Insiders Guide to Snaring the Best Lease Deal

Every year, thousands of business owners and financial managers are faced with the task of obtaining attractive financing for equipment their firms want to acquire. Snaring the best leasing arrangement requires only a bit of planning and a smidgeon of finesse. You can save time, land a better lease deal... Read More

Ten Equipment Leasing Tips - Save a Bundle on Your Next Lease

According to the Equipment Leasing Association ("ELA"), U.S. businesses lease every thing from laptop computers to commercial airplanes, racking up more than $ 200 billion in equipment leased each year. Although four out of five U.S. companies use leasing to acquire equipment, many don't know the ins and outs of... Read More

Venture Leasing - A Smarter Way To Build Enterprise Value

In 2003, venture capitalists and investors dispensed over $18 billion to promising young U.S. companies, according to VentureOne and Ernst & Young Quarterly Venture Capital Report. Less documented and reported is venture leasing's activity and volume. This form of equipment financing contributes greatly to the growth of U.S. start-ups. Yearly,... Read More

Warning - This Lease Might Explode Any Minute

Mike Caringi, owner of a small New Jersey business that sells pumps, found himself facing a gut-wrenching dilemma last summer. Should he continue paying $ 1,500 each month for essential telecommunications services he no longer receives and for leased equipment he claims was never installed? Or, should he stop making... Read More

Dodging Leasings Grim Reaper: Navigating a Payment Default

In her third Harry Potter novel, ?The Prisoner of Azkaban?, J.K. Rowling introduces a silent mysterious clan of spiny, cloaked creatures capable of siphoning off happiness and all good thoughts from anyone in their presence. Extended exposure to these scabby grim reapers, called Dementors, resulted in madness or death for... Read More

Venture Leasing: Startup Financing On the Rise

According to Pricewaterhouse Coopers, investment by institutional venture capitalists in startups grew from less than $3.0 billion at the beginning of the 1990's to over $106 billion in 2000. Although venture capital volume has retreated significantly since the economic "bubble" years of the late 1990's, the present volume of around... Read More

How Venture Leasing Added Millions To A Startups Equity Value

Craig Berman beamed noticeably after completing his board presentation. Berman, CEO of a startup that develops nanotechnology applications for the defense industry, had just closed a $ 20 million equity round. Berman finalized the round at an equity valuation that made the whole board blush. Only six months earlier, Berman's... Read More

Equipment Leasing Blunders That Can Cost Your Firm a Mint

Rod McHenry, the financial vice president of a document imaging company, thought he had great cause for celebrating. He had signed an unbelievable $370,000 lease proposal covering computer servers, workstations, software and other networking equipment. McHenry believed he had snared an incredible lease rate, capping off weeks of negotiating an... Read More

How To Choose An Equipment Leasing Company

Leasing has become a preferred form of equipment financing, accounting for more than 30% of business equipment acquisitions. Each year, thousands of U.S. companies face the challenge of finding attractive financing to acquire business equipment. Many of these companies approach the lease sourcing process seeking the lowest lease rate. While... Read More

Ten Ways Start-ups Use Venture Leases And Loans To Generate Millions

The rise of venture leasing and lending has created an opportunity for sophisticated entrepreneurs to gain a competitive advantage. Savvy entrepreneurs are using venture leases and loans to generate millions of dollars for shareholders by leveraging existing venture capital. They have discovered ways to use this flexible financing as a... Read More

In The News:


New tax code to bring clarity on financial lease taxation
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
The Direct Taxes Code (DTC) proposes to do the necessary for bringing some certainty on tax treatment of a financial lease, but this is not sufficient to ...

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Mainichi Daily News

Willis Lease Finance To Expand Presence in Regional Jet Market
MarketWatch (press release)
Willis Lease Finance Corporation leases spare commercial aircraft engines and aircraft to commercial airlines, aircraft engine manufacturers, ...
US leasing firms orders 6 Russia's SuperjetsThe Associated Press
Willis Lease Finance Inks Deal for SuperjetsAviation International News
US leasing company orders six Superjet 100: FinmeccanicaMSN Malaysia News
Flightglobal -Marin Independent-Journal -North Bay Business Journal
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Space to grow is hard to find: Leases scarce for medical marijuana
Crain's Detroit Business
After David Greene came up with an idea for his manufacturing company, he set up a 23000-square-foot lease at a building on the brink of ...

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International Lease Finance says it's paid back government loan
Los Angeles Times
International Lease Finance Corp. said Monday that it paid back the $3.9 billion it borrowed from the US government, freeing up one of the world's largest ...
AIG Airplane Unit Regains Financing FreedomWall Street Journal
AIG's ILFC Unit Repays $3.9 Bln In NY Fed LoansWall Street Journal
AIG Coughs Up Another $4 Billion To Uncle SamForbes (blog)
RTT News -Aviation Week -BloggingStocks (blog)
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Calgary airport, Ottawa at odds over lease costs
CTV.ca
In a confrontation closely watched by the air-travel industry, Calgary International Airport is pushing to break its long-term lease with the federal ...
YYC looks to ditch lease with feds660 News

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Town Hall

Judge says drilling lease lawsuit too late
The Associated Press
"The plain language of the Mineral Leasing Act mandates the Secretary of Interior to accept bids and issue leases as part of the competitive leasing process ...
Judge says drilling lease lawsuit too lateOne News Page
Judge scolds Salazar, but BLM prevails on shelved leasesSalt Lake Tribune

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Energy industry critical of Wyo. royalty fee hike
The Associated Press
"I do think (the lease) is definitely not contemporary with the times," he said. But oil and gas industry representatives Wednesday questioned the wisdom of ...
Energy industry fights proposed lease changesBillings Gazette

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Peugeot Citroen Plans to Boost Electric Car Demand With Leasing Programs
Bloomberg
Peugeot Citroen's all-leasing approach also sets it apart from rivals. Renault plans to lease its batteries to consumers while selling the vehicles while ...

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Atlanta Business Chronicle

Update on Lease Accounting Part 3 of 3
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Today's blog is my final post about the FASB's and IASB's recently released final exposure draft on lease accounting. In Part 1, I summarized the provisions ...
Tenants, Landlords Could Face Dramatic Changes from New Lease Accounting RulesCoStar Group
New Boss At the FASBSeeking Alpha (blog)
Proposed lease accounting rule - impetus to condominiumize your commercial ...Lexology (registration)
Atlanta Business Chronicle (blog) -Atlanta Business Chronicle (blog)
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New Zealand Herald

Retailer puts $900m of assets on the market
The Australian
The last time Woolies sold a chunk of its assets was in June 2006 when it sold 11 distribution centres to a consortium led by Lend Lease for $846m. ...
Leaseback deal to raise $900mSydney Morning Herald
Woolworths to sell $900m of propertySydney Morning Herald

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The Leverage of the Lease

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How Venture Leasing Added Millions To A Startups Equity Value

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The Lease And Purchase Option

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Ten Ways to Save a Bundle on Your Next Lease

According to the Equipment Leasing Association ("ELA"), U.S. businesses lease... Read More

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When you see the phrase "joint and several" in a... Read More

How To Choose An Equipment Leasing Company

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Venture Leasing: Startup Financing On the Rise

According to Pricewaterhouse Coopers, investment by institutional venture capitalists in... Read More

Venture Leasing - A Smarter Way To Build Enterprise Value

In 2003, venture capitalists and investors dispensed over $18 billion... Read More

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What Happens When the Anchor Tenant Moves and You Are On a Ten-year Lease?

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Equipment Leasing Blunders That Can Cost Your Firm a Mint

Rod McHenry, the financial vice president of a document imaging... Read More

Ten Equipment Leasing Tips - Save a Bundle on Your Next Lease

According to the Equipment Leasing Association ("ELA"), U.S. businesses lease... Read More

Terms to Know Before Leasing A Vehicle - Leasing Jargon Simplified

So, you've decided that you want to lease that next... Read More

Increase Your Business Growth and Cash Flow Through Equipment Leasing

"If it can be manufactured, it can be leased." For... Read More

Lease or Buy? That is Always the Question with Car Financing

Leasing is a perfectly viable and legitimate way to finance... Read More

Ten Ways Start-ups Use Venture Leases And Loans To Generate Millions

The rise of venture leasing and lending has created an... Read More

Dodging Leasings Grim Reaper: Navigating a Payment Default

In her third Harry Potter novel, ?The Prisoner of Azkaban?,... Read More