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...Two years ago, car leasing group Octopus EV could barely keep up with the red-hot demand for Teslas that accounted for half its sales....
...He also said the company had raised the price of its electric F-150 Lightning pick-up truck by $11,000 since launching the model....
...Few retailers are betting on congestion ending any time soon, as labour shortages have perpetuated delays, unions remain in negotiations with California’s ports and labour unrest threatens truck and rail...
...The industrial magnate’s Reliance had been leasing store space to cash-strapped Future while Amazon continued to stall its takeover of the retail and fashion conglomerate’s assets....
...Ikea’s first furniture leasing trial is set to take place in which country — Sweden, UK or Switzerland?...
...of delivery trucks....
...The “like-kind exchange” programme — a tax deferral that’s popular with auto rental and leasing companies — is on the chopping block under the Republicans’ new tax policy proposal....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on December 10. ©2017 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...“The company car is still seen as a status symbol, and it will be very hard to break that,” says Ken Buckley, head of sales at TCH Leasing, a contract hire and fleet management company....
...As Mr Li looked to reinvent his company for a second time, he decided to have another go at truck leasing....
...Amazon has been expanding its reach into logistics operations over the past year, with truck trailers, shipping licences, new delivery fleets and now aircraft....
...The company is now leasing one of Solyndra’s old Silicon Valley buildings....
...Companies including Union Pacific, Credit Suisse, Penske Truck Leasing, HJ Heinz and railcar and freight company TTX sold more than $6bn in notes and bonds combined, just as Wall Street scrambled to make...
...Ranch owners became overnight millionaires by leasing their mineral rights....
...However, convincing lawmakers that its short-term leasing service is entirely legal has been a tougher challenge....
...An online transport marketplace called uShip helps logistics companies run fewer trucks partially full or empty after making their deliveries....
...Ivan Drury, analyst at Edmunds.com, an online car-pricing service, said leasing promotions boosted Hyundai’s performance....
...Strong used-car prices have encouraged more trade-ins and credit, especially leasing, has become more widely available....
...MMC was founded by Mr Penske, whose father Roger Penske controls a sprawling auto empire that includes the Penske racing team and the Penske truck and leasing company....
...He drove a battered Ford truck and hunted quail with his dogs....
...More recently, it has invested on the fringes of financial services, including AA/Saga, the insurance, travel and motor services group, and Fraikin, the truck leasing company....
...The sudden collapse in demand for gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs is hurting residual values and, by extension, the big three’s leasing arms....
...General Motors and Chrysler’s sales of new cars have been hurt in recent weeks because their financing units have had to cut back on auto loans and leasing to conserve capital....
...While world car and truck sales are currently at record levels, analysts say the squeeze on carmakers’ credit divisions could depress sales volumes going forward by impeding their ability to offer vehicles...
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