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BBM Premiere Live Web Seminar Focuses on Leasing

TORRANCE, CA - “Selecting the Best Lease Option” is the topic of Bobit Business Media's (BBM) first live Web seminar Feb. 15, 11-11:45 a.m. PST.

by Staff
January 16, 2007
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TORRANCE, CA - “Selecting the Best Lease Option” is the topic of Bobit Business Media’s (BBM) first live Web seminar Feb. 15, 11-11:45 a.m. PST. The interactive Internet presentation is open to fleet industry professionals free of charge.

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Sponsored by Merchants Leasing, the seminar will discuss and cover:

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  • Is leasing right for your company’s fleet?

  • How should your lease be structured?

  • What are the benefits and drawbacks of open-end and closed-end leases?

  • How will different lease structures affect your budget and taxes?
    Seminar presenters will include BBM Vice President and Auto Group Publisher Sherb Brown and Gary Scanlon, Merchants Leasing national sales manager.

    Participants will have the opportunity to interact with speakers, participate and view benchmarking poll results, and gain insight into all leasing options. For further details or to register for the seminar, visit www.fleet-central.com/seminar.

    “This is the first in a series of educational Web seminars BBM plans to hold this year on important fleet industry topics,” according to Eric Bearly, BBM sales manager. “There’s a growing use of this electronic media for convenient yet highly focused education and training.” BBM publishes Automotive Fleet and other fleet industry magazines and Web sites.


    Merchants Leasing national sales manager Gary Scanlon


    BBM Vice President and Auto Group Publisher Sherb Brown

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