{"id":5401,"date":"2016-12-26T05:46:38","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T10:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eequipmentlease.com\/blog\/equipment-leasing-small-business-news-more-flying-internationally-no-more-free-lunch-more-12262016\/"},"modified":"2016-12-26T05:46:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T10:46:38","slug":"equipment-leasing-small-business-news-more-flying-internationally-no-more-free-lunch-more-12262016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eequipmentlease.com\/blog\/equipment-leasing-small-business-news-more-flying-internationally-no-more-free-lunch-more-12262016\/","title":{"rendered":"Equipment Leasing Small Business News + More Flying Internationally? No More Free Lunch + MORE 12\/26\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bb_header_text\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eequipmentlease.com\/Header_images\/chefs-head.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/brazils-petrobras-plans-to-claim-part-of-odebrechts-anticorruption-settlement-1482506950?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" title=\"Brazil&#039;s Petrobras Plans to Claim Part of Odebrecht&#039;s Settlement\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brazil&#039;s Petrobras Plans to Claim Part of Odebrecht&#039;s Settlement<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">Brazilian oil company Petrobras plans to request part of the record anticorruption settlement that construction company Odebrecht signed earlier this week with Brazilian, U.S. and Swiss authorities.<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/brazils-petrobras-plans-to-claim-part-of-odebrechts-anticorruption-settlement-1482506950?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/when-strikes-were-a-big-threat-bill-usery-was-the-leading-peacemaker-1482505202?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" title=\"When Strikes Were a Threat, Bill Usery Was the Leading Peacemaker\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">When Strikes Were a Threat, Bill Usery Was the Leading Peacemaker<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">When strikes were still considered a threat to the U.S. economy, Bill Usery was the man often called on to mediate. Mr. Usery died Dec. 10\u201411 days shy of his 93rd birthday.<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/when-strikes-were-a-big-threat-bill-usery-was-the-leading-peacemaker-1482505202?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/entrepreneur\/startingabusiness\/~3\/1zSdnXhBHdE\/286621\" title=\"9 Ways to Make Your Customers Happy (Infographic)\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">9 Ways to Make Your Customers Happy (Infographic)<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">Happy customers are a core component of a healthy, profitable company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/entrepreneur\/startingabusiness\/~3\/1zSdnXhBHdE\/286621\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/flying-internationally-no-more-free-lunch-1482498061?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" title=\"Flying Internationally? No More Free Lunch\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flying Internationally? No More Free Lunch<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">Free food and drinks on long-haul flights have been one of the last perks to survive decades of airline cost-cutting. Now some budget carriers are charging\u2014and traditional carriers may not be far behind.<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/flying-internationally-no-more-free-lunch-1482498061?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/fast-food-chains-in-india-cultivate-untapped-workforce-women-1482674401?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" title=\"Fast-Food Chains in India Cultivate Untapped Workforce: Women\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fast-Food Chains in India Cultivate Untapped Workforce: Women<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">American fast-food chains have become an unlikely source of female employment and empowerment in India, a country where traditionally most women are kept from working outside the home.<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/fast-food-chains-in-india-cultivate-untapped-workforce-women-1482674401?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/sam-brownback-calls-on-donald-trump-to-mimic-his-kansas-tax-plan-1482489006?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" title=\"Sam Brownback Calls on Trump to Mimic His Kansas Tax Plan\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Brownback Calls on Trump to Mimic His Kansas Tax Plan<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">Sam Brownback, the Kansas\u00a0governor whose tax cuts brought him political turmoil,\u00a0recurring budget holes\u00a0and sparse evidence of economic success, has a message for President-elect Donald Trump: Do what I did.<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/sam-brownback-calls-on-donald-trump-to-mimic-his-kansas-tax-plan-1482489006?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/iag-to-establish-budget-long-haul-unit-1482487472?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" title=\"Big Carriers Join Race to Offer Cheap Trans-Atlantic Flights\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Big Carriers Join Race to Offer Cheap Trans-Atlantic Flights<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">The race to offer supercheap flights across the Atlantic is heating up, as the parent company of British Airways became the latest full-service airline to launch its own low-price offering to fight back against the budget carriers that have invaded the lucrative market.<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/iag-to-establish-budget-long-haul-unit-1482487472?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/trump-names-jason-greenblatt-representative-for-international-negotiations-1482520627?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" title=\"Trump Names Greenblatt Representative for International Negotiations\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Names Greenblatt Representative for International Negotiations<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">President-elect Donald Trump has named Jason D. 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Also, a peek at home sales in the U.S. for November will offer early clues on how the rise in interest rates is affecting the housing market and U.S. economy.<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/global-economy-week-ahead-kuroda-speech-japan-cpi-u-s-pending-home-sales-1482696001?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/entrepreneur\/startingabusiness\/~3\/Sr2Y_Mj_5zg\/286974\" title=\"10 New Ideas for Making Money on the Side\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 New Ideas for Making Money on the Side<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">There is no better use for spare time than turning it into spare money.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/entrepreneur\/startingabusiness\/~3\/Sr2Y_Mj_5zg\/286974\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-itemwrap\" style=\"margin-bottom:40px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0\">\n<h2 class=\"bb_itemtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/those-ads-that-follow-you-around-the-internet-are-ruining-christmas-1482507745?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" title=\"Your Children Already Know What They&#039;re Getting for Christmas---Thanks, Internet\" rel=\"nofollow\" rev=\"http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Your Children Already Know What They&#039;re Getting for Christmas&#8212;Thanks, Internet<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><small style=\"font-size:11px;font-style:italic\"> &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/<\/small><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-post-content\">Online shopping makes it simpler to buy gifts, but cookies, browsing histories and shared accounts make it harder to hide them; what Siri has to say about Santa Claus<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"bb_readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/those-ads-that-follow-you-around-the-internet-are-ruining-christmas-1482507745?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Continue reading on http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ &#187;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Continue Reading On http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb_footer_text\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eequipmentlease.com\/Header_images\/leasing-agreement.png\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil&#039;s Petrobras Plans to Claim Part of Odebrecht&#039;s Settlement &#8211; http:\/\/www.feedzilla.com\/ Brazilian oil company Petrobras plans to request part of the record anticorruption settlement that construction company Odebrecht signed earlier this week with Brazilian, U.S. and Swiss authorities. 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