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...Many rental operators send data back to city authorities about where and how their fleets are being used. That is prompting subtle changes to urban infrastructure....
...Last year, it bought the aircraft leasing business of CIT Group of the US for $10bn in a deal to create the world’s third-largest rental fleet, and already this year it has acquired an asset financing business...
...“In our view, if Hertz was to exit the equipment rental business, its free cash flow profile would dramatically increase, as we estimate $267m in net fleet investments in 2013 and $250m in 2014, that would...
...The company, which is investing £420m in its fleet of generators, competes with APR Energy....
...It has the biggest 777 fleet in the world. There are more turbo 7s in Emirates Air than any other airline, for example....
...CD&R owns Hertz, the car rental group, which uses BCA to sell its used vehicles when it renews its fleet, giving the US buy-out house experience of the second-hand car market....
...The Taurus saloon, America’s best-selling car from 1992 to 1997, was eviscerated as Ford started pumping it into daily-rental and corporate fleets to keep assembly lines busy....
...In the US military, Mr Owens was commander of the Sixth Fleet before a two-year tenure, beginning in 1994, as vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff....
...Cendant, which owns brands including the Ramada hotel franchise and the Avis car rental chain, recently acquired Orbitz, the second largest travel site in the US, for more than $1.2bn....
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