for Dollar Thrifty
26 Sep 2010, 08:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The war of the car rental companies which began with the first Hertz offer for Dollar Thrifty is about to end, as the company which made the first bid announced that the final bid it made this week,...
Avis Ups the Ante on Dollar Thrifty Bid
3 Sep 2010, 09:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The fight to take over the assets and business of rental company Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group continues in the US, with the latest move being made by Avis. The company which messed up the plans r...
Avis Tops Hertz's Offer for Dollar Thrifty
29 Jul 2010, 06:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in April, the rental business in the US was bracing for what was supposed to become the most important deal in the car-rental sectors ever made in the country: the purchase of Dollar Thrifty Au...
Avis Asks Permission to Buy Dollar Thrifty
14 May 2010, 12:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In what has become a hard to predict battle for the control of rental company Dollar Thrifty, Avis Budget announced today it has filed for permission with federal antitrust authorities to buy Dollar...
Avis Looks into Dollar Thrifty's Books
7 May 2010, 08:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After yesterday rumor came Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group has given Avis Budget Group access to its books in the hope of a better buy offer, confirmation came today from the parties involved. &...
Dollar Thrifty Considering Avis Offer
6 May 2010, 08:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The recent developments on the US car-rental market has stalled the deal between Dollar Thrifty Auto Group and Hertz Global Holdings, as the former has taken note of the offer made by Hertz's r...
Avis to Outbid Hertz for Dollar Thrifty
4 May 2010, 13:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The car-rental war is heating up in the US, after in the end of April a deal between Dollar Thrifty Auto Group and Hertz Global Holdings was regarded as a done deal. Rival Avis Budget Group announce...
540 Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion Vehicles Become UK Rental Cars
29 Mar 2010, 12:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Avis, one of the major players on the international vehicle rental market, has announced that its UK fleet will include over 540 Golf BlueMotion vehicles. The recently-ordered cars will join Avis&rs...
Avis Expanding Chinese Operations
5 Mar 2010, 13:38 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Avis Europe will extend its business in China, quadrupling its centers in the country, as it’s sales on European market have failed to meet expectations, as Bloomberg reports. Avis Europe&r...
Car Rental Company Avis to Offer Renault EVs
1 Mar 2010, 07:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Car rental company Avis signed an agreement with Renault-Nissan to provide electric cars to its consumers from 2011, the same year when the alliance is due to introduce several electric cars showed ...