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Hertz Acquired Remaining Stake in Navigation Solutions

Hertz Global Holdings announced that it has acquired, from Thales Navigation, the remaining 35% stake in Navigation Solutions, the operational arm of Hertz’s award winning NeverLost customized, in car GPS system. Navigation Solutions will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Hertz Corporation. “NeverLost‘s GPS-based technology and customized travel content package has been an instrumental element [...]

BMW Announced Nearly $900 Million Investment, Adding 300 jobs at its South Carolina Plant in 2012

BMW announced that the company will invest nearly $900 Million USD and add 300 new jobs in 2012 in its South Carolina plant. This announcement was made during a ceremony to commemorate a major production milestone – 2,000,000 vehicles have rolled off the assembly line since the company began U.S. production in 1994. Frank-Peter Arndt, [...]

Nissan Sets All-Time Record European Sales in 2011

Nissan confirmed it smashed its sales record for Europe in 2011, achieving ‘best ever’ market share in the region and surpassing 2010 by more than 140,000 units. In the 2011 calendar year Nissan posted European sales of 695,702 units – a full 25% up on Nissan’s previous record of 2010. This resulted in an average [...]

U.S. Housing Market Rebound Seen in 2012

The U.S. housing market will continue a slow recovery in 2012, led by stabilizing home prices and increasing sales.  Those are among the key findings of a year-end survey of one thousand RE/MAX real estate agents who say housing’s vital signs are gaining strength.  The quarterly RE/MAX Market Insights survey provides analysis of the national [...]