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February 3
Looking to Improve Your Career
Post a Free Position Wanted Here
Top Ten Stories
January 21 – January 23
Most Influential Women in Leasing and Finance
Nominations to Examine/Update 2009 List
No Longer taking Broker/Discounting Business
plus Leasing Companies Out of Business
Leasing Industry Ads---Help Wanted
Channel Partners/GreatAmerica Finance
Prospective Employee
A test
Leasing News Advisor
David C. Lee
Marlin Business Services Corp. (MRLN) on Q4 2019 Results
11-Page Earnings Call Transcript, Seeking Alpha Highlights
SLIM Capital Reports Tremendous Growth
for Year 2019
Gary Batchelor passed away unexpectedly
on January 29, 2020
Labrador Mastiff Mix
San Francisco, California Adopt a Dog
Eleven Attorneys Against Evergreen Abuse
They Help in Leasing News’ Bulletin Board Complaint Issues
News Briefs---
LinkedIn Reaches 675 Million Members
Continues to See 'Record Levels of Engagement'
Is your Sears or Kmart store closing in February?
Here are the locations going out of business
More retailers file for bankruptcy twice as they struggle
with rising debt, pressure from Amazon
The Verdict Is In: Farm Bankruptcies Up in 2019
Reviewing 2019 Farm Bankruptcies
Starbucks announces new environmental
goals after NY Post trash raid
These lights can talk: How two St. Louisans built
streetlights that communicate
May Have Missed
Poem
Sports Brief----
California Nuts Brief---
"Gimme that Wine"
This Day in History
SuDoku
Daily Puzzle
GasBuddy
Weather, USA or specific area
Traffic Live----
February 5
Ascentium Capital Cleared of Charges in Disclosure
to Balboa Capital MHT Regarding Claim
Most Influential Women in Leasing and Finance
One New Nomination
Leasing Industry Ads---Help Wanted
Channel Partners/GreatAmerica Finance
2020 Starting Strong with New Technology
Especially in the Small Ticket Arena
Channel Partners January 2020: 20 Recent Transactions
Business Type/FICO/TIB/Annual Revenues/Funding Amt/Term
Letters? We get email!
No Longer Taking Broker Business/Fast Turnaround Time
Leasing News Advisor
Leasing News Associate Editor
Ralph Mango
Quality Leasing Co., Inc. Achieves
Record Funding in 2019
German Shepherd
Kingwood, Texas Adopt a Dog
Gary Batchelor Funeral Service Announcement
Friday, February 7h, Guelph, ON
News Briefs---
Macy's is closing 125 stores, cutting thousands
of corporate jobs, and shuttering offices
Ford reports $1.7 billion quarterly loss,
shares tumble
Will Cadillac’s Wreck Continue in 2020?
Deliveries over Low End Model Kept Sales Alive
Rising insurance rates are among the heavier costs
facing trucking companies
Goldman Sachs-Amazon Deal to Offer
Small Business Loans in the Works
Pitney Bowes Announces Full Year $3.2 Billion Revenue
And Fourth Quarter 2019 Financial $831 Million Revenue
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. to Acquire Opus Bank,
Creating a $20 Billion Banking Franchise in the Western United States
Bank of Ann Arbor Merges with First National Bank
Enters Attractive Livingston County, Michigan Market
May Have Missed
Poem
Sports Brief----
California Nuts Brief---
"Gimme that Wine"
This Day in History
SuDoku
Daily Puzzle
GasBuddy
Weather, USA or specific area
Traffic Live----
February 7
Balboa Capital to File Tuesday Against Dismissal
of Ascentium Capital in MHT Case, Reliable Source Reports
New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
and Related Industries
Leasing Industry Ads---Help Wanted
Opportunities for 2020
U.S. Manufacturing Ticks Up after Five-Month Slump
Purchasing Mangers' Index (PMI) for the United States
Most Influential Women in Leasing and Finance
One New Nomination
Navitas Credit Introduces Financing Portal
To Generate New Leads for Brokers/3rd Party Originators
Leasing News Advisor
Bruce Lurie
Responding to Negative Reviews
FinTech #102 by Alex Vasilakos
Special Oscar Column by Leasing News' Fernando Croce
His Predictions!
Labrador Retriever Hunting Dog
For Sale, Kensington, Kansas
Too Many Press Releases Funding Re:
Troubled Trucking Industry
By Dale R. Kluga
News Briefs---
FICO preps for summertime release of revamped score suite
Benefit for Finance, Leasing, Auto Sales, Mortgages
Mortgage rates fall to lowest level since 2016
could be the ‘last affordable’ spring home-buying season
Struggling Subway lays off over 300
at its headquarters
May Have Missed
Poem
Sports Brief----
California Nuts Brief---
"Gimme that Wine"
This Day in History
SuDoku
Daily Puzzle
GasBuddy
Weather, USA or specific area
Traffic Live----
February 10
Leasing Icon Bernard D. Boettigheimer Passes Away
Son John Sends Announcement of Visitation/Service
Looking to Improve Your Career
Post a Free Position Wanted Here
Top Ten Stories
February 3 - February 7
Legislation Requiring Truth-in Lending-Type Disclosures
by Small Business Lenders and Brokers
Re-Introduced in New Jersey
By Robert L. Hornby, CSG Attorneys at Law
Several Positions Available Channel Partners
Divisional VP, Sales & Marketing, Health Group
at Great America Financial Services
Leasing/Finance Industry Help Wanted
Leasing News Advisor
Allan Levine
Wintrust Specialty Finance Originates
$148 million in its first year
Money Anxiety Index Increase 1.1 Index Points
January 42.1 Growing Concern from the Coronavirus
Labrador Retriever/Mix
Plano, Texas Adopt a Dog
32nd Annual National Funding Conferences
April 21 - April 23, The Palmer House, Chicago, Il.
News Briefs---
Commercial Finance Licensing Legislation in New York State
Merits Watching reports Attorney Brett P. Garver
Stores closings slash mall property values 15% in a year
mall values off 29%-to-41% in three years
Coronavirus may drive mortgage rates to new lows
15 fixed drops below 3%/30-year mortgage rates fall: 42-month low
Walmart has opened its second primary care center
Consumer prices will be 30-50% lower than currently paying
To solve grape glut, California growers
told to reduce 5 percent of vineyard acres
Antarctica Registered Its Highest Temperature
on Record This Past Week
Ransomware Attacks Grow, Crippling Cities and Businesses
How common and damaging the attacks have become
May Have Missed
Poem
Sports Brief----
California Nuts Brief---
"Gimme that Wine"
This Day in History
SuDoku
Daily Puzzle
GasBuddy
Weather, USA or specific area
Traffic Live----
February 12
Bernie Boettigheimer Visitation/Funeral
Today and Thursday
2019 Leasing/Finance Association Membership Grows
Preliminary Report
Small Business Optimism Begins the Year on Positive Note
35/7 Wall Street Report
Aggregate Funding Sources - Updated
(Online: connects lessees, lessors, and vendors)
Leasing Industry Ads---Help Wanted
GreatAmerica Financial Services
Processor/Account Manager/Hunters or All Three?
Sales Makes it Happen by Scott Wheeler, CLFP
Most Influential Women in Leasing and Finance
One New Nomination
The "Best Picture" Rarely is a Box Office Hit
Winners of Oscars Compared To Box Office Movies $ Gross
Custom of Shipping Cars Overseas Threatened
Dale Dave, President, Endeavor Financial Services
Leasing News Advisor
Steve Crane, CLFP
Discount Domination: Dollar Stores are Thriving in America
Smaller Stores, Convenient, Taking Over Direct Retail Sales
Labrador Retriever Mix
Menlo Park, California Adopt a Dog
FREE WEBINAR - Attracting & Retaining Great Talent
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 3:00pm ET
News Briefs---
Powell, Warning of a Possible Virus Fallout,
Is Slammed Again by Trump
Job openings in the U.S. fall to 2-year low
fell to 6.42 million at end of 2019 as hiring slowed
Xerox raises HP buyout offer to $34 billion
Latest bid in acquisition saga values HP at $24 a share
Judge approves controversial merger of T-Mobile and Sprint
NY Att. Gen. Calls it a "loss" for consumers
Popeye’s’ Sales: ‘Never Seen This Kind of Response’
System-wide sales up 42 % for 1/4/ 18.5% for the year
Chinese Military Hackers Charged
Over Equifax Data Breach
The Wall Street Journal joins The New York Times
in the 2 million digital subscriber club
May Have Missed
Poem
Sports Brief----
California Nuts Brief---
"Gimme that Wine"
This Day in History
SuDoku
Daily Puzzle
GasBuddy
Weather, USA or specific area
Traffic Live----
February 14
Balboa Capital File Against Dismissal
of Ascentium Capital in MHT Case in Texas
New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
and Related Industries
2019 Leasing/Finance Association Membership
American Association of Commercial Finance Brokers
Leasing Industry Ads---Help Wanted
GreatAmerica Financial Services
On Deck Capital, Inc. (NYSE:ONDK) Q4 2019
Earnings Conference Call - Seeking Alpha
Leasing News Advisor
Ed Castagna
U.S. Farm Bankruptcies Reach Eight-Year High
Number of Chapter 12 Bankruptcies Filed in the U.S. by Year
CIT upgrades award-winning B2B
point-of-sale lending platform
Maxus Capital Group Upgrades
to ASPIRE from LeasePlus
Fernando Croce's View: Valentine's Day Special
Love Affair/Lola/Say Anything/Wild at heart/Blue Valentine
Labrador Retriever Mix
Lihue, Kawai, Hawaii Adopt-a-Dog
The AACFB 2020 Annual Conference
IS GOING TO ROCK!
News Briefs---
McClatchy files for bankruptcy, likely ending 162 years
of family control and setting up more consolidation in local news
1,500 Amazon jobs?
No thanks, says Bolingbrook mayor
Airbus Sold More Planes and Posted
a Larger Loss Than Boeing
Miami Single-Family Homes Post Third Biggest Sales Year
in History; Total Home Sales Finish with Fifth-Most Annual Sales
Less Than One Month Until U.S. Households
Receive 2020 Census Invitations
On the Edge of Glory: 6 Cars That
Come This Close to Greatness
Judge Halts Work on Microsoft’s JEDI Contract,
a Victory for Amazon
May Have Missed
Poem
Sports Brief----
California Nuts Brief---
"Gimme that Wine"
This Day in History
SuDoku
Daily Puzzle
GasBuddy
Weather, USA or specific area
Traffic Live----
February 18
Looking to Improve Your Career
Post a Free Position Wanted Here
Top Ten Stories
February 10 - February 14
Bernie Boettigheimer Visitation/Funeral
Christ the King Catholic Church, Dallas, Texas
First FDIC Bank to Fail this Year
Ericson State Bank, Ericson, Nebraska
Leasing Industry Ad---Help Wanted
GreatAmerica Financial Services
What is Career Branding?
Career Crossroads---By Emily Fitzpatrick/RII
National Equipment Finance Association
Gains 22 Members in 2019
Leasing News Advisor
Dale Davis
WhatsApp Reaches 2 Billion Active Users - Chart
Monthly Active Users Worldwide
Wintrust Specialty Finance closes
approximately $100 million portfolio acquisition
Annual Reports Due March 15 for Licensees
Engaged under the California Finance Law
Shih Tzu
Pembroke Pines, Florida Adopt a Dog
Women in Leasing LinkedIn Group
to Meet for Lunch, Wednesday, March 25 San Antonio, Texas
News Briefs---
Extreme weather could cause massive economic recession
‘like we’ve never seen before’
Pier 1 files for bankruptcy
9,302 store closed in 2019, a 59% jump from 2018
Former KeyCorp CEO Henry Meyer dies at 70
He led company through Great Recession
Ransomware—to Pay or Not to Pay
and Should We Get a Bitcoin Wallet Just in Case?
May Have Missed
Poem
Sports Brief----
California Nuts Brief---
"Gimme that Wine"
This Day in History
SuDoku
Daily Puzzle
GasBuddy
Weather, USA or specific area
Traffic Live----
February 20
Alert! Not Sent by Leasing News
Please Do Not Respond as Malware Suspected
New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
and Related Industries
U.S. Trailer Net Orders Opened 2020 Down 15%
Sequentially and 28% Y/Y
Leasing Industry Ads---Help Wanted
Several Positions at GreatAmerica Financial Services
Time Management
Sales Makes it Happen by Scott Wheeler, CLFP
Equipment Leasing and Finance Association
Membership Remains Strong, Launches “Engage App”
4 Reasons you should be Email Marketing
FinTech #102 by Alex Vasilakos
Leasing News Advisory Board Chairman
Robert “Bob” Teichman, CLFP
Color Out of Space/Weathering with You
Parasite/Harriet/The Criminal
Film/Digital Reviews by Leasing News' Fernando Croce
Tustin, California
German Shepherd Adopt a dog
Computing Interest Rates Programs
Update Merchant Cash Advance
News Briefs---
HSBC to Fire as Many as 35,000
"rough fourth-quarter earnings"
Dell to Sell RSA Security Unit for $2 Billion
"expected to close in the next six to nine months"
Operations at U.S. Natural Gas Facilities Disrupted
by Ransomware Attack
May Have Missed
Poem
Sports Brief----
California Nuts Brief---
"Gimme that Wine"
This Day in History
SuDoku
Daily Puzzle
GasBuddy
Weather, USA or specific area
Traffic Live----
February 24
Looking to Improve Your Career
Post a Free Position Wanted Here
Top Ten Stories
February 18 - February 20
US Trailer Production Facing Lower Demand
and Supply Chain Disruptions
U.S. Car/Truck Industry Most Reliant on Chinese Parts
Chinese Exports of Motor Vehicle Parts/Accessories
Which Industries Are Most Common in Wuhan?
Industry Locations in Wuhan, China/Surrounding Areas
Leasing Industry Ads---Help Wanted
Several Positions Open GreatAmerica Financial Services
Reasons Employees Look Elsewhere
Career Crossroad---by Emily Fitzpatrick/RII
Fair Employee Selection
Cartoon
Inside the LendingClub-Radius Bank Deal
News LendItFintech.com
Leasing News Advisor
Edward P. Kaye, Esq.
ELFA Launches New App Connecting
the Membership Community
Cross Breed Mix
Milpitas, California Adopt a Dog
FREE WEBINAR - Attracting & Retaining Great Talent
This Wednesday, Feb. 26, 3:00pm ET
News Briefs---
US government fines Wells Fargo $3 billion
for its 'staggering' fake-accounts scandal
May Have Missed
Poem
Sports Brief----
California Nuts Brief---
"Gimme that Wine"
This Day in History
SuDoku
Daily Puzzle
GasBuddy
Weather, USA or specific area
Traffic Live----
February 26
Balboa Capital and Ascentium Duke it Out
In April 11, 2018 Case over Millions of Dollars
Orion First Surpasses $2 Billion Under Management
Continues to Perform
Leasing Industry Ads---Help Wanted
Positions Open
GreatAmerica Completes 19th Term Securitization
$656.5 Million Privately Placed Bonds
Research for Better Sales
Sales Makes it Happen by Scott Wheeler, CLFP
Tom McCurnin
Leasing News Advisor
Leasing News Web App
Download to your Android Mobile Device
FDIC-Insured Institutions Reported Net Income
of $55.2 Billion in Fourth Quarter 2019
FDIC Seeks to Promote Innovation in Banking
to Meet Growing Consumer Demand
Mixed Breed
Austin, Texas Adopt a Dog
2020 NVLA Annual Conference is March 25-27, 2020
at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol
News Briefs---
SF mayor London Breed declares state of emergency
over coronavirus
Coronavirus: How to prepare for likely U.S. outbreak - Scary
Braced for U.S. spread, CDC recommends these steps to save lives
Element Reports Strong Fourth Quarter/ 2019 Results,
Progress Ahead of Target, and 19th Capital Update
HP launches huge stock buyback plan
in effort to fend off Xerox
Amazon opens full-size grocery store with no cashiers
in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood
Brexit will have soon cost the UK more than all its payments
to the EU over the past 47 years put together
NAFTA took another monthly hit in December
NAFTA’s monthly decrease marked the seventh decline in 2019
Tesla driver was playing video game at time of fatal crash:
NTSB Report
Boeing 737 Max Needs This Fix
To Avoid Engine Failure, FAA Say
Wine industry lenders Ranked by number of employees
specializing in the wine industry serving the North Bay, CA
Snowstorms will combine to dump heavy snow on US this week
Storms Moves from the Midwest to the Northeast
New Jersey May Raise Cigarette Taxes
to Highest Level in Nation: $4.35 per pack
May Have Missed
Poem
Sports Brief----
California Nuts Brief---
"Gimme that Wine"
This Day in History
SuDoku
Daily Puzzle
GasBuddy
Weather, USA or specific area
Traffic Live----
February 28
Ascentium Capital to be Acquired by Regions Bank
(Warburg Pincus acquired Ascentium October 4, 2016)
New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
and Related Industries
Leasing Industry Ads---Help Wanted
Several Positions Open
ELFA January Business $9.2 Billion
ELFA President/CEO “Year starts off with a bang!”
Imported Car Sales to China in Free Fall
92% Down the First Two Weeks
Leasing News Advisor
Don Myerson
The Traitor/Portrait of a Lady on Fire (both w/subtitles)
Roma (subtitles), Terminator: Dark Tate/Teorema(subtitles)
Film/Digital Reviews by Leasing News' Fernando Croce
Labrador Retriever
Birmingham, Alabama Adopt a Dog
Early Bird Discounts Through Saturday, February 29
NEFA March 25-27, 2020 San Antonio, Texas
News Briefs---
Coronavirus: CDC issues new rules on who can be tested
after San Francisco Bay Area patient found infected
Coronavirus: PayPal says disease’s spread is impacting sales
warns that revenue will be at the low end of estimates
Coronavirus and its global sweep stokes fear over facts
Experts say it's unlikely to produce 'apocalyptic scenario'
Dow Jones plunges most since 2008 on coronavirus fears
The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all tumbled more than 4% Thursday
May Have Missed
Poem
Sports Brief----
California Nuts Brief---
"Gimme that Wine"
This Day in History
SuDoku
Daily Puzzle
GasBuddy
Weather, USA or specific area
Traffic Live----
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