Hondo showed signs of improvement last night as he held his ground by prevailing with the Mariners and succumbing with Los Bravos to leave the debt holding firm at 940 stankys.

Tonight, he’s looking to improve business through busyness — 10 units apiece on the Mets, Tigers, Twins, Nationals and Cards.

*

Charlie Rangel announced he’ll run for a 21st term in Congress. Apparently he decided he can’t pass up taking advantage of all those wonderful tax breaks that are available to him . . . First Debralee Lorenzana was fired by Citibank allegedly for being too sexy, and now Helen Thomas basically has been run out of her position as a White House correspondent. It seems hot-looking professional women just don’t have a chance in today’s business world.

hondo@nypost.com