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Trailer-Tracking Company Locates New Sales
Opportunities with FirstCorp
An international shipping company near the U.S. border learned a curious fact: Every once in a while, a tractor-trailer will develop the habit of disappearing into the countryside, with client's cargo on-board, never to be seen again.
A separate company providing shipping services for the Midwest with nearly 400 trailers learned another fact: When turning down a shipping request from Dayton on the grounds that you don't have enough capacity, it's best to first make a search 9 miles west in Beavercreek, where two of your empty trucks are baking in the sun.
And a third company, as a contracted shipper for the U.S. Government with over 1,400 rigs, knows something else: When your shipments are military-grade munitions, explosives, and nuclear fuel, to have a trailer disappear into the countryside, or rest unattended in Beavercreek would be more than an annoyance, but grounds to alert the Department of Defense.
For anyone who is in the business of shipping, with hundreds or thousands of tractors and trailers spread out across the country, each facing different routes, hazards, and driver schedules, one fact is certain: Logistics can cause a major headache.
When trucking industries want that headache to disappear, they consult a trailer tracking specialist. Often, they consult with SkyBitz.
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IFC Secures $50 Million New Credit Facility, Continued Ability to Provide Attractive Capital
In a tightening credit market, IFC is pleased to announce that, as a direct lender, its ability to fund new business has been further increased by the establishment of a $50 million credit facility with HSH Nordbank AG.
The new credit facility provides uninterrupted rate protection and provides additional capacity to IFC's existing conduit financing of $75 million, and warehouse and term facilities of $50 million.
These new facilities are an integral part of funding IFC's total managed portfolio in excess of $250 million, and will be instrumental in accommodating IFC's continued double-digit annual growth in commercial equipment leasing and financing.
"We are very pleased to be associated with HSH Nordbank, and appreciate their reputation and knowledge of the equipment leasing industry", stated Rudy Trebels, President and CEO of IFC.
"This facility provides us with substantial flexibility at an
attractive cost of capital, and allows us to continue our
aggressive growth in select equipment leasing markets."
"IFC Credit is pleased that we are able to attract solid partners like HSH Nordbank to provide credit facilities to fund our ongoing growth," added Marc Langs, Chief Financial Officer for IFC.
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To Keep School Networks Safe, Within Budget, Internet Filtering Company Partners with FirstCorp
There are two large websites for the White House that live on the internet.
One is the official site of the Bush Presidency (www.whitehouse.gov), and contains a wealth of information on the administration's work in everything from Health Care to Homeland Security. For a student doing a report on Government, this site is a definitive resource for understanding current policy.
The other White House site (www.whitehouse.org) is quite different. It is a lampooning of the government, laced with adult-only language and topics, compromising images of the administration, and a special
"kids-only" section which describes, among other things, how to properly smoke cigarettes. For a student doing a report on Government, visiting this site could cause quite a shock, not to mention disciplinary action from a passing-by adult.
So, a quick question: When you have a classroom with 30 students, and one of them searches for
"White House" on a school computer, which one will they find?
The answer depends on whether the school has an open, unmonitored connection to the internet, or is using an internet filtering appliance.
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Small Businesses: Get a New Equipment Lease for Only $99 Per Month!*
With FirstCorp's special lease offer, you can lease nearly any type of equipment for only $99 per month, for the first six months!*
FirstCorp makes it easy for companies to build their businesses with additional equipment. And with FirstCorp's
special lease offer, you can acquire new equipment for just $99 for the first
six months of the lease, prior to making regular payments for the remainder of
the term. Those terms are flexible, too, ranging from 24 to 60 months with a variety of end of lease options.
GET YOUR NEW
EQUIPMENT NOW! SEE THE FULL OFFER HERE! >> |
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IFC Again Recognized Among Nation's Top Leasing Companies
 For the second year in a row, IFC's continued growth and expertise in the equipment leasing industry has been
acknowledged by The Monitor, the most widely read publication for equipment professionals. |
New Faces: IFC Makes Changes in Management, Adds New Staff
 Continued growth at IFC has led to several new hires in the past quarter and management changes in the company's vendor and middle market business groups.
We welcome Scott Jarnac and Ralph Brown, and congratulate Dave
Farber and Kevin Collins on moving up. |
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Write-Off up to $125,000 in Equipment Costs During 2007 with an IFC or FirstCorp Lease!
Under the recently revised 2007 Section 179 guidelines, the IRS has granted tax benefits that could allow you to write off the entire cost of your equipment purchases in their first year of service.
But are you taking advantage?
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Convert Your Existing Equipment to Cash with a Sale-Leaseback!
 If your business owns equipment, you can convert those assets into cash to be used in your more important business activities! Using a sale-leaseback transaction, FirstCorp purchases the equipment from you, and leases it back to you under favorable terms,
giving you cash in the process!
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eWeek Reports:
Don't Shun Leasing and Financing
 A recent Gartner survey shows many small and medium-sized
businesses are unaware of the benefits they can achieve through leasing or financing solutions, despite the very real benefits to be had. |
On the Lighter Side:
Arrests Drain Bathtub Cheese Sellers
 A Southern California couple is facing criminal charges after
allegedly being caught with
375 pounds of "bathtub" cheese at an open-air market in San
Bernardino County, the California Department of Food and Agriculture
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Learn about the IFC Family of Companies
The IFC family of companies come together to meet almost any leasing need. From medical leasing to small-ticket to brokered funding to middle and large ticket financing, learn about IFC's family of companies here. |
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Visit the IFC Website and learn about all of IFC's leasing services, or send us an email.
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