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  • Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, center, visits with former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara at their Houston home, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
    Web an increasing tool to link campaigns, voters AP - 31 mins ago

    As potential voters in New Hampshire and Iowa scan the Internet, they probably are seeing ads for Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama alongside deals for shoes and holiday gifts. More »Web an increasing tool to link campaigns, voters

    Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, center, visits with former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara at their Houston home, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

    As potential voters in New Hampshire and Iowa scan the Internet, they probably are seeing ads for Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama alongside deals for shoes and holiday gifts.

  • In this Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, Afghan women clad in burqas sit near their packed bags of humanitarian aid donated by International Organization for Migration (IOM) for drought-hit families in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. The United Nations appealed for $142 million on Oct. 1 to help those hit by the drought in 14 northern provinces where up to 80 percent of non-irrigated fields yielded little to no crops. So far, about $49 million has been pledged by aid groups, the U.S. and European nations. (AP Photo/Mustafa Najafizada)
    2.6 million Afghans at risk of hunger from drought AP - 6 hrs ago

    Zara, an Afghan mother of seven, doesn't know what to tell her children when they ask about dinner. More »2.6 million Afghans at risk of hunger from drought

    In this Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, Afghan women clad in burqas sit near their packed bags of humanitarian aid donated by International Organization for Migration (IOM) for drought-hit families in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. The United Nations appealed for $142 million on Oct. 1 to help those hit by the drought in 14 northern provinces where up to 80 percent of non-irrigated fields yielded little to no crops. So far, about $49 million has been pledged by aid groups, the U.S. and European nations. (AP Photo/Mustafa Najafizada)

    Zara, an Afghan mother of seven, doesn't know what to tell her children when they ask about dinner.

  • Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends a meeting while visiting a shipbuilding plant in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011.  (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Yana Lapikova, Pool)
    As Putin plans to stay, many Russians want out AP - 6 hrs ago

    Natalia Lepleiskaya is just the sort of person today's Russia needs — a successful young IT manager who does charity work in her free time. More »As Putin plans to stay, many Russians want out

    Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends a meeting while visiting a shipbuilding plant in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011.  (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Yana Lapikova, Pool)

    Natalia Lepleiskaya is just the sort of person today's Russia needs — a successful young IT manager who does charity work in her free time.

  • President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at the Interior Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
    Obama pushes payroll tax cut extension AP - 48 mins ago

    President Barack Obama wants voters to get involved in the debate over extending the reduced payroll tax and he's asking them to tell members of Congress to keep the cut in place. More »Obama pushes payroll tax cut extension

    President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at the Interior Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

    President Barack Obama wants voters to get involved in the debate over extending the reduced payroll tax and he's asking them to tell members of Congress to keep the cut in place.

  • Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, left, talks to Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff during the group photo of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, CELAC, summit in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. CELAC members are gathering in a two-day, 33-nation summit welcoming countries from Brazil to Jamaica, adding one more bloc to a region with other smaller organizations like Unasur, Mercosur and the Caribbean Community. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
    Leaders at Americas talks: world economy top worry AP - 5 hrs ago

    Leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean pledged to work together to fend off the effects of the world financial crisis and safeguard the region's growing economies. More »Leaders at Americas talks: world economy top worry

    Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, left, talks to Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff during the group photo of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, CELAC, summit in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. CELAC members are gathering in a two-day, 33-nation summit welcoming countries from Brazil to Jamaica, adding one more bloc to a region with other smaller organizations like Unasur, Mercosur and the Caribbean Community. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

    Leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean pledged to work together to fend off the effects of the world financial crisis and safeguard the region's growing economies.

  • FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2011 file photo, former Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Sen. George McGovern arrives for the funeral Mass for R. Sargent Shriver at Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Potomac, Md. Former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern has been hospitalized after falling and hitting his head while getting ready for a live interview on C-SPAN. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, Pool, File)

    Former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern was being treated at a hospital in South Dakota after falling and hitting his head on the pavement outside a library bearing his name.

  • FILE - In this undated file  photo, country singer Mindy McCready performs in Nashville, Tenn.  A missing persons report has been filed for McCready and her 5-year-old son Zander. The Department of Children and Families says the report was filed with Cape Coral Police Tuesday night after McCready took Zander from McCready's father's home. McCready doesn't have custody of her son — her mother does — and was allowed to visit the boy at her father's home.  (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, file)

    By the time Arkansas authorities took country singer Mindy McCready's 5-year-old son from her and into custody on Friday evening, one thing had already become apparent to much of America: McCready's life has come to resemble a bad country song.

  • Students walk out of a showroom at the headquarters of Samsung Electronics in Seoul

    (Reuters) - Apple failed to convince a U.S. judge to block Samsung Electronics from selling Galaxy smartphones and tablets in the U.S. market, depriving the iPhone and iPad maker of crucial leverage in a global patent battle between the two companies. In a ruling released late on Friday, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in …

  • The sign marking the MF Global Holdings Ltd. offices at 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan is seen in New York

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators investigating the collapse of MF Global have determined that the firm combined money between securities and futures accounts owned by customers, and transferred funds outside the country to at least one entity, a source said on Friday. "The further we get into (the investigation) the more …

  • BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 15 people died in fierce fighting between security forces and army rebels in northern Syria early on Saturday, activists said, as violence intensified in the eighth month of unrest against President Bashar al-Assad. Opposition groups say rebel forces are increasing their attacks on security forces …

  • A flyer advertising holiday job listings is seen at the North Metro Department of Labor Career Center in Atlanta

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate tumbled to a 2-1/2 year low in November, even though the pace of hiring remained too slow to suggest a significant acceleration in the labor market recovery. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 120,000 jobs, the Labor Department said on Friday, and the jobless rate dropped to …

  • Treasury Secretary Geithner talks to the media about CFPB

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is set to urge key European officials to take decisive action next week at a make-or-break summit to prevent a debt crisis from turning into runaway contagion. Treasury announced Geithner will meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy, new Italian Prime Minister Mario …

  • Man on stage at the Zynga Unleashed event at the company's headquarters in San Francisco.

    (Reuters)- Zynga Inc is seeking a more modest valuation than Wall Street expected for its initial public offering, hoping to attract investors after a series of Internet stocks fell below their IPO price in recent weeks. The social games maker, known for Facebook games like "FarmVille" and "Mafia Wars," plans to sell 100 …

  • American Airlines planes sit at their gates while others taxi for arrival and departure at O'Hare International airport in Chicago

    (Reuters) - Labor unions, suppliers and other groups with potential claims against bankrupt AMR Corp will gather on Monday to vie for a seat on what could be an eclectic committee of creditors. The office of the U.S. Trustee, which oversees bankruptcy cases, is expected to appoint the committee at a meeting on Monday at …

  • People walk past a sign of Olympus Corp outside the company's showroom in Tokyo

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese regulators will not extend a deadline for Olympus to report its financial results, sources with knowledge of the matter said, leaving the scandal-hit company with less than two weeks to correct two decades of accounting and avoid delisting. Olympus and its auditors are scrambling to correct past …

  • Fisher, president of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, answers question after delivering lecture about financial crisis in Cambridge

    DALLAS/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks must not succumb to calls for additional help from monetary authorities in the face of high budget deficits, two top Fed officials said on Friday. Using the Fed as a printing press to solve the U.S. deficit problem would unleash the "sinister …

  • A student holds a placard during an anti-American demonstration near the U.S. consulate in Karachi

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's commanders in the wild Afghan border region can return fire if under attack without waiting for permission, the army chief said on Friday, a policy change that could stoke tensions after Saturday's NATO strike killed 24 Pakistani troops. Exactly what happened in the attack is unclear. Two …

  • Specialist Joseph Mastrolia works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended flat on Friday but capped the best week for Wall Street bulls in almost three years after data showed the U.S. unemployment rate dropped to a 2-1/2 year low. The market gave back a 1 percent gain earlier in the session as traders booked profits after the S&P 500 failed to break through …

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  • A flyer advertising holiday job listings is seen at the North Metro Department of Labor Career Center in Atlanta
    U.S. jobless rate drops to 2-1/2 year low Reuters - 14 hrs ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate tumbled to a 2-1/2 year low in November, even though the pace of hiring remained too slow to suggest a significant acceleration … More »U.S. jobless rate drops to 2-1/2 year low

    A flyer advertising holiday job listings is seen at the North Metro Department of Labor Career Center in Atlanta

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate tumbled to a 2-1/2 year low in November, even though the pace of hiring remained too slow to suggest a significant acceleration in the labor market recovery. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 120,000 jobs, the Labor Department said on Friday, and the jobless rate dropped to …

  • Man on stage at the Zynga Unleashed event at the company's headquarters in San Francisco.
    Zynga seeks lower IPO value in tough market Reuters - 14 hrs ago

    (Reuters)- Zynga Inc is seeking a more modest valuation than Wall Street expected for its initial public offering, hoping to attract investors after a series of Internet … More »Zynga seeks lower IPO value in tough market

    Man on stage at the Zynga Unleashed event at the company's headquarters in San Francisco.

    (Reuters)- Zynga Inc is seeking a more modest valuation than Wall Street expected for its initial public offering, hoping to attract investors after a series of Internet stocks fell below their IPO price in recent weeks. The social games maker, known for Facebook games like "FarmVille" and "Mafia Wars," plans to sell 100 …

  • American Airlines planes sit at their gates while others taxi for arrival and departure at O'Hare International airport in Chicago
    AMR creditors' committee may be an eclectic mix Reuters - 14 hrs ago

    (Reuters) - Labor unions, suppliers and other groups with potential claims against bankrupt AMR Corp will gather on Monday to vie for a seat on what could be an eclectic … More »AMR creditors' committee may be an eclectic mix

    American Airlines planes sit at their gates while others taxi for arrival and departure at O'Hare International airport in Chicago

    (Reuters) - Labor unions, suppliers and other groups with potential claims against bankrupt AMR Corp will gather on Monday to vie for a seat on what could be an eclectic committee of creditors. The office of the U.S. Trustee, which oversees bankruptcy cases, is expected to appoint the committee at a meeting on Monday at …

  • People walk past a sign of Olympus Corp outside the company's showroom in Tokyo
    Olympus won't get extension on reporting deadline: sources Reuters - 6 hrs ago

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese regulators will not extend a deadline for Olympus to report its financial results, sources with knowledge of the matter said, leaving the scandal-hit … More »Olympus won't get extension on reporting deadline: sources

    People walk past a sign of Olympus Corp outside the company's showroom in Tokyo

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese regulators will not extend a deadline for Olympus to report its financial results, sources with knowledge of the matter said, leaving the scandal-hit company with less than two weeks to correct two decades of accounting and avoid delisting. Olympus and its auditors are scrambling to correct past …

  • Jon Corzine, chairman and chief executive officer of MF Global Holdings, speaks during the Sandler O'Neill + Partners global exchange and brokerage conference in New York
    Congress subpoenas Corzine on MF Global collapse Reuters - 13 hrs ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former MF Global chief Jon Corzine was subpoenaed to testify before Congress, setting up an awkward legal situation for the ex-senator facing multiple … More »Congress subpoenas Corzine on MF Global collapse

    Jon Corzine, chairman and chief executive officer of MF Global Holdings, speaks during the Sandler O'Neill + Partners global exchange and brokerage conference in New York

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former MF Global chief Jon Corzine was subpoenaed to testify before Congress, setting up an awkward legal situation for the ex-senator facing multiple probes into the firm's collapse. A House Agriculture Committee voted unanimously on Friday to compel Corzine to testify at its December 8 hearing after …

  • The U.S. flag hangs outside the New York Stock Exchange
    Analysis: Earnings outlook may be deteriorating rapidly Reuters - 14 hrs ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Earnings season is just over a month away, but the early signals are not comforting. Companies cutting forecasts outpace those raising estimates … More »Analysis: Earnings outlook may be deteriorating rapidly

    The U.S. flag hangs outside the New York Stock Exchange

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Earnings season is just over a month away, but the early signals are not comforting. Companies cutting forecasts outpace those raising estimates by the greatest ratio in 10 years, and some sectors, such as materials, have seen a dramatic fall in expectations for the soon-to-be ended fourth quarter, …

  • Fisher, president of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, answers question after delivering lecture about financial crisis in Cambridge
    Fed hawks say central banks can't solve fiscal woes Reuters - 15 hrs ago

    DALLAS/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks must not succumb to calls for additional help from monetary authorities in the face of … More »Fed hawks say central banks can't solve fiscal woes

    Fisher, president of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, answers question after delivering lecture about financial crisis in Cambridge

    DALLAS/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks must not succumb to calls for additional help from monetary authorities in the face of high budget deficits, two top Fed officials said on Friday. Using the Fed as a printing press to solve the U.S. deficit problem would unleash the "sinister …

  • President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at the Interior Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
    Obama pushes payroll tax cut extension AP - 49 mins ago

    President Barack Obama wants voters to get involved in the debate over extending the reduced payroll tax and he's asking them to tell members of Congress to keep the … More »Obama pushes payroll tax cut extension

    President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at the Interior Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

    President Barack Obama wants voters to get involved in the debate over extending the reduced payroll tax and he's asking them to tell members of Congress to keep the cut in place.

  • Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, left, talks to Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff during the group photo of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, CELAC, summit in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. CELAC members are gathering in a two-day, 33-nation summit welcoming countries from Brazil to Jamaica, adding one more bloc to a region with other smaller organizations like Unasur, Mercosur and the Caribbean Community. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
    Leaders at Americas talks: world economy top worry AP - 5 hrs ago

    Leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean pledged to work together to fend off the effects of the world financial crisis and safeguard the region's growing … More »Leaders at Americas talks: world economy top worry

    Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, left, talks to Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff during the group photo of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, CELAC, summit in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. CELAC members are gathering in a two-day, 33-nation summit welcoming countries from Brazil to Jamaica, adding one more bloc to a region with other smaller organizations like Unasur, Mercosur and the Caribbean Community. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

    Leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean pledged to work together to fend off the effects of the world financial crisis and safeguard the region's growing economies.

  • FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2011 file photo, job seekers line up to speak to recruiters during a career expo in  Las Colinas, Texas. The unemployment rate fell last month to its lowest level in more than two and a half years, as employers stepped up hiring in response to the slowly improving economy. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
    Unemployment rate drops to lowest since 2009 AP - 13 hrs ago

    The unemployment rate, which has refused to budge from the 9 percent neighborhood for two and a half frustrating years, fell sharply in November, driven in part by small … More »Unemployment rate drops to lowest since 2009

    FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2011 file photo, job seekers line up to speak to recruiters during a career expo in  Las Colinas, Texas. The unemployment rate fell last month to its lowest level in more than two and a half years, as employers stepped up hiring in response to the slowly improving economy. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

    The unemployment rate, which has refused to budge from the 9 percent neighborhood for two and a half frustrating years, fell sharply in November, driven in part by small businesses that finally see reason to hope and hire.

  • House panel votes to subpoena Corzine on MF Global AP - 12 hrs ago

    A congressional panel has voted to subpoena former Sen. Jon Corzine to testify next Thursday about his role leading MF Global, a brokerage firm that collapsed this fall … More »House panel votes to subpoena Corzine on MF Global

    A congressional panel has voted to subpoena former Sen. Jon Corzine to testify next Thursday about his role leading MF Global, a brokerage firm that collapsed this fall after a disastrous bet on European debt.

  • FILE - In this April 23, 2008 file photo, an aviation ground crew member pumps fuel into a Southwest Airlines' plane at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. Why is it so hard to make money in the airline business? Airlines buy multi-million-dollar jets and then don’t just have to factor in the flow of business travelers but the whims of vacationers, the price of fuel and the weather. (AP Photo/Ric Francis, File)
    Why's it so hard to make money running an airline? AP - 18 hrs ago

    Airlines may defy the law of gravity, but they can't ignore math. More »Why's it so hard to make money running an airline?

    FILE - In this April 23, 2008 file photo, an aviation ground crew member pumps fuel into a Southwest Airlines' plane at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. Why is it so hard to make money in the airline business? Airlines buy multi-million-dollar jets and then don’t just have to factor in the flow of business travelers but the whims of vacationers, the price of fuel and the weather. (AP Photo/Ric Francis, File)

    Airlines may defy the law of gravity, but they can't ignore math.

  • Oregon court tells Philip Morris to pay judgment AP - 8 hrs ago

    Tobacco company Philip Morris USA Inc. must pay Oregon 60 percent of a $79.5 million award in a long-running lawsuit filed by the family of a Portland smoker, the state … More »Oregon court tells Philip Morris to pay judgment

    Tobacco company Philip Morris USA Inc. must pay Oregon 60 percent of a $79.5 million award in a long-running lawsuit filed by the family of a Portland smoker, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.

  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during her speech at the German Federal Parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
    Merkel wants treaty rewrite to fix euro AP - 19 hrs ago

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed forward Friday with what markets see as an emerging plan for more effective action to contain the European financial crisis, urging … More »Merkel wants treaty rewrite to fix euro

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during her speech at the German Federal Parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed forward Friday with what markets see as an emerging plan for more effective action to contain the European financial crisis, urging tougher rules against government overspending.

  • Cable companies to resell Verizon Wireless service AP - 19 hrs ago

    Cable companies Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House Networks are giving up on their dreams of creating their own wireless network, opting instead to … More »Cable companies to resell Verizon Wireless service

    Cable companies Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House Networks are giving up on their dreams of creating their own wireless network, opting instead to resell Verizon Wireless service.

  • Stealthy cellphone software stirs outcry AP - 12 hrs ago

    Technology bloggers are asking if our cellphones are spying on us after a security researcher said a piece of software hidden on millions of phones was recording virtually … More »Stealthy cellphone software stirs outcry

    Technology bloggers are asking if our cellphones are spying on us after a security researcher said a piece of software hidden on millions of phones was recording virtually everything people do with them.

  • RIM writes off value of tablet inventory AP - 13 hrs ago

    Research In Motion Ltd., the struggling maker of the BlackBerry phones, is writing off much of its inventory of PlayBook tablets, since it has to sell them at a deep … More »RIM writes off value of tablet inventory

    Research In Motion Ltd., the struggling maker of the BlackBerry phones, is writing off much of its inventory of PlayBook tablets, since it has to sell them at a deep discount.

  • The Four Key Seasonal Trends for 2012
    The Four Key Seasonal Trends for 2012 Forbes - 3 mins 22 secs ago

    Craft an effective approach for the year ahead armed with knowledge about these proven seasonal patterns, which commonly affect equities, commodities, and currency markets. Over … More »The Four Key Seasonal Trends for 2012

    The Four Key Seasonal Trends for 2012

    Craft an effective approach for the year ahead armed with knowledge about these proven seasonal patterns, which commonly affect equities, commodities, and currency markets. Over the past few years, there has been more discussion of the seasonal patterns in the financial markets. In the 1980s and 1990s, the seasonal research …

  • A survivor of the Bhopal gas tragedy shouts slogans as she sits with others on a railway track to stop train movement during a protest in Bhopal, India, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Thousands of survivors of the world's worst industrial accident blocked trains through a central Indian city on Saturday to demand more compensation. The protests were on the 27th anniversary of the disaster in Bhopal, where a Union Carbide pesticide plant leaked lethal gas that killed an estimated 15,000 people and maimed tens of thousands more. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
    Bhopal disaster protesters block India trains AP - 24 mins ago

    Thousands of survivors of the world's worst industrial accident blocked trains through a central Indian city on Saturday to demand more compensation. More »Bhopal disaster protesters block India trains

    A survivor of the Bhopal gas tragedy shouts slogans as she sits with others on a railway track to stop train movement during a protest in Bhopal, India, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Thousands of survivors of the world's worst industrial accident blocked trains through a central Indian city on Saturday to demand more compensation. The protests were on the 27th anniversary of the disaster in Bhopal, where a Union Carbide pesticide plant leaked lethal gas that killed an estimated 15,000 people and maimed tens of thousands more. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

    Thousands of survivors of the world's worst industrial accident blocked trains through a central Indian city on Saturday to demand more compensation.

  • Zipcar Revving Up To Take On U-Haul With Zipvans, Stock Moving To $26
    Zipcar Revving Up To Take On U-Haul With Zipvans, Stock Moving To $26 Forbes - 30 mins ago

    Zipcar conducted a member survey for its Zipvan offering and received favorable response from 40% members expressing interest in Zipvans if available. More »Zipcar Revving Up To Take On U-Haul With Zipvans, Stock Moving To $26

    Zipcar Revving Up To Take On U-Haul With Zipvans, Stock Moving To $26

    Zipcar conducted a member survey for its Zipvan offering and received favorable response from 40% members expressing interest in Zipvans if available.

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