February
28, 2002----Bob
Fisher Resigns from Fisher-Anderson Leasing/Forms New Company
Gateway expects first-quarter loss of up to $120 million
Bob Rodi Speaks Out re: Leasing Association Conference Cooperation
Amtrak---Let's Keep the Railroad Running
Streamlined Sales Tax Meeting
February
27, 2002---Greenspan
Sees Signs Recession is Ending, but Not Over
Machine
Tool Group of CitiCorp/CitiCapital Closes
Call for Leasing Association Conference Cooperation
Republic Leasing of Anaheim Reaction
American Express, IBM in $4 Billion IT Services Pact
CIT Group Financial Statement—You Be the Judge
Streamlined Sales Tax Project/Sales Tax Simplification Meeting
Cambar Software Rolls Out Software Leasing Program
Willis
Lease Finance Reports 4th Q & Full Year Profits in 2001
Whatever
Happened to....
Republic Leasing of Anaheim
Part III Conclusion
February
26, 2002---United Association of Equipment Leasing Costa Mesa
Funding Retreat
Rick Wilbur’s Reaction to Part I
E-Mail Trust Platform Introduced by Kyberpass
US District Court Dismisses Shareholders Suite
against Tyco
Sterling Bank Declares 225th Straight
Dividend
Analyze this, Wall Street—Entron—by
Dave Barry
IPNET Partners with Equipment CapitalConsulting
LENDX and ADP Credit
Microfinancial Announces $2.1 Million 4th Quarter/Last
Year $5.5 Million
GE Says Financing Airline Customers---The Only Way to
Fly
A follow-up to yesterday’s Chicago Tribune
Bob Greene Column-----
Today, Part II
“E-Commerce Follies:
**Technology vs. the Salesman**”
“Whatever Happened to Republic Leasing of Anaheim”
February
25, 2002--CIT----Great
Espirit de Corp
ELA President Fleming Suggests More Association Conference
Cooperation
The Week Ahead---- February 25-March 1
Fred St. Laurent Becomes a Leasing Broker
EFJ Ron Caruso---Is the Worst Over?
Mississippi mayor takes over as chairman of
Amtrak board
The suspicious thing in the old man's pocket
Bob Greene, Chicago Tribune
Part
I “***Cause for Concern***”
Whatever Happened to....
Republic Leasing of Anaheim
February
22, 2002--CIT Turns Off Brokers/Issue New Funding Press Release
1st International Bank Now UPS Capital Leasing/No
Broker Biz
Fourth Quarter Equipment Leasing and Financing Up says ELA
Classified Ads---Latest Up-date (We find people jobs)
Commercial Finance Association
Original Members of LeaseTek form IT Group
Recession May Be Over---reports Associated Press
e-Commerce Hits Best 4th Quarter, 2001
Valley Vacancies---San Francisco Chronicle
Enron Accounting vs. Leasing Accounting—ELA on the Ball
(We in the leasing business need to do more to
support the Equipment Leasing Association)
February
21, 2002--First
On Line Associations Newsletter-NAELB Leads the Pack
Tyco's lending unit secures $1.2 billion in financing to pay off
debt
Comdisco To File Reorganization Plan by April 15, 2002
Fitch Ratings: 4Q Rating Actions Reflect Economy's Weakness
Feds Approve BancWest-United California Bank Transaction
Barry Rose Reminisces about the Good Old Days
What is a “Funding Retreat”—Joe Woodley Knows
Special Counsels Win-Lose-Tie Record
Official January 2002 Housing Report
What is E.L.A.?
February
20, 2002--GE/Chicago Office Alleged “Sick Out”
Fitch to Rate Leasing/Finance Companies
Leverage Leasing, Omaha, Nebraska News---Confirmed
H. Frank Striplin & Merrill Lynch.--Correction
Comdisco Extension Approved
20:02, 20/02, 2002
Bring Your Wife or Girl Friend...and cash ( Las Vegas Conference
)
Loan Syndications and Trading Assoc.. Launches Glossary Terms
Olympic Games/Report from a Leasing Company in Salt Lake City,
Utah
Len Baccaro Joins AEF---Baccaro-Baccaro Leasing
2001 Bankruptcy up 19 percent
Providian Financial's chief financial officer resigns
Sunrise International Leasing Reports Record Earnings
Trinity Industries Subsidiary Issues $170 Million
in Sr. Secured Notes (not to be confused
with Trinity Capital, San Francisco)
Largest network of Peterbilt heavy-duty truck dealerships
in North America, John Deere---Rush Enterprises—Reports
“losses”
Mellon/ Vinings Management Announce Strategic
Alliance Housing construction
rises 6.3 percent in January
highest level in nearly
two years
February
19, 2002---Leverage Leasing Says “No”
to New Business
Former Lyon’s Finance VP to Head Merrill Lynch Equipment
Finance Division
Reaction to Fred St. Laurent Open Positions/Trend to Community
Banks
Tuesday--- Odds and Ends
Joliet Closes in Illinois
http://www.musicselections.com/movie/soulman.mid
February
15, 2002--Positions Open---Who’s Hiring
Where is Richard Baccaro? Scottsdale, Arizona
Ta-Ta-Tyyyyyyyyyyy/ CIT Group!
Comdisco Loses $216 Million in First Fiscal Quarter
Information Leasing promotes James Cress to VP Vendor
Business Unit
E-Audit Fraud
EAEL
E-Tax-paying Comes of Age
Resource America First Quarter Profits
Gerard Laviec Joins Willis Lease Finance
Board of Directors
Leasing
News---The List 129 Changes
February
14, 2002--American Express Business Finance Major Loss?
( Would one of the portfolio letters be “R”? )
Commercial Money Center---Returns $1.2 Million to Date
ePlus Records 24% Increase in Net Earnings for Third Quarter
AGL&F May 1-3 Conference, Baltimore, Maryland
UAEL/EAEL Joint Las Vegas Conference Faux Pas
NAELB brochure/registration Now Available
eMail Chain Letters. It’s All Perfectly
Legal—NOT!
Special
Report: Repair Credit
Where is Richard Baccaro? Former Executive
Vice-President of American Express Business Finance—joined
First Sierra, 1998.
-------- Leasing News List Tomorrow—now at 129
February
13, 2002--Airlines
Face Three More Tough Times
Quilling Calls It “Quits,” Joins Heritage Pacific
Leasing
Baruch Forms New Muni Leasing Company
With McGuinn
Lease Conferences
James
White Joins TCF Leasing
Domino's Pizza buying 82 franchised stores in Phoenix
market
Bank of the West Selects CapitalStream to Provide
Process Automation
Leasing Group Inc. Forms Mexican Subsidiary To satisfy International
Demand
MicroFinancial Gets New Chairman of the Board---Dr.
Peter R. von Bleyleben
AMRESCO Leasing Corp. Acquired by NCS I, LLC
Karmart Selects Compaq to Enhance Dealership
Efficiency
eCredit
Subsidiary Secures Funding/ Strategic Reseller Japan
Thomas
W. Bunn, Bank of America Veteran Now at KeyCorp GATX
Elects Robert Lyons to Vice President, Investor Relations
Leasing News List to be up-dated
February
12, 2002----Tyco
Actively Buying Leasing Portfolio's
Tyco shareholders sue, saying it lied about finances
EAEL/NAELB Joint Atlanta, GA Conference Report
UAEL Feb. 22 Funding Retreat-Costa Mesa,CA
Union Safe Deposit Bank / Orion First Financial
More Nigerian e-Mail---"Oh, No, Mr. Bill,
Not Again"
Prominent Financial Professionals to Speak at
AFP Retail Industry Forum in Louisville
February 11, 2002 -- Tyco Stock Springs Back, Facing the
Music Works
Hacker Brings Down Leasing News Classified Ads
Reaction to GE/Colonial Pacific Chicago Office Rumor
Reaction to Leasing News Complaint
Reaction to Kozlowski-Welch Radio Puppet Show
International Rolls Out Zero Percent Financing
U.S. Shuts 'Unsound' Internet Bank
February 8, 2002--Tyco’s Trouble Raises Doubts About
CIT Among CEO’s
--- Tyco in Position to Sell
CIT in Buyer’s Marketplace
-- Good Time to be In the Leasing Business
Equipment Leasing Association February 4th-5th
Forum
Tyco
International Round-Up--Kozlowski-Welch Radio Puppet Show
GE
Capital's new Colonial Pacific/Chicago office “rumor”
Providian
Posts Lost, Loan Defaults Rise
The Fed To Watch Bank’s
Balance Sheets More
eFund Acquires 2,500 More
ATM’s
Bill Graneri’s
Top Gun Schedule
NY Financial
Community to Hear “Perfect Storm”
Association for Government Leasing &
Finance
Financial Firms Turn to Web Services
Northern Consulting Global Enterprise
Sudhir Amembal Leaves/Company
Now to Be Called ACC
February 7, 2002—Reluctant Suitors Line Up for CIT—(Looks
Like We Were Right)
The Full Story---All the Angles, including
Tyco’s
Watch Your Back—“When Going
Through Hell, Keep on Going.”
Willard Smith
to Retire From Willis Lease Finance Board
Sonoma Valley Bank Selects
BancLease Software Suite
Venture Credit Picks
Former CIT Syndication as Director Northrop CIO
Complaint About Leasing News
Western
& Southern Financial Group Chooses ePlus
De Lage Landen's global partnerships World Round-Up
February 6, 2002 ---Confirmed!---Sudhir
Amembal to Pursue Lease Education and Training
Where
is Fred Van Etten? In Houston, Texas
Tyco
Withdraws Bid/Court Approves Sale to GE Capital Lower Bid
Tyco/GE
Capital/American Express---Watch Your Back!
Tyco
Capital Moves to Enhance Liquidity
Butler
Capital Consolidates to Maryland Hq.
IFC
Credit Acquires Sprectrum Medical Leasing
United
Association of Equipment Leasing Directory Is Out
Charlesbank
Cap.Invests in Computer Sales Int.
Richard
L. Rockhold joins Cypress Leasing
PACCAR
Financial Reports 54% Drop in Pretax Income
Comdisco
Completes Court-supervised Sales Evaluation Process
Masterminds
Of $16 Million “Lease Money” Scheme Sentenced
February 5, 2002
--- Comdisco
Sale Troubles
Sudhir
Amembal Sells Interest in Amembal Capital???
Kansas
City----Back in Business
Banks
tighten lending standard due to “economic slump” slump
Venture
Capital Investment Increases in Fourth Quarter
System
1/Capital Advantage Users—Buckles to the Rescue
What’s
the Best Day to Get Something Done? Tueday--
LFC
Capital Appoints Bill Mount Executive VP Leasing Group Inc.
Leasing
Group/ Thinque Systems Strategic Financing Solutions
Funder OnLine and Divine Win .NET Award
IBM
Selects Fair, Isaac Decisionfor New Global Credit Solution
Richard
L.Rochold joinsCypress Leasingn
February 4, 2002
---
Ask Kenneth I. Chenault this Wednesday----
Comdisco-Tyco
deal falls apart
Cat
Financial Acquires FCC Equipment Financing
Classified
Ads===New Criteria Response
Major
business/economic events this week
Monday---Odds
and Ends
Amtrak
Finances Near End of Line
February 1, 2002
---Wired
Capital---Free Survey Report
Positive,
but Cautious: ELA and IFC Meeting Report
Tyco
Responds to Inquiries Regarding Director's Compensation
Myrna
DuPape Now at BSB Leasing
LiveCapital Acquires Digité's Collaboration
Technology
Leasing Group and Silicon
Graphics (SGI )
Leasing Associations
Meetings in February
Stillwell, Kansas---Rob
Yohee Stormed In
State
of emergency declared; ice storm called worst ever
