We are looking for experienced business development
professionals with established vendor / client
contacts in general manufacturing equipment,
road maintenance, material handling , radio/TV broadcasting
and other hard collateral.
We have openings for in-house business development positions
and Independent Sales Associates.
Contact or send resumes to: John Martella SVP
800 800 8098 ext 5209 or direct: 248 743 5209
jmartella@leasecorp.com
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Europe
25+ yrs exper. management roles Chase, AT&T Capital, Heller Financial, SFS. Develop biz from “scratch to success”. Looking for challenging & pioneering job.
Email: frans@alliedproperty.net |
Northeast
CFO/Controller/IT Director. 24 yrs. exp; Accounting, Finance, Securitizations, Systems, all areas. exp with large & small co's. , Great value added. Willing to relocate. gosween@comcast.net |
Philadelphia, PA
27 yrs. exp. sales, ops., credit, strategy, P&L mngmet. Most recently created & executed the biz plans for 2 highly successful Bank-owned small ticket leasing subsidiaries.
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Philadelphia Metro Area - 30 Years experience Healthcare sales/ management- 3 years experience newly create "small-ticket" healthcare division.
Good success - Mitch Utz
215-460-4483
Email: mitutz@msn.com
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Southern CA
20 years exp. as hands-on leasing CFO, managing accounting, treasury, FP&A, including securitizations, Great Plains/FRx, budgets, risk management. MBA. Also available as interim Controller/CFO, consultant.
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by Kit Menkin, oh-boy!
Allied Health Care Services
June 1st has come and gone. Charles Schwartz and Allied have two court cases against them this date, no more. He had reportedly told creditors that he was applying for a $20 million bank line and would have by June 1st. He then told them there was a death in the family, so he had to take off for seven to ten days. Nothing else is new. Waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Previous stories:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/allied_health.html
Equipment Acquisition Resources
Sheldon Player is still loose, company in bankruptcy, not much assets, many liabilities, and many lawsuits. FBI must be stuck in home security issues.
Previous stories:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/Sheldon_Player.htm
HL Leasing
Over a year since President John Otto committed suicide. FBI seized some asset, leasing companies from Centerpoint, Heritage, and HL, among others, still being run out of his house in the desert. Investors are stymied as they can't file for a tax write-off unless a fraud is proven in a court of law. FBI office in Fresno overwhelmed with many cases, including Home Security issues.
Previous stories:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/heritage_leasing.htm
IFC Credit
Bankruptcy trial date continued until 12/1/201 at 1:00pm South Dearborn, Courtroom 617, Chicago, Illinois. Rudy Trebels back in broker business. Banks collecting lease payments, etc. Trebels skated before. Older, but reportedly wiser.
Previous stories:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/IFC_stories.htm
LEAF/LEAF Specialty
Still relying on parent. Dwight Galloway has 24 or more employees servicing that portfolio. No buyers for the portfolio/operation as the marketplace seems to be interested in vendor type operations than one with a 22 year successful track record with independent brokers.
Galloway in older days would have wrapped this up. Must be the marketplace.
Previous stories:
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2010/6_01.htm#leaf_runningout
Operation Lease Fleece
Get telephone calls all the time. Most trial dates moved to 2011 and the hold up, the trial on the two Vartanian Brothers trial moved to November 9, 2010. Supposedly, there may be more to be arrested as well as a verdict in the Vartanian case made before testimony sealed in other cases is opened at the sentencing of those who provided the testimony. FBI not really worried, as they have a good handle on all of this.
Previous stories:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/Lease_Fleece.htm
Puget Sound Leasing/First Sound Bank
The leasing company is well and healthy, doing business, in control of the portfolio, performing extremely well as the case against Larasco and Secords is now basically on hold (“Stay” including Wells Fargo case) as both Larasco's and now Secords as individuals have filed bankruptcy. Excellent leasing staff. In the meantime, the FDIC told parent First Sound Bank to come up with new capitalized by May 28th or that is it! Today June 3rd. So far, no bites, Leasing News is told by insiders, and whether the FDIC closes them down this Friday at 5pm is not known. They need this problem like they need another hole in the head!
Secords File BK, case on hold:
http://leasingnews.org/PDF/FirstSoundStay.pdf
Previous stories:
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2010/6_01.htm#first_sound
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Sales makes it Happen
from Leasing News Archive
2001 Adrian Bulman Looks at our Industry
Adrian Bulman passed away at the age of 53 on January 13, 2001. He is survived by his wife Beth and (and at the time, these are the ages of his sons) Aaron (17) and Evan (14).
He was young, in the prime of his life, and perhaps one of the best liked “super brokers” of his time. Adrian was a contributor to Leasing News, writing articles and keeping us “abreast” of what was happening in the “field.”
His viewpoint back at the end of the start of this century remains profound, and definitely worth reading:
From our Archives, December 27, 2000:
A few weeks ago I asked what was happening in the market and got some interesting results. Here is some of the information I have come across from our leasing industry.
First, the small ticket leasing industry deals in perception. Our customer is the small business looking for equipment to do something better within his/her company probably replacing existing equipment. He is approved and has our contract in his hands. That evening he goes home and watches Peter Jennings while he is eating his dinner. He hears Coke has laid of an additional 2000 people. Housing starts are down. Consumer confidence is declining and the merchants are not expecting big Christmas sales. And last, Mr. Greenspan is cool to the idea or President elect Bush's tax cut and may or may not lower prime after the first of the year. All that negative news causes doubt and our lessee decides to wait. He says to himself, "I think I will wait 90 days before doing this and see what happens." For those of you who can remember it is '89 and '90 all over again.
2) For the first time I can remember we are competing with banks for small ticket deals. Local banks are hungry and desperate for revenue. Whether we like it or not they will also have more control over the customer than we do.
3) As 50 something lenders (today it is over 100) have gone away or "changed the way they do business" the survivors have raised rates and credit standards. This also has a direct impact on our competing with local banks. The "B" credit story deals are not getting done as they were a year ago. Many of those "B" credits have gotten shopped and have used credit cards to borrow and now can't be done.
4) Fraud! Don't kind yourself. As the economy cools the bad guys and girls find very innovative ways to steal from our industry. If something is just too good to be true then we all know it probably is. And, whether we like it or not, as the economy cools and there aren't as many deals out there some brokers and savvy vendors will polish beyond the realm of reality and in the words of Charles Randall, "Slide into complete male bovine excrement."
5) Inexperience. Many of the newer, younger brokers have gotten used to this terrific economy and have never gone through a downturn or watched their favorite lender disappear. Some fail to grasp the fact there was, possibly, too much money chasing deals and the ones receiving those huge dollars had to put that money on the street and fairly quickly. Historically, the quickest way to do that is to lower credit standards. But, when that happens those chicks come home to roost in about a year and a half. The younger brokers also need to realize the days of submitting a deal to three lenders with the first approval getting it are over. You do that now and you are probably going to end up with three turn downs and three very unhappy lenders. Lenders do talk with each other!!!!!
6) Transportation industry. Oh dear, if you are in this industry then fasten you seat belt because you are in for a rough ride. The big truck industry is hurting. Freightliner may not survive. They are rumored to be taking back 600 trucks per month. Small truckers are not making much money and first quarter of 01 they have five major expenses coming up -tags; highway use tax; ad valorem tax; Income tax; and down payment on their insurance premiums. An old friend and ex-Associates Commercial employee says there will be 80,000 additional large truck repos by 4/30/01. Most of us know Associates has raised their credit standards on trucks and almost no one will do owner operators. The truck dealers are desperate to place paper and have lost some of their arrogance. However, they are smart enough not to recourse any lease paper. Truck orders are way off. One of the biggest concerns is Freightliner owns a company that makes truck engines. I hear the very best truck engines. If Freightliner goes under and this engine manufacturer goes too it will cause huge problems for trucking.
Okay, so what is going to happen in 01? Who the heck knows??? However, the major lenders in small ticket should continue to do well. They will continue to cherry pick credits and even if we see a slight prime decrease I don't think it will be passed along. Collections will probably go up slightly.
The broker end could be a problem. I calculate over 100 brokers have closed up since September (The National Association of Equipment Leasing Brokers once having 1,089 members, the group at the end of March, 2010, is down to 670 members). More are going away after the first of the year. I think the first quarter of 01 is going to be a tough market for brokers. Their vendors are being solicited by some of the largest financial institutions in the US and now they are forced to compete directly with their lessee's bank. Even "B" story credits are difficult to get done. The broker survivors will be leaner and meaner. We all know there is business out there and we are a resourceful lot in finding it. Many brokers are focusing on specific industries. Others figure "twice the calls for half the volume" and I think everyone's profits have dropped this year. As a whole I think the brokers are frightened. Most are not doing this work between job openings. They are making house payments, buying groceries, and putting their kids through college. The changes in the last year are scary. There has not been a great deal of positive news from the leasing industry in 2000. Many I hear from are thinking more of controlling their own money and for the first time I hear some of the guys with a little more white hair than me talk about getting out.
On the whole, most people think 01 will be more of 00 with fewer lenders, tighter credit and more competition. In the many years I have been in this industry there has always been a 500 pound gorilla. No more! Denrich is long gone. Colonial is now owned by GECC. Manifest has been sold twice. Dwight and Charles have announced Republic is for sale and we hear Advanta is on the market. Being the eternal optimist, there certainly is lots of room for new lenders to emerge and become a "player" quickly.
But, as ole Mark Speros is fond of saying, "If it was easy everyone would be doing it!"
- Adrian F. Bulman
American Leasing & Financial, Inc.
Marietta, GA
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These companies are funders or super brokers seeking independent leasing broker
business. The list does not include "brokers," "lessors", or "packagers."
Funder/Superbroker Looking for New Broker Business
Send company name, contact/email or telephone number as well as a URL to attach or description to
kitmenkin@leasingnews.org
There is no advertising fee or charge for a listing. They are “free.”Leasing News makes no endorsement of any of the companies listed, except they have qualified to be on this specific list.
Leasing News reserves the right to not list a company who does not meet these qualifications.
We encourage companies who are listed to contact us for any change or addition they would like to make. Adding further information as an "attachment" or clarification of what they have to offer would be helpful to readers are very much encouraged.
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ABCO Leasing, Inc.
Advantage Funding
Affiliated Investment Group, Inc.
Agility Solutions
Allegiant Partners Incorporated
American Leasefund, Inc.
Bank of the West
Bankers Capital
Barrett Capital Corporation
Black Rock Capital
Blackstone Capital Partners, L.P.
Boston Financial & Equity Corp.
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BSB Leasing, Inc.
Calfund, LLC
Cobra Capital LLC
Dakota Financial
Dolsen Leasing Company
Dumac Leasing
Financial Pacific Leasing
Forum Financial Services, Inc.
Gonor Funding
Leasing Solutions, LLC
LPI Healthcare Financial Services, Inc.
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National Machine Tool Financial Corporation
P&L Capital Corporation
Pawnee Leasing Corporation
Standard Professional Services, LLC
Summit Leasing, Inc.
Quail Capital Corp
TEAM Funding Solutions
US Bank Manifest Funding Services
Vision Financial Group, Inc.
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Leasing Associations: All non-profit leasing associations are abbreviated. To see the full name and learn more about the association, please click here.
BBB - Better Business Report | CBB - Leasing News Complaint Bulletin Board
| CNI - Current News Information
A -Accepts Broker Business | B -Requires Broker be Licensed | C -Sub-Broker Program
| D -"Private label Program" | E - Also "in house" salesmen
N/R (not reported)
* (no response---these listing do not come from the company directly, but from our research from many sources. It is our policy not to put anything in this section without confirmation.)
Name
In Business Since
Contact
Website
Leasing Association
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Bank of the West, Indirect Leasing Group
1972
Steve Crane, CLP, Vice President & Marketing Manager
scrane@bankofthewest.com
888.244.0551 ext. 3899
800.473.9878 - Fax
www.bankofthewest.com
ELFA, NAELB, NEFA
(P) |
180 |
National |
$20,000 to $2 million |
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Y
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Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
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140 |
National |
$5,000 to $500,000 |
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Y |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Financial Pacific Leasing
1975
Terey Jennings CLP,
800-447-7107, tjennings@finpac.com
www.finpac.com
EAEL, ELFA, NAELB, NEFA
(click here for further description) |
115 |
Nationwide |
$5,000-$50,000 |
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45 |
Nationwide |
$1,000 - $30,000
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Y |
Y |
N* |
Y |
N |
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28 |
National |
$10,000
(most clients are doing
monthly or quarterly schedules) |
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Y |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
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20 |
Nationwide |
Vehicles Only
$10,000 - $1,000,000
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National |
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20 |
Nationwide |
Vehicles Only
$10,000 - $1,000,000
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20 |
Nationwide |
$15,000 |
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15 |
National |
Application only up to
$100,000 |
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N |
Y |
Y |
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Nationwide |
$10,000 to $10 million, App only $100K
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Y |
N |
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National |
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12 |
Nationwide & Canada (except in Quebec) |
$10,000 - $250,000
Does Subprime Leases |
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12 |
CA, ID, MT, OR, WA |
$20,000 - $400,000 |
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10 |
Western States |
$15K
Minimum
Does Subprime Leases
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10 |
11 Western State |
$10,000.00 - $250,000.00 |
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9 |
Nationwide, including Alaska & Hawaii |
$20,000---$150,000 |
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Nationwide
(except LA, AR and AK) |
$50,000 to $2,000,000
Does Subprime Leases
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US Canada (F) |
$50,000 to $3MM
$250,000 average transaction |
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Nationwide |
$50,000 to $1.0 million. Our average size transaction is $250,000.
Preferred Range
$100,000 to $500,000
Does Subprime Leases
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7 |
National |
$15,000.00 up to $2,000,000.00 |
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Y |
N |
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All 50 States |
$5000-$70,000
Does Subprime Leases
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Nationwide - 50 States |
$25,000 + |
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Most States |
$50,000 - $450,000 |
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Nationwide |
$25,000 min., $250,000 max.
"Ap only" program $25,000 - $75,000
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American Leasefund, Inc.
1999
Tom Davis
tom@alclease.com
800.644.1182 - PH
503.244.0845 - FX
www.alclease.com
NEFA |
6 |
Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington |
$3,500 - $50,000
Does Subprime Leases
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Nationwide |
$50,000 to $1MM
$250,000 average transaction |
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U.S. |
$50,000 - $1,000,000
(Master Lease)
Does Subprime Leases
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Barrett Capital Corporation
1975
Barry Korn
914-632-4200
Cell: 914.954.1900
Barrett@BarrettCapital.com
www.BarrettCapital.com
NVLA
(click here for further description) |
4 |
United States |
Vehicles Only
$10,000 minimum |
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Nationwide & some offshore |
$10,000 - 250,000
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Nationwide |
$5,000 + |
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USA |
$10,000 to $100,000 with an average of $25,000 - $35,000
Does Subprime Leases |
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Dumac Leasing
(a division of Exchange Bank)
N/R
Archie Julian
JulianA@ExchangeBank.com
(800) 546-7822
(707) 521-5027
www.exchangebank.com
NAELB
(click here for further description) |
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West Coast |
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Affiliated Investment Group, Inc. is the proud continuation of over 20 years of serving the broker community. We are a balance sheet, cash flow, credit lender. The primary question on every transaction is "what is the likelihood of being paid back". Our motto is "any equipment, for any Lessee, anywhere in the country". Also known as "The Flexible Funding Source" as we look at a deal with the philosophy of "what's right" about it "how can we make it work". We have significant sources of funds from A to B credits.
Broker Qualify - Yes
ABCO Leasing, Inc. in Seattle area has been operating since 1974 serving the broker community. We required full financial disclosure on every transaction. We do story transactions, but do not like to refer to them as "C" credits. We think of them as "A" type credits that have not been discovered yet. Broker Qualify contact: Brad Christensen, Broker Relations Manager,971/204-0236 bradc@abcoleasing.net
* Allegiant Partners has expanded their maximum transaction size from $250,000 to $500,000 for the 5 western states of California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Arizona.
In addition to increasing the transaction size Allegiant is offering more competitve rates for these A- and B+ transactions. Broker Qualify - For Broker qualification please click here.
Allegiant.pdf
Bankers Capital " We will do ANY Type of Equipment, in ANY industry, in ANY state. We especially like 6-figure transactions with full financial packages no matter how good or bad they look. We look to structure the story C&D credits with any kind of additional collateral that makes sense. It could be with 2nd or 3rd mortgages on residential or commercial Real Estate, additional equipment, cash value life insurance, security deposits, vendor agreements. We look for any way to make the deal work instead of looking for any way to decline the deal." Broker Qualify - Please contact Larry LaChance
Barrett Capital Corporation: Broker Qualify - Please Call
Black Rock Capital (Ireland) Limited and Black Rock Capital (UK) Limited provide the same services for small to middle market corporations in the European Economic Community and the United Kingdom.
Boston Financial & Equity Corporation, most of our leases are venture capital backed startups and turnarounds. We require full financial disclosures, CPA and internal statements, no tax returns. We do not required additional collateral, no PG's or RE needed. Do not send deals with large tax liens, especially if they are payroll taxes. Broker Qualify - A deal in hand and a full package
BSB Leasing, Inc has been providing syndication services for brokers nationwide since 1982 and have been funding business directly since 2002 through BSB Direct Finance, LLC. We offer Brokers a complete internet solution for credit submission and tracking and document preparation.
BSB will fund up to $75,000 App Only on our direct line under BSB Direct Finance, LLC and we now offer App Only up to $100,000 through BSB Syndication (our house syndication group.
Broker Qualify - Please Call or see application on-line at bsbleasing.com
Calfund, LLC finances 18 wheelers and some trailers for owner operators with substandard credit.
Cobra Capital, LLC. Comments: Our registered trademark "Making impossible possible" is our central marketing tagline for both strong and weak credits. I have developed a 10 year history, (from Cobra and my prior company GALCO), with specialty, non-conforming transactions (story credits) and have a solid reputation for candidly responding to our originators and lessees and working diligently to mitigate deal risk rather than making excuses to turn deals down. Our originators prefer our underwriting approach to non-conforming transactions since unlike most non-conforming funders, we prefer to mitigate risk versus jacking our return. Both Originators and Lessee's prefer our candid approach as we are also frequently asked to advise lessee's and lessors on the best way to structure their bank loans and raise capital due to our 25+ year banking and accounting backgrounds as my partner and I are both former bankers and CPA's.
Dolsen Leasing has served the 11 Western States since 1958 and specializes in B & C Credits for established and new companies. We require a full financial package and offer both leases and financing for new and used equipment in the range of $10,000.00 to $250,000.00. Specialties include titled vehicles for both existing and new owner operators. Story credits are considered as long as credit has been reestablished and trends are positive. Credit decisions are based on old fashioned common sense, not credit scores, allowing us a very quick turnaround-often the same day. We accept broker business and also have in house salesmen. Broker Qualify - Please call or visit www.dolsenleasing.com
Dumac Leasing--Our prime prospect, has integrity, the ability to submit one to five leases for consideration per month, good financial analysis skills, good packaging abilities and can appreciate a funding source that looks at one deal at a time. Poor rating at BBB is a major hurdle. We are an A Credit lender and cash flow is critical. We use tax returns for info to compute cash flow.
Financial Pacific Leasing supports a nationwide network of Brokers and Lessors. We specialize in "B" and "C" credits for established companies as well as companies under two years in business. Broker Qualify - Please Call or see "Prospective Broker" section on website
Forum Financial Services, Inc., prefer venture capital backed start-ups and middle market to large corporate turnaround companies including companies in bankruptcy and post bankruptcy. Our absolute minimum sales for an established business with financial problems are $10.0 million. (this does not include venture capital backed start-ups). Broker Qualify - Please visit our website at www.forumleasing.com or call 972-690-9444 ext. 225
Gonor Funding specializes in hard to fund leases with D credit. Collateral based with good rates and commission program. Broker Qualify - Please Call
LPI-HC specializes in working Capital Loans / Equipment Financing for new and established medical professionals with our target market being dentists, medical doctors, veterinarians and physical therapists. We also offer any type of Medical Practice Refinancing for established medical professionals that want to consolidate all their practice debts and improve their cash flow position. "We have the financial solutions to help start and grow a practice with repayment programs designed for medical professionals to manage their money."
Broker Qualify - Please Call
Kurt Hess
770-579-2900 ext. 1100
Address:
2260 Rushmore Dr .
Suite B-3
Marietta , GA 30062
National Machine Tools---Specializing in Machine Tools only for transactions up to $750k. National has been in the Machine Tool Finance business since 1986 and has a leasing proficient staff to accommodate the most challenging transaction. F ull financial disclosure required. We can provide structured financing for the story marginal credits. May require personal guarantees and/or down payments depending on the credit. Any size business accepted. For more information please contact Chris Chiappetta or Robert Lang at 800-669-7527.
Pawnee Leasing CorporationPawnee Leasing Corporation; Some times we go higher than $30,000, but our marketplace is from $1,000 to $30,000. We don't have a "Sub Broker Program per se but accept re-brokered deals with disclosure. Broker Qualify - One year time in business
P&L Capital: 24-36 month leases on name brand desktops, laptops,
and monitor.
Quail Capital offers App Only program up to $100K- nationwide. We also have a special California Only “A” credit program with very competitive rate under “California Express Program”.
On the commercial side, Quail Capital specializes in mid market to large structured and complex transactions. Mohammed Ahsan began his days at Westinghouse Credit (then Atlantic Financial, Mitsubishi Bank, Bank of California and First Sierra) as a funder. He has been in the leasing industry for 29 years. His partner Jeff Rudin has over 29 years leasing experience.
In addition to the equipment leasing, Quail Capital is also involved in Asset Based Lending, Franchise Financing, Acquisition Finance, Sale- Lease Back- Working Capital and facilitate the SBA program.
Broker Qualifying- please call.
Standard Professional Services. LLC is a non-cookie cutter funder who does not credit score.
Summit Leasing consider ourselves to be primarily "B" credit lenders, working almost exclusively through brokers. Broker Qualify - Contact us
TEAM Funding Solutions is a structured lender for brand new businesses or for older companies with previous credit problems. We do not credit score. The secret to producing an approval for C-Credits starts with interviewing your customer." Broker Qualify -
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Sales
We are looking for experienced business development
professionals with established vendor / client
contacts in general manufacturing equipment,
road maintenance, material handling , radio/TV broadcasting
and other hard collateral.
We have openings for in-house business development positions
and Independent Sales Associates.
Contact or send resumes to: John Martella SVP
800 800 8098 ext 5209 or direct: 248 743 5209
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Top 50 US banks and thrifts by assets
By Adrian Goffinet
Bank of America Corp. remained the largest bank in the United States at the end of 2010's first quarter, followed by JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc.
The only change in the top 10 banks and thrifts was SunTrust Banks Inc. and Capital One Financial Corp. swapping spots, with SunTrust moving to No. 10 and Capital One moving to No. 9. American Express Co. had been included in the top 50 banks and thrifts list previously, but was excluded this quarter due to its deposits-to-assets ratio falling below the 25% threshold. First Citizens BancShares Inc. was the sole newcomer to the list, coming in at No. 44. Also noteworthy was OneWest Bank FSB, which jumped up four spots, resulting in a nine spot jump over the last 2 quarters. Both of these moves were propelled largely by government assisted deals, in which First Citizens acquired approximately $2.5 billion in assets, and OneWest acquired approximately $3.6 billion.
According to SNL Financial data, 33 of the top 50 banks and thrifts posted positive net income figures for the first quarter of 2010.
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New Hires---Promotions
Paul Bosley has been promoted from National Marketing Direct to Executive Vice President, First Financial, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He has served as National Marketing Director of First Financial for almost six years. He was managing member of healthclubexperts.com for eight years and regional manager of Titan Management for two years. BS Health Science, Health, Physical Education & Recreation, 1970 — 1974, State University of New York College at Brockport. Activities and Societies: President Rugby Club
Richard Brodeur appointed Vice President Risk Management, Travelers Financial Corporation, Vancouver and Calgary, Canada.
He joined Travelers in 2009 as Director of Credit operating from its Calgary office. Richard Brodeur brought extensive experience gained over three decades in senior executive and senior management roles with Toronto Dominion Bank throughout Western Canada (financial, commercial and residential lending), Canadian Western Bank (commercial banking and equipment finance) and AGF Trust. Mr. Brodeur was Senior Vice President responsible for Credit and Banking while establishing credit quality and product development (including leasing, mortgages and indirect sales) for Bank West at its inception.
Mr. Brodeur is a Fellow, Institute of Canadian Bankers (FICB), has completed studies with the Banff School of Management, The Faculty of Commerce at the University of Calgary, as well as the Canadian Securities Course and Mutual Funds License.
Maria Coyne named head of KeyBank, Cleveland, Ohio, national business banking segment. She was previously the bank's executive vice president of Key4Women, director of client experience for KeyBank National Association and chief administrative officer for Key Community Banking. She is responsible for the national sales efforts and administration of Key's Small Business Administration (SBA) program and leads both Key4Women (women-owned business) and specialty segment initiatives.
She joined KeyBank in 2001 as a senior vice president in the strategic planning group. Previously, she was a small business strategist with the Greater Cleveland Growth Association and spent more than 10 years with Bank One, serving in various management capacities before becoming director of marketing. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance degree from the University of Notre Dame. Maria was awarded a certificate for completion of The Key Executive Experience at Weatherhead at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management.
Maria Coyne is a member of the Advisory Council of the Center for Women's Business Research in Washington, D.C. and is the chairperson of the Board of Directors for the Beaumont School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
James B. Gulka promoted to vice president of portfolio management, Key Equipment Finance, Superior, Colorado. He joined Key Equipment Finance in 1999 as credit manager for global vendor services before being promoted in 2006 to director of portfolio management. Previously, he was assistant vice president and leasing director for Citibank a.s., Prague, Czech Republic, and business development manager for Prington a.s., Prague, Czech Republic. Before that, he held several management and credit analysis positions with Capital Associates International Inc. and Amplicon Financial Inc. He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration – finance from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
John Handelsman named senior vice president and chief equipment finance officer First Financial Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio.
He was most recently managing partner of the Handelsman Group LLC, a management consulting and investment firm. Prior to that, he was CEO of industrial automation holding company Axon LLC; and president of equipment finance and leasing firm CBI Leasing and its predecessor, the Vaughn Group Inc. Handelsman also was a regional vice president for ICX Corp. and managing director for Capital Markets Group. A resident of Sycamore Township, Handelsman is a graduate of Albion College. He serves as a director of tech company DbaDirect.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-handelsman/6/13b/12b
Tom Huber, new president and CEO, AEL Financial, Buffalo, New York. He has 22 years of experience in sales and management at IT services giant Comdisco. He was a senior vice president of sales and marketing at Relational Technology Solutions, and just prior to AEL Financial he was executive general manager at Tech Depot, an Office Depot company. He has Marketing, Finance degree from University of Iowa.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tom-huber/4/1a/765
Tim J. Keel was named vice president – western region CSI Leasing, St. Louis, for the Healthcare Solutions Group. He was most recently a vice president with Bank of America’s healthcare leasing group, greater Los Angeles area, and has also served as vice president with CitiCapital’s healthcare group.
Karen Snow named Stakeholder at CFO Systems, Omaha, Nebraska. She has 20 years experience in financial services, including banking, equipment leasing, and vehicle leasing. Additionally, she has five years of public accounting experience with national and local practices in audit and tax.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/karensnowcfo
Saul Weinstein was hired as vice president and manager of collections and special assets at Liberty Bank, Eugene, Oregon. He has 38 years in the industry. He has experience in special assets management, commercial lending and management, and loan administration. He served as a bank examiner for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. He attended the University of California Los Angeles.
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Fernando's View
By Fernando F. Croce
Laughs (“Get Him to the Greek”) and thrills (“Splice”) await theatergoers this weekend, while DVD releases include box-office hits (“Shutter Island,” “From Paris with Love”) and international beauties (“Close-Up”).
Get Him to the Greek (Universal Pictures): The lovelorn protagonist from “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” may not return, but one of that comedy hit’s favorite supporting characters does in this rollicking semi-sequel. A hilarious second banana in the earlier movie, ridiculously vain rock singer Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) takes center stage here as the movie follows his eventful tour from London to Los Angeles. Along for the ride is long-suffering records lackey Aaron Green (Jonah Hill), who’s given the unenviable task of keeping an eye on the mischievous performer. Thriving more on the inspired interplay of the two talented stars than on any sort of plot, director Nicholas Stoller keeps this very funny comedy rocking with unexpected jokes and sharp supporting turns.
Splice (Warner Bros. Pictures): Good horror movies or science-fiction movies these days are a rare find, which makes Vincenzo Natali’s thriller, a smart and creepy combination of both genres, an especially welcome treat. The ingenious plot tells the story of Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley), young scientists famous for their experiments. Ignoring warnings about the limits of their powers, they come up with their most ambitious venture yet: Creating a new form of life by mixing different forms of human and animal DNA. But will this new organism, named “Den,” follow on their footsteps or rebel against its makers? An astute update of the old Frankenstein legend, the movie may be the most enjoyable mix of volatile thrills, thoughtful ideas and dark humor since Jeff Goldblum sprouted wings in “The Fly.”
Netflix tip: In honor of the late, great Dennis Hopper (1936-2010), hit Netflix for a mini festival of indelible performances from the legendary actor and wild man. There’s his iconic rebellious biker in “Easy Rider” (1969) and his brilliantly disturbing psycho in “Blue Velvet” (1986), but don’t miss Hopper’s warm, understated performances in “True Romance” (1993), “Carried Away” (1996) and “Jesus’ Son” (1999).
New on DVD:
Shutter Island(Paramount Pictures): You know you’re in for a wild, passionate time when you step into a movie by Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese (“Taxi Driver,” “The Departed”). His new movie, a powerful thriller set in the 1950, is no exception. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Teddy Daniels, a U.S. marshal who, along with his partner (Michael Ruffalo), gets tangled in a murky investigation in an insane asylum located in an isolated Massachusetts island. As patients disappear in the fog and doctors reveal increasingly creepy sides, will the heroes uncover the truth or become just another lost soul in the maze of insanity? Mixing suspense with keen cinematic sophistication, it’s a nail-biting ride full of surprises and solid performances from a cast that also includes Michelle Williams, Ben Kingsley and Max von Sydow.
From Paris with Love (Lionsgate): Pierre Morel and Luc Besson, the duo responsible for the kinetic hit “Taken,” return for more thrills. Mixing humor and nonstop action, they follow the odd-couple pairing of two CIA agents stationed in Paris. James Reece (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is the aid to the U.S. Ambassador in France, whose desire for more excitement in his life is answered when he’s paired up with Charlie Wax (an inspired turn by John Travolta), a hair-trigger loose cannon who takes him on a frantic tour of the city’s criminal underworld. Barely allowing audiences even a minute to catch their breath after last week’s “Edge of Darkness,” this thriller should help pump some energy into the February’s usually ho-hum theater screens.
Close-Up (Criterion): One of the world’s most acclaimed modern filmmakers, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami is treasured for a series of deeply humanistic and stylistically inventive works. Both qualities are in ample display in this 1990 masterpiece, which uses as its jumping-off point a story so absurd that it could only come from real life. In the city of Tehran, a man named Ali Sabzian infiltrates an affluent family’s household by posing as a famous director and pretending to be making a movie. His ruse is discovered and he’s tried for identity theft, but that’s just the beginning of the tale. Kiarostami got the real-life people to play themselves in this vivid, often funny and ultimately moving blend of documentary and fiction, which grows more layered and fascinating with each new viewing.
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Mission, Kansas---Adopt-a-Dog
German Shepherd Dog, Terrier [Mix]
Reason for staying at The Pet Connection's home for pets:
Charms came to us from the Humane Society of Greater Kansas City.
Heartworm status: Negative
Veterinarian examination notes:
Healthy
Special Physical Traits:
Smallish/medium-sized girl, with a beautiful short brown coat, pretty brown eyes, adorable pointy ears, and a sweet little chubby face.
DOB or Age: 1/1/09
Activity Level Energetic.
Loves to play, learn, and for walks. But can also sometimes be very snuggly & lazy.
Indoor or Outdoor: Indoor
Good with strangers: A little bit timid at first but is very sweet.
Good with Adults: Yes
Good with Dogs: Yes Charms is great with other dogs! Can sometimes be a tiny bit bossy with smaller dogs but for the most part is awesome with other canines. She has roomed with several of our dogs & her current room-mate & BFF is Patrick a HUGE boxer lab mix. They snuggle and love to play together. So cute.
Good with Cats: No. She needs to be in a home without cats.
Good with Children: Charms does fine around well-behaved children. Was even in a foster home with a young boy for a while.
Likes: Being loved on, running around outside, learning new things, playing fetch, people, other dogs,tennis balls, comfy beds, and kids.
Does not like: Cats
Food: Dry Innova
Favorite Toy: Tennis balls, she loves them.
Commands: Come, sit, stay, etc.
Housetrained: Yes
Crate trained: Yes
Any behaviors that need improving: Nope, Charms is good girl! (:
Additional Information: She is a very sweet little girl who can be a little timid at first but once she trusts you she will show you just how loving she can be! Charms is currently in foster care so if you are interested in this lovable little girl, please call ahead so we can set up a day for you to meet her.
The Pet Connection is a membership organization operating a no-kill adoption center located at 5918 Broadmoor in Mission, Kansas
Adoption center hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
*Temporary Thursday hours 9am - 5pm
*Appointments can be made to meet an animal outside of these hours by calling us at (913) 671PETS
Application:
http://www.thepetconnection.net/PDFs/Adoption_Application.pdf
http://www.thepetconnection.net/
Adopt-a-Pet by Leasing Co. State/City
http://www.leasingnews.org/Conscious-Top%20Stories/Adopt_Pet.htm
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http://www.adoptapet.com/
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Today in History
1956-Buddy Holly sees the John Wayne movie The Searchers and gains some song writing inspiration when Wayne utters the line "that'll be the day."
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This Day in American History
1539 - Hernando De Soto claimed Florida for Spain.
1621 - The Dutch West India Company received a charter for New Netherlands, now known as New York.
1770-Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo: the second California mission to the Indians.
http://www.californiamissions.com/cahistory/sancarlos.html
http://missions.bgmm.com/index.htm
1781-Jack Jouett made a heroic 45-mile ride on horseback during the night of June 3-4, to warn Virginia Governor Thomas Jefferson and the legislature that the British were coming. Jouett rode from a tavern in Louisa County to Charlottesville, VA, in about 6 ½ hours, arriving at Jefferson's home at dawn on June 4. Lieutenant Colonel Tarleton's British forces raided Charlottesville, but Jouett's warning gave the Americans time to escape. Jouett was born at Albermarle County, VA, December 7, 1754 and died at Bay, JY, in 1822 ( exact date not known ).
http://www.ushistory.com/jouett.htm
1800 - John Adams, the second president of the United States, becomes the first president to reside in Washington, D.C., when he takes up residence at Union Tavern in Georgetown. The city of Washington was created to replace Philadelphia as the nation's capital because of its geographical position in the center of the existing new republic. The states of Maryland and Virginia ceded land around the Potomac River to form the District of Columbia, and work began on Washington in 1791. French architect Charles L'Enfant designed the city's radical layout, full of dozens of circles, crisscross avenues, and plentiful parks.
1808-birthday of Jefferson Davis, American statesman, US Senator, only president of the Confederate States of America. Imprisoned May 10, 1865-May 13, 1867, but never brought to trial, deprived of rights of citizenship after the Civil War. Davis was born at Todd County, KY, and died at New Orleans, LA, Dec. 6,1889. His citizenship was restored, posthumously, October 17,1978, when President Carter signed an Amnesty Bill. This bill, he said, “ officially completes the long process of reconciliation that has reunited our people following the tragic conflict between the states. “ Davis's birthday anniversary is observed in Florida, Kentucky, and South Carolina on this day, in Alabama on the first Monday in June and in Mississippi on the last Monday in May. Davis's birth anniversary is observed as Confederate Memorial Day in Tennessee.
http://www.beauvoir.org/
1851-First Baseball Uniforms: The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York City donned the sport's first uniforms: straw hats, blue full-length trousers and white shirts.
1856-Cullen Whipple of Providence, RI obtained a patent for a screw machine to make pointed screws. Prior to this invention, screws were blunt on their threaded ends, and it was necessary to bore a hole in order to insert them.
1856-Gov. Johnson proclaimed San Francisco in a state of insurrection because of Committee of Vigilance activities, and ordered all persons subject to military duty to report to Maj.-Gen. William T. Sherman to quell the insurrection.
1860 -The Great Camanche Tornado began its deadly trek near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and ended its journey over Lake Michigan. 175 people lost their lives and 329 were injured. The town of Camanche, Iowa, on the Mississippi River, was destroyed. Total damage was 945,000 dollars (note - 1860 dollars).
1862-Haiti recognized as a nation by the United States.
1862-Liberia recognized as a nation by the United States
1863 - Gen. Lee, with 75,000 Confederates, launched a second invasion of the North. Lee led his troops into Maryland and then Pennsylvania, to meet the Army of the Potomac again, this time around a small town called Gettysburg.
1864-Battle of Cold Harbor. Although Confederate General Robert E. Lee had placed his troops behind considerable breastworks, Union General Ulysses S. Grant launched an all-out attack on the Southern army. More than 7,000 Federal troops were killed within on-half hour of the battle on the first attack. General Lee won his last victory over Union forces, numbering 108,000 against this 59,000. 1500 Confederate troops were also killed. In an eight –minute period more men fell in an assault on entrenched Confederate troops than in any other like period of time. After a second unsuccessful attack, Grant's orders for a third assault were all but ignored. Grant had new and ill trained troops, and his battle plan was not carried out by his officers. Compounding this was the battlefield tradition held that the first commander who sought a truce in order to tend to the wounded was the loser. Grant refused to admit defeat by seeking such a truce and the wounded were left on the ground for three days following the battle. General Lee also refused to be the first to go after his wounded, and therefore thousands of wounded men from both sides died either from their wounds, hunger, thirst or exposure. Between May 7 and June 3, federal losses were 50,000 men, Confederate 32,000. The North could replace its losses fully, especially paying for troops, many of them immigrants from Europe, but the South could not.
(bottom half of http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun03.html )
http://saints.css.edu/mkelsey/cold.html
http://civilwar.bluegrass.net/battles-campaigns/1864/640601-03b.html
1877- Elizabeth Fires Lummis Ellet birthday; U.S. author and historian who used primary and direct research for her monumental three-volume Women of the American Revolution (1848), and the Pioneers of the American West (1852) as well as other books about women.
http://chnm.gmu.edu/dimenovels/authors/fleming.html
1884-the first national political convention of a major party president over by an African-American met in the Exposition Building, Chicago, IL. John Roy Lynch, an African-American politician who has served three terms as a congressman from Mississippi, was nominated for temporary chairman of the Republican Party by Henry Cabot Lodge. The nomination was supported by Theodore Roosevelt and George William Curtis, and was carried by a vote of 424 for Lynch a to 384 for Powell Clayton. The convention nominated James Gillespie Blaine for president and General John Alexander Logan for vice president. November 4 th Grover Cleveland was elected president of the United Sates and Thomas A. Hendricks was elected vice-president. The electoral vote was Cleveland, 219, James G. Blaine, Republican of Maine, 182. The popular vote was Cleveland, 4,911,017 and Blaine 4,848,224. A very interesting presidential election as it was fought mainly with attacks on the reputation of the rival candidates. The Republican candidate, James G. Blaine, on his basis of letters he had written, was accused of having profited from the Credit Moblier scandal involving the building of the Union Pacific Railroad. His opponents sang: “Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine, the continual liar from the state of Maine.” The Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland, was accused of having fathered an illegitimate child, which in his forthright manner, he admitted. The turning point of the election was a remark made on October 9 by the Rev.. Samuel D. Burchard in New York, in the presence of Blaine, that the Democrats were the party of “Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.” Blaine did not disavow the remark, and the Irish-American Roman Catholics of New York were outraged. Cleveland carried the state by 1149 votes and thereby won the election. In 1888, President Grover Cleveland did not campaigning, saying it was beneath the dignity of the office of the president. Benjamin Harrison, the Republican candidate, brought the front porch campaign to its peak, and won. In 1892, Grover Cleveland campaigned and won the election as president along with Adlai E. Stevenson as vice-president. The electoral vote was 277 to Harrison's 145, and popular vote 5,554,414 to President Harrison's 5,190,802. The Populist Party won Electoral College votes, carrying Kansas, Colorado, Idaho and Nevada, 22 electoral votes and $1,027,329 for candidate James B. Weaver, perhaps the Ross Perot of his day.
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/jrlynch.htm
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226498182/
inktomi-df1-2-20/104-3603723-3237564
1880- Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first wireless telephone message on his newly-invented "photophone.” The photophone functioned similarly to the telephone, except the photophone used light as a means of projecting the information, while the telephone relied on electricity. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun03.html
1888 -- "Casey at the Bat" first appears in print, in the San Francisco Examiner.
1886 - Grover Cleveland became the first U.S. President to get married in the White House. He exchanged vows with his bride, Florence Folsom. His bride was 27 years younger than he. While he ran for a second term, he did not campaign, but stayed in the White House with his young bride. He lost. But he ran again in 1892, this time, he campaigned, and he won. The only president to lose his office and then win it back again.
1904-birthday of Charles Drew-African American physician who discovered how to store blood plasma and who organized the blood bank system in the US and UK during WWII. Born at Washington, DC, he was killed in an automobile accident near Burlington, NC, April 1, 1950.
http://dearborn.boston.k12.ma.us/gr7c.htm
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/drew_c.htm
1906-birthday of African-American Josephine Baker, the very popular Parisian chanteuse known as "Le Jazz Hot," was a heroine of French resistance in WWII. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, but moved to France because she was a black Lesbian and received better acceptance in Europe. She received Legion d'Honneur and the rarer Medaille de la Resistance from French President Charles de Gaulle for her work during World War II on behalf of France. She acted as a courier when she toured North Africa and other places as she sang and performed for Allied troops. She adopted 19 children, all from different nationalities. In later life when her money ran out and she was evicted from her home in France, Princess Grace of Monaco (formerly Grace Kelly of Philadelphia and Hollywood) gave her a villa in Monaco and financed her new act Josephine '75 to celebrate her 50 years in Paris. She died in her sleep after 14 performances. After WWII she had returned to the U.S. to try again but faced such racial discrimination for her act at the Stork Club that she returned to France where she was an honored entertainer and admired hero.
http://www.cmgww.com/stars/baker/
http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=eanwood.html
1911-Birthday of Jean Harlow - the original blond sex-queen of Hollywood who was haunted by a chaotic private life. She died when when her mother, as an abiding by Christian Scientist, refused to send her to a hospital for kidney failure. Her kidneys had been injured by a former husband who then shot himself. Her persona in the movies was a wise- cracking blond bombshell with a heart of gold.
http://www.jeanharlow.com/
1911-birhday of trumpet player Yank Lawson, Trenton, Mo.
http://www.jazzhall.org/jazz.cgi?@LAWSONYANK
http://www.landing.com/profiles/yank.htm
1916- Gloria Martin born- Seattle author and militant socialist-feminist who attempted to weld the two into one movement through Radical Women (1967). The working mother of eight, she fought for poor women, women of color, abortion rights, etc., in an unabashed manner that called for women to train and organize to get their needs taken care of. Died November 17, 1995
http://www.socialism.com/library/glormatr.html
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45/115.html
1920—John Lewis birthday
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/bios/jxlbio.htm
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r0200_028.htm
1921-- A cloudburst near Pikes Peak CO killed 120 people. Pueblo CO was flooded by a twenty-five foot crest of the Arkansas River, killing 70 persons. Fourteen inches of rain was reported at Boggs Flat, where a hard surface road through nearly level country was washed out to a depth of seven feet
1926-birthday of Allen Ginsberg, Poet of the Beat Generation (“Howl”), born Newark, NY. Died April 5, 1997, New York, New York.
http://www.levity.com/corduroy/ginsberg/home.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0603.html
1916-the first Supreme Court justice was Jewish was sworn in, Louis Dembitz Brandeis of Boston, MA. He served until 1939. http://www.library.brandeis.edu/SpecialCollections/SpecialEvents/Brandeis/
http://www.louisville.edu/library/law/brandeis/
1927-birthday of tenor saxophonist Boots Randolph, Paducah,KY
http://www.bootsrandolph.com/
1932-birthday of vocalist Dakota Staton, Pittsburgh, Pa
http://www.interstatecd.com/bio/biopage.P+++++7606.html
1932-Lou Gehrig became the first American League player to hit four home runs in one game, doing so in a 20-13 New York Yankees victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. Gehrig hit his homers in four straight at bats and narrowly missed a fifth. His teammate, Tony Lazzeri, hit for the cycle.
1936-Bestselling novelist Larry McMurtry is born on this day in Wichita Falls, Texas.
http://www.library.swt.edu/swwc/archives/writers/mcmurtry.html
http://www.cars101.com/McMurtry.html
1942- Curtis Mayfield, a driving force in black music as singer, writer, producer and record company owner, was born in Chicago. Mayfield formed the Impressions in the late 1950's with singer Jerry Butler. When their first single, "For Your Precious Love," was a huge hit in 1958, Butler left for a solo career and Mayfield joined him as a guitarist. Mayfield reformed the Impressions in 1961, and led the group during its greatest years. He wrote many of their hits, including their biggest, "It's All Right," in 1963. Mayfield left the Impressions in 1970 and formed his own record and publishing company, Curtom. He had the biggest hit of his career in 1972 with the soundtrack to the film "Superfly." It made number one on the Billboard chart. Mayfield was paralyzed in 1990 when a light standard fell on him before a concert. Died December 26, 1999.
http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=150
http://www.warr.org/mayfield.html
1944--*JOHNSON, ELDEN H. Medal of Honor Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Army, 15th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Valmontone, Italy, 3 June 1944. Entered service at: East Weymouth, Mass. Birth: Bivalue, N.J. G.O. No.: 38, 16 May 1945. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. Pvt. Johnson elected to sacrifice his life in order that his comrades might extricate themselves from an ambush. Braving the massed fire of about 60 riflemen, 3 machineguns, and 3 tanks from positions only 25 yards distant, he stood erect and signaled his patrol leader to withdraw. The whole area was brightly illuminated by enemy flares. Then, despite 20mm. machineguns, machine pistol, and rifle fire directed at him, Pvt. Johnson advanced beyond the enemy in a slow deliberate walk. Firing his automatic rifle from the hip, he succeeded in distracting the enemy and enabled his 12 comrades to escape. Advancing to within 5 yards of a machinegun, emptying his weapon, Pvt. Johnson killed its crew. Standing in full view of the enemy he reloaded and turned on the riflemen to the left, firing directly into their positions. He either killed or wounded 4 of them. A burst of machinegun fire tore into Pvt. Johnson and he dropped to his knees. Fighting to the very last, he steadied himself on his knees and sent a final burst of fire crashing into another German. With that he slumped forward dead. Pvt. Johnson had willingly given his life in order that his comrades might live. These acts on the part of Pvt. Johnson were an inspiration to the entire command and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the armed forces .
1945 - Captured maps of German minefields are distributed to all Allied governments, in Europe, by SHAEF. These maps are from the collection of approximately 4 tons of such maps captured by US 7th Army in Bavaria.
1945--CHRISTIAN, HERBERT F. Medal of Honor Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Army, 15th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Valmontone, Italy, 2-3 June 1944. Entered service at: Steubenville, Ohio. Birth: Byersville, Ohio. G.O. No.: 43, 30 May 1945. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. On 2-3 June 1944, at 1 a.m., Pvt. Christian elected to sacrifice his life in order that his comrades might extricate themselves from an ambush. Braving massed fire of about 60 riflemen, 3 machineguns, and 3 tanks from positions only 30 yards distant, he stood erect and signaled to the patrol to withdraw. The whole area was brightly illuminated by enemy flares. Although his right leg was severed above the knee by cannon fire, Pvt. Christian advanced on his left knee and the bloody stump of his right thigh, firing his submachinegun. Despite excruciating pain, Pvt. Christian continued on his self-assigned mission. He succeeded in distracting the enemy and enabled his 12 comrades to escape. He killed 3 enemy soldiers almost at once. Leaving a trail of blood behind him, he made his way forward 20 yards, halted at a point within 10 yards of the enemy, and despite intense fire killed a machine-pistol man. Reloading his weapon, he fired directly into the enemy position. The enemy appeared enraged at the success of his ruse, concentrated 20-mm. machinegun, machine-pistol and rifle fire on him, yet he refused to seek cover. Maintaining his erect position, Pvt. Christian fired his weapon to the very last. Just as he emptied his submachine gun, the enemy bullets found their mark and Pvt. Christian slumped forward dead. The courage and spirit of self-sacrifice displayed by this soldier were an inspiration to his comrades and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the armed forces.
1945---Top Hits
Laura - The Woody Herman Orchestra
Dream - The Pied Pipers
Sentimental Journey - The Les Brown Orchestra (vocal: Doris Day)
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1946 -- Supreme Court bans segregation on interstate buses.
The court rules that Negro passengers can not be forced to sit at the back of buses. In 1947, April 9-23, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) sponsors an interstate bus ride to test the ruling — Bayard Rustin, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Igal Roodenko, Joseph Felmet get arrested and serve 30 days on a chain gang. This is a particularly dangerous period in the US: lynchings in the south approach 1918 levels as Negro G.I.s return, talk of getting the rights they fought for.
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1949-the first Naval Academy graduate who was African-American was Ensign Wesley Anthony Brown of Washington, DC1952 – Hoping to make a come back, Frank Sinatra recorded the classic "Birth of the Blues" for Columbia Records. It would not be until he went to Capital Records and recorded with Nelson Riddle, among others, as Eddie Fisher was the pop idol of the day.
1953---Top Hits
Song from Moulin Rouge - The Percy Faith Orchestra
I Believe - Frankie Laine
April in Portugal - The Les Baxter Orchestra
Take These Chains from My Heart - Hank Williams
1956-Buddy Holly sees the John Wayne movie The Searchers and gains some song writing inspiration when Wayne utters the line "that'll be the day."
1959-Billboard Magazine splits its album chart into two separate sections: Best Selling Stereophonic LPs and Best Selling Monophonic LPs.
1960- Clarence Gideon is arrested and charged with breaking into a poolroom in Florida. The appeal of Gideon's subsequent conviction led to the establishment of one of the chief principles of American criminal justice. Due to Gideon's perseverance, every criminal suspect is entitled to representation by a lawyer. Now incorporated into what are known as our Miranda rights-"You have the right to speak to an attorney. If you can't afford one, one will be provided for you"-this information must be announced by every officer while making an arrest.
When Florida decided to retry Gideon for the poolroom burglary in 1963, he had an experienced lawyer at his trial. The attorney easily poked holes in the prosecution's flimsy case, and Gideon was acquitted. New York Times writer Anthony Lewis wrote the stirring account of how one poor man changed the entire system in his 1965 book, Gideon's Trumpet, which later became a movie starring Henry Fonda.
1961---Top Hits
Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson
Daddy's Home - Shep & The Limelites
Running Scared - Roy Orbison
Hello Walls - Faron Young
1965-the first Astronaut to walk in space was Major Edward Higgins White, II, who opened the hatch of Gemini 4 at 3:42pm this day, stepped out into space at a 1230-mile altitude at 3:45pm and remained outside for 20 minutes until 4:05pm, attached to the craft by a 25-0foot tether. A hand-held 7.5 oxygen jet propulsion gun operated by pressure on a trigger gave him control over his movements. ( The first human to walk in space was cosmonaut Aleksie A. Leonov, who stepped out of the Vokshad 2 spacecraft on March 18, 1965).1968-Poor People's Campaign March on Washington, DC, begins.
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1967- Aretha Franklin scores her first No. 1 hit with "Respect." She quickly followed it up with six more Top 10 singles, including "Chain of Fools" and "A Natural Woman." Franklin, the daughter of a Detroit minister, grew up singing gospel. She signed with Columbia Records in her early 20s. However, Columbia ignored her gospel roots and recorded her singing show tunes with large orchestras. Franklin broke through when she switched to Atlantic Records and began singing gospel-influenced blues, or soul, winning her the sobriquet, "Lady Soul." A hit on the pop charts as well as the R&B lists, she became one of the most influential singers in contemporary music.
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1969---Top Hits
Get Back - The Beatles
Love (Can Make You Happy) - Mercy
Oh Happy Day - The Edwin Hawkins' Singers
Singing My Song - Tammy Wynette
1972-Sally Jan Priesand was ordained the first woman rabbi in the US. She became assistant rabbi at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, New York City, August 1, 1972.
1977---Top Hits
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
I'm Your Boogie Man - KC & The Sunshine Band
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) - Waylon Jennings
1978 - Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams combined their singing talents to reach the number one spot on the nation's pop music charts with "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late".
1980 -A slow moving supercell thunderstorm produced 7 tornadoes in and around the Grand Island, Nebraska area in less than 3 hours. There was one tornado of F4 intensity and 3 were rated F3. 5 people were killed, 193 were injured, and total damage was 300 million dollars.
1985- Apple Computer announced that chairman and cofounder Steve Jobs would no longer control the manufacturing and marketing of the Macintosh computer. The thirty-year-old Jobs had led the development team that designed the machine.
He would become very successful on his own, then came back to Apple and helped turn the company around.
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1985-a group headed by Tom Benson, Jr,. was approved to purchase the New Orleans Saints from John W. Mecom,Jr.1985 - "American Health" magazine released a survey that indicated 52 percent of doctors claimed that no one really should need to eat red meat more than once or twice a week, and 72 percent said that a vegetarian diet was a passing fad. Walking and running, plus working out was also considered a fad.
1985---Top Hits
Everything She Wants - Wham!
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer
Don't Call Him a Cowboy - Conway Twitty
1989-Longest NL Night Game: The Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings at the Astrodome. The longest night game by time in National League history, it lasted seven hours, 22 minutes.
1995-The first West Point cadet who was a woman to graduate at the top of her class was 21-year old Rebecca Marier of New Orleans, LA, who was graduated from the United States Military Academy. She topped a class of 858 men and 130 women.
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2003--- Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter is named the 11th captain in club history, The 28-year old joins Hal Chase (1912), Roger Peckinpaugh (1914-21), Babe Ruth (1922), Everett Scott (1922) Lou Gehrig (1935-41) Thurman Munson (1976-79)., Graig Nettles (1982-84),co-captains Willie Randolph and Ron Guidry. (1986-89) and Don Mattingly (1991-95).
2003 --Slugger Sammy Sosa is ejected from the game during the first inning after he shatters his bat and the broken remains exposes cork. The Cub outfielder will be suspended by major league baseball for 8 games (will be reduced to 7) his offense.
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This day in 1888 the famous comic baseball ballad “Casey at the Bat” was printed in the Sunday San Francisco Examiner. Appearing anonymously, it was written by Ernest L. Thayer, Recitation of “Casey at the Bat” became part of the repertoire of actor William Dwalt Hopper. The recitation took five minutes and 40 seconds. Hopper claimed to have recited it more than 10,000 times, the first being at Wallack’s Theater at New York, NY, in 1888.
The Story Behind the Poem Casey at the Bat
By R. J. Brown
When George Hearst decided to run for senator from California in 1885 he realized the need of an influential organ, and bought the San Francisco Examiner to promote his political ambitions. When the campaign was over, he presented it to his son, William Randolph Hearst who had just graduated from Harvard College. While in college the younger Hearst had been editor of the Harvard Lampoon.
When he went to California to edit the Examiner he took along with him three members of the Lampoon staff; Eugene Lent, F. H. Briggs, and Ernest L. Thayer. Each had nicknames -- Thayer's was "Phin." He wrote a humorous column on a regular basis for the Examiner and signed his columns with his nickname.
In the spring of 1888, Thayer wrote Casey and submitted it for publication. It appeared in the Examiner in the June 3, 1888 edition and was signed "Phin" as usual.
When Casey made its first appearance, nobody hailed it with shouts of joy or suspected that it would become immortal. A few weeks later, (exact date unknown) the New York Sun published the last 8 stanzas of the poem -- but signed its author as "Anon." Other than the Sun, it was just plain ignored by the public.
To become immortal, everyone (or thing) needs a press agent. Archibald Clavering Gunter, an author of novels, was "Casey's" press agent. Always on the look out for incidents to base some of his novels on, Gunter, living in New York, sought and actively read newspapers from around the country on a regular basis. When he read Casey for the first time, he clipped it out to save. He wasn't sure just what he would do with it, but he clipped and saved it anyway.
Many weeks later, in August of 1888, Gunter read that both the New York and Chicago baseball clubs would be attending the performance of the comedian De Wolf Hopper at the Wallack Theater in New York. Upon reading the announcement, Gunter instantly knew what he wanted to do with the clipping of Casey he had saved.
Gunter approached Hopper, a good friend, and offered the poem for him to recite as he felt the baseball teams would enjoy a comic baseball recitation. Hopper agreed and recited it that night. The rest, as they say, is history. From that point forward in time, Casey become immortal -- while a good poem to begin with, it took a recital before a group of "famous" baseball players by a professional comedian to bring it to life.
After reviews for Hopper's performance were published, three people came forward to claim authorship and demanded Hopper pay a royalty to use "their" poem. None could prove authorship, so Hopper kept it in his repertory.
Four or five years later, Thayer, living in Worcester, Massachusetts at the time, attended a performance of Hopper in Worcester. After the show, Thayer sent a note backstage requesting to meet Hopper. Thayer gave him the rights to perform it without paying any royalties.
Newspaper collectors should check their issues of New York papers for August, 1888 (exact day unknown) for reviews of Mr. Hopper's performance of Casey -- You may have an issue almost as important as the first printing of the poem in the June 3, 1888 San Francisco Examiner.
Casey at the Bat
By R. J. Brown
NCSA Member #3
The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day:
The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play,
And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,
A pall-like silence fell upon the patrons of the game.
A straggling few got up to go in deep despair.
The rest cling to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast;
They thought, "If only Casey could but get a whack at that--
We'd put up even money now, with Casey at the bat."
But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake,
And the former was a hoodoo, while the latter was a cake;
So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat,
For there seemed but little chance of Casey getting to the bat.
But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of all,
And Blake, the much despised, tore the cover off the ball;
And when the dust had lifted, and men saw what had occurred,
There was Jimmy safe at second and Flynn - hugging third.
Then from five thousand throats and more there rose a lusty yell;
It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell;
It pounded on the mountain and recoiled upon the flat,
For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat.
There was ease in Casey's manner as he stepped into his place;
There was pride in Casey's bearing and a smile lit Casey's face.
And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat,
No stranger in the crowd could doubt 'twas Casey at the bat.
Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt;
Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt;
Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip,
Defiance flashed in Casey's eye, a sneer curled Casey's lip.
And now the leather-covered sphere came hurtling through the air,
And Casey stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there.
Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped--
"That ain't my style," said Casey. "Strike one!" the umpire said.
From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar,
Like the beating of the storm-waves on a stern and distant shore;
"Kill him! Kill the umpire!" shouted some one in the stand;
And it's likely they'd had killed him had not Casey raised his hand.
With a smile of Christian charity great Casey's visage shone;
He stilled the rising tumult; he bade the game go on;
He signaled to the pitcher, and once more the dun sphere flew;
But Casey still ignored it, and the umpire said "Strike two!"
"Fraud!" cried the maddened thousands, and echo answered "Fraud!"
But one scornful look from Casey and the audience was awed.
They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his muscles strain,
And they knew that Casey wouldn't let that ball go by again.
The sneer has fled from Casey's lip, his teeth are clenched in hate;
He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate.
And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go,
And now the air is shattered by the force of Casey's blow.
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and little children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville-- great Casey has struck out.
— Ernest L. Thayer
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