Hertz is expecting corporate pricing this year to be down 1 percent to 2 percent compared to 2010

, according to company executives. CFO Elyse Douglas cited "aggressive competition and the slower recovery of higher-priced small business accounts." Corporate volume in the fourth quarter of 2010 increased 6.7 percent year over year, and Hertz expects that trend to continue throughout 2011 with growth in the high-single-digit percentages. Hertz Global Holdings reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $24.7 million, slightly improved from a $27.6 million loss a year earlier.