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CoreTech Leasing, Inc. of Newport Beach, CA, announced that it will be expanding into the semiconductor industry. The decision to diversify the firm's portfolio and expand into the growing semiconductor market is based on projections such as Gartner's, which forecasts semiconductor capital equipment spending to increase 15% in 2014 to a total of $38.5 billion, followed by projected increases through 2018. CoreTech, an independent technology and equipment lessor, also recently added Gary Atkins as VP of diversified technologies. Atkins was a founding member of two Fortune 500 equipment leasing companies, including Comdisco Electronics Group , with his division originating $3.6 Billion in asset-based business. Atkins was also an original member Babcock & Brown Electronics Management LLC.
Cole Taylor Equipment Finance of Chicago has opened a new office in St. Louis, MO, and has appointed Chris Byrnes as direct sales manager for the St. Louis region. Byrnes will be responsible for building client relationships and developing new lease and loan originations in Missouri, Kansas, western Kentucky, and western Tennessee. Byrnes joins Cole Taylor from BancorpSouth Equipment Finance' where he was a vice president and regional account executive.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
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Summary Judgment Denied Defendant in Declaratory Action by Producer of To Kill a Mockingbird Broadway Play Seeking Amateur Theatrical Rights
Risks of “Baseball Arbitration” in Resolving Real Estate Disputes
“Baseball arbitration” refers to the process used in Major League Baseball in which if an eligible player's representative and the club ownership cannot reach a compensation agreement through negotiation, each party enters a final submission and during a formal hearing each side — player and management — presents its case and then the designated panel of arbitrators chooses one of the salary bids with no other result being allowed. This method has become increasingly popular even beyond the sport of baseball.
One Overlooked Element of Executive Safety: Data Privacy
Executives have access to some of the company's most sensitive information, and they're increasingly being targeted by hackers looking to steal company secrets or to perpetrate cybercrimes.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?