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Avis is buying Zipcar for $491.2 million, expanding its offerings from traditional car rentals to car sharing services.

Netflix raised Chief Executive Reed Hastings's compensation package to $4 million for 2013, essentially doubling his pay this year.

The U.S. population is projected to increase to 315,091,138 on Jan. 1, the U.S. Census Bureau said on Thursday. That represents a one-year increase of 2,272,462, or 0.73%, and a jump of 6.34 million, or just over 2%, since the last census was taken in 2010.

Joseph Saunders, who stepped down last month as CEO of Visa, received a $9.7 million pay package for fiscal 2012.

Outfielder Josh Hamilton and the Los Angeles Angels have finalized their $125 million, five-year contract.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools has been named a winner in the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top District competition. The county will receive a $30 million grant.

One of the most significant drawings by Italian master Raphael in private hands has sold for 29.7 million pounds ($47.8 million) in London, smashing pre-sale estimates for the black chalk work....

A Powerball winner has 180 days to pick up their prize, but a Highland, Ind., man didn't bother to waste a single day after winning $1 million in Wednesday's Powerball.
Larry Chandler, 34, was one of the first people through the door at the Indianapolis lottery headquarters Thursday morning after discovering he was one of the big winners in the $587.5 million drawing. But the union electrician says he'll be back at work on Monday -- after he hires a tax adviser and a financial planner.

Powerball fever is raising hopes -and the size - of tonight's jackpot again. It's now at least $550 million. Wednesday morning the Multi-State Lottery Association increased $50 million to the jackpot, up from $500 million. It stood at $325 million Saturday and rose to $425 Sunday as hopefuls snapping up $2 tickets at a rate of more than 130,000 a minute.

Shortly before midnight on Monday two criminals accessed a cargo building in John F. Kennedy airport and managed to steal $1.5 million worth of iPad minis. According to The New York Post, the pair used the airport’s own forklift to load two pallets containing the Apple (AAPL) tablets into their vehicle.