Hertz Global Holdings Inc., the largest publicly traded U.S. auto-rental chain, rose the most in more than two months after reporting profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates as it lowered costs and boosted sales. View full post on BusinessWeek.com — Top News
Hertz Rises as Profit Beats Analysts’ Estimates: New York Mover
February 23rd, 2012Debit-Card Fees Under Scrutiny Again
February 23rd, 2012Past reforms tried to rein in the fees, but consumers still pay $16 billion a year View full post on BusinessWeek.com — Top News
Argentine train slams into station, killing 49
February 23rd, 2012Officials say a packed train has slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires’ busy Once station, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters. It is Argentina’s worst train accident in decades.
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Vivus Weight-Loss Pill Qnexa Wins Backing of FDA Panel
February 22nd, 2012Vivus Inc.’s weight-loss pill Qnexa won the backing of a U.S. advisory panel as the company seeks to gain approval for the first new obesity drug in 13 years. View full post on BusinessWeek.com — Top News
Italy: Divers find 8 more bodies in ship wreckage
February 22nd, 2012Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship found eight bodies Wednesday on one of the passenger decks, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said.
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Sloan-Kettering Chief Sued by University of Pennsylvania
February 22nd, 2012The head of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center was sued by the University of Pennsylvania for breaching his fiduciary duty to the school by using research he helped develop there to start his own company. View full post on BusinessWeek.com — Top News
US troops now in 4 African countries to fight LRA
February 22nd, 2012A top military official says that U.S. troops are now deployed in four central African countries as part of U.S. efforts against a brutal rebel group called the Lord’s Resistance Army.
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Strauss-Kahn Freed After Questioning in Prostitution Inquiry
February 22nd, 2012Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, was released from police custody after almost two days of questioning as part of an investigation into a French prostitution ring. View full post on BusinessWeek.com — Top News
Chavez surgery throws Venezuela into uncertainty
February 22nd, 2012President Hugo Chavez has never been one to share decision-making authority. Now, the voluble socialist strongman and acerbic critic of the U.S. may have no choice but to designate a successor.
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The Home Office Desk Chair
February 22nd, 2012An executive-quality perch that doesn’t require an executive’s bonus to buy View full post on BusinessWeek.com — Top News