This Car-Sharing Thing May Be Catching On: Avis Buys Zipcar For $500 Million
If mergers and acquisitions are any indication of future trends, it looks like the car-sharing sector could be on track for massive growth. That's because one of America's biggest rental companies, Avis, has just agreed to purchase America's foremost car-sharing service, Zipcar, for the sum of $500 million. According to a report in the Wall Street...