lease
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The amendment also offers greater flexibility for how the airport and water and power departments lease space to long-term investments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The financing package set aside funds for up to three years of potential delays before lease payments begin, at which point the developer’s forecast return jumps to 11%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
On Tuesday, a collective of shippers that aim to lower their carbon emissions announced an order for 2,500 Semi trucks, which the group intends to deploy through a fair market lease program.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
The Telegraph said Lawson gives the Channel 4 series a "new lease of life", while Digital Spy agreed she was a "brilliant addition" to the line-up.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
She signed the lease even though she didn’t have the money in the bank.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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“There are significant offshore resources in existing leases that might be curtailed by the legislation,” said Rock Zierman, chief executive of the California Independent Petroleum Assn., in an email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Companies are structuring chip and electricity purchases as future leases rather than owned assets, so the liabilities don’t show up on the balance sheet.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
BF Hicks, a local lawyer whose family has owned land in the county since the 1800s, says he watched neighbours sign 30-year leases with solar companies and bulldozers clear centuries-old oak trees near his property.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
It cites the treatment of operating leases between the quarterly update and annual fiscal result as the reason.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Because the least valued oil leases were offered first, the barons usually lingered in the back, leaving the initial bidding to upstarts.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Those using leased carriers or independent trucks, which add their own fuel surcharges, are trying to get as close to a truckload as they can or limit smaller orders, she added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
The suit says Altus, owned by private-equity firm TPG, leased the building’s roof from Lineage to own and operate a solar-panel array, and that Altus hired Pearce to conduct maintenance on the panels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The trains will be bought by Rock Rail and leased to TransPennine Express, the government added.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The suit alleges the management company Mogul Vision leased the home and hired the in-house security guard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
They filled a grain sack with coins and bills, leased seven acres of stumps and vine maple, purchased a ploiv horse, and started clearing.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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The director would be able to manage public works projects, including construction, buying or leasing property, exercising eminent domain with City Council approval, granting street permits, regulating parking and recommending budgets for the department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Now, businesses across Russia are leasing air-defense systems from defense firms or building their own, said people close to Russia’s business elite and defense sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee believes Apple will be able to maintain a positive volume cycle even with price increases on its phones thanks to leasing, trade-ins and carrier subsidies.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
The leasing agents didn’t respond to my requests for comment.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
Money would come in—and with it, food—on the rare occasion that Dad landed an odd job or Mom received a check from the oil company leasing the drilling rights on her land in Texas.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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