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September 3
Ladder of Achievement
    Placard
New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
    and Related Industries
Commitment to Lease or Make Loan Agreements
  Often Have Full Disclosure
    By Ken Greene, Leasing News Chief Legal Editor
Leasing and Finance Industry Help Wanted
  Balboa Capital – Several Positions Available
    Top Salaries and Benefits
Career Moves in the Age of AI … Research,
  Career Documents, & Tracking
    Career Crossroads  BY Emily P Fitzpatrick of RII
Top Ten Most Read by Readers
    August 25 to August 29
Important to Show Up at Conferences
    By Scott Wheeler, CLFP
Conferences and Forums -  Updated
    Commercial Finance/Leasing Finance
Finance and Leasing Association
    Click Link and FollowNews Briefs
Google won't be forced to sell Chrome after judge rules
    divestment a 'poor fit' in landmark antitrust case
Beer sales have dropped off. Modelo and Corona parent’s
    stock dives to a 5-year low.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says his company
    has cut 4,000   customer service jobs as AI steps in
Why China Is Trying to Tame
    Its Electric Car Frenzy
Chevron’s Boss Says the World Will Need Oil
    for a ‘Long, Long Time’
Ocean Shipping Rates Sink as Importers
    Balk at Trade Upheaval
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Sports Briefs
   California News
    "Gimme that Wine"
 This Day in History
  SuDoku
   Daily Puzzle
    GasBuddy
     Weather, USA or specific area
      Traffic Live----
       Wordle

September 5
New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business 
    and Related Industries
Young, Aggressive, and Talent:
  The Future of Our Industry
    By Scott Wheeler, CLFP
Amembal Schedules Second Free Webinar
    on Recent Tax Law Changes
Leasing and Finance Industry Help Wanted
  Balboa Capital – Several Positions Available
    Top Salaries and Benefits
Why Companies Struggle to Attract Top Talent
    By Ken Lubin, Managing  Director, ZRG Partners
Business Card on LinkedIn -  Old But New
    By Kit Menkin
SBA to Lenders: Clean Up Debanking Practices
  or Risk Losing Your SBA Authority
    By Bob Coleman, Founder & Publisher
News Briefs
Bankruptcy Filings Harkens
    Back to 2008
Feds face lawsuit over frozen New England
    offshore wind farm
Children with rare, undiagnosed diseases
    seek answers from - Then Harvard funding was cut
Record EV Sales Drive Auto Market
    Ahead of Credit End
September Beige
    Report
John Deere, a U.S. Icon, Is Undermined by Tariffs
    and Struggling Farmers
The Biggest U.S. Oil Companies Are Eliminating
    Thousands of Jobs
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Sports Briefs
   California News
    "Gimme that Wine"
 This Day in History
  SuDoku
   Daily Puzzle
    GasBuddy
     Weather, USA or specific area
      Traffic Live----
       Wordle

September 8
New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
    and Related Industries
CLFP Foundation Adds
    15 New CLFPs    
Leasing and Finance Industry Help Wanted
    Balboa Capital – Several Positions Available
Interviewer Had Concerns. Help!
    Career Crossroads---By Emily Fitzpatrick/RII
Funders Taking "New" Broker Business List
  Five Do Not Require that Brokers Be Licensed
    (Any Updates Please Contact: kitmenkin@leasingnews.org)
Top Ten Most Read by Readers
    August 29 to September 3
Conferences and Forums -  Updated
    Commercial Finance/Leasing Finance
Leasing News Advertising Rates
    Rate Chart per Month
News Briefs
Why it’s the toughest time to be searching
    for work in America in years
Blue-collar industries' summer
    hiring drought
OPEC+ to Boost Oil Output Further
    Despite Supply Glut Concerns
The EU’s Trade Truce With the U.S.
    Is in Danger of Unraveling
Undersea cables cut in the Red Sea, disrupting
    internet access in Asia and the Mideast
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Sports Briefs
   California News
    "Gimme that Wine"
 This Day in History
  SuDoku
   Daily Puzzle
    GasBuddy
     Weather, USA or specific area
      Traffic Live----
       Wordle

September 10
Who Needs a Desk?
    Watch the Change
New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing
    and Related Industries
Structure Over Pricing:
  A Lesson Top Originators Never Forget
    By Scott Wheeler, CLFP
Leasing and Finance Industry Help Wanted
  Balboa Capital – Several Positions Available
    Excellent Compensation and Programs
Workplace Trends: How Careers are
  Evolving in the Age of Technology
    By Ken Lubin, Managing Director, ZRG Partners
A Classic Mexican Chain Goes Bankrupt
    By Leah Groth  Eat This, Not That!
Financing Cannabis Funding Sources
    Many Work with Third Party Originators
California’s Minimum Wage Rate Set
  to Rise to $16.90 in 2026
   by Christopher W. Olmsted, Zachary V. Zagger of Ogletree,
    Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
News Briefs
Employers Added Nearly a Million Fewer Jobs
    in 2024 and early 2025 than previously reported
Why it’s the toughest time to be searching
    for work in America in years
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns US economy
    is ‘weakening’ after jobs revision
The Renewed Bid to End Quarterly
    Earnings Reports
Texas steps up crackdown on
    truckers failing English tests
Yellow nets $176M for rolling stock while ex-employees
    await payouts
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Sports Briefs
   California News
    "Gimme that Wine"
 This Day in History
  SuDoku
   Daily Puzzle
    GasBuddy
     Weather, USA or specific area
      Traffic Live----
       Wordle

September 12
And You Thought There Was
    Stress in Your Life
New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
    and Related Industries
NVLA Women in Leasing Virtual Meeting
  September 17, 9 am PT/12 pm ET
    Leading with Emotional Wellness
Leasing and Finance Industry Help Wanted
  Balboa Capital – Several Positions Available
    Excellent Compensation and Programs
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
    August 2025 Report
Ask Her Anything about CLFP
  Live Office Hours with Mel
    Monday, September 15, 9 am PDT
RaceTrac Acquires Sandwich Chain Potbelly
    for $566 Million
Gender Pay Gap Widens After Years of Progress
    By Felix Richter, Statista
News Briefs
The US economy has come down with a case
    of early-onset stagflation
The US economy is weakening. These 5 numbers
    tell the story
Trump administration asks Congress for extra funding
    in talks to dodge shutdown
Mortgage Rates Are at an 11-Month Low
    Will That Save This Housing Market?
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Sports Briefs
   California News
    "Gimme that Wine"
 This Day in History
  SuDoku
   Daily Puzzle
    GasBuddy
     Weather, USA or specific area
      Traffic Live----
       Wordle

September 15
New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
    and Related Industries
From Cola to Coffee: How Much Caffeine
    Your Drinks Really Contain
Leasing and Finance Industry Help Wanted
    Balboa Capital – Several Positions Available
“Telling My Employer I am Leaving”
    Career Crossroads---By Emily Fitzpatrick/RII
Top Ten Most Read by Readers
    September 8 to September 12
Income Tax Aspects of the Big Beautiful Bill
  September 24, 2025 | 12:00pm (Mountain Time)
    A Free Webinar by Sudhir Amembal
  The First One was Attended by Over
    250 Industry Professionals
Conferences and Forums -  Updated
    Commercial Finance/Leasing Finance
News Briefs
All-electric new buildings coming
    as housing crisis persists
Fed governor Lisa Cook called condo a second home,
    documents show a "vacation home."
Used EV sales take off
    as prices plummet
Who was arrested in Trump’s D.C. crime emergency?
    We analyzed 1,273 records.
Red Lobster's New Ultimate SpendLESS Shrimp Is Big
    On Flavor & Light On Your Wallet
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Sports Briefs
   California News
    "Gimme that Wine"
 This Day in History
  SuDoku
   Daily Puzzle
    GasBuddy
     Weather, USA or specific area
      Traffic Live----
       Wordle

September 17
Ambition
    Placard
New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
    and Related Industries
NFIB Says Credit Eases and Equipment Leads Spending
  Based on Small and Independent Trends
    by Bob Coleman, Coleman Report
MoneyThumb and deBanked Release Survey
  Findings on Fraud Trends Among
    Small Business Funders
Leasing and Finance Industry Help Wanted
  Balboa Capital – Several Positions Available
    Top Remuneration plus Benefits
Sales and Credit Realignment Drives Results
    By Scott Wheeler, CLFP
What Tom McCurnin Learned from 40 Years
    in Banking and Leasing  - Sixth and final part
America’s Bubble Culture Prevents Healing
    By Dale Kluga
News Briefs
UC employees, not waiting on leaders
    sue Trump for ‘financial coercion’ over UCLA cuts
Credit scores drop at fastest pace
    since the Great Recession
Mortgage Rates Near
    3 Year Lows Ahead of Fed
Eli Lilly to build $5 billion drug manufacturing
    plant in Virginia
60 violations in 50 days: Inside ICE’s giant tent
    facility at Ft. Bliss
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Sports Briefs
   California News
    "Gimme that Wine"
 This Day in History
  SuDoku
   Daily Puzzle
    GasBuddy
     Weather, USA or specific area
      Traffic Live----
       Wordle

September 19
New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
    and Related Industries
Highlights from the 2025 AACFB
  Commercial Financing Expo
    by Mel Vinson, CLFP
Photo gallery from
    AACFB Expo in Austin, TX
Leasing and Finance Industry Help Wanted
    Balboa Capital – Several Positions Available
What Will Your Career Look Like in 5 years?
    By Ken Lubin, ZRG Partners, Managing Director
AACFB's Rosanne Wilson Memorial
    Scholarship Program
ELFF Reports Confidence About the Same
    59.9 in September from 60.2 in August
Mapped: The Number of Farms
    in Each U.S. State
News Briefs
Publishers Clearing House’s bankruptcy means
    ‘forever’ winners will no longer get paid
Women in Restaurant Leadership
    February 24-26, Charleston, SC
Petco Closing Dozens of Stores This Year.
    Here’s the List So Far
Nvidia to Invest $5 Billion in Intel,
    Furthering Trump’s Turnaround Plan
Hawaiians unite to buy back land from billionaire
    in a move never seen before
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Sports Briefs
   California News
    "Gimme that Wine"
 This Day in History
  SuDoku
   Daily Puzzle
    GasBuddy
     Weather, USA or specific area
      Traffic Live----
       Wordle

September 22
NMEF Closes $525 Million Securitization, Marking
    Continued Growth and Market Confidence
AACFB’s 2025 Commercial Financing Expo
    Brings Energy and Opportunity to Austin
You Tube interviews of Reid Raykovich, CLFP,
    and Mel Vinson, CLFP
Leasing and Finance Industry Help Wanted
  Balboa Capital – Several Positions Available
    Top Salaries and Benefits
Top Ten Most Read by Readers
    September 15 to September `19
Conferences and Forums -  Updated
    Commercial Finance/Leasing Finance
Amembal Schedules Second Free Webinar
  on Recent Tax Law Changes
  Wednesday  Sep 24, 2025, 11:00 AM in
    Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Graphic Colbert and Kimmel Pull
    Biggest Late-Night Audience
News Briefs
Heathrow warns of second day of disruption
    after cyber-attack
Equipment Outage Disrupts More Than
    1,000 Flights at Dallas Airports
Cardboard-Box Demand Is Slumping.
    Why That’s Bad News for the Economy.
Many Americans can’t buy homes, get jobs
    or move in this stuck economy
John Deere lays off 142 workers
    at 2 Iowa facilities
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Sports Briefs
   California News
    "Gimme that Wine"
 This Day in History
  SuDoku
   Daily Puzzle
    GasBuddy
     Weather, USA or specific area
      Traffic Live----
       Wordle

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