Avis puts in $1.3m bid in effort to thwart $1.2bn deal struck by Herz in May The global car rental industry is speeding into a hostile takeover battle as rivals Hertz and Avis tussle to snap up their lower cost US competitor, the Dollar Thrifty automotive group.

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Hertz and Avis rev up rival bids for Dollar Thrifty

Emergency workers are reporting that a woman was killed around 1:49 p.m. Monday when a tree fell on the car she was driving. The incident happened on Lower Dallas Highway and Yates Street, near Country Hardware and Rental.

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BREAKING NEWS: Woman killed when tree falls on car (The Gaston Gazette)

LOWER MAKEFIELD, Pa. — Seven people were taken to area hospitals yesterday afternoon after an accident involving two cars, two motorcycles and an out-of-control rental truck.

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Cops: Rental truck wrecks cars, bikes (The Trentonian)