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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

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To greet renters and hand over the keys, Hertz sometimes hires a stand-in through TaskRabbit, a Web-based company that matches time-deprived people in need of temporary assistants with freelance errand runners who have passed criminal background checks and are looking for extra income. "You The company is applying that principle in the U.S.