Avis Budget Group

Plenty of big names are set to report their earnings in August, including the country's largest cable and satellite television providers, several of China's leading dot-coms, radio giant Sirius XM, car rental companies Zipcar and Avis, and the two biggest video game developers.

Avis Budget has increased its offer for Dollar Thrifty, firing the latest salvo in its bidding war for Dollar with archrival Hertz. It's a familiar pattern in the world of mergers and acquisitions, and the data shows that interlopers like Avis often a better chance of taking home the prize.

Car rental company Avis Budget Group Inc (CAR) improved its offer for Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group (DTG). Avis raised the cash portion of the offer to $40.75 a share, from $39.25, Avis said in a statement. The offer now stands at $40.75 in cash and 0.6543 shares of Avis Budget stock per share...

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group confirmed Thursday that it received a $1.33 billion takeover from Avis Budget Group, which topped an earlier bid from rival Hertz. Now it's up to the car-rental company's board to declare the winner.

A week after rental car giant Hertz announced plans to drive off into the sunset with Dollar Thrifty, rival Avis Budget on Monday made clear that it plans to crash the party. Avis is wooing Dollar for itself, bringing a higher offer (and some serious hired guns) to the table.

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Nonsmokers who travel often find themselves frustrated once they unlock the car they've just rented at the airport. After a few hours of lounges, gates, and airborne cabins mercifully free of secondhand smoke, travelers slide behind the wheel and wonder how nobody at the rental agency has noticed...