Transportation: Pay-as-You-Go-Driving

Rent-a-car has become a part of the U.S. businessman's language. But now it is car leasing, most commonly for a two-year period, that is getting an increasing share of the play. In the past five years, the number of cars under lease has doubled to more than 600,000 and created a new industry that takes in $750 million a year. The market for leasing looks so promising that some 3,000 companies have gone into the business. Some do nothing else, such as Baltimore's Peterson, Howell & Heather, Chicago's Wheels Inc., or New...

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